Re: List Termination
As with all groups.io lists all you have to do is send a blank message to the below two email addresses to join: blindtech+subscr...@groups.io main+subscr...@techtalk.groups.io One group has over 400 members and the other has over 300. Laz On 11/14/17, Tom Kaufman <tomca...@comcast.net> wrote: > And what are the addresses of these lists? > Tom Kaufman > > -Original Message- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Laz > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 4:54 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Subject: Re: List Termination > > There are at least two very good blind tech lists on groups.io where > PC audio questions are asked and answered every day. > > Laz > > On 11/14/17, Tom Kaufman <tomca...@comcast.net> wrote: >> I have to agree with Norma here; once in a while, I've seen stuff like a >> message (supposedly from a subscriber) the message usually has a lin it >> (and >> of course I would never click on it) but this hasn't happened in a while! >> While it might not be the end of the world if this list goes away, I hope >> it >> doesn't, for it is nice to know that if we have an audio-rrelated >> computer >> question, there's a place we can go to possibly get our questions >> answered! >> Tom Kaufman >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Norma >> A. >> Boge >> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 1:48 PM >> To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Subject: RE: List Termination >> >> I guess my ISP must have a good Spam filter because I don't recall seeing >> any on this list. >> I, too, have been on the list quite a while. Although the traffic isn't >> steady, it is nice to have a place where I know my audio-related >> questions >> will get answered. I guess I could live with the list disappearing if >> someone could post subscription info for other lists where our audio >> questions are welcome. I hope such an animal exists. >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom >> Dimeo >> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 5:34 PM >> To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org >> Subject: List Termination >> >> Ladies and gentlemen, >> >> I am seriously considering terminating the pc audio list. >> There is very little traffic on the list but a lot of spam. Also, with >> the >> advent of DMARC I have no idea who is or is not receiving list messages. >> >> I could take the list to Google Groups or some other commercial e-mailing >> list if there is enough interest, or, maybe some one else would be >> interested taking on administration duties of the list. There is a cost >> for >> the domain name and web space. >> >> Jonathan Mosen started the list almost twenty years ago and it might have >> out lived it's usefulness. >> >> Comments are welcome. Best to contact me directly. >> >> t...@pc-audio.org >> >> Thank you, >> >> Tom Dimeo >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible phones, > Bluetooth devices, and accessories > http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ > Email: l...@talkingmp3players.com > Phone: 727-498-0121 > Skype: lazmesa > Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa > Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr > > > -- Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible phones, Bluetooth devices, and accessories http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Email: l...@talkingmp3players.com Phone: 727-498-0121 Skype: lazmesa Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr
Re: List Termination
There are at least two very good blind tech lists on groups.io where PC audio questions are asked and answered every day. Laz On 11/14/17, Tom Kaufman <tomca...@comcast.net> wrote: > I have to agree with Norma here; once in a while, I've seen stuff like a > message (supposedly from a subscriber) the message usually has a lin it > (and > of course I would never click on it) but this hasn't happened in a while! > While it might not be the end of the world if this list goes away, I hope > it > doesn't, for it is nice to know that if we have an audio-rrelated computer > question, there's a place we can go to possibly get our questions answered! > Tom Kaufman > > -Original Message- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Norma A. > Boge > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 1:48 PM > To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Subject: RE: List Termination > > I guess my ISP must have a good Spam filter because I don't recall seeing > any on this list. > I, too, have been on the list quite a while. Although the traffic isn't > steady, it is nice to have a place where I know my audio-related questions > will get answered. I guess I could live with the list disappearing if > someone could post subscription info for other lists where our audio > questions are welcome. I hope such an animal exists. > > > -Original Message- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tom > Dimeo > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 5:34 PM > To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org > Subject: List Termination > > Ladies and gentlemen, > > I am seriously considering terminating the pc audio list. > There is very little traffic on the list but a lot of spam. Also, with the > advent of DMARC I have no idea who is or is not receiving list messages. > > I could take the list to Google Groups or some other commercial e-mailing > list if there is enough interest, or, maybe some one else would be > interested taking on administration duties of the list. There is a cost for > the domain name and web space. > > Jonathan Mosen started the list almost twenty years ago and it might have > out lived it's usefulness. > > Comments are welcome. Best to contact me directly. > > t...@pc-audio.org > > Thank you, > > Tom Dimeo > > > > > -- Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible phones, Bluetooth devices, and accessories http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Email: l...@talkingmp3players.com Phone: 727-498-0121 Skype: lazmesa Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr
Demonstration of the E10 Daisy Reader
As this Book reader was discussed here not so long ago and as I have been beta testing it and suggesting changes to the manufacturer I decided to post my demonstration here. i'm the US distributor for the E10 which we call the Talking Book Reader. We currently have it for $239.99 USD. Below is the link for the demonstration, just press enter on the link, do a search for the word download, press enter and a routine download should follow: Introducing the Talking book Reader 2nd Edition https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZdwh3ZfHSktPDwuqjWnn4j51uw8BjidScX and here is the demonstration for the E5 which is the predecessor to the E10: Introducing the Talking book Reader 1st Edition https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZKMF3ZX6GDNroHrX0rCBwJPC3k48oVEkaX you can read more about it here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/Talking-Daisy-Book-Media-Player-Newest-Edition_p_111.html Regards, Laz Mesa Accessible Electronics -- Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible phones, Bluetooth devices, and accessories http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Email: l...@talkingmp3players.com Phone: 727-498-0121 Skype: lazmesa Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr
Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation
Hi Gera, You can lurk as long as you want. (smile) Laz On 5/2/17, Gerardo Corripio <gera1...@gmail.com> wrote: > And do you have to buy or sale something to be on, or could I just go on > and see if I someday find an interesting item I'd like to buy or sale? > El 02/05/2017 a las 10:18 a.m., Laz escribió: >> Send a blank message to blind-bst+subscr...@groups.io >> >> It has over 450 members and going strong. >> >> Laz >> >> On 5/1/17, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Ah what did ya do with it? On the subject of getting rid of stuff, >>> anyone know someware where people sell stuff like this? Like an EBay for >>> Blind devices? >>> >>> >>> On 5/1/2017 8:32 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >>>> Actually I've decided to rid myself of the VR Stream - even though >>>> I've had it for only 24 hours. >>>> >>>> I stand by what I said about the VR Stream - a nice and convenient >>>> device to use - but it doesn't suit me. >>>> >>>> I don't regret buying the Stream of course, now I have one I know >>>> exactly what all the fuss is about concerning this device and I really >>>> like the comprehensive feature set, I just don't like the quality of >>>> that internla speaker and the slow way the unit behaves when connected >>>> to the Internet. >>>> >>>> Anyway now I know . >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2/05/2017 9:28 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote: >>>>> I've never thought of the Victor Stream's audio as being >>>>> "muffled"...having said this, I think of it more like the sound of a >>>>> 6-transistor radio! If you plug it into a good speaker or a good set >>>>> of headphones, you do get a pretty good sound! But no...if I'm going >>>>> to listen to any music on that thing, I'd much prefer an external >>>>> speaker or headphones! >>>>> Tom Kaufman >>>>> >>>>> -Original Message- >>>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of >>>>> Dane Trethowan >>>>> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 5:34 PM >>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>>>> Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation >>>>> >>>>> I just shake my head though when it comes to that muffled speaker for >>>>> audio, all my phones do far better than what the Stream does but then >>>>> again audio has always been a problem with the Stream. >>>>> >>>>> The handling of multiple format files - for recording as well as >>>>> playback - is a welcom addition and - at the very least - the quality >>>>> of >>>>> audio from the headphones jack seems to be quite acceptable. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 2/05/2017 2:41 AM, Evan Reese wrote: >>>>>> As to slow downloading of data, I have noticed with ours, and those >>>>>> of >>>>>> some friends, that it doesn't seem to have a great wi-fi transceiver >>>>>> in it. Even when I'm close to my router, it usually says that >>>>>> reception is poor. >>>>>> Other than that, you are right, a lot of functionality in that little >>>>>> package. >>>>>> Evan >>>>>> >>>>>> -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan >>>>>> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 10:24 AM >>>>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>>>>> Subject: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi! >>>>>> >>>>>> I just bought one of these units and would like to make comment on my >>>>>> purchase. >>>>>> >>>>>> Firstly I think that the unit does a brilliant job for what it is in >>>>>> most respects. >>>>>> >>>>>> The sound from the internal speaker is a little muffled however - >>>>>> having >>>>>> already heard a VR Stream - I was already prepared for this, a bit >>>>>> of an >>>>>> annoyance one might say so to overcome this I use a small BUniden >>>>>> hand-held amplified battery speaker I've had for years, cost me $25 >>>>>> about 7 years ago, pity the Stream doesn't have Bl
Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation
Send a blank message to blind-bst+subscr...@groups.io It has over 450 members and going strong. Laz On 5/1/17, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ah what did ya do with it? On the subject of getting rid of stuff, > anyone know someware where people sell stuff like this? Like an EBay for > Blind devices? > > > On 5/1/2017 8:32 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> Actually I've decided to rid myself of the VR Stream - even though >> I've had it for only 24 hours. >> >> I stand by what I said about the VR Stream - a nice and convenient >> device to use - but it doesn't suit me. >> >> I don't regret buying the Stream of course, now I have one I know >> exactly what all the fuss is about concerning this device and I really >> like the comprehensive feature set, I just don't like the quality of >> that internla speaker and the slow way the unit behaves when connected >> to the Internet. >> >> Anyway now I know . >> >> >> >> On 2/05/2017 9:28 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote: >>> I've never thought of the Victor Stream's audio as being >>> "muffled"...having said this, I think of it more like the sound of a >>> 6-transistor radio! If you plug it into a good speaker or a good set >>> of headphones, you do get a pretty good sound! But no...if I'm going >>> to listen to any music on that thing, I'd much prefer an external >>> speaker or headphones! >>> Tom Kaufman >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of >>> Dane Trethowan >>> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 5:34 PM >>> To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation >>> >>> I just shake my head though when it comes to that muffled speaker for >>> audio, all my phones do far better than what the Stream does but then >>> again audio has always been a problem with the Stream. >>> >>> The handling of multiple format files - for recording as well as >>> playback - is a welcom addition and - at the very least - the quality of >>> audio from the headphones jack seems to be quite acceptable. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2/05/2017 2:41 AM, Evan Reese wrote: >>>> As to slow downloading of data, I have noticed with ours, and those of >>>> some friends, that it doesn't seem to have a great wi-fi transceiver >>>> in it. Even when I'm close to my router, it usually says that >>>> reception is poor. >>>> Other than that, you are right, a lot of functionality in that little >>>> package. >>>> Evan >>>> >>>> -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan >>>> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 10:24 AM >>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>>> Subject: Victor Reader Stream 2nd Generation >>>> >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>> I just bought one of these units and would like to make comment on my >>>> purchase. >>>> >>>> Firstly I think that the unit does a brilliant job for what it is in >>>> most respects. >>>> >>>> The sound from the internal speaker is a little muffled however - >>>> having >>>> already heard a VR Stream - I was already prepared for this, a bit >>>> of an >>>> annoyance one might say so to overcome this I use a small BUniden >>>> hand-held amplified battery speaker I've had for years, cost me $25 >>>> about 7 years ago, pity the Stream doesn't have Bluetooth but I guess a >>>> product can't have everythint. >>>> >>>> Now I don't know whether this is my unit in particular but I have >>>> noticed that the downloading of data seems to be incredibly slow >>>> compared to other devices I have on my network, I used the "Check for >>>> Updates" function and - according to that - the firmware is up to date, >>>> well at least the data does get downloaded I guess. >>>> >>>> There's a hell of a lot of functionality packed into the VR Stream box >>>> and a lot of this - such as the Internet Radio, podcasts and so forth - >>>> I won't bother using - given I already have better solutions for that >>>> sort of thing - but for those who don't the VR Stream provides a great >>>> entry level to the world of Internet Radio and Podcasting. >>>> >>>> Getting online with the Vision Australia library was a snap so I >>>> downlaoded a couple of books. >>>> >>>> Again, I have other Apps and so forth which I prefer to use myself but >>>> the Stream is convenient for reading, no doubt about that even though I >>>> read all my newspapers these days straight from the web site its >>>> good to >>>> know I have a reliable backup. >>>> >>>> >>>> >> > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible phones, Bluetooth devices, and accessories http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Email: l...@talkingmp3players.com Phone: 727-498-0121 Skype: lazmesa Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr
Re: Sansa Clip Setting Needed
Hello Georges, I would be able to get to your question sooner if you wrote to me directly for help with your player instead of writing to an email group because I answer mail from customers on a priority before going through the rest of my email messages. Now for the answer to your question. Yes, of course. Go into settings, playback settings, prevent track skipping, select yes, and click the select button. Remember where this setting is located so you can later reverse it. Laz On 2/5/17, Georges Zaynoun <humorlessg...@samobile.net> wrote: > Is there a setting in this device that makes it play only one file and > not play all files as in a playlist? Thanks. > > -- > Georges Zeinoun > Timmerv. 6A ITR LGH1102, 54163 SKÖVDESWEDEN > Tel: +46 (500) 48 29 29 +46 (500) 43 55 11 > > -- Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible phones, Bluetooth devices, and accessories http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Email: l...@talkingmp3players.com Phone: 727-498-0121 Skype: lazmesa Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr
Re: Media Player With Pitch Control Needed.
