Just go to
http://www.marvelsoft.com
The program, along with their other software offerings, is clearly described
there. The site also includes contact info.
I think the program does exactly what it claims to do. My challenge has been
to understand the differing methods that the developers employed.
Larry
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Edick" <[email protected]>
To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 2:56 PM
Subject: RE: Marvelsoft Digital Jukebox , Not ready for prime time
What is the URL for the product? Do you have any other contact info for
them?
Thanks,
/David
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Tim Smith
Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 10:52 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Marvelsoft Digital Jukebox , Not ready for prime time
I saw a product mentioned on this list called Marvelsoft Digital Jukebox
which is suppose to be a PC based talking jukebox designed for the blind
and
visually impaired.
I have had Marvelsoft's Digital Jukebox for a week now and quite frankly
my
opinion is it is not ready for prime time.
As a partial sighted user the Graphical User Interface (GUI) is extremely
annoying.
The GUI is implemented with a crippled windows display. All standard
window
decorations have been removed. No top window bar with iconify, resize,
minimize, maximize, close. Which would not be a problem except for the
window clips the content and there is no way to scroll. You have to go
into
the applications "options" and play with text and box sizes until you get
it
to fit in the fixed window.
One navigates within the application primarily with the 4 directional keys
which would be great except the display does not track the direction keys.
If you key past the end of the window display the contents does not scroll
up, you do hear what you can not see which is a help once you realize what
it is doing. Also, the 4 direction arrows will not take you to some of the
items on the screen. Most notable "back" is not reachable with the arrow
keys, you either have to mouse over it and click or use the "backspace"
key.
Once you know this it is useable but why the arrow buttons dont just
proceed
to the "back" button as it does with "ok" and "cancel" and every thing
else
is not intuitive.
It appears that this product, although marketed to the blind and visually
impaired, is primarily intend for the totally blind. My problems started
when I was looking for the licence key. The verbal directions say the key
is
on a yellow card in the box. I could not find the card in the box with the
key. However, I called and was able to get the key over the phone. It
turns
out the key is on a Braille and "raised text" card taped to the outside of
the box with no visible text printing at all. I thought it was just their
logo on the box. Also, there is no label at all on the product CD so the
first thing I did was print a label for it so it would not get lost.
If one is totally blind perhaps this product is more useful since one
might
not be use to the GUI standards supplied in most applications. But any
user
will find the setting of "options" annoying, since one constantly has to
restart from the top of the option menu for each change. That is you can
not
step back in the menu tree once you start down a branch.
Also one can not navigate in the standard way through "My Computer." It is
to complicated to say how you have to do it, lets just say you can not
select "My Computer" and then the location you want. If your music is
spread
across multiple drives and you want to keep it that way it will get real
annoying.
When I purchased the product I was told they did not have a demo version.
Turns out the product will run in demo mode but they just will not give it
to you until you buy it. I STRONGLY recommend one get the demo version
first
or don't buy it. The demo runs for 5 minutes at a time.
I sincerely wish I could recommend this product, since there is so little
good inexpensive software designed for the blind and visually impaired.
Marvelsoft's Digital Jukebox has great potential but it is not there yet,
maybe when version 2.0 comes some of the comments above will be addressed.
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