I've lost sound on two web streams

[Adrian Spratt]

I've lost sound on two streams that I know continue to broadcast. To avoid 
leaving lots of red herrings lying around, here's why this is a mystery to me:
My speakers are working fine.
I get sound on YouTube and other streams.
I've had a sighted friend check one of the streams because the volume control 
is inaccessible with JAWS. She confirms that the sound is set to "loud" and the 
video is playing on the screen.
The other soundless stream played briefly when I switched from IE11 and Firefox 
to Google Chrome. However, when I shut down that window and later returned to 
this stream, I got a message saying my browser wasn't compatible, and that's 
been the case ever since.

I lost the sound on the first stream after I made a mistake with my speakers' 
remote control. It should have done nothing to affect the sound, and all my 
other sound streams and applications weren't affected. However, it did seem 
coincidental that I lost the sound at that moment and couldn't restore it.

I have Windows 7, JAWS 18, and the three browsers I listed.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

RE: Simple program for converting MP4 files to MP3

[Adrian Spratt]

Thanks, Colin, this was thoughtful. But because I was in a hurry, I went with 
another option, as I just posted. 

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Colin Phelan
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 4:21 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Simple program for converting MP4 files to MP3

just checked, it is called DVD audio extractor 

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt
Sent: 22 June 2017 14:52
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: RE: Simple program for converting MP4 files to MP3

Thanks, Colin. Unfortunately, a Google search came up with lots of programs 
with "DVD Converter" in the title but none of them named just that.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Colin Phelan
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 4:03 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Simple program for converting MP4 files to MP3

Adrian,  a couple of years ago I used a programme I think called 

DVD convertor which did the job simply and had a free 30 day trial 

Regards 

Colin  

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt
Sent: 22 June 2017 08:47
To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Subject: Simple program for converting MP4 files to MP3

I've inadvertently purchased a course that is presented in MP4 files. I'd like 
to listen on my Victor Stream, which doesn't support this video format.
Would someone remind me of the name of a program that makes it easy to convert 
from MP4 to MP3? Thanks.

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RE: Simple program for converting MP4 files to MP3

[Adrian Spratt]

Tony and list,
Audio Converter Plus is the one I figured out first, and so I installed it. If 
anyone is interested, here are a few details.
First, the trial version will convert only half a file. You need to make a 
purchase for full-file conversion.
Second, when you're presented with the dialog of conversion choices, there 
isn't an okay or equivalent button. You need to press F5 to start the process.
Third, when you make the purchase, you'll get an email with the license key. 
Bring up the conversion dialog and enter your name in the "User" field. then 
tab once to a field that my screenreader, JAWS, didn't verbalize and paste in 
your license key. then tab over to "continue." The purchase will be registered, 
and you'll be spared this dialog afterwards.
The cost is something like $25. I accidentally purchased a bundle costing 
another $10, so take greater care than I did.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 9:48 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: RE: Simple program for converting MP4 files to MP3

Thanks, Tony. I've installed Audio converter. It looks as though I get a free 
trial and will eventually need to purchase. However, I'm stuck in a dialog 
where I make selections (folder, output, etc.) that has no okay button. I can't 
get beyond it. Any ideas? Thanks.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tony
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 4:42 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Simple program for converting MP4 files to MP3

I use Audio Converter Plus.  I think it is by Abyss.  GoldWave and Switch will 
also do it, I think.

Tony


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 2:47 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Simple program for converting MP4 files to MP3

I've inadvertently purchased a course that is presented in MP4 files. I'd like 
to listen on my Victor Stream, which doesn't support this video format.
Would someone remind me of the name of a program that makes it easy to convert 
from MP4 to MP3? Thanks.

RE: Simple program for converting MP4 files to MP3

[Adrian Spratt]

Thanks, Colin. Unfortunately, a Google search came up with lots of programs 
with "DVD Converter" in the title but none of them named just that.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Colin Phelan
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 4:03 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Simple program for converting MP4 files to MP3

Adrian,  a couple of years ago I used a programme I think called 

DVD convertor which did the job simply and had a free 30 day trial 

Regards 

Colin  

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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt
Sent: 22 June 2017 08:47
To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Subject: Simple program for converting MP4 files to MP3

I've inadvertently purchased a course that is presented in MP4 files. I'd like 
to listen on my Victor Stream, which doesn't support this video format.
Would someone remind me of the name of a program that makes it easy to convert 
from MP4 to MP3? Thanks.

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RE: Simple program for converting MP4 files to MP3

[Adrian Spratt]

I really appreciate your giving me the link. However, after unzipping and 
installing the program, the .exe file brings up a dialog that is unlike any 
installation dialog I've encountered before, with a list of output and other 
options. I can't get beyond it. Do you recall your installation process?
I'm trying this and Audio Converter Plus, and the first one I can get to work 
is the one that stays!

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Smiling?
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 7:32 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Simple program for converting MP4 files to MP3

Pazera Free Audio Extractor Page:
http://www.pazera-software.com/products/audio-extractor/

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 12:47 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Simple program for converting MP4 files to MP3

I've inadvertently purchased a course that is presented in MP4 files. I'd like 
to listen on my Victor Stream, which doesn't support this video format.
Would someone remind me of the name of a program that makes it easy to convert 
from MP4 to MP3? Thanks.

RE: Simple program for converting MP4 files to MP3

[Adrian Spratt]

Thanks, Tony. I've installed Audio converter. It looks as though I get a free 
trial and will eventually need to purchase. However, I'm stuck in a dialog 
where I make selections (folder, output, etc.) that has no okay button. I can't 
get beyond it. Any ideas? Thanks.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tony
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 4:42 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Simple program for converting MP4 files to MP3

I use Audio Converter Plus.  I think it is by Abyss.  GoldWave and Switch will 
also do it, I think.

Tony


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 2:47 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Simple program for converting MP4 files to MP3

I've inadvertently purchased a course that is presented in MP4 files. I'd like 
to listen on my Victor Stream, which doesn't support this video format.
Would someone remind me of the name of a program that makes it easy to convert 
from MP4 to MP3? Thanks.

Simple program for converting MP4 files to MP3

[Adrian Spratt]

I've inadvertently purchased a course that is presented in MP4 files. I'd like 
to listen on my Victor Stream, which doesn't support this video format. Would 
someone remind me of the name of a program that makes it easy to convert from 
MP4 to MP3? Thanks.

RE: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation

[Adrian Spratt]

With the Humanware Companion software, I download BARD books from the website 
to my PC, where the Companion software automatically organizes them into 
alphabetically-arranged folders. Then I copy the books to my Stream using an SD 
card. Very fast and no thinking involved.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Chris 
Skarstad
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2017 9:05 AM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation

I think that's just the point.  If you're a real audiofile who enjoys high end 
audio from a device, and you're really picky about how stuff sounds, the VR 
stream ain't for you.  Despite all the bad press the player has gotten here, 
i'll still purchase one in the next few days and report my findings.  I do 
think Bluetooth functionality is something that is lacking and needs to be in a 
future update.  If some of the other specialized players can have it, so can 
the stream.  But i'm buying it, fully aware of this and I'm certainly ok with 
it.

I'll also report on the speed of downloading books via online services like 
BARD.  I can always download the books manually and put them on the stream that 
way.  It's good to know there are multiple ways of getting a particular job 
like that done.


On 5/3/2017 8:58 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
> Ah well The Victors are more player anyways then recorder. The 
> Plextalk Pocket is the thing ya want if ya want a recorder.
>
>
> On 5/3/2017 5:14 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
>> Ah okay so that problem still exists then? I was given to understand 
>> that later firmware updates had fixed this.
>> Too late to try that here now .
>>
>>> On 3 May 2017, at 6:44 pm, Tim Noonan  wrote:
>>>
>>> Sadly, the Stream Mic or line in creates very audible artefacts or 
>>> whistles in recordings. Otherwise the stream would be a reasonable 
>>> all-purpose player/recorder.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Tim
>>>
>>> On 3 May 2017, at 6:02 pm, Dane Trethowan 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I didn’t try the line-in recording function though I did note that - 
>>> using this function - one can record to PCM Wave files at 44.1KHZ so 
>>> surely this should be reasonable.
>>> So if one really wanted to do high quality recordings one could use 
>>> the line-in method and buy suitable equipment to take full advantage.
>>>
 On 3 May 2017, at 5:43 pm, Jamie Kelly  wrote:

 The recording quality is ok for notes and meetings but not of high 
 broadcast quality as with the bookport plus or Plextor Pocket range.

 Jamie

 -Original Message-
 From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
 Dane Trethowan
 Sent: Wednesday, 3 May 2017 4:47 PM
 To: PC Audio Discussion List 
 Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation

 Yep, convenient may be but the unit does have its limitations as 
 we’ve discussed here, the Wi-Fi connectivity being a very serious 
 limitation and - given the speed of the Wi-Fi - one wouldn’t really 
 want to try and download a good quality audio stream.
 And again we come to that bloody awful internal speaker.
 Another interesting point and its not critical just an observation, 
 I wonder why Human ware didn’t include the ability to be able to 
 browse NAS storage devices or other computers on a network for 
 files? Just about every other device I know of these days - that 
 can play Internet radio stations - haas this handy feature which 
 and I reckon it would be an absolute boom! for users of a VR Stream.
 Perhaps I’m talking about a future VR Stream update though 
 hHumanware take my advice, don’t make the update too big or it will 
 take until Christmas for the VR Stream users to download .
 Regarding my own streaM/ Its found a good home so I’m happy about 
 that.

> On 2 May 2017, at 4:34 am, Peter Scanlon  wrote:
>
> I love my Victor Stream.
> The best thing about it is how easy it is to listen to and locate 
> internet radio stations.
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
> Hamit Campos
> Sent: Tuesday, 2 May 2017 3:07 AM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation
>
> Yeah I've not heard this before either. But perhaps other people 
> either didn't have the issue or they just axepted it.
>
>
> On 5/1/2017 12:59 PM, Chris Skarstad wrote:
>> I'll be purchasing one of these very soon, so will be able to 
>> report on it when i get it.  I have a super-fast connection with 
>> Verizon Fios, so downloading books manually and transfering them 
>> to the player won't be an issue if the download speeds on the 
>> player are as 

RE: Bluesound app

[Adrian Spratt]

Thanks, Dane. This is a useful marketing website that supplements what I found 
elsewhere. What remains is the accessibility question. If anyone on this list 
owns or has tested Bluesound, I'd be grateful for an accessibility assessment.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 7:19 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Bluesound app

Looks quite a nice unit and I particularly like the way its been designed 
around high res and lossless file types.

I don't actually have this unit but - from the web page linked to below
- I believe I can answer most of your questions.

Yes, you can stream from your computer to the device.

The device does have a touch panel however you can probably bypass the need for 
this with the IOS/Android controller App or other Apps.

The device will accept Bluetooth streaming.

http://www.sevenoakssoundandvision.co.uk/p-15866-bls-node2-blk.aspx?gclid=CjwKEAiAuc_FBRD7_JCM3NSY92wSJABbVoxBQVIYGfJIQlKIXoBBqBIFQw20-0NWuPRzw48cHhOySxoC53_w_wcB



On 27/02/2017 11:00 PM, Adrian Spratt wrote:
> Hi. As someone barely familiar with audio terminology, I'm wondering if 
> anyone has experience with the Bluesound app. It's been recommended to me for 
> two purposes. One is to carry audio content from my PC to my stereo system. 
> Second, it would enable the streaming of Internet content from an iPhone or 
> iPad through my stereo system.
>
> Is Bluesound accessible? Can it be used on a PC as well as an iPhone?
>
> Does Bluesound enable Bluetooth transmission as well as Airplay?
>
> Thanks.

Bluesound app

[Adrian Spratt]

Hi. As someone barely familiar with audio terminology, I'm wondering if anyone 
has experience with the Bluesound app. It's been recommended to me for two 
purposes. One is to carry audio content from my PC to my stereo system. Second, 
it would enable the streaming of Internet content from an iPhone or iPad 
through my stereo system.

Is Bluesound accessible? Can it be used on a PC as well as an iPhone?

Does Bluesound enable Bluetooth transmission as well as Airplay?

Thanks.

RE: B MM1's Observations

[Adrian Spratt]

Yes, in his email to me, the B rep assured me their engineers had tested the 
speaker for heat and were satisfied about its safety. I still like to err on 
the side of caution, and your previous email seems to settle it.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 10:44 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: B MM1's Observations

I raun my computer with the MM1's 24/7 for a week to see how they would hold up 
given the heat in the right hand speaker and the fact that we've had some 
extremely hot whether last week.

The speakers came out of it all okay and it seems I was right in thinking that 
the alaminium top dissipates the heat.

Unfortunately B was rather vague on the subject of the right hand speaker 
getting warm, all they had to say on the subject was that, "This is perfectly 
normal", well perhaps that's all that needs to be said.



On 1/12/2017 10:29 PM, Adrian Spratt wrote:
> Jamie,
>
> I've been looking for the answer I once got to your concern about the heat in 
> the right speaker. I can't find the instruction for how to have the speaker 
> turn off when the computer shuts down, but I now think B made it automatic. 
> Please feel free to test this and, if I'm wrong, please re-post. I don't 
> think I have more, but I'd double-check.
>
> Meanwhile, I've found on my Windows 7 system where you can find settings for 
> the MM1 speakers.
>
> Via the Windows search field, go to "devices and printers" and arrow down 
> through the list. Assuming you find MM1 there, as I do on my system, 
> right-click for your options.
>
> I also find my MM1s in the " device manager" list. On my windows 7 system, I 
> type "driver" into the Windows search field and arrow down through the 
> results. Once I find "device manager," I press enter. I then press tab, and 
> then I'm in a tree view. I press s for 'sound" to get close to the sound 
> devices, where I press enter. I then arrow down to MM1. At that point I 
> either press enter or right-click. (I can't remember which as I write.) Here, 
> you confirm whether the drives are up to date.
>
> If you don't find your MM1s in these two places, here are instructions I 
> received from B all the way back in 2012. The man who wrote knew I was 
> using a screenreader, and so he took care to give directions with which I 
> could work. However, I don't know if his instructions still apply, since I 
> haven't needed to use them since. My system then was XP. The rest of this 
> post is his words:
>
> If you have the front of the master speaker facing you, there should be 3 
> cables coming out the back on the bottom of the speaker.  With the front of 
> the speaker facing you, reach behind the speaker on the right side. The power 
> cable will be coming out of the right side, on the back. If you follow this 
> cable towards you, into the bottom of the speaker you will hit the power jack 
> where the cable plugs into. Although the power cable can be a little 
> difficult to remove I suggest unplugging this end instead of the end that 
> plugs into the wall outlet.
>
> Once the power cord is unplugged hold in the power button. You can find it on 
> the left side of the speaker, where the end of the metal band that wraps 
> around the speaker runs into the cloth grille. You should hear it click when 
> pressed in. Now reinsert the power cord on the bottom as you hold in the 
> power button. Once the power cord is plugged in all the way and you let go of 
> the power button the light should turn white.
>
> Now it is a matter of going into your device manager and looking for device 
> with a yellow exclamation point under “Unknown Devices” then right-clicking 
> on it and choosing “Update Driver Software”. Now choose to manually select 
> the driver software from the directory where you installed the MM-1 
> Programmer. The directory name is usually  “C:\Program Files\Bowers & 
> Wilkins\MM-1 Programmer”.
>
> I’m a little unclear as to what the next steps would be for Windows XP, but 
> after you choose to manually install the drivers and then select the MM-1 
> Programmer Directory then click “Next” it should ask you if you’re sure you 
> want to install the drivers although they are not digitally signed. You will 
> want to select “Install anyway”.  After you select that then the drivers 
> should install and you should be able to go back into the MM-1 Programmer 
> application and then update the firmware with no problems.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
> Jamie Kelly
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 12:39 AM
> To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
>

RE: B MM1's Observations

[Adrian Spratt]

Jamie,

I've been looking for the answer I once got to your concern about the heat in 
the right speaker. I can't find the instruction for how to have the speaker 
turn off when the computer shuts down, but I now think B made it automatic. 
Please feel free to test this and, if I'm wrong, please re-post. I don't think 
I have more, but I'd double-check.

Meanwhile, I've found on my Windows 7 system where you can find settings for 
the MM1 speakers. 

Via the Windows search field, go to "devices and printers" and arrow down 
through the list. Assuming you find MM1 there, as I do on my system, 
right-click for your options. 

I also find my MM1s in the " device manager" list. On my windows 7 system, I 
type "driver" into the Windows search field and arrow down through the results. 
Once I find "device manager," I press enter. I then press tab, and then I'm in 
a tree view. I press s for 'sound" to get close to the sound devices, where I 
press enter. I then arrow down to MM1. At that point I either press enter or 
right-click. (I can't remember which as I write.) Here, you confirm whether the 
drives are up to date.

If you don't find your MM1s in these two places, here are instructions I 
received from B all the way back in 2012. The man who wrote knew I was using 
a screenreader, and so he took care to give directions with which I could work. 
However, I don't know if his instructions still apply, since I haven't needed 
to use them since. My system then was XP. The rest of this post is his words:

If you have the front of the master speaker facing you, there should be 3 
cables coming out the back on the bottom of the speaker.  With the front of the 
speaker facing you, reach behind the speaker on the right side. The power cable 
will be coming out of the right side, on the back. If you follow this cable 
towards you, into the bottom of the speaker you will hit the power jack where 
the cable plugs into. Although the power cable can be a little difficult to 
remove I suggest unplugging this end instead of the end that plugs into the 
wall outlet. 

Once the power cord is unplugged hold in the power button. You can find it on 
the left side of the speaker, where the end of the metal band that wraps around 
the speaker runs into the cloth grille. You should hear it click when pressed 
in. Now reinsert the power cord on the bottom as you hold in the power button. 
Once the power cord is plugged in all the way and you let go of the power 
button the light should turn white.

Now it is a matter of going into your device manager and looking for device 
with a yellow exclamation point under “Unknown Devices” then right-clicking on 
it and choosing “Update Driver Software”. Now choose to manually select the 
driver software from the directory where you installed the MM-1 Programmer. The 
directory name is usually  “C:\Program Files\Bowers & Wilkins\MM-1 Programmer”. 

I’m a little unclear as to what the next steps would be for Windows XP, but 
after you choose to manually install the drivers and then select the MM-1 
Programmer Directory then click “Next” it should ask you if you’re sure you 
want to install the drivers although they are not digitally signed. You will 
want to select “Install anyway”.  After you select that then the drivers should 
install and you should be able to go back into the MM-1 Programmer application 
and then update the firmware with no problems.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Jamie Kelly
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 12:39 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: B MM1's Observations

Dane your comments and contributions are always much valued.

