thanks for the imfo donna. Will that apply to a BT or do I have to look up the commands. I haven't learned how to do that yet. How do you identify files that will work on an mpower? I will be changing to an mpower so I might as well learn about the new machine features. Thanks. Terry Powers
-----Original Message----- From: Donna Kesterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 3:48 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: [Braillenote] Media Player The instructions for the media player are in the manual. If you look at the Accessories chapter on the KeySoft drive, its right there. I'll include the portion from the bt manual. 16 Accessories. 16.1 Media Player. The KeySoft Media Player allows you to play music, readings and any other audio in MP3 format, on your VoiceNote BT. You can play just about any size of MP3 file from either the VoiceNote BT itself or a storage card. When the track is playing, you can skip back and forward through it, stop, pause or resume the track as you wish. Other features include volume control that operates independently of speech, changing tasks with one keystroke and track information. This section describes the features and their uses in detail. 16.1.1 Loading MP3 files onto the VoiceNote BT. You can store MP3 files anywhere you would store any other file. However as they can be large files, they are best stored on a storage card. You can transfer MP3 files to a storage card plugged into your VoiceNote BT via ActiveSync or network client, load them directly onto a storage card from a PC card writer, or download them directly off the Internet using the web browser on your VoiceNote BT. While it is possible to play a media file on the VoiceNote BT while it is still located on a network, please be aware that the sound quality will be impacted by any variations in the network, just as it is when using a PC based media player. A much better quality sound can be achieved by copying the file to a storage card in one of the ways listed above. 16.1.2 How to play a media file. Opening a media file to play is the same as opening a file anywhere else in KeySoft. The steps are laid out below. In this procedure, it is assumed that you know how to select a drive, folder or file from a list. 1. To open the Media Player, either press M at the Main Menu, or press BACKSPACE with ENTER with M anywhere. 2. The VoiceNote BT will announce one of the following two prompts: a) KeySoft prompts chininPlay media file in which folder? Press ENTER for (folder name)" where the folder name is "General" the first time you use the media player, and after that, it's the last folder accessed. Go to step 3. but) KeySoft prompts chininContinue playing (filegg"chinin where file is the last file you exited while it was playing. To start the track playing from the same point it was exited, press Y. To select a different file, press N and refer to a) above. 3. There are three possible actions at this point: a) If the folder you want was offered at the prompt, simply press ENTER and go to step 4. but) If you want a different folder on the same drive as the folder offered, press SPACE and select another folder, then go to step 4. can) If the folder you want is on a different drive or on a card, press BACKSPACE and select the drive or card from the drive list. Select a folder from the list of folders, and go to step 4. 4. KeySoft will prompt for a file name. Select a file from the list. The track will then start playing. 5. When the track has finished, KeySoft will prompt, "Media file to play? Press ENTER for (file name)" where file name is the name of the last file played. At this point you can select another file, or exit the media player by pressing SPACE with E. 16.1.3 How to stop a track from playing. There are two different ways to interrupt a playing track -- pause track and stop track. Pause: To temporarily pause a track, press BACKSPACE with ENTER. The track will resume when you press either BACKSPACE with ENTER again, or SPACE with G. Stop Track: To stop the track and select another, press SPACE with E. KeySoft will prompt, "Play media file in which folder? Press ENTER for (folder name)" where the folder name is the last folder accessed. 16.1.3.1 Pause. To temporarily pause a track, press BACKSPACE with ENTER. The track will resume when you press either BACKSPACE with ENTER again, or SPACE with G. 16.1.3.2 Stop Track. To stop the track and select another, press SPACE with E. KeySoft will prompt, "Play media file in which folder? Press ENTER for (folder name)" where the folder name is the last folder accessed. 16.1.4 Skipping Through a Track. Sometimes you may want to skip through a track rather than listen to it straight through. These skip commands skip forwards or backwards by either 1, 5 or ten percent of the total file. They are: Skip forward 1% SPACE with dot 6, Skip back 1% SPACE with dot 3, Skip forward 5% SPACE with dot 5, Skip back 5% SPACE with dot 2, Skip forward 10% SPACE with dot 4, Skip back 10% SPACE with dot 1, You can use these singly or repeatedly to skip through a track. 16.1.5 Restarting a Track. If you are part way into a track and want it to start from the beginning, press SPACE with dots 1-2-3. This is the same command as used elsewhere in KeySoft for returning to the beginning. 16.1.6 Volume Control. The media player volume controls are: Louder: ENTER with dots 4-6 Softer: ENTER with dots 1-3 They operate independently from the speech volume, so you can change the volume without changing the volume of the speech. 16.1.7 Information on your media file. There are two types of information available about your media file as it is playing -- track information and elapsed time. 16.1.7.1 Track Information. You can check out file information while playing a media file. The list of information available in order is Title, Track Length, Sample rate and bit rate. Time is given as hhccmmccss. For example: Title: Sampleddmp3 Track length: 0:1:1 Sample rate: 44100 Hertz Bit rate: 128 kbps. To access this information, press SPACE with I. To pass from one item to the next, press either SPACE or ENTER. To go back to the previous item, press BACKSPACE. To exit from the information at any point, press SPACE with E. 16.1.7.2 Elapsed time. You can also find out the elapsed time, that is, how long the track has been playing and the total length of the track. To access this information, press SPACE with which sign (dots 1-5-6). Time is given as hhccmmccss. For example: chininElapsed time: 0:0:27 of 0:1:1chinin ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