Someone on another list already answered this but I can't attest as to whether either the Victor Stream or VLC can do it having never done it on either of those. Laz On 1/26/17, Georges Zaynoun <humorlessg...@samobile.net> wrote: > Thank you Laz, can this be done with Victor Reader Stream 2nd > generation & VLC Media Player? > Original message: >> George, This is easily done with the Sansa Clip without going into any >> menus at all. You can affect the playback speed by using the up button >> as if you were going to pause playback but instead hold it down for a >> couple of seconds. This changes the mode so instead of pausing it will >> allow you to use the up button to increase the speed of playback and >> the down button to decrease playback speed. If you wish to pause at >> any moment you can click the power button to return to playback mode >> so you can pause and unpause normally and if you need to return to >> changing the playback speed, then hold down the up button once again. >> You can do this until you reach the desired playback speed. When you >> reach the desired playback speed just click the power button to listen >> normally. During this process you can return to normal playback speed >> by clicking the select button. > >> If you have any other questions regarding the Sansa Clip let me know >> and I'll be glad to help. > >> Regards, > >> Laz > > > >> On 1/25/17, Georges Zaynoun <humorlessg...@samobile.net> wrote: >>> I need it desperately and it can be software on pc or a hardware like >>> the Sansa Clip. The problem with the Sansa is that when I am in pitch >>> mode I cannot do pause/play/stop as it seems for me at least, can I do >>> pitch controle with the Victor Reader Stream 2nd gen? Thanks. > >>> -- >>> Georges Zeinoun >>> Timmerv. 6A ITR LGH1102, 54163 SKÖVDESWEDEN >>> Tel: +46 (500) 48 29 29 +46 (500) 43 55 11 > > > > >> -- >> Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible phones, >> Bluetooth devices, and accessories >> http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ >> Email: l...@talkingmp3players.com >> Phone: 727-498-0121 >> Skype: lazmesa >> Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa >> Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr > > -- > Georges Zeinoun > Timmerv. 6A ITR LGH1102, 54163 SKÖVDESWEDEN > Tel: +46 (500) 48 29 29 +46 (500) 43 55 11 > > -- Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible phones, Bluetooth devices, and accessories http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Email: l...@talkingmp3players.com Phone: 727-498-0121 Skype: lazmesa Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr
Re: Media Player With Pitch Control Needed.
George, This is easily done with the Sansa Clip without going into any menus at all. You can affect the playback speed by using the up button as if you were going to pause playback but instead hold it down for a couple of seconds. This changes the mode so instead of pausing it will allow you to use the up button to increase the speed of playback and the down button to decrease playback speed. If you wish to pause at any moment you can click the power button to return to playback mode so you can pause and unpause normally and if you need to return to changing the playback speed, then hold down the up button once again. You can do this until you reach the desired playback speed. When you reach the desired playback speed just click the power button to listen normally. During this process you can return to normal playback speed by clicking the select button. If you have any other questions regarding the Sansa Clip let me know and I'll be glad to help. Regards, Laz On 1/25/17, Georges Zaynoun <humorlessg...@samobile.net> wrote: > I need it desperately and it can be software on pc or a hardware like > the Sansa Clip. The problem with the Sansa is that when I am in pitch > mode I cannot do pause/play/stop as it seems for me at least, can I do > pitch controle with the Victor Reader Stream 2nd gen? Thanks. > > -- > Georges Zeinoun > Timmerv. 6A ITR LGH1102, 54163 SKÖVDESWEDEN > Tel: +46 (500) 48 29 29 +46 (500) 43 55 11 > > -- Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible phones, Bluetooth devices, and accessories http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Email: l...@talkingmp3players.com Phone: 727-498-0121 Skype: lazmesa Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr
Re: daisy players
The below is my opinion only and not to be taken in any other way. The Blaze ET is not worth the money. Yes, it's a novelty to be able to take a picture of a box of cereal and have it OCRd and read, but it's noticeably slow in anything you do. The internet radio is very limited due to the database they chose to go with. I had one for about 6 months and I was not impressed at all. In fact I kept reaching for the Victor Stream instead for mylistening. I was finally able to sell it for $350. In my estimation it's worth about $300 USD brand new including the extras package. I got the impression they bought some old Android phone hardware and replaced the touch screen with buttons, but it still has a very slow processor and likely low memory as well. I thought it would be a better device than it turned out to be in reality. Laz On 9/18/16, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> wrote: > The Victor Reader Stream you meaN/ Its still a current model so yep its > sure to be for sale. > > The other machine I've been thinking about and I probably take more > seriously than all the others is the Blaze ET I think it is, been a damn > good while since I've checked on the progress of this little beauty. > > I remember Hims Inc were having a little trouble with the OCR function > but that was quite some time ago and - knowing Hims Inc as I believe I > do - I reckon that problem will have been sorted. > > Anyway the ET is the player of all players, even will let you sit back > in your favourite armchair and chat on Skype between reading sessions if > that's your thing. > > > > On 18/09/2016 2:02 PM, Hamit Campos wrote: >> Yeah it is a shame especially considering how dam expensive they are. Oh >> and >> yes it's still being sold even here in the good old US of A. IRTI has >> them. >> I just saw it on their site. I was just brouzing around on there and saw >> it. >> They have it for 300 and something. >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane >> Trethowan >> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 11:49 PM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Subject: Re: Plextalk Pocket Linio Talking Book Player >> >> Pity that you can't get cover or insurance for these things as you can >> with >> mobile phones thus if anything goes wrong the problem can be attended to >> or >> the product replaced. >> >> >> >> On 18/09/2016 10:08 AM, Andrea Sherry wrote: >>> Well anything rather than purchase another Stream >>> >>> Andrea >>> >>> >>> On 18/09/2016 5:23 AM, Norma A. Boge wrote: >>>> Andrea, I was asked the same question about the Book port Plus. >>>> Evidently >>>> you and I are conjuring some magic or something by obtaining these >>>> players that are supposedly discontinued. H... >>>> >>>> -Original Message- >>>> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of >>>> Andrea Sherry >>>> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2016 5:38 AM >>>> To: PC Audio Discussion List >>>> Subject: Re: Plextalk Pocket Linio Talking Book Player >>>> >>>> But that wasn't the question I asked was it? >>>> >>>> >>>> On 17/09/2016 8:19 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >>>>> Hmm, I thought the Plextalk Pocket had been discontinued? >>>>> >>>>>> On 17 Sep 2016, at 6:17 PM, Andrea Sherry >>>>>> <sherr...@wideband.net.au> >>>> wrote: >>>>>> I have purchased and await delivery of this player. >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there a list for users of this machine? >>>>>> >>>>>> Andrea >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can >>>>>> start from now and make a brand new ending." - Carl Brad >>>>>> >>>>> ** >>>>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest >>>>> of the >>>> halfwits in this world behind. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can >>>> start from now and make a brand new ending." - Carl Brad >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> >> > > > -- Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible phones, Bluetooth devices, and accessories http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Email: l...@talkingmp3players.com Phone: 727-498-0121 Skype: lazmesa Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr
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Hi Adrien, I started using this file type for encoding my audiobooks for listening on my Talking MP3 Player. A friend suggested it because it takes up less space and the quality is at least as good as MP3 or OGG. You can use Goldwave to convert them to MP3 if you like. Season's greetings! Laz From: Adrien Collins adriencollins22...@gmail.com To: 'PC audio discussion list. ' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: opus formats Message-ID: 03f301d020e6$3d2d4bd0$b787e370$@com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi I have been given an album, it is in opus format, I have never come across this before, I googled it, it is a lossy audio format, I want to convert the files to mp3, I don't have a suitable converter, I have tried downloading 2 but they are not accessible, what can I do? Regards Adrien -- Affordably priced Accessible Talking MP3 Players, Accessible phones, Bluetooth devices, and accessories http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Email: l...@talkingmp3players.com Phone: 727-498-0121 Skype: lazmesa Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr
Re: A question about blue tooth for a amplifier and speakers
Hi Johny, Yes. You can connect the Miccus home RTX transmitter/receiver or the like to your amp and pair it with your iPhone. This would enable you to hear the audio from your iPhone on the speakers attached to the amp. We have it for $55.99 USD and you can read about it here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/bluetooth-transmitters-and-receivers.html All the best, Laz Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 09:47:21 + From: Johny Cassidy johny.cassi...@bbc.co.uk To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: A question about blue tooth for a amplifier and speakers Message-ID: 798245ddc4d5984fa5b9e758fd22bd2349112...@bgb01xud1012.national.core.bbc.co.uk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi there I'm wondering if there's a way to attach a blue tooth controller to my amp and speakers. I've a Cambridge amp with Mission speakers. I don't have a DAB radio, but can listen to Digital through my iPhone, which will come through the amp when attach via USB. I'm sure there's a way though to Bluetooth this connection rather than relying on a wire attachment. Any steer would be great. Thanks Johny -- Talking MP3 Players with stereo FM radio, voice recording, and expandible memory! Priced under $100, plus free shipping in the US! Listen to our Introduction to Talking MP3 Players: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/an-introduction-to-talking-mp3-players/ See our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Join our mailing list by sending a blank email with the word subscribe as the subject to: tmp-requ...@freelists.org Email: l...@talkingmp3players.com Skype: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa
Re: first post: best mp3 player for a totaly blind user
Hi Robert, If you just want to play your music files and not access files from NLS, Bard, read EBooks, access things from the internet, do OCR, etc, then a rockboxed Sansa is all you really need. You can hear what the Talking MP3 players are like and what they can do by downloading or listening to this file: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/an-introduction-to-talking-mp3-players/ This would be perfect for your needs as you can use 64GB cards to store your entire music library. Regards, Laz From: Robert Godridge rgodrid...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Message-ID: CABa4ZAkRsc65qAsHgDAoZQxidhbw8c=+8-vhx+e-g_eszpv...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 yeah, this looks like a great idea! if I do get one could you tell me how to put rockbox on it, if that does talk? or are the menues very simple? I'd love to hear more ideas. Rob On 6/4/14, Gerardo Corripio gera1...@gmail.com wrote: They take cards up to 64! I've only used an 8GB card I've got, but experiences with others, have had good luck with the larger ones. El 04/06/2014 11:43 a.m., Robert Godridge escribi?: Hi Gerardo, does the Sansa Zip take the 32 gb sd cards? and the click plus as well? Have you used yours with the larger sd cards and how did it work? that sounds like a great option to me rite now. thanks, Rob keep the ideas coming! On 6/4/14, Gerardo Corripiogera1...@gmail.com wrote: Also the Sansa Clip plus and Sansa Zip? Yes I understand you aren't fond of blindness products, but these are mainstream players one can buy in stores, having to oneself put Rockbox on them so they can turn into Talking MP3 ones. My experiences with these have been great! I've got a Sansa Clip Plus and Sansa Zip: both hold Micro SD cards. Good luck! -- Talking MP3 Players with stereo FM radio, voice recording, and expandible memory! Priced under $100, plus free shipping in the US! Listen to our Introduction to Talking MP3 Players: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/an-introduction-to-talking-mp3-players/ See our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Join our mailing list by sending a blank email with the word subscribe as the subject to: tmp-requ...@freelists.org Email: l...@talkingmp3players.com Skype: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa
Audio mixers