Jamie



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Thursday, 12 January 2017 4:31 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: B MM1's Observations

You’re making a huge mountain out of an absolute molehill.
Firstly you couldn’t have looked everywhere for the update tool, I wrote about 
this yesterday I think it was, I found the tool along with associated 
documentation exactly where the people at B said it would be, in the Archives 
section of the site.
Why is it there? Because B will not be releasing any further updates to the 
MM1 Speaker system, “if it aint’ broke then don’t fix it”.
I even told you how to run a simple test to see if your MM1 system had the 
latest firmware update running and I repeat, if you press the “Power 
Off/Standby” button on the remote control and your MM1’s go into “Standby” mode 
straight away then you have the latest firmware installed.
If you press then “Standby” button and the MM1’s take some time to power down 
then you need to download the updater.
My system has the latest firmware update installed - according to the test 
procedure I outlined above - and I’m willing to bet that the same will apply to 
your model given the update was 

RE: The B MM1 Computer speaker system

[Adrian Spratt]

Yes, the right speaker stays hot unless you turn it off. When I bought the 
MM1s, it stayed hot even when I turned off my PC. A B rep told me the setting 
to change so that it automatically turns off when I close down or reboot the 
computer. Unfortunately, I don't remember what that setting is because I 
haven't needed to change it for all the years I've had the speakers. Like you, 
Mary, I turn mine off from time to time. Even so, the rep assured me the right 
speaker doesn't get so hot that it's a danger. I take that with a grain of 
salt, even though I trust those guys. They're professional and helpful.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary Otten
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2017 10:26 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: The B MM1 Computer speaker system

Well, all I know is that I found that my right speaker was getting quite warm 
if I didn't turn them off. Now maybe that was because something was happening 
on my Mac, such as the sound when sa mail message comes through, so they were 
staying awake too much. In any case, I got into the habit of turning them off 
when I wasn't actually sitting in front of the machine.
Mary


Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 3, 2017, at 7:21 PM, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
> 
> Absolutely right Mary, when you've positioned yourself in line with the 
> speakers then they sound utterly gorgeous.
> I'll take note of what you mentioned about powering the speakers down when 
> not in use, I actually thought the speakers powered down themselves after a 
> certain amount of time when not in use?
> 
>> On 4 Jan 2017, at 2:12 pm, Mary Otten  wrote:
>> 
>> I would say that your observations fit pretty well with mine. The sweet spot 
>> for those speakers is definitely seated at your desk with the speakers 
>> properly positioned. Also, when not in use, turn them off. If you leave them 
>> on, that right speaker will get hot even if you're not using them actively. 
>> At least, minded. I have had them for years. It could be they modified 
>> something a little bit to make that not happen. I had never seen them in a 
>> store, so I can't comment on your perception that they look smaller when you 
>> get them home then they did when you saw them in the store.
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Jan 3, 2017, at 6:31 PM, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
>>> 
>>> And hello to the other list members I know who have this speaker system and 
>>> I'm curious to know if you've found what I've found with this system.
>>> Firstly I knew what to expect - well I assumed I did - and for the most 
>>> part I was right but there's no doubt about it, the best place to listen to 
>>> any product is in your own home thus my findings below.
>>> Firstly why is it that what you bring home looks smaller than it did in the 
>>> shop or on the shelf? That's exactly how the B MM1's looked when I set 
>>> them up on my desk but I'm not complaining and in fact I'm filled with 
>>> wonder as to how such a good sound can get out of speakers around 3 inches 
>>> across by 5 inches high? These things are certainly nice and small for the 
>>> desktop and sit so well on the desktop too so they're not likely to be 
>>> knocked over in a hurry.
>>> There's a bit to setting up this system, you have to obviously plug the 
>>> left speaker into the right, B use a proprietary plug on the end of a 
>>> lead from the left speaker which plugs into a socket on the bottom rear of 
>>> the right one, the right speaker is where everything else connects 
>>> including the power supply, the uSB connection to your computer and the two 
>>> AUX-in devices if you so desire some.
>>> The cables - all except the Aux-in cables - have to be slotted out of the 
>>> connections through slots in the lower rear of the speakers otherwise the 
>>> speakers won't grip the desktop properly and slotting the cables is easy 
>>> and logically straight forward.
>>> So time to play some of the great FLAC files I have and I wasn't 
>>> disappointed in fact - in some areas - I was astounded at the wonderful 
>>> sound stage these speakers exhibited, a wonderful stereo field indeed.
>>> If you're looking for absolutely massive bass then these speakers aren't 
>>> for you but if you're looking for a speaker set designed for your music as 
>>> you sit at your desk then the B MM1 won't disappoint at all.
>>> Yes, the right speaker - where all the circuitry is - does get quite warm 
>>> during use but I believe the top metal plate is probably designed to be 
>>> warm to dissipate any heat generated inside the speaker itself so nothing 
>>> to be alarmed about.
>>> 
>>> **
>>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
>>> halfwits in this world behind.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> **
> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
> halfwits in 

RE: VRS & Internet Radio

[Adrian Spratt]

These are two separate areas. Humanware does have some set stations for various 
regions around the world. However, the individual user can create a personal 
favorite by pressing the bookmark button.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 8:26 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: VRS & Internet Radio

Exactly yes but the list of favorites itself - unless I'm very much mistaken - 
is stored online.

If the VRStream has done its work properly then you should be actually able to 
access those Favorites in a web browser and configure them manually, VRstream 
or no VRstream, all other Internet radios use this service.



On 27/10/2016 11:17 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote:
> The "favorites" _is_ part of the stream!  Therefore, you can 
> "favorite" a station right from the stream!
> Tom Kaufman
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
> Dane Trethowan
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2016 6:11 PM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> Subject: Re: VRS & Internet Radio
>
> It shouldn't have any limits as the "Favourites" function isn't 
> actually a part of the Stream itself, - if all the other Internet 
> radio sets I know of are anything to go by - Favorites are stored 
> online and the radio accesses that list when it needs to.
>
>
>
> On 27/10/2016 9:05 AM, Peter Scanlon wrote:
>> The Victor Stream radio is simple to use and has no limit to 
>> favourites as far as I know.
>>
>> P.
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
>> Colin Phelan
>> Sent: Thursday, 27 October 2016 4:07 AM
>> To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
>> Subject: VRS & Internet Radio
>>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> Seeing that many of you appear to be VRS users.
>>
>> I recently considered buying one rather than another mainstream 
>> Internet radio as a preference to listening to streaming radio 
>> stations on my I phone.
>>
>> I was initially told the internet radio on the VRS was simple to use 
>> and
> had
>> 35 pre sets.
>>
>> A couple of folk then said stick with your I phone for internet radio
>>
>>
>>
>> Peoples views would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> My main criteria is stable streaming, as an example my I phone cuts 
>> out
> much
>> more often than my static Roberts internet radio.
>>
>> Where do we think the technology in the VRS sits
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Colin
>>
>>

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Connecting PC to speakers

[Adrian Spratt]

Hi. I can't get my PC to send sound to my stereo system's speakers. Let me 
explain. You'll soon see that I'm less than an amateur at this.

The default speakers on my PC are MM1s. As many of you know, they don't rely on 
any on-board soundcard. Eight years ago, my PC was also connected by wire to my 
stereo system, in another part of the room. My PC has since been replaced, and 
that connection to the stereo was lost. For better or worse, the guy who 
installed the stereo ran the wire behind the wall, up over the ceiling and down 
to the back of the stereo. (My apartment was being completely renovated at the 
time.)

As far as I can tell, that wire hooked into my Pc's microphone jack. I can 
confirm that there's a wire that comes out of the baseboard that does seem to 
correspond to the microphone jack. It is now plugged in to that jack.

However, I still can't get the stereo to play. As I said, the MM1s are my 
default and I want them to stay that way. I've tried to configure the on-board 
soundcard to work with my stereo speakers, but without success.

That's the best I can do to explain the problem. Can anyone suggest a solution 
or tell me where I've gone wrong?

Thanks.

RE: Bowers And Wilkins MM1 Computer Speakers

[Adrian Spratt]

I agree. But there's a setting that enables you to have the speakers turn off 
each time you turn off the computer. This has saved me when going away for the 
weekend, never mind on vacation.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary Otten
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2016 2:59 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Bowers And Wilkins MM1 Computer Speakers

This beaker containing all the amplification stuff does get hot. If you leave 
it on for a long time. If you just turn it off when you're not using it, it's 
fine. But if you forget and leave it on for a long time as I have done on 
occasion, yes, it does get hot.
Mary


Sent from my iPhone

> On Jul 21, 2016, at 11:53 AM, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
> 
> Hi there!
> 
> I know that people on this list have these speakers and I'm saving for a pair 
> myself.
> 
> So to my question, I read another review on these fine speakers which states 
> that the speakers get hot after use.
> 
> Well I've seen and listened to them enough and I've never noticed any real 
> heat generation from them though to be perfectly fair I've never used a pair 
> over a long period of time in a home environment so I put the question to you 
> all.
> 
> I'm sure the MM1's generate a little heat but - as I've seen them thus far - 
> no more than body heat type temperature.
> 
> 
> **
> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
> halfwits in this world behind.
> 
> 
> 

Hope/Pandora, cannot activate

[Adrian Spratt]

Hi. I've written to Hope's creator about this problem, but haven't yet received 
a reply. I've been using Hope to access Pandora for a few years. After my hard 
drive failed, I had to restore all my applications, including Hope. I have a 
user key, which I've since confirmed. I've also installed Microsoft C++, as 
recommended on the troubleshooting page. The version of Hope installed on my 
system is 1.19, which appears to be the latest. Meanwhile, Pandora recognizes 
me because I get emails from Pandora from which I can link and listen to my 
stations. But I like the accessibility afforded by Hope.

Here's what happens when I attempt to activate. After entering all the 
information, the usual menu appears—listen, create a station, search, etc. I 
type an artist's name in the search field, press enter on "search," then on one 
of the other buttons, such as "listen" or "create a station" (I think I have 
that button's name correct.) But nothing happens. Then I'll close out Hope and 
reopen it, only to find the activate dialog again. I've gone through this 
process several times and also rebooted.
Does anyone have any ideas?

RE: How to Listen to and Delete Everything You've Ever Said to Google, and the Siri approach

[Adrian Spratt]

A useful article. It contains links to other articles explaining how Apple 
handles Siri data, as follows:

http://gizmodo.com/5995054/apple-keeps-your-siri-data-for-two-years

and 

http://www.apple.com/privacy/approach-to-privacy/#safe-device

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2016 1:16 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: How to Listen to and Delete Everything You've Ever Said to Google

Did you know that every time you use a Vocie search with Google its 
recorded? Well like me you learn something new every day, the article 
here describes how to manipulate those recordings and much else besides.
http://gizmodo.com/how-to-listen-to-and-delete-everything-youve-ever-said-1780366724

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RE: How to connect regular headphones to an iPhone

[Adrian Spratt]

Steve, correctly diagnosed. Thanks. Now I wonder how I find headphones with 
suitably slim jacks for my Mofi case.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve 
Jacobson
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 9:04 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: How to connect regular headphones to an iPhone

A normal headphone jack such as the type that fits into devices such as MP3 
players, the Victor Reader Stream or the BookSense devices will fit the iPhone 
5, but some of the cases for iPhones will not allow them to be pushed in far 
enough.  I am guessing that this is what you are encountering.  What happens is 
that the connector part of the jack fits, but the plastic around the plug is 
too large to fit into the slot of the case.  .  You may have to either partly 
open or remove the case or find headphones that have a plug with a smaller 
plastic surround.  Standard headphones are starting to come with slimmer plugs, 
but that isn't of much help if you already have headphones with a plug having a 
larger body.  

The bottom line here to be clear is that there are two separate issues.  Is the 
plug the correct size to fit the jack in the iPhone, and will the case on your 
iPhone let the plug be pushed in far enough.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 5:35 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Subject: RE: How to connect regular headphones to an iPhone

This is an iPhone 5, and a normal jack won't fit its headphone/earphone 
receptor.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 2:55 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: How to connect regular headphones to an iPhone

Normally you just plug them in assuming the jack of your headphones is a 3.5MM 
jack.

If the jack is larger then you’ll have to buy an adapter which can be purchased 
at your local electronics store.

Connecting a standard set of headphones means that you’ll have to answer a call 
on your iPhone on the iPhone itself, control music playback and volume from the 
iPhone itself and use the iPhones own microphone.

Some headphones such as the B P7’s come with interchangeable leads, one 
specifically for an IOS/Android device and the other specifically for 
connection to a stereo system.


> On 26 Apr 2016, at 4:44 AM, Adrian Spratt <adr...@adrianspratt.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm guessing there's a connector that enables you to connect headphones with 
> regular jacks to iPhones. I'm hopeless at technical jargon. If there is such 
> a connector, could someone say exactly what I should look for on, say, Amazon?

**
Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
halfwits in this world behind.

RE: How to connect regular headphones to an iPhone

[Adrian Spratt]

This is an iPhone 5, and a normal jack won't fit its headphone/earphone 
receptor.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2016 2:55 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: How to connect regular headphones to an iPhone

Normally you just plug them in assuming the jack of your headphones is a 3.5MM 
jack.

If the jack is larger then you’ll have to buy an adapter which can be purchased 
at your local electronics store.

Connecting a standard set of headphones means that you’ll have to answer a call 
on your iPhone on the iPhone itself, control music playback and volume from the 
iPhone itself and use the iPhones own microphone.

Some headphones such as the B P7’s come with interchangeable leads, one 
specifically for an IOS/Android device and the other specifically for 
connection to a stereo system.


> On 26 Apr 2016, at 4:44 AM, Adrian Spratt <adr...@adrianspratt.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm guessing there's a connector that enables you to connect headphones with 
> regular jacks to iPhones. I'm hopeless at technical jargon. If there is such 
> a connector, could someone say exactly what I should look for on, say, Amazon?

**
Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
halfwits in this world behind.

How to connect regular headphones to an iPhone

[Adrian Spratt]

I'm guessing there's a connector that enables you to connect headphones with 
regular jacks to iPhones. I'm hopeless at technical jargon. If there is such a 
connector, could someone say exactly what I should look for on, say, Amazon?

RE: strange Bluetooth issue please help?

[Adrian Spratt]

I tried this the other week and it worked. With the blue tooth speaker on, go 
into the control panel, then sound. I do this from Win7's Windows search field.

Press enter on sound. If your system is like mine, you'll find that the first 
item is a list of speakers, headphones, etc. associated with your system. Note 
that my speaker is identified by my system as headphones. Highlight the 
Bluetooth device, then tab to the default option. Make it the default. 

I was afraid that by making my Bluetooth speaker the default, my system 
speakers would be knocked out, but it wasn't the case. When my Bluetooth 
speaker is on, now the system recognizes it. When I turn it off, my system 
reverts to my system speakers.

I hope I've written this clearly enough.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Michael Amaro
Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2015 7:23 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: strange bluetooth issue please help?

Hello Listers,

my windows 7 64 bit laptop,does connect to my bluetooth speaker.  At least it 
says its connected.  How ever the sound doesn't come out of the speaker it 
self.  It still comes out of the laptop on board soundcard.  How can I get the 
sound to come out of the bluetooth speaker itself?

Thanks
Michael
email/messenger
mikeam...@earthlink.net
Skype ID
mikeameli
JFK
"What kind of peace do I mean and what kind of a peace do we seek? Not a Pax 
Americana enforced on the world by American weapons of war, not the peace of 
the grave or the security of the slave. I am talking about genuine peace the 
kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living and the kind that enables 
men and nations to grow and to hope and build a better life for their children 
not merely peace for Americans but peace for all men and women not merely peace 
in our time but peace in all time."

RE: SoundCloud

[Adrian Spratt]

An external speech synthesizer would eliminate this problem. Also, scanning the 
web pate before pressing play would reveal the controls, if any, that are 
accessible.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Walter Ramage
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 2:23 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: SoundCloud

 Hi.  I was asked to check this out from a user point of view and didn't
find it accessible.  I was asked on behalf of a charity project to play
around with pre-uploaded music files and didn't find the free version much
use.  This guy wanted to upload audio files for the public to play such as
info regarding government benefits etc.  I'll paste my response to that guy
below so you will see my experience.  Walter.

Hi Glyn.  Firstly my apology; I was going through my deleted items, clearing
them out when I came across your email.  somehow it went straight to my
deleted items rather than my in box.  I would have replied sooner if I had
seen it so sorry about that.

OK.  This is my initial input regarding the site.  The music is displayed
clearly and the play button is easy to find and activate but that is where
the simplicity ends and the problems begin.  Once you have activated the
play button and the music plays, there is no way you can use the other play
controls because the music drowns out the screen reader and as there is no
keyboard short cut keys trying to use them is a hiding to nothing.  You have
to wait for a quiet passage in the audio before trying frantically to find a
control but the quiet period never lasts long enough for you to find what
you want.  This is the free version and I noticed there is a Pro service but
I guess you have to pay for that but there is no way of telling if the pro
version is any more accessible than the free version and in any case, the
people who would want to play any files you upload would use the free
service.  As I've said I've only looked at the site briefly and when I
discovered getting to the play controls during playback was problematic I
didn't go any further.  As with WMP, if there were short cut keys such as
Control+s for stop or Control+p for pause or control+m for mute or+control
+r for rewind then it would be a good service to utilise.  It might be you
can map the keyboard and create these shortcuts but I'd need to look further
into the site and I'll do that as soon as I can.  Of course this initial
summery is from a blind point of view.  People with hearing loss or other
disabilities but who have site, or even some partially sighted folk would be
able to use it.  Unfortunately though if you have no usable sight and in the
absence of play controls accessibility then it wouldn't be of any use to
them.  Nonetheless you have to consider the majority of people who would use
the facility and a minority group shouldn't be allowed to veto something
because they are disenfranchised; you can please all of the people some of
the time and some of the people all of the time but you will never please
all of the people all of the time.  This doesn't mean that solutions aren't
sought to resolve the disenfranchisement and that might be by linking to
another service.  I will ask on the tech lists I'm on to see what can be
done and will get back to you.  Walter.


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Jim
Portillo
Sent: 16 October 2015 05:09
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: SoundCloud

Hello there,

 

Has anyone used a program called SoundCloud with JAWS, and if so, how easy
is it to use?  I'm needing to start using it and am just beginning to see
how it works.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 


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RE: Urgent Help needed to uninstall Windows Media Player

[Adrian Spratt]

John,

This is an incomplete answer, but two pointers:

WMP shows up in the "Program files X86" folder, which on my system is in the 
root of the C drive. This may be why you didn't realize WMP was already there, 
as it probably was. So, if you have Windows 7, go to Computer,  then hard 
drive, then this folder. 

Second, WMP has obviously hijacked your file associations. Again, assuming (big 
assumption) you have Win7, open Windows search and type "file association," 
without the quotations. When it shows up, press enter and tab through the 
choices.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of john riehl
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 10:26 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: Urgent Help needed to uninstall Windows Media Player

Hi, everyone. I'm in a real fix and need some help.

I use Total Recorder to record all or parts of audio I'm playing, then save
the recordings to files for later use. I recorded part of a file  a couple
of weeks ago and it played back fine. Last week I installed Windows Media
player, and now total Recorder doesn't work at all - that is, none of the
files I record play back, either through Total Recorder or through Windows
Media Player, which has taken over as my default media player. (I used to
use Real Audio Player). 

My first question: what's going on with Total Recorder? Why do files I
record no longer work? Second, how do I uninstall Windows Media player,
since that's the only variable that's changed?

I need help pretty quickly; I need to learn part of a religious service
that's coming up in a couple of days.

Thanks, everyone. 

  John 

RE: Ripping With WMP

[Adrian Spratt]

This suggestion was posted by Kevin Hourigan on a JAWS list. I can't vouch for 
them because I haven't tried them.

1. Open WMP, and it says Turn repeat on button .
2. Press Alt O, arrow down to options, and press enter.
3. Press control tab to rip CD page.
4. Tab around to what you want.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary 
Petraccaro
Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2015 11:36 PM
To: PC audio discussion list. 
Subject: Ripping With WMP

Running Win7 64-bit and can't find how to rip to mp3 using WMP.  Would 
appreciate either simple instructions or being pointed to a tutorial.
Thanks.

