Thanks Steve,
From: Steve Pattison Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2014 1:08 PM To: PC Audio Subject: Fwd: Radio Broadcasting Software For the PC, some excellent news! -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Fwd: Radio Broadcasting Software For the PC, some excellent news! Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 09:31:42 +1100 From: Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> Reply-To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Hi again! The original poster of the eMail has given me permission to forward his work to the list, if anyone has further enquiries then they can contact him directly to get progress reports on development etc. > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net> > Subject: Radio Broadcasting Software For the PC, some excellent news! > Date: 3 November 2014 6:31:44 am AEDT > Hello everybody > > For the last couple of weeks I have been working with the developers of a > software package called “RadioBOSS” to make their software accessible. I > wrote them a long report outlining the accessibility requirements and, within > 48 hours of my doing so, they have produced a beta which removes the > accessibility issues almost completely. Their formerly graphically drawn > boxes are now standard group box controls, and it is possible to navigate > between them via the keyboard. The software has excellent audio processing, > oodles of keyboard hot keys, built-in streaming/DSP encoders, (including > Icecast 2.0 and Shoutcast 2.0), full support for uploading playlists to a > remote server, full song requester facilities, accurate top-of-the-hour > rotation timing, multiple file formats supported, on-the-fly recording of > broadcasts, multiple simultaneous input/output sound devices, dynamically > updated music libraries, Copy & Paste queuing, automatic playlist generation > suitable for full 24/7 automation, and much much more. > > The software comes in three different flavours, depending upon your needs. > But even the most expensive “Advanced” license is priced at just $199.00 US > which, in comparison even to things like Station Playlist Creator and Sam > Broadcaster, is a very affordable price. Indeed, to license SPL and Studio > Pro you’re looking at $450 for the two apps together. This comes as an > all-in-one application and is, as I say, cheaper than Station Playlist > Creator Pro on its own. > > I shall continue to work with the developers to further accessibility. But > it shows what can be achieved if one approaches a developer in the right way. > I went to them politely and demonstrated my willingness to play the game, so > to speak, by purchasing 4 licenses for the Advanced edition which can be used > on my four machines here to broadcast. I am excited as to the prospects of > using this software, and once we iron out a few more of the issues, I am > confident that we will end up with a very accessible and highly effective > means of putting one’s programming to air. > > If you immediately rush off to download it, I should warn you against > downloading the main release setup version on their website. It is not fully > accessible at all. Many of the tabs and panels are not available in that > version. If you want to download and try the beta, you’ll need to access > their Forum and download as a guest from there. Alternatively, get back to me > off list and I’l send you a copy of the beta. > > Gordon ********** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