Hello all, Is there an audio mixer out there which has at least 3 but not more than 4 audio inputs, audio inputs and outputs are 1/8th inch or 3.5mm, has a way to control each level, for use with a computer, and which won't break the bank? If so, where can this mixer be found? Answers much appreciated. Laz -- Talking MP3 Players with stereo FM radio, voice recording, and expandible memory! Priced under $100, plus free shipping in the US! Listen to our Introduction to Talking MP3 Players: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/an-introduction-to-talking-mp3-players/ See our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Join our mailing list by sending a blank email with the word subscribe as the subject to: tmp-requ...@freelists.org Email: l...@talkingmp3players.com Skype: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa
Search for recording solution
Hi all, I've been using Windows XP for recording and had very good success, until my Windows XP machine decided to give up the ghost, something about the motherboard. Until the Xp computer gave up the ghost, I had made several recordings in which I recorded from the mic, audio in line, and the screen reader at the same time. I'm temporarily using my wife's old Windows Vista laptop until I can get a Windows 7 desktop computer and have found that this is no longer possible, or at least not as i was used to doing it in XP. What would be the solution for regaining the ability to record from the mic, audio line in, and record the screen reader at the same time if I wished to? I would prefer to use Goldwave for recording as I'm used to it. I've considered that it may take the purchase of either an external sound card or a mixer of some sort. If so, are there any recommendations? My recordings aren't professional by any means, so it doesn't have to be expensive, whatever the solution is. Thanks in advance and happy holidays everyone! Laz -- Talking MP3 Players with stereo FM radio, voice recording, and expandible memory! Priced under $100, plus free shipping in the US! Listen to our Introduction to Talking MP3 Players: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/an-introduction-to-talking-mp3-players/ See our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Join our mailing list by sending a blank email with the word subscribe as the subject to: tmp-requ...@freelists.org Email: l...@talkingmp3players.com Skype: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa
Re: Accessible I Pods
Hi Colin, The first thing that anyone who is looking into getting any type of iThing is to download iTunes and see how they get along with it. if you're looking for a device which can hold a lot of music, then that Ipod Nano would be limited to 8 or 16GB, if it goes that high. There is no expansion slot for more memory on any iThings. As part of your research, I urge you to take a listen to: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/an-introduction-to-talking-mp3-players/ It just may fulfill your needs and wants... All the best, laz From: Colin Phelan colinphel...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Accessible I Pods Message-ID: 000f01cee0a9$bd6a05a0$383e10e0$@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi Hamit et al Think likely to get 5th Gen I Pod Nano as suggested. I have seen talk of having to download the voiceover kit for it, have I got this right and is the kit still going to be available seen as it is now an old unit? Is this simple to download? On another matter, when I was researching the I pod Classic, I heard tell of the Cobolt Systems Itell, anyone used this? Thanks Colin -- Talking MP3 Players with stereo FM radio, voice recording, and expandible memory! Priced under $100, plus free shipping in the US! Listen to our Introduction to Talking MP3 Players: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/an-introduction-to-talking-mp3-players/ See our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Email: l...@talkingmp3players.com Skype: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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Hi Colin, The Talking MP3 Players meet all your qualifications as stated in your message. You can listen to or download the Introduction to Talking MP3 Players by using this link: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/an-introduction-to-talking-mp3-players/ Great sound, no iTunes just copy and paste, recertified players starting at $65.99. All the best, Laz From: Colin Phelan colinphel...@gmail.com To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Music on the Go Message-ID: 001701ced026$d2246be0$766d43a0$@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi All,, looking to change how I listen to music on the move. I have an I phone for work with limited music on it. I also have a Book Sense that sometimes play music on. Unfortuantley the quality on the book sense is poor compared to the I phone. So that leads me to think about buying a second hand I pod even though I am not an I tunes fan. A couple of questions please What generation did I pods become accessible i.e Voice Over and are they all touch screens. Can I just connect an I pod to my PC and copy and paste music into it without using I tunes? Is there an alternative good sound accessible unit that I will get 2nd hand at a sensible price? Thanks for your help Colin -- Talking MP3 Players with stereo FM radio, voice recording, and expandible memory! Priced under $100, plus free shipping in the US! Listen to our Introduction to Talking MP3 Players: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/an-introduction-to-talking-mp3-players/ See our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Email: l...@talkingmp3players.com Skype: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/Talkingmp3players?_rdr Personal Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/laz.mesa To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Podcast especially for those who have a Rockboxed player
Hi all, I've occasionally seen someone on these lists asking how to use the Rockbox Utility to create a voice file and/or talk files for their player using the Rockbox Utility. I've seen it enough that I decided that it was time to create an audio tutorial for how to use the Rockbox Utility to do so. In this podcast, I show each step starting from connecting your player to the computer, starting up the Rockbox Utility, adjusting the settings, creating a voice file, creating talk files, ejecting the player, and then listening to the results on my Sansa Clip Zip Talking MP3 Player. From what I understand from others who have succeeded following my instructions on a Mac, the steps are very similar, so these instructions should also help those in the Mac community. Here's the link where you can listen to or download this podcast: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/voice-and-talk-file-creation-using-the-rockbox-utility/ All the best, Laz -- Talking MP3 Players with FM radio, voice recording, and expandible memory! Priced under $100, plus free shipping in the US! Listen to our Introduction to Talking MP3 Players presentation: http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/an-introduction-to-talking-mp3-players/ See our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com New web page in progress: Unlimited Quality 4G Cell Service only $49 per month No contract, Option to bring your own phone! Works with the Google Galaxy Nexus! http://www.talkingmp3players.com/accessible-phones.html Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Skype: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: replacement MP3 portable player,
Hi Joe, Might I recommend the Sansa Clip zip Talking MP3 Player from http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ It meets the qualifications you listed and can hold over 64GB with the use of a microSD card. It's fully accessible. I have never listened on an iRiver, but all our customers really appreciate the sound it delivers, some of them even audiophiles. Many satisfied folks in the UK have purchased our players, and we do ship worldwide. To hear about it, just download one or both of the below files, Main Menu http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/talking-mp3-players-with-rockbox-laz-mesa-interviewed-by-rich-cavallaro/ SeroTalk http://www.blind-geek-zone.net/rockboxed-sansa-clip-zip-talking-mp3-player-presentation/ All the best, Laz From: joe paton j...@vi-ability.demon.co.uk To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: replacement MP3 portable player, Message-ID: 20130508221228.1817018c...@mdfmta005.tch.inty.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi folk, I'm looking to replace my IRiver mp3 player. This is the 40 GB model, and to be frank, I've haven't had a portable device with audio as good as the IRiver. Maybe the Archose was close, but the IPod or Ipad get close but no cigar. So I'm looking to replace this beast, with similar or higher storage capacity, I'd like it to play mp3/4/wma/ogg formats. Connect and permit the use of any file manager, but obviously Windows explorer is the native tool on most windows based machines. What i'm saying is that I really hate ITunes for this type of thing, and it's handy to be able to connect your device to a machine which may not have ITumes and be able to copy (lend,) music from colleagues. I'd welcome any recommendations list members may have, but I am based in the UK so items available in the states would of course be only of academic interest. Joe -- Affordably priced Talking MP3 Players with FM radio, voice recording, and expandable memory! Priced As low as $69.99, plus free shipping in the US! Listen to our presentation: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html See our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com New web page in progress: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/accessible-phones.html Unlimited Quality 4G Cell Service only $49 per month No contract, Option to bring your own phone! Works with the new Google Galaxy Nexus! Contact info: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Skype: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Skype and GW Connect
With GWConnect, there's no easy way to return a missed call. For this reason, I'm still using Skype 3.8 which BTW is not sluggish at all. I've requested that they include a call back button on the missed call announcements, but it hasn't been done as yet despite the fact that I made this request over a year ago. Laz From: Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Re: Skype and GW Connect Message-ID: 8E4C5347C01645F2909F2B2CCD0BA362@BrianTHINK Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1; reply-type=response Hi, and with the latest version of GW Connect there is really no need for sluggish Skype anymore. The only thing people might be missing is the vidio support. GW Connect has grown up to be a very versatyle replacement for Skype. Best regards Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Chris H Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 9:27 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. Christopher Hallsworth E-mail and Facebook: challswor...@sky.com Skype: chrishallsworth7266 Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@christopherh40 Find my blog at challsworth2.wordpress.com -- Affordably priced Talking MP3 Players with FM radio, voice recording, and expandable memory! Priced As low as $69.99, plus free shipping in the US! Listen to our presentation: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html See our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com New web page in progress: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/accessible-phones.html Unlimited Quality 4G Cell Service only $49 per month No contract, Option to bring your own phone! Works with the new Google Galaxy Nexus! Contact info: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Skype: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: the tiny tunes player
I tried to warn folks about this player months ago by responding to any emails that I saw regarding this con. There were many exaggerations and misrepresentations in these emails and even on their site itself. IN fact, if you go to their site today, you'll see that they claim 70 hours of battery life! i think most of us know that this is a wild exaggeration to say the least. they also still claim that it's the only MP3 player which you don't have to look at the screen to use, it's the first MP3 player that talks, etc. I feel sorry for all of those who fell for this con job. All I can say is that I tried to shed some light on it months ago. I'm not even going to try to promote my own Talking MP3 Players in this message, just that i feel very sorry for those who got ripped off. Happy holidays everyone! Laz From: Chris H christopher...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Re: the tiny tunes player Message-ID: 50d05f44.4050...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Oh what a con this sounds like! I really hate it when companies do this, market a product that's claimed to be the first of its kind, only to be let down by stupid gimmiks and worst of all no way to get a refund. How disgusting! Think I will stick with my iPhone and Pc/Mac for playing music. Christopher Hallsworth -- Affordably priced Talking MP3 Players with FM radio, voice recording, and expandable memory! Priced As low as $69.99, plus free shipping in the US! Listen to our presentation: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html See our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com New web page in progress: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/accessible-phones.html Unlimited Quality 4G Cell Service only $49 per month No contract, Option to bring your own phone! Works with the new Google Galaxy Nexus! Contact info: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Skype: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Coming up on Main Menu: Rockbox and Talking MP3 Players