RE: commenting on a youtube video

[Adrian Spratt]

You're right. Thanks for posting the correction.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Londa 
Peterson
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 10:09 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: commenting on a youtube video

I think that command is insert Z not control Z. 

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian
Spratt
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 11:12 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: RE: commenting on a youtube video

Hamit, your answer indirectly suggests a way JAWS might actually work. Press
control-z to leave the virtual cursor. This should turn off forms mode.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hamit
Campos
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 2:33 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: commenting on a youtube video

No. You have to use NVDA. Here's why. You know that edit box right after
where it says shair your thoughts? Well here's the problem. Jaws as you saw
goes right into forms mode. This won't do because you must open something
which I don't understand and thebn you can type. So, with NVDA, go to this
edit box, hit space on it after tabbing to it, then uparrow  and down arrow
back to it Wam! Now you can comment when NVDA goes into it's forms mode.
Note be vary careful what you type because you can't edit if you back space,
you will go back to the previous vid or main page. The best way now to
comment is the Youtube app on the I phone.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of André van
Deventer
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 12:23 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: commenting on a youtube video

Hi all

 

I want to insert a comment on a youtube  video but cannot seem to do so even
though I'm signed in to youtube.  Is there an accessible way of doing so
using internet explorer with Jaws 14?

 

Regards

 

André

 

RE: commenting on a youtube video

[Adrian Spratt]

Hamit, your answer indirectly suggests a way JAWS might actually work. Press 
control-z to leave the virtual cursor. This should turn off forms mode.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hamit Campos
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 2:33 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: commenting on a youtube video

No. You have to use NVDA. Here's why. You know that edit box right after
where it says shair your thoughts? Well here's the problem. Jaws as you saw
goes right into forms mode. This won't do because you must open something
which I don't understand and thebn you can type. So, with NVDA, go to this
edit box, hit space on it after tabbing to it, then uparrow  and down arrow
back to it Wam! Now you can comment when NVDA goes into it's forms mode.
Note be vary careful what you type because you can't edit if you back space,
you will go back to the previous vid or main page. The best way now to
comment is the Youtube app on the I phone.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of André van
Deventer
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 12:23 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: commenting on a youtube video

Hi all

 

I want to insert a comment on a youtube  video but cannot seem to do so even
though I'm signed in to youtube.  Is there an accessible way of doing so
using internet explorer with Jaws 14?

 

Regards

 

André

 

RE: Express Rip Question

[Adrian Spratt]

No. Here's an exchange I had with NCH Software a year ago about how Express Rip 
organizes CD tracks. Although it doesn't directly answer your question, it does 
so by implication. I share the frustration.

On Sat, 10 Aug 2013, I wrote: 
ExpressRip TechnicalSupportRequest Windows: 
I purchased Express Rip as a blind computer user because WMP12 had become hard 
to access. However, I can't get Express Rip to do something I took for granted 
with old versions of WMP. When I ripped the contents of a CD with WMP, a folder 
was automatically created with the artist's name. Within that folder, a 
subfolder was created for the album. Then the songs of that album would appear. 
This automated folder creation doesn't appear to happen in Express Rip. 
Instead, all the tracks of an album will be added singly to, in this case, 
Win7's Music folder. I can then cut all these tracks and copy them into a 
folder I create myself. Or I can create a folder in advance and make that the 
target folder for ripping. Either way, it's an extra step or two I wish were 
automated. I have read your entire help text and looked through the Options 
for folders. The only solution suggested involves what looks like a complicated 
piece of code, and I am no techy. Am I missing something? Beyond this, your 
program appears completely accessible, for which my thanks

On Wed, 14 Aug 2013, support...@nchsoftware.com wrote: Good afternoon,   Thanks 
for contacting NCH Software support, I'll be more than glad to assist you 
today.   Unfortunately Express Rip doesn't have this option to create folders 
and subfolders to store the music ripped. The code you can edit is to format 
the file name for the ripped tracks.   

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dan 
Kerstetter
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 4:36 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Express Rip Question

I'm helping a friend set up Express Rip.  I've gone through all the options
I can find and can't seem to make the ripped tracks appear in the same order
as they appear on the CD.  Is there a way to correct this?

 

Thanks in advance.

 

Dan

RE: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?

[Adrian Spratt]

Is it possible Express Rip overrides other application settings? I got that 
impression using Express Burn some time ago. If so, not very nice.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve 
Pattison
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 5:37 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Re: How Do I Tell My Computer I Want Winamp To Play The CD?

Hi Tom,

The answers Dan has given you are completely correct and will definitely 
work. However as is often the case in Windows there are several ways to 
achieve the same result.

Another method to fix this problem is to change settings in Winamp. When 
in the main Winamp Window press Control+P to go to the Winamp 
preferences. Tab until you get to a treeview in the preferences dialogue 
box and make sure you are on General Preferences by pressing either the 
up or down arrow keys. If the General Preferences branch of the treeview 
is closed expand it using the right arrow key. Next press the down arrow 
key until you get to an item in the treeview called File Types. Next 
press Tab until you get to an option called Launch Winamp for Audio 
CDs. this is a checkbox, make sure it is checked. Next Tab until you 
get to a button called Close and press space on that. If everything 
worked correctly When you insert an audio CD it should be played in Winamp.

I hope this helps.

Regards Steve.

On 23/09/2014 5:04 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote:
 Hello list:  I've just received a CD that I want to play; normally, Winamp
 goes ahead and plays it; at least it used to be that Windows would ask me
 what I wanted to do!  But now, Express rip insists on coming up.and there
 seems to be _no way_ to stop it!  When it comes up, I can't just close it
 out and go on; it insists on me telling it whether I want to certify that
 this is an unsilenced CD.or whatever!  Am running Windows 7-64 bit; running
 Jaws 15.  Any help or information will be much appreciated!

RE: Request.

[Adrian Spratt]

Anders,

This would have been better off-list, but I don't see your email address 
anywhere. So briefly, Amazon in the US has the CD version of the original 
13-episode series, and there are links on the page to at least one of the 
subsequent two radio series. Here's the link:
http://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Original-Radio-Drama/dp/1565110056


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Anders 
Holmberg
Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2014 5:04 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Request.

Hi!
I am not sure if someone can help me.
I know that NPR did a radio drama of star wars.
Does anybody know if one can get that somewhere?
I really know the films and have seen some of them but i really do want to hear 
the radio drama.
Thanks.
/A

RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sizedMedia Player that Gives Blindand Visually ImpairedNear-instant Access to Printed Text

[Adrian Spratt]

Kelly, this might be useful information, but I have one concern. I  hope Tom 
will indulge this off-topic post so I can ensure no one leaves with a mistaken 
impression.

I'm not sure you can deduct the price of an entire item as an impairment 
work-related expense if the item is partly used for non-work purposes. I assume 
you'd need to figure out the percentage of cost, time used, etc. I don't know 
this for a fact, but I do encourage anyone intrigued by Kelly's post to look 
further before getting entangled with the IRS.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Kelly Pierce
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 5:36 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sizedMedia Player that Gives 
Blindand Visually ImpairedNear-instant Access to Printed Text

For those in wage employment in the US, about a quarter to a third of
the cost of the device can be reduced through tax deduction.  If I can
read any work-related document or book with the device or scan any
work related document, I declare it an impairment related work
expense.  The filer’s income can be reduced by the amount of the
declared item.  Impairment related work expenses don’t need to meet a
threshold level to claim as a deduction, as regular employment
expenses do.  I am in the 30 percent federal tax bracket and have a
6.25state income tax, meaning about a third of my income is sent to
the federal and state governments to spend.  This socialist burden is
reduced when we have work-related purposes for our adaptive
technology.

Kelly




On 6/5/14, Dave McElroy d...@drakelroy.com wrote:
 For me its a question of need.  i still have ocr here, though it means
 hooking up an old pv or laptop and using my old openbook 6.  Here in the us
 only the low income government dependent can afford this new stuff.  The
 rest of us have tax bills that suck away any spare funds.

 -Original Message-
 From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Anders
 Holmberg
 Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 11:27 AM
 To: PC Audio Discussion List
 Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sizedMedia Player that Gives
 Blindand Visually ImpairedNear-instant Access to Printed Text

 Hi!
 I sadly can't afford it now because i just ordered a new stream.
 I'd like to have a look at it before also.
 If it can't ocr swedish then i'd never buy it.
 /A
 2 jun 2014 kl. 10:28 skrev Adrien Collins adriencollins22...@gmail.com:

 Hi Dane

 Could be the case but I don't have a book sense so cannot
 compare it.

 Regards

 Adrien


 -Original Message-
 From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On
 Behalf Of Dane Trethowan
 Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 8:41 AM
 To: PC Audio Discussion List
 Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media
 Player that Gives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant
 Access to Printed Text

 You're absolutely right! My only assumption here is that the
 FM radio is part of one of the chips Hims is using.


 On 2 Jun 2014, at 4:37 pm, Adrien Collins
 adriencollins22...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Dane

 On my vr stream mark 2 the internet radio is great, I am
 sure I saw that this new device has internet radio, I am
 sure I saw that on their website. In which case, why
 bother
 with the fm radio?

 Regards

 Adrien


 -Original Message-
 From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On
 Behalf Of Dane Trethowan
 Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 8:29 AM
 To: PC Audio Discussion List
 Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media
 Player that Gives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant
 Access to Printed Text

 I share your thoughts, I wondered about the Internet Radio
 initially and came around to the idea that it made perfect
 sense, if the machine has Wi-Fi capabilities and Internet
 connectivity then may as well put Internet Radio and
 perhaps
 some sort of Podcasting facility into the device but to me
 FM radio is just one of those features which is there and
 I'll probably never use given the fact that you'll need to
 plug headphones into the device to have the FM radio work
 anyway.

 On 2 Jun 2014, at 4:05 pm, Adrien Collins
 adriencollins22...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi Dane

 I wouldn't buy it because of the fm radio, the internet
 radio should be good enough. I would only buy it for the
 text or ocr functionality. But will see what happens.

 Regards

 Adrien


 -Original Message-
 From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On
 Behalf Of Dane Trethowan
 Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 11:33 PM
 To: PC Audio Discussion List
 Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media
 Player that Gives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant
 Access to Printed Text

 I guess the problem is that Hims Inc has made a device
 that
 they hope will appeal to a mass market, I myself could
 well
 do without a FM and Internet radio, I couldn't believe my
 ears when I heard someone say Yesterday that they were
 going

RE: Need help with Windows Media Player

[Adrian Spratt]

Perhaps eMusic changed your file association defaults. I know iTunes loves to 
do that. If so, you need to associate the .mp3 file type back to WMP. 

Go to the start menu search field. Type file association. Even before you 
finish, this item will appear. Press enter on it. Wait several moments for all 
the fields to come up. 

After that you tab around for two fields. One is a button for the program type. 
Once pressed, you're presented with a list of programs. With any luck, WMP will 
appear in this list. If not, I believe Other is an option that will bring up 
more programs on your system.

Then you tab to the long list of file types. Here, type very quickly .mp3 to 
get you close to the .mp3 listing. 

Going by memory, you now tab to OK. Perhaps there's an apply button to press 
first. 

I hope this gives you enough information to restore your preferred .mp3 file 
association.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Samco
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 5:31 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Need help with Windows Media Player

Windows Media Player has been my default player for a long time on my 
Windows 7 laptop. IN the last week I noticed it no longer plays any 
MP3 files I press Enter on. Coincidentally, about the same time I 
have subscribed to the eMusic web service. WMP still comes up but the 
track is not played. I have tried forcing play with Ctrl-P and also 
going into the menus. I have also poked around all the menus but 
didn't see anything obvious that needed a setting to be changed.

Any suggestions on how to further trouble shoot this?
Thanks,
Jeff

RE: Windows Media Player

[Adrian Spratt]

Morey, yes, I had found WMP in program files, but I hadn't thought of your 
suggestion for how to create a shortcut. I notice three or four .exe files in 
the list, and I'm not inclined to experiment with determining which is the one 
I need. Maybe I'll change my mind about that. Thanks so much.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Morey 
Worthington
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 11:59 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: RE: Windows Media Player

Just curious about this problem.
Have you checked in the Program files to see if Windows Media Player 
is in there?
If so, open the file and find the .exe file, press the applications 
key, down arrow to make shortcut,click on that and it should put it 
on desktop. Then click on that shortcut and see what happens.
If not in Program Files...gl.
Hope  this thought  you already know about and have tried.
HTH
Morey

RE: Windows Media Player

[Adrian Spratt]

I'd overlooked that possibility, and you're right, WMP is in the X86 list. 
However, when I click on it, rather than bring up the program, it takes me to 
the files list under program files. See the reply I've just posted to Morey's 
suggestion. Thanks for persisting with this.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
cov...@ccs.covici.com
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 4:09 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Windows Media Player

How about looking in program files (x86) should be a folder with that
name or something similar and find the .exe file within and create a
shortcut on your desktop.

Adrian Spratt adr...@adrianspratt.com wrote:

 Yes, but no cigar.
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
 Trethowan
 Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 7:48 PM
 To: PC Audio Discussion List
 Subject: Re: Windows Media Player
 
 Have you used the Windows Search?
 
 Go to the desktop and press the start key on your keyboard, you'll then be 
 prompted to Search and presented with an edit box, type in Windows Media 
 Player and see what happens.
 
 
 On 22 May 2014, at 4:33 am, Adrian Spratt adr...@adrianspratt.com wrote:
 
  I believe WMP is not only on my system, but shows signs of functioning. 
  However, I can't locate it in my windows 7 system's all programs, 
  through the start menu, on my desktop or anywhere else. For one thing, I'd 
  like to determine which version I have. Any suggestions?
 
 
 **
 
 Dane Trethowan
 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
 
 
 
 
 

-- 
Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
How do
you spend it?

 John Covici
 cov...@ccs.covici.com

RE: Windows Media Player

[Adrian Spratt]

Something to consider. I worry it will upset my painstakingly arranged audio 
defaults. But this is something that hadn't occurred to me, so another helpful 
idea, and thanks.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Olesen
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 6:09 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Windows Media Player

hi,
what about installing it, if it's missing. you can install it from control 
pannel programs and features, windows components.

Best regards
Brian

-Oprindelig meddelelse- 
From: cov...@ccs.covici.com
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 10:08 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Windows Media Player

How about looking in program files (x86) should be a folder with that
name or something similar and find the .exe file within and create a
shortcut on your desktop.

Adrian Spratt adr...@adrianspratt.com wrote:

 Yes, but no cigar.

 -Original Message-
 From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
 Trethowan
 Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 7:48 PM
 To: PC Audio Discussion List
 Subject: Re: Windows Media Player

 Have you used the Windows Search?

 Go to the desktop and press the start key on your keyboard, you'll then be 
 prompted to Search and presented with an edit box, type in Windows Media 
 Player and see what happens.


 On 22 May 2014, at 4:33 am, Adrian Spratt adr...@adrianspratt.com wrote:

  I believe WMP is not only on my system, but shows signs of functioning. 
  However, I can't locate it in my windows 7 system's all programs, 
  through the start menu, on my desktop or anywhere else. For one thing, 
  I'd like to determine which version I have. Any suggestions?


 **

 Dane Trethowan
 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






-- 
Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
How do
you spend it?

 John Covici
 cov...@ccs.covici.com 

Windows Media Player

[Adrian Spratt]

I believe WMP is not only on my system, but shows signs of functioning. 
However, I can't locate it in my windows 7 system's all programs, through 
the start menu, on my desktop or anywhere else. For one thing, I'd like to 
determine which version I have. Any suggestions?

RE: Windows Media Player

[Adrian Spratt]

Thanks, but unfortunately, I pinned a number of applications to the taskbar and 
apparently bounced WMP from the group. Any other suggestions?

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
cov...@ccs.covici.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 2:53 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Windows Media Player

It should be pinned to the taskbar unless you deleted it from there.

Dennis dennis...@gmail.com wrote:

 interesting. you made me think about this. i just looked on my windows
 7 system and i can't find it either.
 On 5/21/2014 1:33 PM, Adrian Spratt wrote:
  I believe WMP is not only on my system, but shows signs of functioning. 
  However, I can't locate it in my windows 7 system's all programs, 
  through the start menu, on my desktop or anywhere else. For one thing, I'd 
  like to determine which version I have. Any suggestions?
 
 

-- 
Your life is like a penny.  You're going to lose it.  The question is:
How do
you spend it?

 John Covici
 cov...@ccs.covici.com

RE: Windows Media Player

[Adrian Spratt]

Yes, but no cigar.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 7:48 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Windows Media Player

Have you used the Windows Search?

Go to the desktop and press the start key on your keyboard, you'll then be 
prompted to Search and presented with an edit box, type in Windows Media 
Player and see what happens.


On 22 May 2014, at 4:33 am, Adrian Spratt adr...@adrianspratt.com wrote:

 I believe WMP is not only on my system, but shows signs of functioning. 
 However, I can't locate it in my windows 7 system's all programs, through 
 the start menu, on my desktop or anywhere else. For one thing, I'd like to 
 determine which version I have. Any suggestions?


**

Dane Trethowan
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

RE: Windows Media Player

[Adrian Spratt]

That one I hadn't tried. Well, when I typed plain media, Media Player 
Classic comes up, but when I click on it, it doesn't look like WMP. Clearly, 
you and several others find WMP in this way and via the taskbar, but curious 
that even then, it doesn't show up as other applications do. Thanks, everyone, 
for trying.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 11:06 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Windows Media Player

you don't even need to type windoed. just media.   Worked on this new pc.  

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian
Spratt
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 7:40 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: RE: Windows Media Player

Yes, but no cigar.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 7:48 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Windows Media Player

Have you used the Windows Search?

Go to the desktop and press the start key on your keyboard, you'll then be
prompted to Search and presented with an edit box, type in Windows Media
Player and see what happens.


On 22 May 2014, at 4:33 am, Adrian Spratt adr...@adrianspratt.com wrote:

 I believe WMP is not only on my system, but shows signs of functioning.
However, I can't locate it in my windows 7 system's all programs, through
the start menu, on my desktop or anywhere else. For one thing, I'd like to
determine which version I have. Any suggestions?


**

Dane Trethowan
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

RE: getting audio information with jaws

[Adrian Spratt]

Tim,

Go to Windows Explorer with windows key+e. then press alt-v for view and arrow 
down through your options. One of them is details, and it needs to be checked. 

That should give you the information you need. When on a file name, press the 
say line (JAWS key+8) to hear all the file details.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of tim cumings
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2014 12:07 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: getting audio information with jaws

I'm running the latest version of jaws on my computer with windows 7 
home premium. When I use winsows explorerand arrow down through my files 
list, when I ladn on an audio file such as an mp3 or a wav file, I don't 
get any data about the file sizeor duration. Is there any setting I can 
change in windows 7 or jaws to give me this information?

RE: Voice Dream Reader App Discounted Until Sunday

[Adrian Spratt]

This link takes you to the purchase page on which there is a link to buy at the 
discounted price:
http://www.applevis.com/apps/deals/ios-apps-dropped-price/voice-dream-reader

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2014 12:07 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Voice Dream Reader App Discounted Until Sunday

Tip: download the Light version and it will allow you to upgrade once you run 
it.

