Recording and copying sections of spoken text

Hi, I want to record a small section of either a purchased audio book or a dvd so that I can transfer that section to my ipod touch to enable me to have it on repeat, for instance so that I can learn parrot fashion a particular portion of a Shakespeare play, obviously I only need sound so is it possible and if so how do I do it?.....

Fantastic! Thanks!....... the free mp3mymp3 was a .exe file and so no good but I found the 'audiorecorder for free' on Version Tracker and it did exactly what I wanted, recorded and saved a clip to my desk top, I then dragged it to iTunes and Lo! the bit copied and played! Magic! and such a fast response, I am as always amazed by the generosity of you guys even with 'dumb' questions....

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Clendenen02 wrote:
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Edit "PicDir" and "MovDir" to the location of your Folders
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#!/bin/bash
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MovDir=$HOME/Desktop/Movies
for f in $PicDir/*
do
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I did a search, and didn't find the answer to what is probably a simple question. (Or maybe it was there, but Meine Deutsch ist schlect...)
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Hey jbee,
Welcome to the BlackBerry® Support Community Forums.
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This feature is currently not available.
Can it be set up so that contact pictures do not show to save screen space?
This feature is currently not available.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Thanks.
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