Hello all, Find out more about Rockbox and hear what a Talking MP3 Player sounds like by checking out the below Main Menu program available on ACB Radio Mainstream as described in the below copy. And no, I'm not a Rockbox representative as stated in the below message, but I do know a thing or two about Rockbox. (smiles) Regards, Laz Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:46:00 -0500 From: David Tanner david.tanner...@gmail.com To: ACBRadio Friends List frie...@acbradio.org, annou...@acbradio.org, mm-frie...@acbradio.org Subject: [Mm-friends] Coming Up On MainMenu For November 2 2012 Message-ID: 5EBE1D3C5C8C41DB99958F3582DCC090@ASUSNETBOOK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 MainMenu staff member Rich Cavallaro brings us an interview with a representative from Rockbox, and demos some of the Rockbox accessible screen reader software for a variety of portable devices. Then David Woodbridge from Vision Australia discusses the changes in the on screen keyboard for VoiceOver in iOS6. It's all on MainMenu this week just for you!!! Main Menu can first be heard on Fridays at 9:00 pm Eastern time. It airs throughout Saturday on ACB Radio Mainstream. http://www.acbradio.org/mainstream It is also available in the iTunes store, in the iBlink Radio app for IOS and Android devices, and is available to Radio Reading Services around the world. Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php Visit the Main Menu website at: http://mainmenu.acbradio.org Follow MainMenu on Twitter at: http://www.twitter.com/mainmenu Subscribe to a list where you can interact with other Main Menu listeners and the Main Menu staff by sending a blank email message to: mm-friends-subscribe at acbradio.org David Tanner - Host MainMenu Technology from a blindness perspective! www.mainmenu.acbradio.org www.twitter.com/mainmenu -- Affordably priced Talking MP3 Players with FM radio, voice recording, and expandable memory! Priced As low as $69.99, plus free shipping in the US! Listen to our presentation: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html See our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com New web page in progress: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/accessible-phones.html Unlimited Quality 4G Cell Service only $49 per month No contract, Option to bring your own phone! Works with the new Google Galaxy Nexus! Contact info: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Skype: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: The Rockbox presentation can now be downloaded
Steve, I can't vouch for Accessible World, but if you check on our site, you can certainly listen to it or download it. Just go here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html Laz Steve Matzura numb...@noisynotes.com wrote: I just tried downloading this. I guess you or Accessible World doesn't keep their files around very long? On Sat, 12 Mar 2011 17:50:30 -0500, you wrote: In my debut on Accessible World, I gave a presentation on what Rockbox is, what it does, and demonstrated what it can do on a Sansa Clip Plus Talking MP3 Player. For thos of you who have never heard of Rockbox, or those of you who haven't experienced it for more than a couple of years, this presentation might help to bring you up to speed on the subject. Here is the direct download link: http://accessibleworld.org/audio/download/673/tt03-07-11_Laz_mesa.mp3 Regards, Laz -- Affordable Talking MP3 Players! FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great bookmarking capabilities, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC, MP4, M4A, AIFF, and many others! All players priced very affordably, as low as $69.99, plus free shipping in the US! No need for iTunes or other music management software! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Download our presentation: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html See our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Contact info: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype: lazmesa Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: My brother and I have a question
Hi Randy, If you decide to avoid the touch-screen user interface and having to use iTunes, then you may be interested in a pre-Rockboxed Sansa Talking MP3 Player. You can hear a presentation I did on Accessible World regarding Rockbox on a Sansa Talking MP3 Player by visiting: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html For further information, please check out my signature below. Regards, Laz Randy Tijerina rtijeri...@satx.rr.com wrote: Friends, My brother called me, and well he's not familiar with jaws or talkiing software for Ipods. Neither am I to be honest. What are some good IPod brands that will be compatible with the talking software or whatever to make it work? I'm sorry if this sounds stupid or a out of it question. -- Affordable Talking MP3 Players! FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great bookmarking capabilities, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC, MP4, M4A, AIFF, and many others! All players priced very affordably, as low as $69.99, plus free shipping in the US! No need for iTunes or other music management software! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Download our presentation: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html See our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Contact info: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype: lazmesa Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
The Rockbox presentation can now be downloaded
In my debut on Accessible World, I gave a presentation on what Rockbox is, what it does, and demonstrated what it can do on a Sansa Clip Plus Talking MP3 Player. For thos of you who have never heard of Rockbox, or those of you who haven't experienced it for more than a couple of years, this presentation might help to bring you up to speed on the subject. Here is the direct download link: http://accessibleworld.org/audio/download/673/tt03-07-11_Laz_mesa.mp3 Regards, Laz -- Accessible talking MP3 players! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great bookmarking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC, MP4, M4A, AIFF, and many others! All our players are priced very affordably, less than $100, plus free shipping handling in the US! No need to use any annoying music management software either! Join our support mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear a short demonstration, download our demo here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/uploads/2/0/4/6/2046538/talking_rockboxed_sansa_e200_series_player_demo.mp3 Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Rockbox and text to speech using ESpeak
This has not been implemented in Rockbox yet. If and when they do, I'll be the first to jump on it and announce it broadly. Laz Kevin Cussick the.big.white.sheph...@googlemail.com wrote: I remember a year or 2 ago there was some talk of using espeak on rock box, this meant that you could read text files on your sansa mp3 player. Do any of your mp3 players do this if so I might be interested. thanks in advance. -- Accessible talking MP3 players! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great bookmarking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC, MP4, M4A, AIFF, and many others! All our players are priced very affordably, less than $100, plus free shipping handling in the US! No need to use any annoying music management software either! Join our support mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear a short demonstration, download our demo here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/uploads/2/0/4/6/2046538/talking_rockboxed_sansa_e200_series_player_demo.mp3 Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Presentation of Rockbox on a Talking MP3 Player
Not just any MP3 player, there is a list at rockbox.org which informs you which MP3 players Rockbox supports. Laz Silomo Khumalo 207504...@ukzn.ac.za wrote: Dear list, I'm not a technically advance person. However, I will like to know whether I can install rockbox on any MP3 player. -- Accessible talking MP3 players! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great bookmarking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC, MP4, M4A, AIFF, and many others! All our players are priced very affordably, less than $100, plus free shipping handling in the US! No need to use any annoying music management software either! Join our support mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear a short demonstration, download our demo here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/uploads/2/0/4/6/2046538/talking_rockboxed_sansa_e200_series_player_demo.mp3 Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Rockbox presentation goes off without a hitch
I wanted to let you all know that the presentation on Rockbox went off very well and with no hitches. I had a very-good time doing the presentation and the host and participants were very kind and considerate, and best of all, no one at all was ripped off during the presentation! WooHoo! The downloads should be available from accessibleworld.org as soon as they archive it, and I plan to download a copy and make it available on talkingmp3players.com as well. I also wanted to thank those of you who have spoken up with some sane comments in view of the inflammatory ones which had been made by one individual on this list regarding my character, integrity, and honesty. My thanks to you all! Laz -- Accessible talking MP3 players! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great bookmarking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC, MP4, M4A, AIFF, and many others! All our players are priced very affordably, less than $100, plus free shipping handling in the US! No need to use any annoying music management software either! Join our support mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear a short demonstration, download our demo here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/uploads/2/0/4/6/2046538/talking_rockboxed_sansa_e200_series_player_demo.mp3 Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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 -- Accessible talking MP3 players! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great bookmarking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC, MP4, M4A, AIFF, and many others! All our players are priced very affordably, less than $100, plus free shipping handling in the US! No need to use any annoying music management software either! Join our support mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear a short demonstration, download our demo here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/uploads/2/0/4/6/2046538/talking_rockboxed_sansa_e200_series_player_demo.mp3 Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Presentation of Rockbox on a Talking MP3 Player
Hi Dane, I'm glad they have your permission to do what they feel. Phew! that's a load off my mind! LOL! I don't know if you got up on the wrong side of the bed or what, but your comments are a bit off the mark to say the least. First of all, I don't make a huge profit as other companies which sell over-priced MP3 players to the blind do. It does help to put food on the table and keep a roof over my family's heads. There is no rip off occuring, I provide more than just a great product, I provide far more than that. I provide all they need on their players, including a Quick-Start Guide, free tech support for life, written instructions as well as walking them through any part of using their MP3 players, no matter how technologically inclined they are. Which actually brings up another point, that being that not all blind/vision-impaired folks have the same technological know how that apparently you do, and these people don't mind paying for the great service they get so that they don't have to save money for months so that they can afford a Victor Stream, BookSense, or similarly over-priced MP3 player just so they can play their MP3 files. Some people don't have the time to waste trying to Rockbox an MP3 player, while others just want a finished product so that they don't have to tinker with it. To this date, no one has claimed that they were ripped off. My presentation is not about selling my products first and foremost, I was invited to do this presentation about Rockbox and decided to do it as people should know about what Rockbox can do. I was told I could mention my company and give my website, and I do plan to do that as well. In the past, I have enjoyed reading your posts, but after this attempt at character assassination you've just attempted on me, a complete stranger to you, I will have to forego any more communication from you out in Oz. It's funny but a lot of your countrymen have a different outlook on my services than you do, but like you stated, it's a free country, so do what you want, I certainly won't twist your arm to purchase one of my players any time soon. (Rolling my eyes). Laz Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote: Only have one comment to this, if the blind want to be continually ripped off then go here, why would anyone apy extra to buy a MP3 player and have Rockbox installed when they can do it themselves, rockbox is available free of charge but its a free country so do as you feel. -- Accessible talking MP3 players! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great bookmarking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC, MP4, M4A, AIFF, and many others! All our players are priced very affordably, less than $100, plus free shipping handling in the US! No need to use any annoying music management software either! Join our support mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear a short demonstration, download our demo here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/uploads/2/0/4/6/2046538/talking_rockboxed_sansa_e200_series_player_demo.mp3 Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Presentation of Rockbox on a Talking MP3 Player