On 8 May 2014, at 2:03 pm, Fazil urdu...@telus.net wrote:

 I am trying to purchase this app but I can't find the paid version.
 Your help is much appreciated.
 Thanks!
 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
 Trethowan
 Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 5:45 PM
 To: PC Audio Discussion List
 Subject: Re: Voice Dream Reader App Discounted Until Sunday
 
 Why not, a huge opportunity is presenting it self and I'm not just making a
 statement, The Voice Dream Reader App is truly flexible and powerful in what
 it does.
 
 
 On 8 May 2014, at 10:43 am, Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Cool. I should check this out then.
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of 
 Mary Otten
 Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2014 8:40 PM
 To: PC Audio Discussion List
 Subject: Re: Voice Dream Reader App Discounted Until Sunday
 
 Amen! Huge selection of voices at reasonable prices. You can read all 
 manner of Daisy files and mp3 audio books. Best 10 bucks I spent on an 
 app, and now its only $5!
 
 Mary
 
 On Thu, 8 May 2014 10:32:52 +1000, Dane Trethowan wrote:
 
 Hi!
 
 The Voice Dream Reader has been discussed on list before so - if you 
 have
 an iPhone or other IOS device - now is your big opportunity to own one 
 of the best Apps - in my view - ever developed for Visually Impaired 
 people on the IOS platform.
 
 Until Sunday the App sells for 50% off on the iTunes Store.
 
 
 
 Sent from Dane's iPhone +613400494862
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 **
 
 Dane Trethowan
 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
 
 
 
 
 


**

Dane Trethowan
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

RE: Loading Jaws on MS Surface Pro 2

[Adrian Spratt]

Am I right in understanding that you're running the JAWS 15 application from 
the FS website rather than first saving it? If so, I'd suggest saving it first. 
It might not just overcome your installation difficulty, but also make the file 
readily available if you should need to do a repair in the future. 

You're right to wait a long time when the JAWS installation seems to get stuck. 
But you're equally right to give up after two hours on 87%.

So, save to a place you'll remember, then execute the file from there. 
Installation should go more smoothly.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Jamie Kelly
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 1:58 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: Loading Jaws on MS Surface Pro 2

I'm able to install NVDA no problem. Trying to install JFW 15 using the
latest version from the FS site. I can't get passed the downloading
configuring messaging, downloading FS Omni page 87%. I've left it
downloading for up to 2 hours and restarted the Surface and started
installing again to this point.

Would appreciate any tips.

Jamie

RE: re the new victor stream

[Adrian Spratt]

Assuming you've already installed the Audible manager, you should have an icon 
on your PC's desktop. Once it is open, press alt-d and arrow down through the 
activation options. Before going there, turn off the Stream, insert an SD card, 
connect the Stream to your PC, then turn it back on. It will then be controlled 
from the PC.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Matthew Chao
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 3:19 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List; pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Re: re the new victor stream

You need to initialize the device via Audible.com's Audible Manager, 
as you would with any other device.  Hope this helps.--Matthew Chao

At 01:52 PM 1/11/2014, brian parker wrote:
Hi, does anyone who has the latest victor stream know, how to get it 
to playing audible files. brian.

RE: Is the NCH audio software accessible?

[Adrian Spratt]

I have a question about Express Burn, which I use on a 64-bit Win7 machine. 

When I rip a CD, it does two things I don't like. First, it reorders the 
sequence of tracks so that they appear alphabetically, not the way they appear 
on the album. Second, each track name begins with the name of the CD so that I 
have to remove that part of the name manually. 

The one thing I like about Windows Media Player, which became too cumbersome 
for me, is that it ripped a CD with the album name as the main folder and each 
track inside that folder in album sequence. 

Has any Express Burn user found how to rip a CD the way I want?

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mike Thomas
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 11:40 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Is the NCH audio software accessible?

I've used Express Burn for several years, and I find it totally accessible. 
There is one area near the bottom that keeps track of how much space is on 
the disk, and how much of that space you've marked files for burning.  This 
is only accessible via the Jaws cursor, or a simple script can be written.
 Best of all, the program is free for the first two weeks or 15 days, so 
you get to try it prior to buying it.


- Original Message - 
From: dan Kerstetter dh...@comcast.net
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 11:32 AM
Subject: RE: Is the NCH audio software accessible?


I believe it will work on Windows 7 64 bit.  The program itself is very
 accessible.

 Dan


 -Original Message-
 From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Peter
 Russillo
 Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2013 6:35 PM
 To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Subject: Is the NCH audio software accessible?

 Hi list, Merry Christmas.

 Would anyone here know about the accessibility of the software from NCH?
 Specifically, I want to look into their Express Burn CD burning software, 
 if
 it works on Windows 7 64 bit machines.  If anyone's had experience using
 this, would you please give me some pointers for getting the best use from
 it?  Windows Media Player seems a bit tricky for setting up a playlist to
 burn to a CD; I use System Access for a screen reader but something's 
 wrong
 with the Media Library in that it won't let me burn something to CD; 
 Support
 can't help much in this case.  I have tried Digital Jukebox from 
 Marvelsoft;
 in that case yes, I can make the playlist and then go to the Project menu
 and tell the program to burn the tracks to CD; a blank CD is in the drive,
 but when I hit the okay button after I'm given the total playing time for
 the tracks to burn the CD, the speech just goes silent and a message pops 
 up
 that the dj.exe has stopped working and should be closed; I haven't heard
 back from their tech support yet, maybe tomorrow after Christmas.
 Meanwhile I'm wanting to find out more about Express Burn by NCH Software 
 to
 find out if it's accessible with screen readers before I plunk down money
 for it.  Thanks in advance for any info you can give me on this; also if
 anyone has experience with Digital Jukebox by Marvelsoft I'm interested in
 learning about experiences people had using it.  thanks again and Merry
 Christmas.

 Peter Russillo

 

FW: Is the NCH audio software accessible?

[Adrian Spratt]

My apologies. I'm referring to NCH's ExpressRip.

-Original Message-
From: Adrian Spratt 
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 6:38 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Is the NCH audio software accessible?

I have a question about Express Burn, which I use on a 64-bit Win7 machine. 

When I rip a CD, it does two things I don't like. First, it reorders the 
sequence of tracks so that they appear alphabetically, not the way they appear 
on the album. Second, each track name begins with the name of the CD so that I 
have to remove that part of the name manually. 

The one thing I like about Windows Media Player, which became too cumbersome 
for me, is that it ripped a CD with the album name as the main folder and each 
track inside that folder in album sequence. 

Has any Express Burn user found how to rip a CD the way I want?

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mike Thomas
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 11:40 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Is the NCH audio software accessible?

I've used Express Burn for several years, and I find it totally accessible. 
There is one area near the bottom that keeps track of how much space is on 
the disk, and how much of that space you've marked files for burning.  This 
is only accessible via the Jaws cursor, or a simple script can be written.
 Best of all, the program is free for the first two weeks or 15 days, so 
you get to try it prior to buying it.


- Original Message - 
From: dan Kerstetter dh...@comcast.net
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2013 11:32 AM
Subject: RE: Is the NCH audio software accessible?


I believe it will work on Windows 7 64 bit.  The program itself is very
 accessible.

 Dan


 -Original Message-
 From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Peter
 Russillo
 Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2013 6:35 PM
 To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Subject: Is the NCH audio software accessible?

 Hi list, Merry Christmas.

 Would anyone here know about the accessibility of the software from NCH?
 Specifically, I want to look into their Express Burn CD burning software, 
 if
 it works on Windows 7 64 bit machines.  If anyone's had experience using
 this, would you please give me some pointers for getting the best use from
 it?  Windows Media Player seems a bit tricky for setting up a playlist to
 burn to a CD; I use System Access for a screen reader but something's 
 wrong
 with the Media Library in that it won't let me burn something to CD; 
 Support
 can't help much in this case.  I have tried Digital Jukebox from 
 Marvelsoft;
 in that case yes, I can make the playlist and then go to the Project menu
 and tell the program to burn the tracks to CD; a blank CD is in the drive,
 but when I hit the okay button after I'm given the total playing time for
 the tracks to burn the CD, the speech just goes silent and a message pops 
 up
 that the dj.exe has stopped working and should be closed; I haven't heard
 back from their tech support yet, maybe tomorrow after Christmas.
 Meanwhile I'm wanting to find out more about Express Burn by NCH Software 
 to
 find out if it's accessible with screen readers before I plunk down money
 for it.  Thanks in advance for any info you can give me on this; also if
 anyone has experience with Digital Jukebox by Marvelsoft I'm interested in
 learning about experiences people had using it.  thanks again and Merry
 Christmas.

 Peter Russillo

 

RE: can't delete from thumb drive

[Adrian Spratt]

I had a similar experience a few years ago with a file on a thumb drive that I 
couldn't erase in the normal way. A Google search turned up a tool specifically 
designed to delete that particular kind of file. I tried it, and it worked. 
Search for this file on Google, and you should find the answer.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Bud Schwab
Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2013 2:41 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: can't delete from thumb drive

Hi Gang,

I have a 4 gig thumb drive that has a cache file on it that I can't 
delete. Any normal way  of deleting just doesn't work.  It's called 
readyboost.sfcache.  I'm using internet explorer 10 and windows 7 64 bit.
Any ideas?
Thanks.


Bud Schwab
W 6 Z Y P
Malibu, California
  


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RE: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

[Adrian Spratt]

There is also a good-quality leather case with a strap that you can buy for the 
Stream that makes it highly portable. No need of Bluetooth.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Olesen
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 8:36 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

Hi,
But the ability to be able to connect a bluetooth headset and the much 
better speed really is a plus for the book sense xt.
And the navigation isn't so difficult as you suggest.
Al.Also the carieing bag optional that fits the Book Sense nicely is a big 
plus, when you go portable.

Best regards
Brian
Brian

-Oprindelig meddelelse- 
From: Aidan
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 1:31 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

Yes, they all nice, but since the guy here have audible as his main
concern, I stil suggest the stream, because with the pocket and
bookport plus you con't add bookmarks in the same fassion if at all in
an audible book, and they support less formats. The booksense support
audible but it can sometimes be confusing for some users as to when
and where wich books will remember wich playback positions. With the
stream its simplified. Each bookshelf have dedicated rules wich also
making organizing of content easier. With bookport plus and alike you
don't have the same amount of control.

On 01/10/2013, Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net wrote:
 I have all three and they all play audible.com content.
 they are all great devices.
 - Original Message -
 From: Salien Brown say...@gmail.com
 To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 7:41 PM
 Subject: Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?


 Boy, you give 3 nice options to select from. I'm Googling info on all
 3 devices. Wish there was a podcast or something that compared the 3.
 It's really tough to make a choice. Since my main use for the device
 will be to play Audible.com audio books, guess I need to stick with
 that device which does this the best? Can you tell me which one is your
 pick?

 yAt 06:39 PM 9/30/2013, you wrote:
I would recomand either the book port plus, plextalk pocket or booksense
 xt
- Original Message -
From: Aidan aidan.smartt...@gmail.com
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?


I am very sorry to here that, but overall, most users find the
opposite. I doubt such behaveour will happen to a lot of people. Maybe
humanware should investigate?

On 30/09/2013, cov...@ccs.covici.com cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote:
  Unless the new stream has very different hardware, I find the old one
  was not very stable -- I must have had several new ones and repairs
  over
  the years I have had the thing.  It crashes at times and I always
  wonder
  if my bookmarks will be saved.  Well, the iphone makes them mostly
  obsolete.
 
  Aidan aidan.smartt...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  You can get more info at: www.humanware.com/newstream, and for the
  manuals and f a q and other stuff go to: www.humanware.com/support,
  then choose the victor stream new generation link from that page and
  you will get the rest there. The USB thing is not a commin behaviour.
  If you use the supplied cables and charcher you will be fine. The
  stream is the most stable among all players, and have the longest
  battery life. And the new model can charch on the pc in both the on
  and off state.
 
  On 30/09/2013, Salien Brown say...@gmail.com wrote:
   Is there a site where I can learn more about this victor stream? I
   reviewed a few threads by members on this group who seem to be
   encountering problems with the USB connection to the PC failing? Is
   this a common occurence or is this player pretty reliable?
  
   At 03:00 PM 9/30/2013, you wrote:
  The victor stream is a very good option if audible books and
  bookmarks
  are your concern. The stream save bookmark your place no matter
   what,
  and you can create a veriety of custom bookmarks manually at any
   spot
  of your desire. The new stream have wifi, and audible support. And
  I'm
  sure soon it should be able to download audible books from the
  device.
  
  On 30/09/2013, Salien Brown say...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks for the suggestions. Well I'm looking for something that's
portable, so I will probably want it to have a headphone jack. My
main concern is it having the ability to play Audible.com audio
books. If I stop at a certain point, the player will leave a
bookmark
or some sort of marker to pick up where I left off later on. Also
being able to hold a nice amount of audio books is important too.
   
   
This advanced book player from NLS, does it store a lot of
audio
books? More importantly, is it easy to save audio books too it?
Is
there a website where I can 

RE: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

[Adrian Spratt]

Brian,

I hadn't thought bout that advantage for Bluetooth. Chalk one up for your 
good-natured recommendation! 

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Olesen
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 11:23 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

HI,
Also for the Stream 2? Cool!
I didn't know that. I must ask my vendor, if he has a such. I have a great 
bluetooth headset, which can automatically switch from my iPhone to a Book 
Sense, and back again.
So when you're in a bus or a train you can both listen to audio books, and 
check your messages at the same time with just one headset. The brand is 
Jabra.

The Stream now also has support for bookshare with the latest firmware 
update.

Ok then on to the final 2 ultimate arguments for Book Sense XT. grin
The weight. The Book Sense xt weighs less then the stream, and also is a bit 
smaller.
And a really nice FM radio, when you wanna check the news on the go.

I have a good sound bar with bluetooth, so I can use the Sense for music 
playing at a very nice and high quality from the Book Sense XT.
This gives me the freedom of sitting in my sofa controlling the music 
playing directly and remotely from the Book Sense with no additional cabling 
cludder all over the place.

Both players are good players in my oppinion.

Best regards
Brian
-Oprindelig meddelelse- 
From: Adrian Spratt
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 5:11 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: RE: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

There is also a good-quality leather case with a strap that you can buy for 
the Stream that makes it highly portable. No need of Bluetooth.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian 
Olesen
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 8:36 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

Hi,
But the ability to be able to connect a bluetooth headset and the much
better speed really is a plus for the book sense xt.
And the navigation isn't so difficult as you suggest.
Al.Also the carieing bag optional that fits the Book Sense nicely is a big
plus, when you go portable.

Best regards
Brian
Brian

-Oprindelig meddelelse- 
From: Aidan
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 1:31 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

Yes, they all nice, but since the guy here have audible as his main
concern, I stil suggest the stream, because with the pocket and
bookport plus you con't add bookmarks in the same fassion if at all in
an audible book, and they support less formats. The booksense support
audible but it can sometimes be confusing for some users as to when
and where wich books will remember wich playback positions. With the
stream its simplified. Each bookshelf have dedicated rules wich also
making organizing of content easier. With bookport plus and alike you
don't have the same amount of control.

On 01/10/2013, Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net wrote:
 I have all three and they all play audible.com content.
 they are all great devices.
 - Original Message -
 From: Salien Brown say...@gmail.com
 To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 7:41 PM
 Subject: Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?


 Boy, you give 3 nice options to select from. I'm Googling info on all
 3 devices. Wish there was a podcast or something that compared the 3.
 It's really tough to make a choice. Since my main use for the device
 will be to play Audible.com audio books, guess I need to stick with
 that device which does this the best? Can you tell me which one is your
 pick?

 yAt 06:39 PM 9/30/2013, you wrote:
I would recomand either the book port plus, plextalk pocket or booksense
 xt
- Original Message -
From: Aidan aidan.smartt...@gmail.com
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?


I am very sorry to here that, but overall, most users find the
opposite. I doubt such behaveour will happen to a lot of people. Maybe
humanware should investigate?

On 30/09/2013, cov...@ccs.covici.com cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote:
  Unless the new stream has very different hardware, I find the old one
  was not very stable -- I must have had several new ones and repairs
  over
  the years I have had the thing.  It crashes at times and I always
  wonder
  if my bookmarks will be saved.  Well, the iphone makes them mostly
  obsolete.
 
  Aidan aidan.smartt...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  You can get more info at: www.humanware.com/newstream, and for the
  manuals and f a q and other stuff go to: www.humanware.com/support,
  then choose the victor stream new generation link from that page and
  you will get the rest there. The USB thing is not a commin behaviour.
  If you use the supplied cables and charcher you

RE: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

[Adrian Spratt]

The NLS player can't play Audible books.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 8:33 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

I would say that the standard player might be okay if all you ever want to
do is just read a book!  But you're right; if you want to skip ahead and
do other things; if you want to read magazines, then one definitely wants
the advanced player!
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave
Scrimenti
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 3:06 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

It has no internal memory. It uses a flash drive. So whatever you can store 
on the drive. I don't know how big the drive can be. Best thing to do is 
just call your state library for the blind and have them send you one. If 
you don't like it, send it back. Like I said, it's free. But make sure you 
order the advanced player, not the standard player, otherwise you won't get 
most of the important navigation features. I don't even know why they make 
the standard player.
- Original Message - 
From: Salien Brown say...@gmail.com
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 2:34 PM
Subject: Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?


 Thanks for the suggestions. Well I'm looking for something that's 
 portable, so I will probably want it to have a headphone jack. My main 
 concern is it having the ability to play Audible.com audio books. If I 
 stop at a certain point, the player will leave a bookmark or some sort of 
 marker to pick up where I left off later on. Also being able to hold a 
 nice amount of audio books is important too.


 This advanced book player from NLS, does it store a lot of audio books? 
 More importantly, is it easy to save audio books too it? Is there a 
 website where I can learn more about it?

 At 01:20 PM 9/30/2013, you wrote:
If you're in the US, try the advanced book player from NLS. You can't put 
it in your pocket, but it has a great speaker, dedicated buttons for 
moving around, and it's free. You can get Kindle for your PC for free. 
iPod touch or iPhone is also good. They're very versatile, and small. But 
the crappy speaker means you may want to use headphones, and the touch 
screen is not quite as easy to use as a keyboard or buttons.
- Original Message - From: Salien Brown say...@gmail.com
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 4:45 AM
Subject: Recommendations for an audio book reader?


Hey gang,

Well I'm going to start listening to more audio books. I'm in the market 
for the most accessible hardware/software combination for individuals who

are legally blind to do this with no issues?

Maybe there's an accessible device on  the market that links directly to 
audible.com, so you can download any purchases via Wi-Fi? I want 
something that is current, not released like 2 - 5 years ago?

So I'm hoping that someone on this list can give me the info I need to 
make a more informed decision? Money is no object for I'm looking at this

as a new hobby which will help me get away from listening to OTR shows so

much.

Thanks for any suggestions.


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RE: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

[Adrian Spratt]

Like you, Aidan, I find report of poor quality very strange. For a pure reading 
device, I doubt anything beats or even comes close to the Stream. There is some 
initial groundwork needed to make the Stream work with Audible, but once it's 
done, the book transfer process, control-c for copy and control-v for paste, 
couldn't be simpler. 

I've never had hardware or USB problems with the Stream, nor has any of several 
friends who have one. I did drop one in dishwater while washing dishes, but 
that wasn't exactly HumanWare's fault. When I called for tech support, I didn't 
hide that fact, and they gave me a decent deal on a replacement. HW's customer 
service, which includes the company's CEO, is extremely responsive, including 
to customer suggestions for improvements in future software and (now) hardware 
upgrades. 

