I'd actually like to hear a demo of this software, but sadly, none
exists. On Windows, SPL is still tops in my book.
I know, i'm like, one of the few Windows users on here, lol!
On 12/23/2016 1:01 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Hi!
The following is an eMail sent by Gordon Smith to another list I'm a
member of and I've put his address just above the quotation so - those
who are interested - may enter into discussion with him however - and
Gordon would like to make this perfectly plain - he will not tollerate
whiners.
On a personal note I find this all rahter amusing, an article was
published a couple of weeks ago regarding the Mac and how it wasn't up
to the job when it came to accessibility these days, just goes to show
that there are plenty of workarounds out there and it pays to be patient.
From: Gordon Smith gor...@mac-access.net
Good afternoon, or whatever it is in your time zone, everybody!
Finally, finally, Mac broadcasters have a game-changing product which
I can now tell you about.
Today has seen the long-awaited release of MegaSet 6.0 for MacOS.
This new version introduces over 50 new features, the most crucial
of which, for those
of us in this group who enthuse about such things, is accessibility!
Full VoiceOver support now exists within the product, and although I
have only just
started configuring the beast, I am confident that it will be
possible for VoiceOver users to take advantage of this excellent new
product.
I have been speaking to Fidelity Media for a couple of years now,
helping them here and there to work on accessibility. It is to their
emended credit that,
although it required a total rewrite of their user interface in order
to comply, they have stripped their application right back to the
bare bones, and
fully implemented Apple’s accessibility guidelines to introduce the
kind of accessibility which, to be blunt, even die-hard Station
Playlist Creator users
would give e their eye teeth for!
My only query to their technical people is whether it is possible to
play non-iTunes-compatible material within their app. I’m hopeful
that this will indeed
be the case but, to be honest, if it isn’t, there’s always Apple
Lossless audio that one can use in order to gain a little bit of
extra quality for low
file storage as opposed to MP3.
My understand is that MegaSeg 6 can be used with NiceCast for online
broadcasting, so there’s no need for a broadcasting configuration
within MegaSeg itselF.
I have listened to the audio output using their in-built mixer and it
rivals even the old OTS Radio Broadcaster app on the PC, and that app
has the best
software dynamics processor on the planet, or should I say, it did
have until now!
Speaking personally, I am ecstatic! This means that, since Duxbury
Braille Translator now also runs under MacOS, and since I can access
all of the spreadsheet
documents and other documents I need to use on the Mac, I no longer
require a Windows client! I have been waiting for this day for the
last 15 years, and
it’s finally arrived! Now, most of my Windows-based systems,
including my Microsoft Surface Pro 3 tablet, can be put into
mothballs. I only require Windows
on those systems responsible for my DNS and one custom data server.
But other than that, I’m now free of all that expense!
Oh yes, I almost forgot. You can get MegaSet 6 from here, for the
benefit of those who don’t know how to use Google, ;-)
<HTTP://WWW.MEGASEG.COM>
Price of the Pro version may seem a little high to some. But priced
at $199.00 US, it costs considerably less than most professional
broadcasting solutions
which I have used under Windows; including Myriad, OTS Radio, SAM
Broadcaster and, accumulatively, Station Playlist Creator Pro. There
is none of this
silly annual maintenance agreement nonsense. So, if version 7.0 takes
them another 5 years to create, you still get all minor updates
within those five
years for free. That is what I mean by Accumulatively. Ob, and I
almost forgot, it even costs less than, or about the dame as,
RadioBOSS which, until now,
I have said for quite a while is the best broadcasting tool. Not any
longer! I plan to try and push our community station over to MacOS
or, at least, give
us that as an option.
