The following steps will allow users to create QR codes for simple audio files. This is useful in instances where you want students/teachers to listen to a story, summary of a book, and even create interactive exhibits (i.e. think audio tours of museums)

First Step – 1 Recording your Audio/Voice file
On your desktop computer you can use – Audacity (a free audio recording program)
On your iPad I like to use the free version of app Hokusai (allows you to edit the audio clip in the free version and export right to DropBox)
	1.	Record a narration using a free program such as Audacity or Hokusai.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hokusai-audio-editor/id432079746?mt=8
(http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/)
	1.	Follow the directions within the application to link your program to DropBox, should only take a couple minutes at most.
	2.	Once the recording is complete, (edit in Hokusai if needed) export the recorded sound (File- Export) and save the audio file to your document folder or another location on the computer (Further instructions on using Audacity - http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/manual/)

Second Step– Dropbox (free online storage – upload documents, sound files, and access them anywhere)
1. Create a Dropbox account (www.dropbox.com)
2. Log into Dropbox and click on the ‘Public’ folder.
	1.	Add your new file to the public folder (click icon with blue arrow to upload) or export the file straight to Dropbox from the intended app or program you are using.
The next two step may vary on your computer, the bottom line is the audio file needs to be in your Dropbox public file when you are done with this step. 
	1.	On a Mac computer place the audio file into your public Dropbox file on your computer and it will automatically 
4. On a Windows computer: Select ‘Choose Files’ and navigate to the saved audio file on your computer.
5. Click ‘Open.’
6. Once the file has uploaded, right-click on the now uploaded audio file and select ‘Copy public link. A second menu window menu will open at this point on the right side click on ‘Shorten Link’. Once the link is shorten copy that link to be used in the next step. 

Third Step – Qrstuff.com (generate QR codes for websites, documents, and other files)
1. Open a new internet window or tab (keep dropbox open) and navigate to www.qrstuff.com.
Provide the following information in each section:
a. Data type – Website URL
b. Content – right-click and paste the public link just copied from dropbox
c. Download, save and/or print the QR code.

TIPS
I prefer to use Hokusai the Audacity method is just another way to do the same thing. 
· In order to export an audio file from Audacity, you must also download the below LAME file to
your computer:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/lame/files/lame/3.99/
· Make a mistake when recording in Audacity? Click ‘File – New’
Creating QR Voice Codes