I guess you couldn't fit this extra attempt at character assassination on your first volley. LOL! That's right! When a person purchases an affordable Talking MP3 Player from us, it arrives speaking out of the box, and the customer doesn't have to do anything to set it up, as it's already set up for them! Amazing! Yeah, sounds like this guy should be hunted down and shot! Let's state facts only when attempting this kind of tripe. What part of the license am I violating? Or as you stated, bordering on? From the conversations I've had with the Rockbox developers over the past two years, they don't want me offering downloads of Rockbox from my site, but that I direct anyone to rockbox.org instead. That's the only problem that was brought up in any talks we've had because I had been offering updates of Rockbox for my customers on the site. What MP3 player do you use Dane? Are you perhaps an Apple enthusiast? LOL! Didn't expect this type of personal attack from a complete stranger. Laz Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote: Hmm, not sure about this, bordering on going against the Rockbox open licence agreement, as you'll see from his web site he's selling Rockbox installed on the player. -- Accessible talking MP3 players! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great bookmarking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC, MP4, M4A, AIFF, and many others! All our players are priced very affordably, less than $100, plus free shipping handling in the US! No need to use any annoying music management software either! Join our support mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear a short demonstration, download our demo here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/uploads/2/0/4/6/2046538/talking_rockboxed_sansa_e200_series_player_demo.mp3 Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: Presentation of Rockbox on a Talking MP3 Player
Hi Matthew, Thanks for the benefit of a doubt, which Dane completely neglected to give to a complete stranger. I don't charge for Rockbox and never have. I make available an alternative to the higher-priced MP3 players for thos who don't have the know-how, time, or experience to do for themselves. Not everyone in the blind community has the knowledge to install Rockbox on their player and set it up for themselves. I do that for them and they pay me a little extra to provide them with the finished product, and I help them with using it and enjoying their listening choices, which brings them pleasure that they would have had to pay hundreds of dollars for if they used another alternative, which perhaps they weren't in financial shape to do. Yes, Rockbox is open source and free, and some people find it easy to install, while others do not. It is these people that I help out with my service. No one is forced to purchase anything, and I'm completely honest with anyone who I deal with. I have sent many people to rockbox.org, only to have them call me back and ask me tons of questions or to have me Rockbox their player for them. Unlike Dane, I do know what I'm talking about. Laz Matthew C matthew.care...@gmail.com wrote: I would wonder if he could get around that by just saying he is charging for the labor to do it? Instead of charging any money for the actual program? Just a thought. I don't like the policy though. As you stated I believe it is free and easy to install. -- Accessible talking MP3 players! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great bookmarking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC, MP4, M4A, AIFF, and many others! All our players are priced very affordably, less than $100, plus free shipping handling in the US! No need to use any annoying music management software either! Join our support mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear a short demonstration, download our demo here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/uploads/2/0/4/6/2046538/talking_rockboxed_sansa_e200_series_player_demo.mp3 Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Presentation of Rockbox on a Talking MP3 Player
Well, thank you Dane, for giving everyone their freedom of choice! LOL! Getting a big head there, aren't you big fella? You're saying you didn't want to ruin anyone's reputation? Um, isn't that what you just attempted to do with your character assassination attempts? Dane, I don't know you from Adam, but what you just tried to do to someone who has helped hundreds of blind/vision-impaired people have a Talking MP3 player affordably is not acceptable behaviour. Having read previous posts from you on several lists, I certainly didn't expect this kind of personal attack from you. I thought you were way above this type of thing, but apparently I was wrong in my thinking. Laz Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote: Okay, well I'd like to make it clear that I certainly don't want to ruin anyone's reputation and I agree! the more products the blind have access to then the better. I've made my points and again its all down to freedom of choice. -- Accessible talking MP3 players! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great bookmarking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC, MP4, M4A, AIFF, and many others! All our players are priced very affordably, less than $100, plus free shipping handling in the US! No need to use any annoying music management software either! Join our support mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear a short demonstration, download our demo here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/uploads/2/0/4/6/2046538/talking_rockboxed_sansa_e200_series_player_demo.mp3 Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Presentation of Rockbox on a Talking MP3 Player
This may be interesting to those of you who have questions about what Rockbox can do on an affordable MP3 player. News Wire: Laz MESA will be discussing Rockbox, a replacement firmware which can be used with some MP3 players and which takes advantage of the hardware capabilities of the MP3 players. Not only does it surpass the capabilities of the original firmware, but it also adds accessibility to those MP3 players by enabling them to speak. He'll be demonstrating the basic functions of Rockbox, accessing the time and date, battery charge level, playing files, using bookmarks, using the FM radio, accessing content on the microSDHC card, etc. Laz will be demonstrating these functions on the latest addition to his line of affordable Rockboxed Talking MP3 Players, the Sansa Clip Plus. The website to visit is: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ He will then answer any questions from listeners. Presenter: Laz Mesa, Owner, Accessible Electronics E-Mail: laza...@gmail.com Date: Monday, March 7, 2011 Time: 5:00 PM PST, 6:00 PM MST, 7:00 PM CST, 8:00 PM EST and elsewhere in the world Tuesday 01:00 GMT Approximately 15 minutes prior to the event start time; go to The Pat Price Tek Talk Training Room at: http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2 Or, alternatively. Select The Pat Price Tek Talk Training Room at: www.accessibleworld.org Enter your first and last names on the sign-in screen. All Tek Talk training events are recorded so if you are unable to participate live at the above times then you may download the presentation or podcast from the Tek Talk archives on our website at www.accessibleworld.org If you are a first-time user of the Talking Communities online conferencing software, there is a small, safe software program that you need to download and then run. A link to the software is available on every entry screen to the Accessible World online rooms. All online interactive programs are free of charge, and open to anyone worldwide having an Internet connection, a computer, speakers, and a sound card. Those with microphones can interact audibly with the presenters and others in the virtual audience or text chat with the attendees. To speak to us, hold down the control key and talk; then let up to listen. -- Accessible talking MP3 players! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great bookmarking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC, MP4, M4A, AIFF, and many others! All our players are priced very affordably, less than $100, plus free shipping handling in the US! No need to use any annoying music management software either! Join our support mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear a short demonstration, download our demo here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/uploads/2/0/4/6/2046538/talking_rockboxed_sansa_e200_series_player_demo.mp3 Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: MP3 players pre-loaded with Rockbox
Yes, better as in sound quality. Laz Andr? van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za wrote: Bett4er as in sound quality? -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Laz Mesa Sent: 23 November 2010 09:02 PM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: RE: MP3 players pre-loaded with Rockbox Hi chris, You should try listening to a Rockboxed Sansa Fuze, it sounds fantastic! E ven better than the E200 Series players! -- Accessible talking MP3 players! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great bookmarking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC, MP4, M4A, AIFF, and many others! All our players are priced very affordably, less than $100, plus free shipping handling in the US! No need to use any annoying music management software either! Join our support mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear a short demonstration, download our demo here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/uploads/2/0/4/6/2046538/talking_rockboxed_sansa_e200_series_player_demo.mp3 Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: MP3 players pre-loaded with Rockbox
Hi Joe, There's no one distributing these Talking MP3 Players in the UK, but you can order from the following site and get discounted shipping and handling on priority international mail. http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Regards, Laz Joe Paton j...@vi-ability.demon.co.uk wrote: Who distributes these players in the u k please? Joe -- Accessible talking MP3 players! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great bookmarking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC, MP4, M4A, AIFF, and many others! All our players are priced very affordably, less than $100, plus free shipping handling in the US! No need to use any annoying music management software either! Join our support mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear a short demonstration, download our demo here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/uploads/2/0/4/6/2046538/talking_rockboxed_sansa_e200_series_player_demo.mp3 Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: MP3 players pre-loaded with Rockbox
Hi chris, You should try listening to a Rockboxed Sansa Fuze, it sounds fantastic! E ven better than the E200 Series players! Here's what one gets with a player purchase from Accessible Electronics: the player (including USB cable and earphones), completely set up and speaking, initial instructional email and Quick-Start Guide, plus the Rockbox manual for the specific player. One also gets the utilities one may need for whatever one wishes to do with their player. *Free* tech support via email, phone, and Skype, including walking someone through whatever procedure they need to be walked through. 90-day replacement warranty. Shipping handling is free in the US and discounted on international orders. With iPods you may not need to use VoiceBox, which is very simple to use BTW, but you do have to use iTunes to do anything with your player, and as you know, not everyone takes to iTunes like a duck to water, with some people ending up paying the extra $75 for Brian Hartgen's JAWS scripts. The other thing about iPods is that you're paying a lot more for what you get as far as capabilities go. Sure, there's some give and take no matter which way one looks at it, but I'd prefer to have the expandable memory, have control of where I put my files, and the ability to use it as a mass storage device if I choose to. Plus there's no touch screen challenge. The iPod Touch is more like a PDA, rather large when compared to a Sansa player, and a lot more expensive, especially if one drops it or it gets stolen. I myself have an iPod Touch, but I don't use it for listening to my audio files, as it's very cumbersome to control when compared to a Rockboxed Sansa Talking MP3 player. I mainly use it for the applications and use my Sansa Fuze for my listening pleasure. Comparing these two devices is like comparing apples to oranges, no pun intended. LOL! Regards, Laz Christopher Chaltain chalt...@gmail.com wrote: I haven't ordered a Rockbox loaded MP3 player from Accessible Electronics, but I have used Rockbox on the Sansa E200 series of MP3 players. I'd definitely give it a favorable review. You'll have a MP3 player with talking menus, great sound quality and it won't set you back a lot financially. I'm not sure what you get with Accessible Electronics, but with a utility called VoiceBox, you can create voice clips for the folders and files on your player, so you'll hear the names of the folders and files spoken when you move around the file system of your MP3 player. You can also change the batteries of the Sansa's and swap out the memory cards for more storage. You can just use Windows Explorer to copy your music over to your MP3 player or a music library manager like Winamp. IMHO, the only other real option is the iPods from Apple. They'll probably be a bit simpler to use, in that you don't have to use a utility like VoiceBox to get the folders and files on your MP3 player spoken to you. You don't have the option of just copying your files over to the iPod, you'll have to use iTunes. The iPod Touch may also have more features than you're looking for, but that's also one of its advantages. Good luck in whatever you decide! I don't think you can go wrong either way! -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -- Accessible talking MP3 players! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great bookmarking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC, MP4, M4A, AIFF, and many others! All our players are priced very affordably, less than $100, plus free shipping handling in the US! No need to use any annoying music management software either! Join our support mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear a short demonstration, download our demo here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/uploads/2/0/4/6/2046538/talking_rockboxed_sansa_e200_series_player_demo.mp3 Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa Facebook: facebook.com/laz.mesa. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: problem with files on Sandisk Sansa MP3 player
