New tech revives degraded cassettes, preserving rare recordings of endangered languages and cultures.
https://theconversation.com/how-were-recovering-priceless-audio-and-lost-languages-from-old-decaying-tapes-248116
#audiopreservation #culturalheritage #technology #linguistics #digitalarchives

The sounds of 2025 might soon be as lost to future generations as ancient Rome is to us today.

What historical sound would you most want to hear? 
And what sounds of today deserve preservation in your opinion? 

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#VocaSlam #SoundArchaeology #SonicHistory #AudioPreservation #HistoricalSounds

before and after. this tape came to us in a sorry state. careful unwinding and a dozen splice repairs later and it's ready for playback and capture. #audiopreservation #soundarchive @britishlibrary.bsky.social

some 8 track, 1/2" reels being finalised this week. #avpres #audiopreservation #soundarchive

we will soon be continuing our digitisation of Tony Benn's extensive Political Diaries. Here's one of the voice recorders he used. #audiopreservation

lovely Ampex Signature Binding in one of today's open reel tapes. #audiopreservation