The Stream remembers where you left off not only in the current book but also 
in every book you start on the device. You can also add bookmarks for passages 
you want to return to. 

The memory depends on the SD card size. I know the Stream can handle 16-gig 
cards, and I believe it can also manage 32-gig ones. Space is not an issue.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 4:53 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

I am very sorry to here that, but overall, most users find the
opposite. I doubt such behaveour will happen to a lot of people. Maybe
humanware should investigate?

On 30/09/2013, cov...@ccs.covici.com cov...@ccs.covici.com wrote:
 Unless the new stream has very different hardware, I find the old one
 was not very stable -- I must have had several new ones and repairs over
 the years I have had the thing.  It crashes at times and I always wonder
 if my bookmarks will be saved.  Well, the iphone makes them mostly
 obsolete.

 Aidan aidan.smartt...@gmail.com wrote:

 You can get more info at: www.humanware.com/newstream, and for the
 manuals and f a q and other stuff go to: www.humanware.com/support,
 then choose the victor stream new generation link from that page and
 you will get the rest there. The USB thing is not a commin behaviour.
 If you use the supplied cables and charcher you will be fine. The
 stream is the most stable among all players, and have the longest
 battery life. And the new model can charch on the pc in both the on
 and off state.

 On 30/09/2013, Salien Brown say...@gmail.com wrote:
  Is there a site where I can learn more about this victor stream? I
  reviewed a few threads by members on this group who seem to be
  encountering problems with the USB connection to the PC failing? Is
  this a common occurence or is this player pretty reliable?
 
  At 03:00 PM 9/30/2013, you wrote:
 The victor stream is a very good option if audible books and bookmarks
 are your concern. The stream save bookmark your place no matter what,
 and you can create a veriety of custom bookmarks manually at any spot
 of your desire. The new stream have wifi, and audible support. And I'm
 sure soon it should be able to download audible books from the device.
 
 On 30/09/2013, Salien Brown say...@gmail.com wrote:
   Thanks for the suggestions. Well I'm looking for something that's
   portable, so I will probably want it to have a headphone jack. My
   main concern is it having the ability to play Audible.com audio
   books. If I stop at a certain point, the player will leave a
   bookmark
   or some sort of marker to pick up where I left off later on. Also
   being able to hold a nice amount of audio books is important too.
  
  
   This advanced book player from NLS, does it store a lot of audio
   books? More importantly, is it easy to save audio books too it? Is
   there a website where I can learn more about it?
  
   At 01:20 PM 9/30/2013, you wrote:
  If you're in the US, try the advanced book player from NLS. You
  can't put it in your pocket, but it has a great speaker, dedicated
  buttons for moving around, and it's free. You can get Kindle for
  your PC for free. iPod touch or iPhone is also good. They're very
  versatile, and small. But the crappy speaker means you may want to
  use headphones, and the touch screen is not quite as easy to use as
  a keyboard or buttons.
  - Original Message - From: Salien Brown say...@gmail.com
  To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
  Sent: Monday, September 30, 2013 4:45 AM
  Subject: Recommendations for an audio book reader?
  
  
  Hey gang,
  
  Well I'm going to start listening to more audio books. I'm in the
  market for the most accessible hardware/software combination for
  individuals who are legally blind to do this with no issues?
  
  Maybe there's an accessible device on  the market that links
  directly to audible.com, so you can download any purchases via
  Wi-Fi? I want something that is current, not released like 2 - 5
   years
   ago?
  
  So I'm hoping that 

RE: Thoughts on the New Victor reader Stream?

[Adrian Spratt]

Appended to that Accessworld article was HumanWare's response in which they 
thank the reviewer for the suggestions and promise upcoming revisions to 
address them. HW has since put out a revision that was on the new Stream when I 
bought mine. The sound from the speaker is not muffled. 

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 4:08 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Thoughts on the New Victor reader Stream?

Okay, since this thread has drifted so far away from the Victor Reader Stream I 
thought I'd offer my 2 cents worth regarding Talking Book players.

Regarding the Victor Reader Stream? Well I doubt I'll be getting one as the 
machine offers me nothing whatever I don't have accept for an extra hole burnt 
in my pocket I don't need.

My assessment is based on 2 reviews I've read over the last few months in the 
Access World publication and the reviews presented in Access World are very 
independent in nature and presentation so I feel I'm reliable informed.

I understand that several bugs in the new victor Reader Stream model have been 
a-dressed but this fact alone still won't convince me to buy a Stream, what 
convinces me not to buy one is the statement in the review articles that the 
speaker of the Stream - whilst far better than that found on the older model - 
is still muffled.

As it happens I was in the right place at the right time and managed to 
purchase a VoiceSense at a perfectly reasonable price, the seller no longer 
required its use as he had fully migrated to an IOS setup.

The Voicesense alone in my view is the best talking book player I've ever owned 
offering a Daisy player and support for just about every other audio format on 
the planet, you can even stream radio stations to it if they have an MP3, AAC 
or WMA stream.

Now I know a new Voicesense isn't cheap but the price has come down 
considerably so given that fact and that the Voicesense has been specifically 
designed with accessibility in mind? Well all I say is that if you can manage 
to get your hands on one of these machines you'll be doing yourself a huge 
favour.

I like the attitude of Hims Inc, the idea seems to be to allow the Sense 
machines to integrate into modern technology seamlessly and as unintrusively 
as is possible, an example of this is the Dropbox client now found on the 
Voicesense.


On 23/09/2013, at 3:47 AM, Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net wrote:

 It could be that the  pairing is different from most bluetooth devices.
 there are some devices that have a different way of pairing to the 
 booksense.
 what happens when you try and pair the logetec to the booksense?
 - Original Message - 
 From: Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk
 To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 3:21 AM
 Subject: Re: Thoughts on the New Victor reader Stream?
 
 
 HI,
 Oh sad to hear, but there are so many Bluetooth profiles out there. It works
 perfectly on a Bose bluetooth speaker bar.
 
 Brian
 
 -Oprindelig meddelelse- 
 From: Anders Holmberg
 Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 12:05 AM
 To: PC Audio Discussion List
 Subject: Re: Thoughts on the New Victor reader Stream?
 
 Hi!
 I have the booksens and i love it.
 Sadly my logitech headset seems not to work with the booksense.
 /A
 21 sep 2013 kl. 21:45 skrev Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk:
 
 Hi,
 Another more interesting unit is the one from Hims International.
 It's called book sence.
 This one you can connect to a speaker system via bluetooth. It has an FM
 radio and is loaded with tons of other useful nice features.
 But the Victor Stream 2 you asked about also is a very nice daisy player.
 The new version even has stereo recording.
 
 Brian
 -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Adrian Spratt
 Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 8:30 PM
 To: PC Audio Discussion List
 Subject: RE: Thoughts on the New Victor reader Stream?
 
 Excellent summary, Aidan. I have the new Stream, but I haven't tested all
 the features you mention, including the Wi-Fi connection. I'd add a few
 notes.
 
 First, the new Stream reports how much battery charge is left in
 percentage terms, and also how much power has been restored during
 recharge.
 
 Second, when you move from shelf to shelf, the Stream remembers where you
 were in each one even after the unit is powered down. On the old device,
 the Stream remembered only where you had been when the unit shut down, but
 not where you'd been on each shelf.
 
 Third, for NLS users, the new Stream moves faster between titles at level
 1.
 
 Fourth, the speaker is significantly louder and clearer.
 
 Fifth, the unit is smaller. As I recall, HumanWare says it's smaller by a
 third. I didn't think it would matter, but it does.
 
 My sixth point could go either way. The buttons are much more sensitive.
 The drawback is that if I move while carrying the Stream on its strap and
 it even

RE: Thoughts on the New Victor reader Stream?

[Adrian Spratt]

No, Dane. I was suggesting that the revision distributed by HW after the review 
you read apparently improved the speaker quality. Like you, I assume that the 
quality before then was bad. That review made me balk at buying the new Stream 
until I read about  the improvements and spoke to an HW tech guy who sounded 
honest and reliable. Everyone who has heard my Stream speaker is impressed, 
considering its size.

I find HW to be responsive to user suggestions, and they seem to incorporate 
them pretty quickly. 

I believe Aidan's and other lister comments make a good case for the Stream as 
a first-rate device for reading books and other materials. You can pause it on 
the proverbial dime, fast-forward and rewind in reliable increments, set 
bookmarks and so much more. 

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 6:28 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Thoughts on the New Victor reader Stream?

Nothing like hands-on experience, so the sound from the internal speaker of the 
Victor Reader Stream isn't muffled? I wonder why the reviewer then said it was/ 
Don't get me wrong, I'm not doubting what you're saying as you own a machine 
but I wonder if the Plextalk Pocket or the Booksense sounds better.

Anything could sound better than that awful internal speaker on the older 
victor Reader stream model, that was something right out of the absolutely 
awful basket but then again, with NFB - No Friends Of The Blind - having input 
into the design? Well one really couldn't expect all that much better.


On 23/09/2013, at 7:40 AM, Adrian Spratt adr...@adrianspratt.com wrote:

 Appended to that Accessworld article was HumanWare's response in which they 
 thank the reviewer for the suggestions and promise upcoming revisions to 
 address them. HW has since put out a revision that was on the new Stream when 
 I bought mine. The sound from the speaker is not muffled. 
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
 Trethowan
 Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 4:08 PM
 To: PC Audio Discussion List
 Subject: Re: Thoughts on the New Victor reader Stream?
 
 Okay, since this thread has drifted so far away from the Victor Reader Stream 
 I thought I'd offer my 2 cents worth regarding Talking Book players.
 
 Regarding the Victor Reader Stream? Well I doubt I'll be getting one as the 
 machine offers me nothing whatever I don't have accept for an extra hole 
 burnt in my pocket I don't need.
 
 My assessment is based on 2 reviews I've read over the last few months in the 
 Access World publication and the reviews presented in Access World are very 
 independent in nature and presentation so I feel I'm reliable informed.
 
 I understand that several bugs in the new victor Reader Stream model have 
 been a-dressed but this fact alone still won't convince me to buy a Stream, 
 what convinces me not to buy one is the statement in the review articles that 
 the speaker of the Stream - whilst far better than that found on the older 
 model - is still muffled.
 
 As it happens I was in the right place at the right time and managed to 
 purchase a VoiceSense at a perfectly reasonable price, the seller no longer 
 required its use as he had fully migrated to an IOS setup.
 
 The Voicesense alone in my view is the best talking book player I've ever 
 owned offering a Daisy player and support for just about every other audio 
 format on the planet, you can even stream radio stations to it if they have 
 an MP3, AAC or WMA stream.
 
 Now I know a new Voicesense isn't cheap but the price has come down 
 considerably so given that fact and that the Voicesense has been specifically 
 designed with accessibility in mind? Well all I say is that if you can manage 
 to get your hands on one of these machines you'll be doing yourself a huge 
 favour.
 
 I like the attitude of Hims Inc, the idea seems to be to allow the Sense 
 machines to integrate into modern technology seamlessly and as 
 unintrusively as is possible, an example of this is the Dropbox client now 
 found on the Voicesense.
 
 
 On 23/09/2013, at 3:47 AM, Sunshine sunsh...@abe.midco.net wrote:
 
 It could be that the  pairing is different from most bluetooth devices.
 there are some devices that have a different way of pairing to the 
 booksense.
 what happens when you try and pair the logetec to the booksense?
 - Original Message - 
 From: Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk
 To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 3:21 AM
 Subject: Re: Thoughts on the New Victor reader Stream?
 
 
 HI,
 Oh sad to hear, but there are so many Bluetooth profiles out there. It works
 perfectly on a Bose bluetooth speaker bar.
 
 Brian
 
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 From: Anders Holmberg
 Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 12:05 AM
 To: PC Audio Discussion List
 Subject: Re

RE: Thoughts on the New Victor reader Stream?

[Adrian Spratt]

Excellent summary, Aidan. I have the new Stream, but I haven't tested all the 
features you mention, including the Wi-Fi connection. I'd add a few notes.

First, the new Stream reports how much battery charge is left in percentage 
terms, and also how much power has been restored during recharge. 

Second, when you move from shelf to shelf, the Stream remembers where you were 
in each one even after the unit is powered down. On the old device, the Stream 
remembered only where you had been when the unit shut down, but not where you'd 
been on each shelf. 

Third, for NLS users, the new Stream moves faster between titles at level 1.

Fourth, the speaker is significantly louder and clearer.

Fifth, the unit is smaller. As I recall, HumanWare says it's smaller by a 
third. I didn't think it would matter, but it does.

My sixth point could go either way. The buttons are much more sensitive. The 
drawback is that if I move while carrying the Stream on its strap and it even 
lightly touches clothing or something else, a button is certain to be pressed, 
interrupting my reading and forcing me to press a key or two to get things 
going again. Despite this occasional annoyance, I like how responsive the keys 
are.

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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan
Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 1:09 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Thoughts on the New Victor reader Stream?

I am going to by mine next month if all goes wel. I think the new
stream could've been a bit better, but there are enough bennifits for
me at least. First off, the old stream does only charch on the
adapter. No USB charching of any kind is supported. And that is sick
in the time we live in. So now the new stream does not just support
charching via USB, but it also charch with a pere USB adapter and only
have one port wich dubble as both an charching and connection port.
The thing I like about the new interface however, is that you can now
charch and listen wile its connected to the pc. Connect it wile the
unit is turned on, and it will charch and stil be able to play and be
usable. Turn it off and connect and turn back on again and the pc will
see it as a mass storage device like the old stream did. I am also
sick and tired of stupid Samantha and tom drink to much wisky and so
the newer acapela voices are more than usable. They really are what I
can use for long hours of reading. I love the fact that now on the new
stream you can set the sleep timer in custom incriments according to
your set time, and not only the presets they always allowed. And the
way the clock works is also very unique. They seprit the clock menus
from the regular player menu. That is ausom! Also the fact that all
features are now available on the unit without the need for a softpack
installation. And now it can do line in recording. It no longer
support recording of 3gp but mp3 and wave only. That is just fine. As
far as I no about the wifi situation, you have to either type in the
network info manually, or scan for the network and add it that way.
You might be able to add an incrippted network but I doubt it can
sync. Although you can confirm that with humanware. Maybe someone on
the stream list will no more there. And they might also help with the
nls thing, I never saw any notes regarding the presents of such
adapter like the old one. And I'm not in the US, and I didn't see the
player yet. Hope this help a bit.

On 21/09/2013, Matthew Chao mattc...@verizon.net wrote:
 Hi, Folks.  I'm considering buying a new Victor Reader stream.  A few
 questions:

 Does it have an adapter for readingNLS cartridges?

 How do you get the Reader to sync up with an encrypted wireless connection?

 I have the previous Victor Reader Stream.  What makes the newer one
 better?  Is it worth purchasing?  What do you like or not like about
 the newer one?

 Thanks in advance for any feedback you might have.

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Accessible MP3 converter for Win7

[Adrian Spratt]

I'm interested in recommendations for an accessible MP3 converter for use on a 
Win7 system. My screenreader is JAWS 14.

Thanks.
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MP3 converter for 64-bit systems

[Adrian Spratt]

Hi. Acoustica MP3 Converter worked nicely on my XP system with JAWS. With focus 
placed on the file to be converted, you press the applications key, arrow up to 
the conversion option and press enter. I now have a 64-bit Win7 system, and 
Acoustica no longer works this way. They admit it on their website. They 
suggest downloading and installing an application called Wow64, which I have 
done. With focus placed on the track to be converted, you arrow up through the 
applications menu choices to Wow64, press enter, and then the old Acoustica 
options appear.

However, I could not get JAWS to stay on the conversion option I wanted, and 
when I switched to the JAWS cursor, the menu disappeared. My computer then 
stopped operating, and I had to shut it down.

So,

1. Does anyone have experience using Wow64 to make a 32-bit application work on 
a 64-bit system? Any tips?

2. Should I give up on Acoustica? If so, what is a simple, JAWS-friendly MP3 
converter program I can use on my 64-bit Win7 system instead?
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NCH Express Rip, folder creation

[Adrian Spratt]

After giving up trying to work with Windows Media Player 12, I downloaded NCH 
Express Rip, which appears to be mostly accessible. However, I can't have it do 
something I took for granted with old versions of WMP.

When I ripped the contents of a CD with WMP, a folder was automatically created 
with the artist's name. Within that folder, a subfolder was created for the 
album. Then the songs of that album would appear.

This automated folder creation doesn't appear to happen in Express Rip. 
Instead, all the tracks of an album will be added singly to, in this case, 
Win7's Music folder. I can then cut all these tracks and copy them into a 
folder I create myself. Or I can create a folder in advance and make that the 
target folder for ripping. Either way, it's an extra step or two I wish were 
automated.

Does anyone know how to get Express Rip to create folders automatically, like 
WMP?
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RE: Spotify

[Adrian Spratt]

Have any of you tried John Martin's accessible scripts for spotify? I haven't, 
but his work has a solid reputation:

www.SpotifyBlind.com 

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Samuel 
Wilkins
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 10:33 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Spotify

Hello Dane, it is not very accessible.  It is possible to search for a
genre, artist or title of a song and to play the results in the list, but it
is not easy to determine what you are listening to when using the arrow
keys.  I have written to Spotify UK, and hopefully there will be some change
to the programme, as the person who responded to my letter was quite
empathetic.  

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: 01 July 2013 11:22
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Spotify

Hi!

I use the Spotify App on my iPhone and from my Denon AVR2113 Surround-Sound
receiver.

Last time I tried the Spotify software for Windows and Mac I found the
software inaccessible but that was some time ago, if anyone is using Spotify
with a Windows or Mac machine then how are they doing it?

And yepah before I fihish, I also use Spotify with my Logitech Squeezebox
Radio, Spotify is also useable with the new Logitech U.E. radio.


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Accessible Rhapsody

[Adrian Spratt]

Once again, John martin has come through: 
http://www.rhapsodyblind.com/

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Ray T. 
Mahorney
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 1:41 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: issues with the amazon cloud player

well it turns out that rhapsody has no plans to make their stuff accessible.  
Stuck with ITunes


Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA


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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Kris 
Hickerson
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 17:21
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: issues with the amazon cloud player

I never have gotten much out of it.  

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Ray T.
Mahorney
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 12:06 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: issues with the amazon cloud player

can you make it work though?


Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA


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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Kris 
Hickerson
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 15:23
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: issues with the amazon cloud player

No, I hate the darn thing!



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Ray T.
Mahorney
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 1:29 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: issues with the amazon cloud player

that's good to know I thought it was me being fumble fingered.


Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA


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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Kris 
Hickerson
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2013 02:17
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: issues with the amazon cloud player

Ray,  As far as I've been able to tell, it isn't accessible at all.  

Kris

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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Ray T.
Mahorney
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 8:00 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: issues with the amazon cloud player

First I am getting the impression that the thing is not very accessible am I 
right?  Secondly
whenever I try to configure settings the thing takes me to amazon.co.uk why and 
how do I fix that?


Ray T. Mahorney
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RE: Olympus dm-620 manual, making PDF document accessible

[Adrian Spratt]

Thank you for this tip, Aidan. The way I render difficult PDF documents 
accessible is to save them, then perform OCR with Omnipage. You can do OCR with 
the Kurzweil Reader, Openbook, Abbey finder or another OCR software program or 
device. Next time, however, I'll try control-shift-F5 in case it speeds up the 
process.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Maher
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 5:17 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Olympus dm-620 manual

Hi, you must make sure that adobe is viewing the intire document. Try
to open it again, then press control shift f5, then choose view
intire document and press enter. Then just give it chance to load
properly. You should be able to read it easier. Its a bit more
accessible than the previous manuals.