Hi Wendy, May I ask where you got the Sansa? Did you buy it from someone, or did you Rockbox it yourself? I think you're in the UK, so I kind of have an idea where you might have purchased it, if you did get it from someone else. I'm surprised the instruction manual said to use the Music folder, as that is a folder I steer my customers away from, and it is apparently the problem you are running into. The Music folder seems to be part of the DRM-protection scheme inherent in the Sansa players, and it does do some very strange things, like disappearing files. Sometimes, the whole folder disappears, and you won't be able to see it on your computer! Just create a folder called My Music or something similar and copy the folders out of the Music folder and into it instead. That would be the first thing to take care of. There may be other reasons why the files aren't showing up on the player, but this is the first thing that needs to be corrected. Kim also mentioned the user list for people who use a Rockboxed Sansa MP3 player, and subscribing is accomplished by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com I'm on the digest mode on the PC-Audio list, so I'll see your answer next time the digest comes around, probably tomorrow, so if you wish to contact me directly, you can do so by sending your email to: laza...@gmail.com Regards, Laz Wendy Dundas wendy.dun...@btinternet.com wrote: Hi Laz I'm using Rockbox and I'm copying and pasting into the Music folder within the audio files section as per the Instruction Manual. Thanks a lot. Wendy -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Laz Mesa Sent: 24 October 2010 20:58 To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Re: problem with files on Sandisk Sansa MP3 player Hi Wendy, Before I can offer any assistance, I need to know a couple of things. Are you running Rockbox or just using the Sansa firmware? Are you copying and pasting, or are you syncing the player? Which folder are you copying these files into? Regards, Laz Wendy Dundas wendy.dun...@btinternet.com wrote: Hi I've copied over some folders and files into the player. When connected to the PC all the folders and files are showing up. However, when I'm in the player itself, the folders are there but the files within them aren't showing (they're all MP3 files). Is there anything I should be doing with regard to the settings? Any help much appreciated. Thanks. Wendy Dundas -- Talking MP3 players! Accessible affordable! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great book marking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more! All our players are less than $100, plus free shipping handling to anywhere in the US! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear what our talking MP3 players sound like, download our demo here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/uploads/2/0/4/6/2046538/talking_rockboxed_sansa_e200_series_player_demo.mp3 Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: problem with files on Sandisk Sansa MP3 player
Hi Wendy, Before I can offer any assistance, I need to know a couple of things. Are you running Rockbox or just using the Sansa firmware? Are you copying and pasting, or are you syncing the player? Which folder are you copying these files into? Regards, Laz Wendy Dundas wendy.dun...@btinternet.com wrote: Hi I've copied over some folders and files into the player. When connected to the PC all the folders and files are showing up. However, when I'm in the player itself, the folders are there but the files within them aren't showing (they're all MP3 files). Is there anything I should be doing with regard to the settings? Any help much appreciated. Thanks. Wendy Dundas -- Talking MP3 players! Accessible affordable! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great book marking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more! All our players are less than $100, plus free shipping handling to anywhere in the US! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear what our talking MP3 players sound like, download our demo here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/uploads/2/0/4/6/2046538/talking_rockboxed_sansa_e200_series_player_demo.mp3 Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: getting speech on my ipod
Excuse me John, but he's talking about a 16-GB Nano. It's not supported by Rockbox and to turn the speech on, I believe you need to use iTunes whether it's a 4th or 5th gen Nano. He said he just won it, and I suspect it's at least a 4th gen Nano. Rockbox only supports some very early models of iPods. I may not be as versed in the iPod line as I am in the Sansa line when dealing with Rockbox, but your statement was incorrect and misleading to the person asking the question. Also, someone else claimed that Rockbox would get rid of the original Apple firmware and as far as I know, it doesn't replace the firmware, it's a dual-boot system and doesn't get rid of the Apple firmware at all. I hope that helps clear things up a little. Laz DJ DOCTOR P djdoct...@att.net wrote: Hello, ITunes has nothing to do with getting speech on the IPod. You will need a peace of firmware that's called, Rock Box. www.rockbox.com is where you can download it from. My best regards. John. -- Talking MP3 players! Accessible affordable! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great book marking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more! All our players are less than $100, plus free shipping handling to anywhere in the US! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear what our talking MP3 players sound like, download the demo from here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: getting speech on my ipod
Congratulations Robert! I believe you have to use iTunes to do anything with it, so your first step is to install iTunes and go from there. Laz Robert doc Wright godfea...@wrighthere.net wrote: I just recently won a 16gb ipod nano. How do I go about geting the speech installed? -- Talking MP3 players! Accessible affordable! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great book marking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more! All our players are less than $100, plus free shipping handling to anywhere in the US! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear what our talking MP3 players sound like, download the demo from here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: What program plays or converts mp4 files
Oxelon Media Converter is freeware and converts MP4 files to different either audio or video formats. You can download it from: http://www.oxelon.com/media_converter.html I don't think Goldwave supports MP4 files. Laz From: DJ DOCTOR P djdoct...@att.net Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 6:13 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Re: What program plays or converts mp4 files Try Winamp. It can and does play mp4 files. I don't know anything about converting those yet, but I'm working on that one. My best regards. John. - Original Message - From: Adrien adriencollins22...@googlemail.com To: 'PC audio discussion list. ' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, November 16, 2009 4:03 AM Subject: What program plays or converts mp4 files Hi I have a few films and they are in mp4, what program will play or convert these files please? Regards Adrien -- Talking MP3 players! Accessible affordable! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great book marking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more! All our players are less than $100, plus free shipping handling to anywhere in the US! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear what our talking MP3 players sound like, download the demo from here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Portable OGG player question
Hi all, What other accessible portable players are there available today that can play OGG files aside from the Stream, BookSense, and Rockboxed MP3 players? Any input is welcome and thanks in advance! Laz -- Talking MP3 players! Accessible affordable! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great book marking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more! All our players are less than $100, plus free shipping handling to anywhere in the US! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear what our talking MP3 players sound like, download the demo from here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: bit rate and sample rate
The sampling rate doesn't make a difference in the size of the file, so there shouldn't be any consideration to go below 44. I've seen a lot of files encoded at 22 because the person thought it would halve the file size, but that's only an old wives tale. Try it yourself and see if it makes any difference in the size of the file. Encode the same thing at the same bit rate but at 22 and at 44 sampling rates and take a look at the file sizes. As for bit rate, whatever sounds good to your ears. I myself prefer at least 64 for mono recordings because once you start going below that, the digital artifacts start to creep in. This translates to at least 128 for stereo recordings. Some people are ok with the lower sampling rates and lower bit rates, while others can't stand to even listen to MP3 files at all, no matter what the bit rate or sampling rate. It's a very personal thing, so whatever sounds good to your ears is your answer. Laz Joe wrote: Here's an interesting question. I've experimented with a lot of different bit rates and sample rates doing voice recordings but still don't know what combination of the two give good enough quality for speech. I know you need higher rates for music, at least 128KBPS. I'm only talking about voice recordings using a mic at this point. What combination of bit and sample rate will take the least space and give me fair quality speech audio. What should be higher. The bit rate, or the sample rate. I'm talking about MP 3 files. I'd like to get a better understanding of this. Thanks in advance. Joe. -- Talking MP3 players! Accessible affordable! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great book marking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more! All our players are less than $100, plus free shipping handling to anywhere in the US! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear what our talking MP3 players sound like, download the demo from here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: bit rate and sample rate
Hi Robert, Maybe the answer is to get a portable media player that plays FLAC and other file types. The ones we sell do. Take a look at my signature below. Laz Robert doc Wright godfea...@wrighthere.net wrote: I hear a lot about flak but I'm pretty sure my zenstone will not play it and I no my nls player will not. It seems such a hastle to use one format on your computer and then be forced to convert any time you wish to listen somewhere other than home. -- Talking MP3 players! Accessible affordable! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great book marking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more! All our players are less than $100, plus free shipping handling to anywhere in the US! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear what our talking MP3 players sound like, download the demo from here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html Visit our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Phone: 727 498-0121 Skype name: lazmesa To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
RE: accessible MP3 players
It's the Rockbox manual for that particular model. A lot of people find the Rockbox manual to be not so blind friendly as you stated. It's fine also if you can muddle your way through the geek-speak, which again, there are some people who would have a hard time getting through. This is one of the main reasons that I offer the free tech support for anyone who purchases a player from us. The PDF manuals could stand to be a bit blind friendlier. The funniest thing is that when you use Adobe Reader to convert it to a text file, it never comes out right. For example, either you end up with one word per line, the text on some pages is all mushed up together, or any words with the letters fi in them are missing those letters, as in file becomes le. These are instances which have been described to me by customers trying to read these PDF manuals via Adobe Reader. Laz You wrote: I'm not sure what manual you get with the player, but I assume it would be the Rockbox manual for that player. Even if it isn't, you can get the Rockbox manual from the Rockbox site, rockbox.org. I find these manuals to be pretty good. They're complete, written so they're accessible by the blind and provide a description of the physical layout of the player. -- Christopher chalt...@gmail.com -- Talking MP3 players! Accessible affordable! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great book marking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more! All our players are less than $100, plus free shipping handling to anywhere in the US! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear what our talking MP3 players sound like, download the demo from here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html Our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Talking Rockboxed Sansa Fuze MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-fuze.html Talking Rockboxed Sansa E200 series MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-e200-series.html Our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Accessories for your Sansa MP3 player: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/accessories.html Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Skype name: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Are any apple MP 3 players blind accessible?
