Hello Don,
DVD Flick is a good DVD authoring program and is free. You can use the tab
key to move between controls like "add file", "change destination", etc.
However, when using it a person needs to use the JAWS refresh command to
make the toolbar visible and then use the JAWS cursor and simulate mouse
clicks to activate the various buttons like "project settings" and "convert
to DVD." The JAWS cursor has to also be used in the settings dialog where
the tabs are shown vertically and with lines of other information between
them. So, it does take a while to learn how to use the program. Although
it is a DVD authoring program, if a person goes into the project settings
and picks the burning tab, there is a checkbox that can be checked to tell
the program to burn the project after encoding. A person can use the
program with JAWS, but it might take a while to figure out. Below are a
couple messages I sent to another member of the list a while ago about DVD
authoring and burning programs.
"If you are using Vista Home Premium or Ultimate then your computer has
Windows DVD Maker. I have found that it uses pretty standard types of
controls and is quite accessible. It handles quite a few of the video file
formats such as .AVI, .MPG, .WMV and others. You can find it under the "all
programs" menu.
If you don't have Vista Home Premium or Ultimate you can download and
install a couple free programs. DVD Flick is a program that will convert
many of the common video formats and will create a DVD folder that can be
burned to a DVD. The folder it creates will contain subfolders, (an
audio_TS and a video_TS), which are the folders that need to be in a folder
when burning to a DVD. The video_TS contains the .BUP, .IFO and .VOB files.
The audio_TS will be empty but is required by the program. A good free
program that will burn the folder once created by DVD Flick is Image Burn.
You simply set the mode to "build" and choose the output as being the DVD
recorder, open the folder to be burned and choose "write" from the file
menu.
The above programs are quite accessible, but a person needs to use the JAWS
cursor and simulate mouse clicks. AVS Video Converter can be purchased and
used to both convert video files and create a DVD from them. I have tried
it and was able to use all the features, but again, I had to use the JAWS
cursor and left mouse clicks quite a bit. The demo version leaves a
watermark right in the center of the movie, so if you wanted to use the
program without the watermark then you would want to buy it."
"You can buy a program from www.avs4you.com that does the entire process of
converting and burning. If you want to spend the money then it might be a
better choice. If you have Nero or Roxio then you can also usually convert
and burn the DVD with those programs."
Take care.
Brian Lee
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