On 19/06/2013, Tom t...@pc-audio.org wrote:
 This message bounced so I am sending it again.

 Hi Listers,

   I went to google and looked for the dm-620 manual as it
 doesn't appear to be on the cd that came with the device.  I
 downloaded the pdf document but when I tried to open it in
 adobe reader, it just sits there and says alert, processing
 document.  Then nothing happens.  I wonder where to find a
 text version of the manual.  In anticipation of any
 suggestions, I thank you in advance.

 Rusty


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RE: re audible

[Adrian Spratt]

I just went to My Library. On the homepage of the regular Audible website,
search for library without my.

The so-called accessible version has limitations. I don't recall what they
are, but I do remember deciding they rendered it useless to me.  

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of brian
parker
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 5:37 AM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: re audible

Hi clifford, i did what you suggested, and although it wasn't what i 
was used to, i found what i wanted. i have lost the message from the 
other member who did me the favour of answering me. i found the box 
for search for a book, and put in spartan gold, it came up with the 
answer, not found. this was rediculous, as i have already downloaded 
this book from audible. anyway, i still can't find my library. i 
enquired from audible yesterday. they told me that they were working 
on the site, and suggested i tried later. for what it is worth, i am 
sending that suggestion on to you. brian.


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RE: re audible

[Adrian Spratt]

In the past, I found that sales promoted by email were not shown on the
accessible site, but I haven't tried again in months. 

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Clifford
Blackwell
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 8:41 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: re audible

So far as I know, yes.
- Original Message - 
From: john j...@developer.plus.com
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 5:26 AM
Subject: Re: re audible


 Hi,

 Does this accessible site have the same products and services? IE are the 
 same offers available on the same books etc.

 best, john
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 Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 4:55 PM
 Subject: Re: re audible


 Try using their accessible site http://www.audible.com/access
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 To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 8:47 AM
 Subject: re audible


 Hi list, have any of you who download books from audible noticed that 
 their opening page has changed. when i go there, the edit box for a 
 keyword is no longer available. brian.


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RE: victor reader stream

[Adrian Spratt]

Audible compatibility with the new Stream is planned for the next release,
HumanWare told me in March.

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Subject: Re: victor reader stream

But the new stream won't do audible at all according to their tech
support.

Karl Smith k...@axistech.net wrote:

 The new stream has the softpack built in.
 
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 I pressed the info and there is no soft pak.  If I want to play format 4
 books from audible will I still need the soft pak?  Like I wrote earlier,
I
 played books on this stream a while back.  Nothing has changed.
 
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RE: Skype and GW Connect

[Adrian Spratt]

Chris,

I'm glad you clarified. I am the person who said GW Connect installs Skype
for you. It sounds as though I should have written that GW Connect makes it
unnecessary to install Skype unless you want a separate iteration of Skype
to run on your system. 

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Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 3:28 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Skype and GW Connect

Somebody said installing Gw Connect will install Skype for you. This is 
untrue. Installing Gw Connect allows you to connect to the Skype 
service, but does not install the Skype client for you. In fact, you can 
use Gw Connect independent of the Skype client if you wish.


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 I'm wondering if you need to install Skype before you install GW Connect?

 Thanks,

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RE: Skype and GW Connect

[Adrian Spratt]

No. GW Connect installs Skype for you.

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Angel
Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2013 10:08 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Skype and GW Connect

Hi folks,

I'm wondering if you need to install Skype before you install GW Connect?

Thanks,

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MaPlEr Player

[Adrian Spratt]

Hi. Two years ago several listers posted enthusiastic reactions to MaPlEr
(pronounced Mapler, despite all the caps) and I finally acted yesterday. I
downloaded and installed the program from the Mar-Dy website and sent
payment via PayPal. However, MaPlEr hasn't sent the promised registration
code or replied to my several queries. 

 

I'm confident MaPlEr wasn't a scam. I'm guessing they just moved on, for
whatever reason. Has anyone here had any recent contact with the people
behind the player? 

 

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RE: MaPlEr Player

[Adrian Spratt]

Thanks. I'm encouraged, although they ought to respond more quickly when a
payment is made. 

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Blackwell
Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 8:30 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: MaPlEr Player

It does often take them a little time to respond.  I just got a note from 
them today on a question I had.  I suspect you'll get your info soon.

Clifford

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Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2013 7:26 AM
Subject: MaPlEr Player


 Hi. Two years ago several listers posted enthusiastic reactions to MaPlEr
 (pronounced Mapler, despite all the caps) and I finally acted yesterday. I
 downloaded and installed the program from the Mar-Dy website and sent
 payment via PayPal. However, MaPlEr hasn't sent the promised registration
 code or replied to my several queries.



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 whatever reason. Has anyone here had any recent contact with the people
 behind the player?



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RE: Update On No Windows Sounds

[Adrian Spratt]

Tom, 

Are you getting other sounds through your computer via the same sound card
that the MS default sound scheme uses? Again, I no longer use XP, but I
think if you tab through the Sounds options in the control panel, you'll
come across at least one checkbox for mute. Naturally, you want it
unchecked.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom
Kaufman
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 9:26 PM
To: PC audio discussion list. 
Subject: Update On No Windows Sounds

Hello again list:  I talked with someone who was nice enough to try and help
me get my Windows Sounds back; although we tried the usual steps: Sounds and
Audios, then Windows Default; we even tried a system restore..no soap!  I
still do not hear my windows sounds!  Am frustrated; could it be that it's
something I'm just going to have to live with (or more appropriately live
without) until I get a new computer?  I surely hope not!
Tom Kaufman
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RE: Have Lost Windows Sounds

[Adrian Spratt]

Tom,

It appears you landed in the right area of the control panel, followed by
the sounds manager. As Rebecca suggested, once you land in that tree view,
arrow either up or down until you hear Windows default. I think that's the
right term, and it's the one Rebecca mentioned. Once you have that spoken,
which is to say focused, tab to the Apply button and press spacebar, then
tab to the OK button and press spacebar again.

I'm assuming you have XP. I'm using Win7 and so can't go through the process
myself anymore, but Rebecca's instructions remind me of exactly what was
needed in XP.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom
Kaufman
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 5:11 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Have Lost Windows Sounds

In other words, I need not bother with that treview?  Still  not sure I 
understand _exactly_ what I am to do here!
Tom Kaufman (P.S. whatever it is I did, it didn't work, for I still don't 
have my windows sounds!
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From: Rebecca jackson rebeccajacks...@gmail.com
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: Have Lost Windows Sounds


Oh, I'm not using Jaws 14 so not sure if there's anything different.
To answer your previous question, there is a tree view but you only
need to navigate it if you want to change the windows sounds.

On 2/24/13, Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net wrote:
 I also should add here that I'm running Jaws 14, if this helps as I failed
 to give this information before!
 Tom Kaufman
 - Original Message -
 From: Rebecca jackson rebeccajacks...@gmail.com
 To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 4:34 PM
 Subject: Re: Have Lost Windows Sounds


 To see if you have the windows sound scheme selected go to control
 panel and find sounds and audio devices. Go to the sounds page and
 there is a combo box where you can select the different sound schemes
 for your computer. It should say windows default. If it doesn't, just
 press the up or down arrows until it does. Then tab until you find the
 apply button and the okay button. Hope this helps.

 On 2/24/13, Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net wrote:
 Sorry, but afraid I need a little more info than this, please?  I don't
 know

 much about this area of the computer!
 Tom Kaufman
 - Original Message -
 From: Isaac Brofman bigikemu...@gmail.com
 To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 3:57 PM
 Subject: Re: Have Lost Windows Sounds


 just reselect the sound scheme
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 From: Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net
 To: PC audio discussion list.  Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2013 12:22 PM
 Subject: Have Lost Windows Sounds


 Hello listers:  I seem to have lost my Windows sounds; am running
 Windows

 XP (home edition) think my sound card is an Audigy 2.  I no longer have
 the sounds I used to hear when the computer starts up or shuts down; no
 longer hear the little sounder for Outlook Express when new email comes
 in; no longer hear the little sound when I want to delete a message (I
 usually use shift-delete to bypass the deleted items folder (it used
 to

 make a sound as the dialog popped up, asking me if I was sure I wanted
 to

 delete these messages!  So as you can guess, my question is: how do I
 get

 these sounds back?  Appreciate the help and info in advance!
 Tom Kaufman
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RE: Cheapest portable player to play audible.com .aa books

[Adrian Spratt]

Audible has a list of all the players  that support its books. The list
comes up anytime you download Audible management software. I assume that a
player that isn't on that list will not be compatible.

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Blackwell
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 2:29 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Cheapest portable player to play audible.com .aa books

I believe all of the Creative players do and they have some very inexpensive
ones.  Coby may also, but I'm not sure about them.
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To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2013 1:17 PM
Subject: Cheapest portable player to play audible.com .aa books


 Hello gang.
 the player I'm looking for is for a sighted person so accesibility to 
 blind is irrelevant.
 What are some of the least expensive most basic portable players out 
 there that can play .aa audio books from audible.com?

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GoldWave stereo

[Adrian Spratt]

Hi. I am unable to transfer a stereo recording in stereo to my computer with
GoldWave. Here's what I've achieved so far and where I'm stuck.
 
1. I determined that the microphone jack on my Dell Dimension 4700 is mono
and that in order to record in stereo, I need to use the line-in jack. 
 
2. Activating the line-in jack on my XP was an adventure, but between sounds
and Audio in the control panel and Entertainment in Accessories, I got it
unmuted and the volume raised. 
 
3. Now I can transfer a recording from my cassette player, but it is still
in mono, with a bias toward the left speaker. I've confirmed with headphones
that the cassette was recorded is in good, balanced stereo.
 
4. I thought I might have found the solution in GoldWave at something called
Stereo Mixer in, I believe, configuration. this item is set at 60,
whatever that means, and it was unchecked. However, I checked it. The next
recording stayed mono.
 
5. I went to the GoldWave manual to read about stereo mix and found only
one short paragraph, which reads as follows:
 
Some devices, such as Stereo Mix or What You Hear are disabled in
Windows by default and have to be enabled manually. Choose the Configure
button, select the Recording tab, right-click anywhere in the list and
select Show Disabled Devices, then right-click on the device in the list and
choose Enable.
 
This sounds simple enough, but I'm unable to get to this area or, if I've
succeeded, right-clicking does nothing. 
 
Can anyone pull me out of this purgatory?
 
Thanks.
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RE: GoldWave stereo

[Adrian Spratt]

I should have mentioned I'm aware that you need to specify stereo both in
options/file defaults and when starting a new recording. 

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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian
Spratt
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 5:13 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: GoldWave stereo

Hi. I am unable to transfer a stereo recording in stereo to my computer with
GoldWave. Here's what I've achieved so far and where I'm stuck.
 
1. I determined that the microphone jack on my Dell Dimension 4700 is mono
and that in order to record in stereo, I need to use the line-in jack. 
 
2. Activating the line-in jack on my XP was an adventure, but between sounds
and Audio in the control panel and Entertainment in Accessories, I got it
unmuted and the volume raised. 
 
3. Now I can transfer a recording from my cassette player, but it is still
in mono, with a bias toward the left speaker. I've confirmed with headphones
that the cassette was recorded is in good, balanced stereo.
 
4. I thought I might have found the solution in GoldWave at something called
Stereo Mixer in, I believe, configuration. this item is set at 60,
whatever that means, and it was unchecked. However, I checked it. The next
recording stayed mono.
 
5. I went to the GoldWave manual to read about stereo mix and found only
one short paragraph, which reads as follows:
 
Some devices, such as Stereo Mix or What You Hear are disabled in
Windows by default and have to be enabled manually. Choose the Configure
button, select the Recording tab, right-click anywhere in the list and
select Show Disabled Devices, then right-click on the device in the list and
choose Enable.
 
This sounds simple enough, but I'm unable to get to this area or, if I've
succeeded, right-clicking does nothing. 
 
Can anyone pull me out of this purgatory?
 
Thanks.
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RE: GoldWave stereo

[Adrian Spratt]

Problem solved. The last part wasn't with GoldWave or my computer, but my
APH cassette player. The player's line-out must not be stereo. I took a
chance and moved the stereo cable from that jack to the microphone jack, and
all of a sudden my computer produced a stereo recording. Fortunately, though
I'd expected overload from the cassette player's microphone connection, the
quality seems decent.  

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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian
Spratt
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 5:19 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: GoldWave stereo

I should have mentioned I'm aware that you need to specify stereo both in
options/file defaults and when starting a new recording. 

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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian
Spratt
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2012 5:13 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: GoldWave stereo

Hi. I am unable to transfer a stereo recording in stereo to my computer with
GoldWave. Here's what I've achieved so far and where I'm stuck.
 
1. I determined that the microphone jack on my Dell Dimension 4700 is mono
and that in order to record in stereo, I need to use the line-in jack. 
 
2. Activating the line-in jack on my XP was an adventure, but between sounds
and Audio in the control panel and Entertainment in Accessories, I got it
unmuted and the volume raised. 
 
3. Now I can transfer a recording from my cassette player, but it is still
in mono, with a bias toward the left speaker. I've confirmed with headphones
that the cassette was recorded is in good, balanced stereo.
 
4. I thought I might have found the solution in GoldWave at something called
Stereo Mixer in, I believe, configuration. this item is set at 60,
whatever that means, and it was unchecked. However, I checked it. The next
recording stayed mono.
 
5. I went to the GoldWave manual to read about stereo mix and found only
one short paragraph, which reads as follows:
 
Some devices, such as Stereo Mix or What You Hear are disabled in
Windows by default and have to be enabled manually. Choose the Configure
button, select the Recording tab, right-click anywhere in the list and
select Show Disabled Devices, then right-click on the device in the list and
choose Enable.
 
This sounds simple enough, but I'm unable to get to this area or, if I've
succeeded, right-clicking does nothing. 
 
Can anyone pull me out of this purgatory?
 
Thanks.
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RE: Ripping Audio Cassettes

[Adrian Spratt]

I recently transferred a slew of music and spoken word cassettes from  an
APH talking book cassette player with a wire-like cable with one-eighth-inch
jacks at each end and the microphone jack of my computer. APH's cassette
players were reasonably high quality. Initially there was some guesswork
involved in getting the cassette player volume right, but after that it went
smoothly.

I used the software application GoldWave to record and edit the files.
GoldWave is free for the first numerous uses, after which there is a price
tag of something like $30 or $40 US. The GoldWave manual is pretty good. If
your friend is still intimidated, there are good podcast tutorials, and
people on this list are eager to help solve specific problems.


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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan
Reese
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 7:38 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Ripping Audio Cassettes

Thanks Vicky, unfortunately, she doesn't have a Plextalk. She does have a
Book Sense, but I don't think it will do anything similar to what you
describe.

Evan

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To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: Ripping Audio Cassettes


 Hi Evan, Does your girl friend have a Plextalk? If yes, she can hook it up

 to a cassette player, with a patch cord and record the casette to the 
 flash card of the Plextalk. Then tell the Plextalk to convert that Daisy 
 recording to CDDA format and it will record this onto a blank disk. She 
 can then put this disk in her computer and import it. Although the music 
 will now be on the computer, she will need to find it and rename each 
 track, which will just be listed as Track 1 and so on.

 Vicky
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 From: Evan Reese ment...@dslextreme.com
 To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 4:20 PM
 Subject: Re: Ripping Audio Cassettes


 Thanks Dan. I've heard of Soundforge. If I recall correctly, it's a 
 comprehensive audio program, with a fairly steep learning curve, which 
 would be intimidating to the person who wants to convert the cassettes, 
 and also not cheap. Please correct me if I am wrong on any of this.
 I haven't heard of Audio Addition. What kind of money are we talking 
 about for that one?
 Thanks again.
 Evan

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 From: dan dthomps...@mchsi.com
 To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 3:22 PM
 Subject: RE: Ripping Audio Cassettes


I use Soundforge and some times Audio Additon for converting cassettes to
 digital format.  Unfortunately, this requires real time recording.  Then

 you
 can save the file in whatever format you wish to be [placed onto an 
 IDevice
 or cd or other audio player.


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 From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan
 Reese
 Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2012 1:45 PM
 To: PC Audio Discussion List
 Subject: Ripping Audio Cassettes

 Guys, I need to find a method for ripping audio cassettes. I know there 
 are
 cassette decks with USB ports on them, but I need to find accessible
 software to do the ripping.

 I'm getting this as a Christmas present for my sweetheart, who is using 
 JAWS
 13 and a Windows 7 machine. Also, if possible, the software should be as
 unintimidating as possible for her.

 Anyone got any ideas that won't cost an arm and a leg?

 Thanks much.

 Evan
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RE: GoldWave, recording results only in hiss

[Adrian Spratt]

I discovered that upgrading to and installing the current version had
changed the settings in the device tab so that  either the wrong speakers or
the wrong recording device was specified. I had to make a few other changes
in the process, but they all boil down to restoring the ones I'd previously
set. 

You reach the device settings tab with F11, then control-tab until it's
announced.

My system is XP Pro.

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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Colin
Howard
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 2:59 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: GoldWave, recording results only in hiss

Greetings,

You wrote:

In case anyone is interested, I solved the problem in the devices tab. 



Yes, we are, but telling us this serves no purpose unless you say exactly
what you did.  also, what operating system are you using?


Colin Howard, living near Southampton in Southern England.

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GoldWave, recording results only in hiss

[Adrian Spratt]

After installing the current version of GoldWave and registering last night,
I'm suddenly unable to record. Instead of the sound I intend to record or
the silence discussed in the manual troubleshooting section, I get the kind
of hiss you hear on AM radio when not tuned into a station.

My setup is the same as before. I've kept the same connector between my
cassette recorder and the PC's microphone jack. I'm actually trying to
record a cassette I did earlier, only to discover I'd set the volume on the
cassette player too loud, causing some distortion. At least the problem then
was just to reduce the source volume level. I can't find any way around the
hiss. 

The only other time I experienced this hissing sound when recording with
GoldWave, I suspected I had too many applications running at once on my PC.
A reboot did, in fact, fix it. However, I rebooted twice last night without
having any impact. The problem persists today, including with a different
cassette that I'd copied successfully to my PC via GoldWave on the weekend.

does anyone have a suggestion?

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RE: GoldWave, recording results only in hiss

[Adrian Spratt]

In case anyone is interested, I solved the problem in the devices tab. 

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Adrian
Spratt
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2012 2:38 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: GoldWave, recording results only in hiss

After installing the current version of GoldWave and registering last night,
I'm suddenly unable to record. Instead of the sound I intend to record or
the silence discussed in the manual troubleshooting section, I get the kind
of hiss you hear on AM radio when not tuned into a station.

My setup is the same as before. I've kept the same connector between my
cassette recorder and the PC's microphone jack. I'm actually trying to
record a cassette I did earlier, only to discover I'd set the volume on the
cassette player too loud, causing some distortion. At least the problem then
was just to reduce the source volume level. I can't find any way around the
hiss. 

The only other time I experienced this hissing sound when recording with
GoldWave, I suspected I had too many applications running at once on my PC.
A reboot did, in fact, fix it. However, I rebooted twice last night without
having any impact. The problem persists today, including with a different
cassette that I'd copied successfully to my PC via GoldWave on the weekend.

does anyone have a suggestion?