I think I've heard that you can copy and paste, but you have to go through iTunes to do it. When I had a 4th-gen Nano for a short period of time, I looke through iTunes to see if I could just copy and paste some files onto the player, and had no luck in finding out how to do it. I have heard on another list that you can do it by following a few steps in iTunes though. *shrugs* Not for me thank you. Laz Mario wrote: Hi, it is possible on iphod touch to copy and paste directly from windows? A presto, Mario Loreti -- Talking MP3 players! Accessible affordable! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great book marking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more! All our players are less than $100, plus free shipping handling to anywhere in the US! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear what our talking MP3 players sound like, download the demo from here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html Our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Talking Rockboxed Sansa Fuze MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-fuze.html Talking Rockboxed Sansa E200 series MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-e200-series.html Our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Accessories for your Sansa MP3 player: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/accessories.html Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Skype name: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: recording with Sandisk MP3 player
Hi Joe, I did such a recording a couple of days ago for someone named Joe, as luck would have it. The 1st file is the straight recording from the player, which is a bit on the quiet side for my taste, and the 2nd one is the same file run through Levelator. The recording was made through the built-in mic of an E250, which is the first Sansa I ever owned and Rockboxed. You can download it from: http://www.sendspace.com/file/y64ypw Regards, Laz You wrote: I'm thinking of getting the E 200 4 gig or 8 gig Sandisk MP 3 player but I would like to hear the quality of a recording made with the built in Mic first. Can anyone please send me a small sample recording? It seems like these two players give you the most bang for the buck. Thanks. Joe. -- Talking MP3 players! Accessible affordable! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great book marking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more! All our players are less than $100, plus free shipping handling to anywhere in the US! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear what our talking MP3 players sound like, download the demo from here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html Our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Talking Rockboxed Sansa Fuze MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-fuze.html Talking Rockboxed Sansa E200 series MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-e200-series.html Our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Accessories for your Sansa MP3 player: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/accessories.html Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Skype name: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: accessible MP3 players
Hi Joanne, The guides are right on the player itself. The Quick-Start Guide is in text format, so you can open it up with Notepad or any word processor. The Rockbox Manual is in PDF and one needs Adobe Reader to view it. Don't forget that you also get free tech support for any questions or problems you may encounter. Regards, Laz You wrote: I saw that there is a manual or guide. Is this in accessible format or is it, like a lot of guides, printed? Or if it's printed, is there a guide somewhere online that we can read when we get the player? -- Talking MP3 players! Accessible affordable! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great book marking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more! All our players are less than $100, plus free shipping handling to anywhere in the US! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear what our talking MP3 players sound like, download the demo from here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html Our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Talking Rockboxed Sansa Fuze MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-fuze.html Talking Rockboxed Sansa E200 series MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-e200-series.html Our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Accessories for your Sansa MP3 player: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/accessories.html Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Skype name: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: accessible MP3 players
Hi Casey, Glenna ordered the Fuze. The way to get it to speak right out of the box is to plug the earphones in and turn it on. If it doesn't speak after about 5 or so seconds, it most likely just needs a reset, which is accomplished by holding the power button in the on position for 15 seconds and then letting it go. Simple as that. Of course you also get the free tech support and the 90-day replacement warranty in case something doesn't work right. Regards, Laz You wrote: hi did you get the eight gig fuse player or the other eight gig player that they sold? Also when you got it how did you get it to speak right out of the box and did you get the hang of it very quickly? I am looking in to purchasing one of these players and that is why all of the questions. Thank you and have a nice day. -- Talking MP3 players! Accessible affordable! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great book marking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more! All our players are less than $100, plus free shipping handling to anywhere in the US! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear what our talking MP3 players sound like, download the demo from here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html Our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Talking Rockboxed Sansa Fuze MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-fuze.html Talking Rockboxed Sansa E200 series MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-e200-series.html Our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Accessories for your Sansa MP3 player: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/accessories.html Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Skype name: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Are any apple MP 3 players blind accessible?
Hi Joe, There are several models of Apple's MP3 players which can be made to speak. There are some early models of iPods which can be made to speak with Rockbox, then there's the Shuffle some generation or other and up, there's the Nano from 4th generation and on up, and the iPod Touch some generation or other and up. The 5th generation Nano and iPod Touch both have VoiceOver, Apple's screen reader, while the earlier models use voice clips to voice the items, much as Rockbox has done it for years. However, some people find it necessary to spend the extra money for the jTunes scripts so that they can use iTunes, which you need in order to do anything with your MP3 player. So as you can probably see, the price starts to add up. These MP3 players will play whatever you download from iTunes and if you wish to transfer your own files to it, iTunes will convert your files to a file format the Apple MP3 player can play. I myself have used a 4th generation Nano and was not very impressed by the voiced menu items and what it did voice of the folders and files. I was extremely disappointed with the jerkiness of the touch pad, which is shaped like a scroll wheel but is stationery instead. I ended up making changes to the settings which my sighted son had to go in and change back for me. Needless to say, I sold these off very quickly. I don't think any of these MP3 players offer expandibility, an FM radio, or recording capability, except for the iPod Touch, which I believe offers some recording with a special headset with a microphone and some sort of FM which I believe plays stations that offer broadcasts over the internet, but I leave that to others who know more about these players than I. Personally, the only one that I would be interested in trying out is the iPod Touch, but I can't afford one. Regards, Laz You wrote: Well, the subject line asks the question. I'd also like to know if any of them speak what's on screen. Thanks. Joe. -- Talking MP3 players! Accessible affordable! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great book marking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more! All our players are less than $100, plus free shipping handling to anywhere in the US! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear what our talking MP3 players sound like, download the demo from here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html Our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Talking Rockboxed Sansa Fuze MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-fuze.html Talking Rockboxed Sansa E200 series MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-e200-series.html Our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Accessories for your Sansa MP3 player: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/accessories.html Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Skype name: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Sansa fuse with V1 firmware
Take a look at this page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-fuze.html Our players come completely set up and speaking. Regards, Laz Joe wrote: I'd like to get the Sansa Fuse with the earlier V 1 firmware on it so I can install rock box and have it talk. Rock box won't work on later versions of firmware with this MP3 player. Tiger direct has a reconditioned fuse for a good price of only $39, but they can't say what firmware it has on it so I'd be taking a chance in getting it and may possibly have to send it back and lose money in shipping if its the wrong one. Does anyone know where I can get a Sansa Fuse that would have the V 1 firmware on it at a good price? Thanks, Joe. -- Talking MP3 players! Accessible affordable! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great book marking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more! All our players are less than $100, plus free shipping handling to anywhere in the US! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear what our talking MP3 players sound like, download the demo from here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html Our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Talking Rockboxed Sansa Fuze MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-fuze.html Talking Rockboxed Sansa E200 series MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-e200-series.html Our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Accessories for your Sansa MP3 player: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/accessories.html Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Skype name: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: portable amplified speaker system for mp3 players
Hi John, If you're looking for tiny plug-in speakers with audiophile qualities, I'm afraid you'll probably have to spend megabucks if you can even find such an animal. You won't find much bass in most tiny plug-in speakers. I compared these to another plug-in speaker selling for nearly twice as much and found these to be better in the bass department and in the stereo separation department, but they're still tiny plug-in speakers and will sound tinny when compared to a higher-quality and bigger set of speakers. I personally use these for when I wish to listen to an audiobook without having the headphones on and while I'm doing something else in the room. You could use them for listening to music, but don't expect it to sound like a stereo system. Hope that answers your question. Laz You wrote: Hello Laz Mesa, What do those speakers sound like? I myself, have been looking for a pare of portable powered speakers that I can plug in to my cell phone that doubles as an iPod. But they have to sound really good. I want to hear the bass right along with everything else. Can those speakers do that? John. -- Talking MP3 players! Accessible affordable! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great book marking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more! All our players are less than $100, plus free shipping handling to anywhere in the US! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear what our talking MP3 players sound like, download the demo from here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html Our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Talking Rockboxed Sansa Fuze MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-fuze.html Talking Rockboxed Sansa E200 series MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-e200-series.html Our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Accessories for your Sansa MP3 player: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/accessories.html Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Skype name: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: portable amplified speaker system for mp3 players
