I suspect he's also using some wireless headphones to transmit the sound. On 22/09/11 03:35, Victoria Vaughan wrote: > Hi Lee, I am going through old mail, to see if any of it will help on my > new computer. I was interested in your transmitter on the keyboard, > allowing you to be anywhere around your house and still use the keyboard. > > Do you mean that your transmitter has a speaker? So you can hear the > Jaws voice, regardless of where you are? > > Many thanks! Vicky > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Mounger" <lmoun...@comcast.net> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 8:03 AM > Subject: Freedom From The Computer > > >> Hi Listers, >> >> A few years ago, I decided that since I was using Jaws and had no need >> for the screen, why should I have to be tied to the computer to use >> the computer. Here's what I did. I connected an FM transmitter to >> the sound card of my computer and now use a small FM radio or my Sansa >> mp3 player which is tiny and equipped with FM to hear Jaws or anything >> else from the sound card. Then I bought an RF wireless keyboard with >> a range of a hundred feet or so. The keyboard is small and light and >> with a transmitter built in. The keyboard's receiver plugs into the >> USB port of my computer. With this combination, for probably the last >> five years, unless I have to load a disc or do something physical on >> the computer, I compute wherever I want from bed, to the living room, >> to the kitchen, etc. >> >> My only problem is that because it's an RF keyboard, I sometimes have >> to physically adjust the keyboard receiver's little antenna at the >> computer depending on where I am in the house. So here's my >> question. I haven't done anything with Bluetooth and I know some of >> you are much more knowledgeable about this technology. Is anyone >> doing the same thing I'm doing with Bluetooth? I think I need a >> longer range, Class 1, wireless Bluetooth keyboard. Does anyone know >> where I could buy such an animal? There seem to be plenty of infrared >> or short-range wireless keyboards out there but the first question >> from well-meaning sighted computer people is, "why would you want a >> wireless keyboard anywhere too far to see the computer screen," >> <grin>. Of course the answer is that you probably wouldn't unless you >> were a visually impaired person using a screen reader so it's kind of >> a niche problem. Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Lee Mounger' >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> >> >> >> ======= >> Email scanned by PC Tools - No viruses or spyware found. >> (Email Guard: 7.0.0.21, Virus/Spyware Database: 6.17960) >> http://www.pctools.com/ >> ======= > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
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