Ok, well I'd best explain, what I said was in gest (and I'm sorry took things the wrong way, a whole heap of "touch-feely people out there" <smile>, makes the world go round I guess, I explaiend what my problems were and I needen't go any further. Second, if you had problems like I had with Windows with your Mac then yep, I reckon you'd have every right to call a Mac a "Trashbox" if you writing "in fun-like" as I was but to answer your question, there is a Screen Reader for the Mac called VoiceOver and there has been another in the past called Outspoken, probably the discussion of this is outside the scope of the list.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timberwolf Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2007 9:43 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Winamp, my thoughts and VLC Ok. Lets make a few things clear. 1. What in the world is your problem with windows. If you don't like it, don't use it, not to mention don't call it a trashbox, you don't see me sittin here calling your mack a trashbox. I haven't used a mack because I don't know if there are any screenreaders available and certainly I haven't heard of any. 2. Secondly because, imho anyway, apple's products are a bit overpriced and not to mention I wish other companies would support mack (if mack is so great, etc). I've got an acer aspire 3000+ here, hp pavillion dv5220, and just recently got an alienware, 2.3 ghz intel duel core processor, 2 gb ram, top of the line etc. Now, the reason I'm saying this is because some people, like you, prefer mack. That's perfectly fine. Some people such as myself like windows and are used to it, therefore use it. Now, I'm not saying anything bad about a mack- so why're you jabbing fingers at windows? for that matter, if mack does everything you say it does, why are you using windows in the first place if you don't like it? I hope I don't look like I'm flaming you but, that's just my oppinion, and also I kind of feel insulted when people call windows a trashbox, while not giving supporting evidence of such. While microsoft may have its drawbacks, I see nothing wrong with vista, just some things to get used to, and besides, people are complaining about it all the time, but I personally don't mind it. Now I know this is a pc audio list and will add that it could be your computer that's causing the crash. winamps never crashed on my system, although I once loaded a .ogg file which free download manager was downloading and it lagged my pc baaaaad! (of course, this was on the acer with like 1.6 ghz, 256 mb ram) so I upgraded the thing with another 512 mb. So hey, Dane, if you don't mind e-mailing me off list, I'd like to see a mack in action and get the specs on the thing. Also would like to know if any screenreaders are available and how good they work. - Tyler visit my website! http://www.valiant.789mb.com note: Make sure you have your speakers turned on to get a cool-sounding intro! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 9:45 AM Subject: Winamp, my thoughts and VLC > Ok folks, I tried out the latest (and greatest?) version of Winamp and I > had > a few problems running it on the trashbox (otherwise known as the Windows > PC) <smile> For some reason (I don't know why) Winamp it seems, was > responsible for the Trashbox crashing every few minutes. > > Naturally this behavior to anyone (particularly to a Mac user where > crashes > are few and far between) <lol> is totally unacceptable so back onto the > machine went VLC media Player, it was listening to both that I make the > following observations. > > Firstly, VLC does a far better job ad decoding media such as MP3 etc, you > can hear the differences quite distinctly. > > Controls are similar to those presented in Winamp and in a lot of ways, > VLC > is easier to use with a screen reader, not as cluttered as Winamp seems to > be. > > I've been using VLC on the Mac for ages but haven't had too much > experience > with it on the PC, the command set is slightly different but that's > probably > due mainly to differences in the keyboard layout between Mac and Trashbox > Windows PC. For example, you go to previous and next tracks in VLC under > the > Mac using command-left and command-right arrow respectively, on the PC > version you use P and N on the keyboard > > If anyone would like to give this excellent little media player a try then > use your friend Google and look for "vlc", you'll have no trouble finding > it. Takes up a lot less space than Winamp does plus it will play just > about > everything you can throw at it, including Cue and Wave/FLAC pairs. > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.2/1142 - Release Date: > 20/11/2007 5:44 PM > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