Hi Sunshine, We have the Digipower Mini Stereo Speakers for $18.99 on our site at: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/accessories.html These speakers use 1 double-A battery, and the headphone jack sticks out of the side of the speakers, so you can just plug it into your MP3 player, portable radio, laptop/netbook, or any portable audio device with a 3.5 mm headphone jack. There are no wires to mess about with. It's a cylindrical design with the stereo speakers on either end. The sound is amplified so that one doesn't have to listen with headphones on. One is free to roam about the room while listening or share your audio with someone else. They're very portable as they fit in your pocket. Take a look at the website for more information. http://www.talkingmp3players.com/accessories.html Regards, Laz You wrote: I am in need of a good sounding set of portable amplified speakers that can be used with an mp3 player. that has a 3.5 mm jack. does anyone have any good ideas, brand names model numbers and prices? if so i would like to hear from you about them. -- Talking MP3 players! Accessible affordable! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great book marking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more! All our players are less than $100, plus free shipping handling to anywhere in the US! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear what our talking MP3 players sound like, download the demo from here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html Our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Talking Rockboxed Sansa Fuze MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-fuze.html Talking Rockboxed Sansa E200 series MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-e200-series.html Our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Accessories for your Sansa MP3 player: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/accessories.html Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Skype name: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: ZenStone Question
Hi Vicki, When you delete files from the player, use the shift plus delete key combination instead of just pressing the delete key. If you just use the delete key, it sends it to a recycle bin on your player, which can't be seen when you look for it, and you'll have all those deleted files taking up storage space. Thank you Bill Gates! Whether you safely remove the player or not has nothing to do with this problem. Not safely removing your player causes some other more serious problems though. You may have to reformat your player to get rid of the current *deleted* files, but it shouldn't be a problem anymore if you delete them as described above. Regards, Laz I always use the safely remove hardware feature. I've had it for almost two years, and this just started in the last couple of months. My heart is in his hands. His heart is in my soul. - Original Message - From: Tim Grady tfgra...@verizon.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 8:59 AM Subject: Re: ZenStone Question If you are using a windows computer are you using the safely remove hardware option before disconnecting the Zenstone? If you are using a mac are you ejecting the Zenstone before disconnecting it? In either case that's one reason that could be happening. -- Talking MP3 players! Accessible affordable! Great features including: FM radio, voice recording, expandable memory, great book marking capabilities, very user configurable, and a lot more! Play MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more! All our players are less than $100, plus free shipping handling to anywhere in the US! Join our mailing list by sending a blank email to: rockboxedsansatalkingmp3players-subscr...@yahoogroups.com To hear what our talking MP3 players sound like, download the demo from here: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/demo.html Our home page: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/ Talking Rockboxed Sansa Fuze MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-fuze.html Talking Rockboxed Sansa E200 series MP3 players: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/sansa-e200-series.html Our current special: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/specials.html Accessories for your Sansa MP3 player: http://www.talkingmp3players.com/accessories.html Contact information: Email: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Skype name: lazmesa Phone: 727 498-0121 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: zenstone versus the ipod
Well, I can say that I've tried the Zen Stone, which was a screenless one; I've tried Rockbox on a Sansa; and I've tried a 4th generation iPod Nano. IN the past, I had also tried a Samsung Pebble and a chinese-made mp3 player, both of which were screenless. I have to say that the Rockboxed Sansa was most impressive to me. It definitely has more bang for the buck, and I found it to be the most-accessible option for under $100.00 for 2, 4, 6, or 8 GB, expandable memory, FM stereo, voice notes, recording from FM, and playes many different file types, while speaking the menus and being able to set up your folder and file names to be spoken as well. From personal experience, i must say that the learning curve on the iPod side seems a lot more complicated when compared to Rockbox on the Sansa players. Also with the iPods, you have to get used to using iTunes as well! With the Rockboxed Sansa, all you have to do is to copy and paste your files onto your player and off you go. If you'd like to check out what a Sansa can do, you can check out a demo I did which can be downloaded at: http://www.sendspace.com/file/vwwyy8 You can also check out the links in my signature below for more information on how to get a Sansa MP3 player for yourself at an affordable price. Regards, Laz -- Need an accessible talking portable media player? We have several models available! Play MP3, WMA, OGG Vorbis, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more. Record from FM radio or built-in mic. Expandable memory. Great book marking capabilities too! * SanDisk Sansa E260 media player with 4 GB http://www.accessibleelectronics.com/sandisk.html * SanDisk Sansa E270 media player with 6 GB http://www.accessibleelectronics.com/e270.html * SanDisk Sansa E280 media player with 8 GB http://www.accessibleelectronics.com/e280.html * Get some accessories for your player here: http://www.accessibleelectronics.com/Accessories.html * Check out a special temporary offer here: http://www.accessibleelectronics.com/Specials.html To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Batch converting, flac to mp3
Hi Tim, You could always just get an MP3 player which playes FLAC files instead of transcoding all those files. Check out the links in my signature below for more information on accessible talking MP3 players which I happen to sell. Best regards, Laz On Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 23:20:30 +0100 Tim Crawford t...@gi4oph.plus.com wrote: Hi, I have over 700 cds ripped to flac format, and would like to batch convert the whole lot to mp3, using the lame encoder, for playback on various portable devices. I'd be interested in any recommendations on software which will reliably accomplish this, and works well with window eyes. Many thanks, Tim. -- Need an accessible talking portable media player? We have several models available! Play MP3, WMA, OGG Vorbis, AAC, FLAC, AIFF, WAV, and more. Record from FM radio or built-in mike. Expandable memory. Great book marking capabilities too! * SanDisk Sansa E260 media player with 4 GB http://www.accessibleelectronics.com/sandisk.html * SanDisk Sansa E270 media player with 6 GB http://www.accessibleelectronics.com/e270.html * Get some accessories for your player here: http://www.accessibleelectronics.com/Accessories.html * Check out a special temporary offer here: http://www.accessibleelectronics.com/Specials.html To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Portable player that plays FLAC and affordable too!
Hi Robert, Any Rockboxed portable player will play FLAC as well as OGG Vorbis and many more formats. Plus, it's a talking portable media player and completely accessible. I happen to have some SanDisk Sansa portable media players with Rockbox preinstalled that I'm selling very affordably, nowhere near the $300 mark. If anyone is interested, please check out the links in my signature below. If there are any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me at accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Best regards, Laz Robert doc Wright rote: In an earlier post I mentioned Ez cd extractor. this program will allow you to rip to your hard drive and create cd's if you need to. you can rip to mp3 up to 320 bit it will also do flac Which I've heard a lot of people rave about but I don't use it because none of my portable players is compatible with it. If someone knows of a portable player that plays flac let me know. -- Talking accessible MP3 players - Play OGG Vorbis, FLAC, MP3, WAV, etc - FM Stereo - voice/FM stereo recording * SanDisk Sansa E260 MP3 player with 8 GB including microSDHC card http://www.accessibleelectronics.com/sandisk.html * SanDisk Sansa E270 MP3 player with 6 GB not including microSDHC card http://www.accessibleelectronics.com/e270.html * SanDisk Sansa C250 media player with 6 GB including microSDHC card http://www.accessibleelectronics.com/c250.html To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: portible mp3 player
Hi Arthur, Yes. Unless you prefer priority mail, which is only $9.99 more. Best regards, Laz Arthur wrote: Is that also free shipping to Canada? -- Talking accessible MP3 players - Play OGG Vorbis, FLAC, MP3, WAV, etc - FM Stereo - voice/FM stereo recording * SanDisk Sansa E260 MP3 player with 8 GB including microSDHC card http://www.accessibleelectronics.com/sandisk.html * SanDisk Sansa E270 MP3 player with 6 GB not including microSDHC card http://www.accessibleelectronics.com/e270.html * SanDisk Sansa C250 media player with 6 GB including microSDHC card http://www.accessibleelectronics.com/c250.html To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: portible mp3 player
Hi Roy, Check out the links in my signature below for some great choices of affordably-priced talking accessible MP3 players. These come set up with Rockbox and talk when you turn them on. They also have FM stereo and can handle many file formats aside from the usual found on most MP3 players, including OGG Vorbis and FLAC. If interested, write me at: accessibleelectron...@gmail.com Best regards, Laz I am looking for an mp3 player. This player idealy would have a radio built in and be accessible. Does anyone have any sugestions? Roy -- Talking accessible MP3 players - Play OGG Vorbis, FLAC, MP3, WAV, etc - FM Stereo - voice/FM stereo recording * SanDisk Sansa E260 MP3 player with 8 GB including microSDHC card http://www.accessibleelectronics.com/sandisk.html * SanDisk Sansa E270 MP3 player with 6 GB not including microSDHC card http://www.accessibleelectronics.com/e270.html * SanDisk Sansa C250 media player with 6 GB including microSDHC card http://www.accessibleelectronics.com/c250.html To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Program suggestion for auto trimming sound files
Hello everyone, Is there a program that automatically trims the beginnings and ends of mp3 files? Hopefully with a batch capability as well. Of course, it should be blind accessible too. Thanks, Laz -- Oops! Last minute gifts! http://www.easygiftsandflowers.com/ Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Burning DVD data disks
Hey all, I've got the Roxio cd/dvd creator and I want to know how to burn dvds. I've been burning cdrs for a few years now, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to go about burninng dvds. I want to put data files on the disks, mp3s and such. I just got the dvd burner and I have Roxio 7 point something. Thanks in advance for any help, Laz ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
Any transcribers who can answer PC-Audio questions?
Hi Gang, I'm researching going into the medical transcribing field, thanks to being laid off recently, and I was wondering if anyone out there, who is a medical transcriber, or a plain transcriber, could info me on how they are set up, using the PC as the delivery medium for the sound files to be transcribed? I have other questions, but they would be considered off topic for the list... Thanks for any help, Laz ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WinAmp and balance
Hello Listers, I've noticed that when I use WinAmp to play one of my MP3s, that the balance seems to be primarily in the left channel, meaning that the majority of the sound is coming from the left channel and very little from the right. I then have to open up the volume control and put the balance level back to normal. Needless to say this is a pain in the you know what. Is there a place in WinAmp to set the balance? Thanks, Laz ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: bitorrent Attn Terry
Hi Terry, I use ABC to manage my torrent downloads. It's very blind-friendly. I don't have a web site for you, but you can Google it, search for ABC torrent, and that should bring it up. Hope that helps, Laz ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: bitorrent Attn TerriStimmel
When you first get on the Suprnova.com site use f7, if you use JFW, and the constant refresh won't interrupt you as you arrow up and down on the list. Hope this helps you out, Laz ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bit Torrent sites
Hello Listers, I'm looking for some good bit torrent sites. I've only been aware of a couple, and I'm looking for a greater assortment of pickin's. Can anyone suggest any? Thanks, Laz ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