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Recording from APH cassette recorder to Victor Stream

[Adrian Spratt]

Hi. I'm trying to record the contents of a cassette from an APH cassette
recorder to a Victor Stream. I have a wire connecting the APH's earphone
jack to the Stream's input jack. I tried using the APH's out line jack, but
the result is a little of the cassette's audio and a lot of static. 
 
My question is whether there's a way to reliably set the volume on the APH
machine so that the Stream's recording isn't distorted. It seems to be all
guesswork. 
 
If there's a better way of approaching this task, please let me know.
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RE: question about victor stream

[Adrian Spratt]

Brian, when I ran into this problem some time ago, I didn't realize durable
activation required use of a cable supplied in the Stream box. Below are
step-by-step instructions. I'm afraid I didn't note the source, but I
believe it's HumanWare.

Q. How do I activate my Stream with Audible Manager?
 
A. First, be sure you have version 5.1.0.2 or higher of Audible Manager. If
you are an existing Audible customer, you can download the latest version of
Audible Manager from 
 
http://download.audible.com/AM50/ActiveSetupN.exe
 
When Install Shield asks you to choose a player device, you may choose
Victor Reader Stream. Alternatively, you can also choose No mobile Device
during
the installation because you can also add the Stream device later from
Audible Manager. 
 
Once it is installed, be sure to remain connected to the Internet and run
Audible Manager. With Audible Manager running you are now ready to activate
your
Stream SD card for playing Audible books. Follow these steps:
 
. Insert the SD card in your Stream. Power off your Stream and connect it to
your computer using the long USB cable provided. Then power the Stream back
on. You should hear the message, Player connected. Important: When using
Audible Manager, you must connect the Stream. You cannot activate with your
SD card in a card reader. 
. After connecting, Windows may open the auto play dialog asking you what
program you want to use to play your USB device. Simply arrow down to the
Take
no Action choice or close that window and return to the Audible Manager
window. 
. In Audible Manager, press Alt+D to open the Device pull down menu. 
. If you did not specify the Stream during Audible Manager installation,
then choose the Add New Device option. 
. You will then be asked to connect to the Internet so Audible Manager can
update necessary components. Select the YES button to proceed. 
. Audible Manager will then present a list of possible devices. Arrow down
the list to Victor Reader Stream and select it. Then tab to the OK button
and
activate it. 
. Audible Manager will download the plug-in for the Stream and then ask to
close Audible Manager to install the plug-in on your computer. Select the OK
button. 
. Audible Manager will then close and reopen. 
. Again open the Device menu and choose the option to activate your device. 
. Audible Manager will prompt you to enter your Audible Username and
password. Then press the OK button to activate your Stream's SD card. 
. Note that Audible refers to the Stream device as Humanwre VR Stream. The
incorrect spelling of HumanWare is because there is a maximum of 8
characters
for the USB device company name. 
. After you press OK the SD card should become activated. You can verify
this because there will be a folder named $VRAudible on your SD card and a
file
named AudibleActivation.sys in that folder. Note that this is a system file
and will not appear unless your Windows folder options are set to show
hidden
system files. However, you do not need to change your folder options as this
will not affect use of Audible. If the $VRAudible folder is created then
likely
the Activation file is there. 
list end
 
 
Q. Can I use more than one SD card for Audible books on the Stream?
 
A. Yes. If you need to use a second SD card for Audible simply repeat the
above procedure or create a $VRAudible folder on the second card and copy
the
AudibleActivation.sys file to it. 
 
-Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of brian parker
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2012 8:14 AM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: question about victor stream

Hi list, is anyone using a victor stream. i bought some books from audible
lately, and transfered them to victor without any trouble. 
yesterday, i got another book from audible, but when i triy   to 
transfer that, i get the following message. either your victor is not
connected, or it is busy. check victor's configuration. well, it is
connected, as i can read all its folders  from my PC. i haven't as far as i
know made any changes to cause this upset. humanware, suggested that, i took
out the SD card, put it back in, and tried again. i have done that and have
got the same result. they now suggest i reactivate victor, i don't know how
to do that, and didn't do it in the first place,  but just followed the
procedure for transfering audible books. if anyone can help, it would be
appreciated. i used to belong to a victor stream user list, but i seem to
have lost the link, and don't know how to get back to the list. brian.


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RE: Seem to have lost my touch

[Adrian Spratt]

Dave,

I think I recall the kind of problem you're referring to. I remember that on
the first Kingston SD card I purchased to use with the NLS player, a U3
file had to be removed. Via google, I found an installer specific to that
application. However, in looking over my NLS player notes just now, I find
the following that may provide you with a simpler solution. I may have
copied it from the NLS's DTB QA. Here goes:

You most likely purchased one of the newer G2 Kingston flash drives which
comes with installed software that will prevent it from working with the DTB
player. You must remove this software to get the drive to work. To do this,
plug the flash drive into your PC and scroll through the list of folders.
There should be an Uninstall option. Click on this Uninstall option, and the
built-in software will be removed. Then reformat the drive using the Format
option on the Context menu, and your drive should work with the DTB player. 

-Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Dave McElroy WA6BEF
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 10:14 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: Seem to have lost my touch

Hope this is ok for discussinh the NLS player. I have forgotten how to
prepare the Kingston drive to accept books. Can somebody remind me?

Thanks.

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From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of kim kelly
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 9:29 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: recording with windows media center

--
From: Vicky Vaughan vrvaug...@mailzone.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 7:55 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Re: recording with windows media center

Hi, Would you also send me the recording with Windows Media Center info? You
can send it to: vrvaug...@mailzone.com Thank you very much!
- Original Message -
From: HHamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 10:39 PM
Subject: RE: recording with windows media center

You have to go into some settings thing that I can't remember at the moment.
I'll look it up for you since I have this info saved on my mybook hard
drive. Please E-mail me off list so I can reply to that E-mail since I think
this is also going down the dark path of being ot too.

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Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 3:34 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: recording with windows media center

Hello how do I tell what format to record with in windows media center? Hank

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RE: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)]

[Adrian Spratt]

Tom,

 For locating tracks in WMP, a tip I got from David Biales' manual is to
switch between the library (on the one hand) and all the other options (on
the other) with control-tab. Another way of saying this is if you find
yourself overwhelmed by all the tab sequencing, as I do, just press
control-tab and you should be at the start of the library. Keep tabbing from
there perhaps three times, and a list should appear.

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On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:00 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)]

Well here's the thing: I know very little about how to navigate this WMP
library!  I thought there was an easy way to delete something (I eventually
got there) but I couldn't go back and repeat or retrace my steps!  I kind of
like ripping with WMP for it's ability to title the tracks right out of the
box (CDEX doesn't do this) as I understand it, you have to set it up to do
it!  So maybe if someone would be so kind as to tell me how to search for
these tracks (would they be in the WMP library) it would be most
appreciated!
Tom Kaufman
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From: Brett Boyer bboyer...@gmail.com
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)]


 Hi. I agree with Chris. A good place to check is the unknown folder if 
 there is one.
 that or the various, or the unknown artist.
 When i rip a cd through wmp I actually search to see if there are 
 multiple entries for the cd sometimes I'll find more than 2 or 3 
 versions. I can usually tell which is the correct version because 
 track lists are different or the number of tracks are different.
 One more thing, IMO, winamp is a much better autotagger than wmp.
 bb
 - Original Message -
 From: Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com
 To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2012 7:47 PM
 Subject: Ripping with WMP [was Re: An Odd Problem (at least to me!)]


 Have you looked around for those tracks? Is it possible they ended up 
 getting loaded in the library under another artist or album? I've had 
 this happen to me with different CD rippers, and I usually just edit 
 the
 MP3 tags myself to straighten it out.

 On 12/06/12 19:42, Tom Kaufman wrote:
 Hello list:  I have tried twice to rip a CD, using Windows Media 
 Player to my computer.  Both times, it omitted three of the tracks!  
 My question is, Why?  As far as I can tell, I got no error message!
 There is no reason that I can see as to why it's not ripping _all_ 
 of the tracks on this CD (it's a commercial CD; one I got from 
 Timelife Music.  So what is the deal?  I don't want to have to go 
 through the agony of ripping it again, for as I'm sure that some of 
 you know, once you've ripped something using Windows Media player (I 
 forgot to mention; am using WMP 11 and running Jaws 13) anyhow, when 
 you rip a CD using this player, it _will not_ let you rip it again 
 until you first remove it from the library!  BTW-can someone tell me 
 the most direct root to get to the Windows Media library; then to 
 get to what I might want to remove and delete it?
 Many thanks!
 Tom Kaufman
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RE: no system or other sounds coming from computer

[Adrian Spratt]

Joanne,

 I can't tell from your description if you've gone into sounds and Audio
within the control panel. Perhaps XP Home is different in this way from XP,
which I have. But if you can find sound and Audio or the equivalent in
your control panel, tab and control-tab through the options. Make sure mute
isn't checked there and look for default speaker settings.

I've never needed to plug speakers directly into a soundcard.

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Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2012 11:08 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: no system or other sounds coming from computer

We switched to a new set of speakers on my desktop and couldn't get anything
to come through--not Jaws or Windows startup sounds or anything.  Someone
tweaked some settings last night but has no idea what exactly he did, but
they worked fine.  But today I was checking the volume controls to see if
everything was as it was supposed to be as far as up down sliders, etc.  One
of the controls--when I attempted to move the slider up--caused the volume
to again go away.  Even plugging in our old speakers didn't bring it back,
so I think there's something in sound card settings that's somehow muted but
we can't find it in any of the volume controls.  I have an SB Audigy sound
card, and the desktop is an XP Home edition.  We don't know where, in some
kind of advanced place or something, that we can go to check everything
sound card-related.  Also I know drivers may need updating and am not sure
how to check on this.  How would someone go about testing a sound card to
see if that's the issue?  I was also told I had to plug speakers into the
sound card jacks instead of the speaker jacks one would normally use.  I
just don't know, and neither does my sighted niece, what we can do to get
sounds back.  I hope someone may have suggestions.

Thanks.  Joanne
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RE: Message From The PC Audio E-mail List owner

[Adrian Spratt]

Dane,

That's a low blow at the Christophers. Two come to mind right away whose
contributions are among the most innovative and reliable on this list. Hi
there, in San Antonio and Derbyshire!

-Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 12:30 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Message From The PC Audio E-mail List owner

The best statement I've heard yet so thanks Steve for posting.

As far as I'm concerned Mr Moderator, you're doing a damn good job at
moderation and thank you for posting to the list, I'd rather hear from the
moderators themselves than pretend list cops, why is it that all the
Christopher's I know are an absolute pain in the behind to deal with
smile.

Anyway back to the subject in hand, this list has a wide scope of messages
on it at anyone time and some of these threads do start off on the right
subject but can lead to others which aren't appropriate for the list
perhaps? Well in such cases I reckon that good moderation dictates that at
least a list member or 2 can point a person to another list or group which
can deal with a subject more efficiently, an example of this sort of thing
might be playing music on a mobile phone, its easy to start talking then
about accessibility with speech which can probably be handled better on a
list which is dedicated to mobile phone accessibility so the least that can
be done to try and be helpful to all concern is for someone to post details
of that list.


On 18/03/2012, at 2:53 PM, Steve Matzura wrote:

 What Jonathan or Jeff did is ancient history, relatively speaking of 
 course. I don't believe in legacy management. That means I don't 
 believe list moderators need to carry torches. It's your list now. You 
 do with it as you like. You were not necessarily entrusted with the 
 ownership of this list because either Jonathan or Jeff expected you to 
 drive it in any particular direction, and there is certainly no 
 provision for either of them taking the list away from you if they 
 don't like how you're running it. At least, I don't think there is 
 (LOL). Bottom line, it's your toy and you're letting us play with it.
 Make whatever rule you like with the full confidence that you should 
 definitely have in doing such. If we don't like it, we don't have to 
 stay. I run a few lists of my own, small ones, just a few hundred 
 subscribers each, which have spawned, or spun off if you prefer, other 
 lists on side issues and threads of which I don't tolerate discussion 
 on my list, and that's both my and my subscribers' prerogative. As you 
 pointed out, the list of devices for recording and playing audio 
 whilst connected to a PC is now far longer in lo these dozen short 
 years, and you've also no doubt noticed there are lots of lists for 
 the discussion of those devices. Bottom line, like I said before, it's 
 up to you how you want to drive your own list, and it's up to us 
 whether we want to stay with it or move on. No harm, no foul, as they 
 say. And, as I say, that's why there's Coke and Pepsi--always choices.
 
 On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:31:53 -0500, you wrote:
 
 I appreciate the comments some subscribers to this e-mail list have 
 made regarding what is and what is not on topic for this list, and I 
 thank you for your input.
 
 You may or may not know that Jonathan Mosen started this list many 
 years ago.  I'm not sure when, but it was around 1999.
 After a few years Jonathan no longer wanted to be moderator so he 
 turned it over to Jeff Harris.  I'm pretty sure that Jeff is the one 
 who obtained the domain name and took care of the web hosting site, 
 at ultrahost.us.  After another few years Jeff no longer wanted the 
 list so Jonathan again became the list owner and moderator.
 
 Again, my memory is a bit fuzzy on the time interval, but it was 
 perhaps five or six years ago when Jonathan asked for volunteers to 
 take ownership and moderating the list and, I'm not sure why, but he 
 chose me from those who responded.  I did not write the guidelines 
 for what is appropriate to be posted to the list.  It was either 
 Jonathan or Jeff.
 
 It's a difficult decision to make as to what is appropriate for the 
 list and what is not.  When the guidelines were written, there 
 weren't devices such as iPods, iPhones, Humanware or Victor Streams.  
 Discussing cell phones has been off topic on this list for a long 
 time.  Jonathan even has, or had, a list for these discussions.
 
 Since the traffic on the list is still rather small, I think we'll 
 just see how subjects and issues play out.  Any comments regarding 
 the content of the list will be appreciated.
 
 I do pay a fee every year for the domain name and web hosting space 
 so I take the list seriously and I want it to be whatever the 
 majority of list members prefer.
 
 My e-mail address is:
 
 t...@pc-audio.org
 
 Thanks for reading, if you did!
 
 Tom
 
 
 

RE: Tapin Radio Pro versus Free

[Adrian Spratt]

Tom and Jerry,

 Sorry, I don't mean to invoke cartoons! But to add a footnote, beginning
with JAWS 13, you can  also navigate tables by pressing inser+spacebar, then
separately t. After that, just use the arrow keys without the control+alt
keys. 

-Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 12:58 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Tapin Radio Pro versus Free

Hello Jerry and list:  Thanks; that worked!  I never really tried to do
anything with tables; now (hopefully) whenever I run into this again) I'll
know what to do!
Tom Kaufman
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From: Jerry Berrier jerry.berr...@comcast.net
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 5:20 AM
Subject: RE: Tapin Radio Pro versus Free


 It's in a table, so you have to use table reading commands to read it.
 Once you are on the table, hold down control and alt, and then use 
 your arrow keys to move through the columns and rows.
 First column is features.  Arrow down to a feature, and then move to 
 the right to find which version has that feature.


 Jerry Berrier, Access Technology Consultant
 18 Trunfio Ln
 Everett, MA 02149
 (508) 735-4420
 je...@birdblind.org
 http://www.birdblind.org


 -Original Message-
 From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org 
 [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
 On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman
 Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 1:53 PM
 To: PC Audio Discussion List
 Subject: Re: Tapin Radio Pro versus Free

 Chris and list:  I saw this when it first came through on the list.  
 But like before, (maybe it's because Jaws isn't reading it correctly) 
 but I cannot follow it!  It'll give something; then say yes no so I 
 don't know what it's saying yes or no about!
 Tom Kaufman
 - Original Message -
 From: chris hallsworth christopher...@gmail.com
 To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 12:36 PM
 Subject: Tapin Radio Pro versus Free


 Hello all.
 Here is a link I earlier shared on Facebook comparing Tapin Radio Pro 
 versus Free. Hope this is useful.
 http://www.raimersoft.com/provsfree.aspx
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Windows Media Player 11

[Adrian Spratt]

Hi. 
 
WMP11 has six format settings for ripping CDs. I chose WAV (Lossless). WMP
took a long time to go through the ripping process, and in fact never
completed it, although all the tracks from the CD showed up in the
designated folder. When I attempted to play these tracks, MS responded with
a message to the effect that the player can't play either this CD or this
format. 
 
However, when I put the same  CD in just to play, not rip, WMP went right
ahead.
 
I changed the format to Windows Media Audio Lossless, and the player
smoothly ripped the files to the folder. When it was done, I could play the
tracks from that folder. 
 
There is nothing wrong with this CD. If I just play it, WMP operates fine.
WMP can also rip and play its contents, albeit with my second choice of
format. What it can't do is play files in my preferred format, even though
it's one of the six ripping format options offered by the same WMP.
 
Any ideas?
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RE: BW MM-1 speakers

[Adrian Spratt]

It's a subjective judgment, I know, but I find the BW MM-1 speakers much
superior to the Bose I have, which I disconnected and put away as  soon as I
heard the MM-1 quality. They're clear, the sound is full, the bass is
balanced, and I hear words and musical moments I hadn't heard before.

Installation was easy, and I needed no sighted assistance. The toggle
control for on/stand-by is located on the left side of the power speaker. It
isn't a button and it isn't recessed, but it sits between the upper and
lower bands of cloth that circle the speaker. Similar controls appear on the
right for lowering and raising the volume. To lower the volume, press the
forward part of the horizontal band between the cloth, and to raise volume
press the partner the back. 

As I understand it, the speakers bypass the PC's sound card, which surely
helps maintain their quality. 

BW uses lit-up color codes on the power speaker to indicate various states.
Red indicates off, blue on, slow-flashing blue stand-by. When connected to
the PC for a firmware upgrade, the light switches to white. 

With this set, I find that the speakers turn off when the computer is turned
off. The light turns to red. When I want to restore sound after the computer
has rebooted, I need to take out and then reinsert the USB connection, then
press the side of the power speaker to turn it on. When this operation
succeeds, my system issues a confirming beep. 

Here's my reservation. The power speaker gets hot. I have it in a desk
cabinet, but I've made sure it has plenty of space around it. Still, I'm
sufficiently concerned that I routinely turn them off when I'm not listening
to anything. I should have kept my Bose connected because I now lose JAWS's
and MS's sound alerts. The Bose connected through the regular audio
terminals at the back of my Dell, not a USB connection. 

The only BW update currently available for the speakers appears to have no
real value for me. As I understand it, it keeps the speakers on standby
during a reboot. On reflection, I prefer they go off completely, other than
receiving power from the power cord (which does not cause the heat problem).
IF BW ever replies to my request for assistance with regard to updating,
I'll post their suggestion. 

I suggest you read the reviews at Amazon.com for more customer reactions:
http://www.amazon.com/Bowers-Wilkins-Multimedia-computer-speaker/dp/B003R6U6
HG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1322861412sr=8-1
The reviews at Amazon.co.uk are also helpful. At the time I was buying, it
was two customers there who talked about the heat problem. Like me, at least
one customer reported concerns about BW's tech support.

A note for US consumers. When I purchased the MM-1s two weeks ago, Amazon
was selling it at $499 through JR. I used another seller on that same page,
Geminigadget, which offered the speakers at $50 less, with shipping
included. The speakers arrived in three days. 

-Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of André van Deventer
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 12:52 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: BW MM-1 speakers

Adrian

Except for the update issue, are they really worth the extra cost do you
think?  Do they sound better than other speakers?

According to the literature they do sound easy to operate.



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On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt
Sent: 21 December 2011 06:43 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: BW MM-1 speakers

Replying to my own post, I've figured out how to get the speakers restarted.
It took the proverbial sighted assistant to observe the color changes that
indicate progress, but once we figured that part out, I understood how to do
it without help. If anyone is interested, I'll give details. Meanwhile, I'm
still perplexed about how to make the MM-1 Updater produce results.

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On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 5:16 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: BW MM-1 speakers

A posting on this list alerted me to these speakers, and comments on Amazon
spoke glowingly. They make a wonderful sound. However, I tried in vain to
use the MM-1 firmware to update them, and now not only are they not updated;
they don't even work. I've written twice to BW via their website, but I've
received no response.
 
does anyone have suggestions?
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BW MM-1 speakers

[Adrian Spratt]

A posting on this list alerted me to these speakers, and comments on Amazon
spoke glowingly. They make a wonderful sound. However, I tried in vain to
use the MM-1 firmware to update them, and now not only are they not updated;
they don't even work. I've written twice to BW via their website, but I've
received no response.
 
does anyone have suggestions?
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RE: BW MM-1 speakers

[Adrian Spratt]

Replying to my own post, I've figured out how to get the speakers restarted.
It took the proverbial sighted assistant to observe the color changes that
indicate progress, but once we figured that part out, I understood how to do
it without help. If anyone is interested, I'll give details. Meanwhile, I'm
still perplexed about how to make the MM-1 Updater produce results.

-Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Adrian Spratt
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2011 5:16 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: BW MM-1 speakers

A posting on this list alerted me to these speakers, and comments on Amazon
spoke glowingly. They make a wonderful sound. However, I tried in vain to
use the MM-1 firmware to update them, and now not only are they not updated;
they don't even work. I've written twice to BW via their website, but I've
received no response.
 
does anyone have suggestions?
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RE: CCrane Tuneable Twin Coil Antenna Podcast

[Adrian Spratt]

I just checked Fred's Head and though listed, this podcast still isn't
available. I'd be interested In knowing more about this antenna, considering
that it works here in New York City.

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From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Dane trethowan
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 7:19 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: CCrane Tuneable Twin Coil Antenna Podcast

Its the active antenna, I didn't bother with the passive one, can put the
review up again if you're interested in hearing it.



On 26/10/2011 10:15 PM, Steve Matzura wrote:
 Aw bummer, I missed it! Is this the active or the passive antenna? I
 have the active one and love its performance. You wouldn't think, in a
 big city like New York, that such things were even necessary, but in
 apartment buildings with lots of electronic noise and strange RF
 interference, they help a lot, especially in the AM HD department.

 On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:10:02 +1100, you wrote:

 This was supposed to have gone up onto Blind Cool Tech - Or Blind Fools
Wreck if you prefersmile  - but Larry must be asleep or something so I've
decided to make it public so it may be enjoyed by those who are interested
in such things.
 Download from
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10565527/CCrane%20Tuneable%20Antenna.mp3

 I'll leave it up until next Sunday.

 Always interested in your feedback.



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Kaito KA1102 radio

[Adrian Spratt]

I can't locate accessible instructions online for this radio. If anyone has
a copy or can help with directions on how to preset memories and other
aspects of its use, I'd appreciate it.


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RE: burning .mp3 tracks to an audio cd

[Adrian Spratt]

Walter, a good explanation. One small correction. Windows-e takes you to
Windows Explorer, not My Computer. 

-Original Message-
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On Behalf Of Walter
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 11:07 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: burning .mp3 tracks to an audio cd

Hi. Ok, if your friend is running XP then they will have windows Media
player.  The easiest way to explain this is for him to use media player.
Nero will allow him to burn as many copies of the discs as he wants but that
means obtaining software and installing etc and using a programme he already
has is simplist.

What he sees on the screen or what his screen reader tells him will depend
on which version of WMP your friend has.  I'm explaining it as I have WMP
11.  The first thing to do is to make sure that the files your friend wants
to burn as audio files lasts no more than 80 minutes as this is the max he
will get on an audio disc.  Once that is established, go to the folder where
he has the files to be burned, select them and copy them to the clipboard.
Next do aWindows key and E which will take you to my computer.  Use your
arrow keys to find the CD drive, or it might be a DVD drive, it makes no
difference.  Once that has been located, press enter to open the folder and
then do a control and V to paste the files he wants burned into that folder.
Now, once that has been done, make sure there is a blank disc in the drive
and then go to your file menu and use your arrow keys to go up or down until
he hears write these files to CD and then press enter.  The first thing
your friend will be asked is what name does he want to give the CD.  You
need not type anything in here unless he has a name he wants to call the
disc, by default, WMP will give the disc a date and time as a name if your
friend doesn't.  Next tab once and your friend will be given the choice of
burning an audio CD or a data disc.  A data disc is just another way of
saying MP3 disc.  Your friend will want the first option, Audio disc.  Now
tab once to the Next button and press either enter or the space bar, makes
no difference which.  What happens now is Windos Media Player will be
launched.  Once it has fully launched, alt/tab to the WMP window and now tab
or shift/tab around WMP until you hear start burn button and press either
enter or the space bar.  The files your friend has chosen will now be burned
to the CD and if he is patient as it could take as much as 10 or 15 minutes
to burn depending on the settings, the disc will be ejected on completion
and is ready to be duplicated.  However, I suggest he listens to the disc
first before duplication to check for unintended errors.  I hope this is of
help.  Walter.

-Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Ray
Sent: 31 July 2011 15:38
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: burning .mp3 tracks to an audio cd

A friend of mine wants to burn some MP3 recordings to CD for distribution to
a
local vi group.  He wants to take a master Cd to a local voluntary
organisation to
run off copies on their duplicator, as there are near 100 CDs to distribute.

I'd like suggestions for software, preferably free, to do this.

I understand it is usually possible to burn tracks to CD in Windows XP -
which he's
using, so comments about how and whether this can be done would be welcome
too.

As the subject suggests this is distribution of audio CDs, not MP3, as not
all
members of the group have MP3 cd players.

Thanks for any help forthcoming.


Ray



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RE: Victor reader stream question

[Adrian Spratt]

I believe the Soft Pack is priced at about $40. However, it is possible to
convert files to MP3 through a more convoluted process. Without the Soft
Pack, all note files will be recorded in that .GP format. With the free
HumanWare Companion software, it is easy to convert .GP files to .WAV files.
From there, you can use GoldWave or another application to convert to MP3.
As I said, convoluted. Me, I'm happy to convert from .GP to .WAV, so the
HumanWare Companion is a boon. You need the latest version of that software.


-Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Blackwell, Clifford
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 4:48 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Victor reader stream question

You need to have purchased and installed an optional softpack from
Humanware.  Once you've done that, you may select the recording format.

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On Behalf Of armando maldonado
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 3:33 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: Victor reader stream question

Hello,
I was wondering if anyone on the list owns or uses a victor reader stream?
If so I have a question in regards to recording formats. How do I tell the
stream to record in MP3? It's currently set to some 3GP format or such and I
want to be able to record in wav or mp3. thanks and hope to hear from you
soon.

armando


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RE: Windows Media Question

[Adrian Spratt]

Hi, Tom. As you say, closing WMP with alt-F4 doesn't necessarily end the
stream. You need to find the stop button first. I haven't done so in a
while, but I think you get there by tabbing. Failing that, go into menus and
arrow up or down from play.  

-Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 10:37 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Windows Media Question

Hello Adrian:  I tried changing it to Maximum still the same problem (I'm
fine, as long as I don't minimize everything and have the desk top up) but
once I've done that, I can get to everything I have opened, except for
Windows Media!  It had been set to Normal; I decided to change it to
Maximum to see if it would make any difference; it did not; not so far
anyhow!  Maybe I need to restart the computer to see if that'll change
things for me!  It's still interesting to me that, if I am listening to
something that streams with Windows Media, if I try to close out the stream
with alt-F4, Windows Media does close, but the stream keeps playing on!
Tom Kaufman
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To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 6:39 AM
Subject: RE: Windows Media Question


 Hi, Tom.

 WMP opens as a separate window for me. You might check if the 
 application is set to open in a normal window. Go to the desktop 
 icon and press alt-enter to bring up properties. Tab four or five 
 times to hear the window size options. On my system, normal is set. 
 If I arrow down, I am offered open in a minimized or a maximum window.

 -Original Message-
 From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org 
 [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
 On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman
 Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 1:28 PM
 To: PC audio discussion list.
 Subject: Windows Media Question

 Hello List:  Have an interesting thing going on with Windows Media Player:
 if I am playing something (let's say an audio stream) and am using 
 Windows Media Player to stream it) if I open something else, like my 
 email program or some other program, I find that I cannot get back to 
 the Windows Media Player window!  The only way I can get back to 
 Windows Media Player is to hit the shortcut to Windows Media Player on my
desk top!  Is this normal?
 If not, how do I get around this?  Am running Jaws 12, Windows XP 
 (home edition with Service Pack 3) this isn't a real big deal as I 
 certainly can just hit the Windows Media Player icon on the desk top; 
 am just wondering why I would have to do this; why am I losing the 
 Windows Media Player window?
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RE: Windows Media Question

[Adrian Spratt]

Hi, Tom. 

WMP opens as a separate window for me. You might check if the application is
set to open in a normal window. Go to the desktop icon and press alt-enter
to bring up properties. Tab four or five times to hear the window size
options. On my system, normal is set. If I arrow down, I am offered open
in a minimized or a maximum window.

-Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Tom Kaufman
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 1:28 PM
To: PC audio discussion list. 
Subject: Windows Media Question

Hello List:  Have an interesting thing going on with Windows Media Player:
if I am playing something (let's say an audio stream) and am using Windows
Media Player to stream it) if I open something else, like my email program
or some other program, I find that I cannot get back to the Windows Media
Player window!  The only way I can get back to Windows Media Player is to
hit the shortcut to Windows Media Player on my desk top!  Is this normal?
If not, how do I get around this?  Am running Jaws 12, Windows XP (home
edition with Service Pack 3) this isn't a real big deal as I certainly can
just hit the Windows Media Player icon on the desk top; am just wondering
why I would have to do this; why am I losing the Windows Media Player
window?
Tom Kaufman
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RE: A strange request

[Adrian Spratt]

NLS issued recordings of magazines for these players well into the nineties,
and I think even beyond 2000. It might be worth contacting your local
library to ask if they have any of these machines around and, if not,
whether they'd be willing to check with other branches. 

-Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Bud Schwab
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 12:23 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: A strange request

Hi Gang,

I have a need to copy something from an old 16rpm talking book disc.  I only
have 33 rpm.  Does anybody know where I can buy or borrow an old machine
that will play the 16rpm discs?  That's going way back in technology for
sure.
Thanks for any info.


Bud Schwab
W 6 Z Y P
Malibu, California
  


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RE: for rob, the blind cool tech link for zoom h1 review

[Adrian Spratt]

The recording quality of the Zoom H1 seems unquestioned. However, a number
of people, here and on Amazon, keep saying it's a great recorder for the
price. I'm wondering if there's a more expensive recorder that has equally
high recording quality, also avoids menus and is otherwise just as simple to
operate but that is more durable and possibly has slightly larger buttons or
buttons that project out rather than being flush with the panel.

A separate question. There is said to be no pause button, but both the Cool
blind Tech presentation and the manufacturer say the play button   is a
play/pause toggle during recording. So am I right in inferring that when
people say the H1 doesn't have a pause function, they mean only that it
can't be paused during playback?

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On Behalf Of JULIE RODAWAY
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 1:06 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: for rob, the blind cool tech link for zoom h1 review

http://media.libsyn.com/media/bct/bct1502ZoomH1RecorderReview.mp3
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RE: Presentation of Rockbox on a Talking MP3 Player

[Adrian Spratt]

Laz,

I have had no contact with your busienss, but it sounds as though  you
provide a service that is valuable to a number of visually impaired
customers. Meanwhile, Dane is one of the most valuable contributors to this
list. 

I'm sure many of us understand Dane's principled objection to certain
suppliers of products and services for visually impaired persons that charge
way too much to a population with a relatively low income average. He might
have been more careful in how he expressed himself, but you've come back
swinging. 

I, for one, would like to see only respect being shown to both of you.

Can we move on? 

-Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Laz Mesa
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 3:15 PM
To: Pc-audio
Subject: Re: Presentation of Rockbox on a Talking MP3 Player

Thanks Tony!  I think he just missed his medication or something.

Anything in particular you want me to cover?  Send me a private email if you
have anything you want me to go over in the presentation.

Thanks!

Laz

nick danger danger...@verizon.net wrote:

Houdy las,

Don't sweat him buddy.  Perhaps somebody's a bit miffed cause they didn't
think about capitalizing on a great product first. Remember bro, there's a
lotta jealousy in the world.  I'm a technically savvy person by lots of
standards, however, I'm never one not to ask for help with something if I
need it, and your presentation is sure going to help me and all of the folks
who'll be tuning in tomorrow. The sansa clip is a great product and I'm
pushing all of my friends blind or sighted to think about picking one up for
themselves.

Tony

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Arnaud

[Adrian Spratt]

You may have noticed that a person calling himself Arnaud has begun flooding
this list with nonsensical messages, which he has been doing all day on a
JFW list. I've written to the PC-Audio list owner to alert him, and I'd urge
others to do so instead of posting here.
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RE: Adobe Flash Player

[Adrian Spratt]

This item comes from the Accessible Devices List. The link below brings you
to the AFP page. If it alerts you that your AFP isn't up to date, arrow down
a few lines to the download link. Then go through the usual Windows download
process leading to the saving of a .exe file. Just click on that file and
installation proceeds effortlessly. The updated AFP works with IE, firefox
and other browsers.
The website enables similarly streamlined downloads and installation of
other programs. These can be found by clicking on a link near the top of
this page and above the PDF download link.
First the link, then an edited comment from the list where the information
was posted.
Accessible Devices List Posted Friday, November 12, 2010 9:06 AM
http://updateflash.org
When you visit the website, it informs you if your flash player is current.
If not you need only download and run the provided install program. Just
follow the simple directions. One of the great things is that you will not
have to deal with the installer wanting to install a bunch of unwanted tool
bars Etc. I've updated my player with this and found it to be the easiest
flash player update I've ever done. No more searching all over a website
trying to locate the latest version.

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From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of John, siobhan and retired guide dog Iris
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 8:44 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Adobe Flash Player

I know john what you mean about Adobie Flash player My partner is using a
windows xp home computer and she can install updates then restart the
computer and the flash player is gone again then goes to reinstall again and
it says it's there and other times she can install it watch what she wants
perfectly then turn the computer off for the night and when putting back on
in the morning it says she hasn't got it iinstalled  what do you think of
that then. weard? I installed windows updates today nothing to do with
internet explorer and again I had to this evening reinstall flash player
again and it at first didn't want to install

strange I'm using windows 7

strange ay?

from John, Iris and siobhan
- Original Message -
From: john melia uncle...@verizon.net
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 1:14 AM
Subject: Re: Adobe Flash Player


I have had this problem I uninstalled and reinstalled for some reason my 
computer does this a lot with the flash player.
 - Original Message - 
 From: Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com
 To: PC Audio Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
 Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 10:36 AM
 Subject: Adobe Flash Player


 Dear Friends,

 All of a sudden I notice that my radio channels that are playing in Adobe

 Flash player are mute.  Also, Is there any accessible way to update Adobe

 Flash Player?  Please help me in these matters.
 Ketan Kothari
 Phone: [r] 24223281,
 Cell: 9987550614
 MSN ID: muktake...@hotmail.com
 Skype ID: Ketan
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RE: Adobe Flash Player

[Adrian Spratt]

I apologize, but I don't subscribe to that list. A friend sent the info to
me. I'm sure you'll find it by Googling.

-Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Saylien Brown
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 11:17 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: RE: Adobe Flash Player

This site is just what I needed. Thanks for sharing this link. How do I join
this Accessible Devices list?

At 10:33 AM 2/18/2011, you wrote:
This item comes from the Accessible Devices List. The link below brings 
you to the AFP page. If it alerts you that your AFP isn't up to date, 
arrow down a few lines to the download link. Then go through the usual 
Windows download process leading to the saving of a .exe file. Just 
click on that file and installation proceeds effortlessly. The updated 
AFP works with IE, firefox and other browsers.
The website enables similarly streamlined downloads and installation of 
other programs. These can be found by clicking on a link near the top 
of this page and above the PDF download link.
First the link, then an edited comment from the list where the 
information was posted.
Accessible Devices List Posted Friday, November 12, 2010 9:06 AM 
http://updateflash.org When you visit the website, it informs you if 
your flash player is current.
If not you need only download and run the provided install program. 
Just follow the simple directions. One of the great things is that you 
will not have to deal with the installer wanting to install a bunch of 
unwanted tool bars Etc. I've updated my player with this and found it 
to be the easiest flash player update I've ever done. No more searching 
all over a website trying to locate the latest version.

Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org 
[mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of John, siobhan and retired guide dog Iris
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 8:44 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Adobe Flash Player

I know john what you mean about Adobie Flash player My partner is using 
a windows xp home computer and she can install updates then restart the 
computer and the flash player is gone again then goes to reinstall 
again and it says it's there and other times she can install it watch 
what she wants perfectly then turn the computer off for the night and 
when putting back on in the morning it says she hasn't got it 
iinstalled  what do you think of that then. weard? I installed windows 
updates today nothing to do with internet explorer and again I had to 
this evening reinstall flash player again and it at first didn't want 
to install

strange I'm using windows 7

strange ay?

from John, Iris and siobhan
- Original Message -
From: john melia uncle...@verizon.net
To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 1:14 AM
Subject: Re: Adobe Flash Player


 I have had this problem I uninstalled and reinstalled for some reason 
 my computer does this a lot with the flash player.
  - Original Message -
  From: Ketan Kothari muktake...@gmail.com
  To: PC Audio Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
  Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 10:36 AM
  Subject: Adobe Flash Player
 
 
  Dear Friends,
 
  All of a sudden I notice that my radio channels that are playing in 
  Adobe

  Flash player are mute.  Also, Is there any accessible way to update 
  Adobe

  Flash Player?  Please help me in these matters.
  Ketan Kothari
  Phone: [r] 24223281,
  Cell: 9987550614
  MSN ID: muktake...@hotmail.com
  Skype ID: Ketan
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RE: There Is HOPE For Pandora (Roger R. Cusson)

[Adrian Spratt]

Ray,

I think I remember you live in the UK. A friend in England reported that his
visit to Pandora brought up a message saying it is so far unavailable there.


On this list, Roger suggested trying a proxy server to overcome national
boundaries. It's been a while, but when I looked into that possibility, it
seemed very complicated. 

My friend in England had urged me to try Spotify as a Pandora alternative,
but it's available over there, not in the US. Good news for you, I hope. He
isn't a screenreader user, so I can't vouch for its accessibility, but I
vaguely recall positive messages on this list.

-Original Message-
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Ray
Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2011 9:44 AM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: There Is HOPE For Pandora (Roger R. Cusson)

I found Reger'Roger's post on Pandora interesting, but I've never tried to
listen

Two questions?

1.  Is this access to Pandora program in any way tied to a particular screen
reader?

2. Is anyone outside the US accessing the site and all it's services?

Thanks.


Ray




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