Re: Question about Subscribing to a Podcast

2009-08-16 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Christopher, I was wondering if you could please have a look at the podcast I mentioned to see if your trick will work to subscribe to this podcast with podcatchers other than iTunes. The podcast I'm talking about can be found at www.bridgechurch.com.au and the link to subscribe to the podcast

Question about Subscribing to a Podcast

2009-08-14 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi all, I was trying to subscribe to the Bridge Church Podcast at www.bridgechurch.com.au and it seems like you need iTunes to subscribe to this podcast. I subscribe to several podcasts using Golden Ear a podcatching program without any problems. My question is are there some podcasts that can o

Finding Radio Stations that Broadcast Online

2009-08-14 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi all, Following on from the discussion recently on this list about where to find radio stations that broadcast on the Internet a very good home page you might like to have a look at that contains a list of home pages with links to radio stations is at www.rose.demon.co.uk. Once you get to this

Fwd: Total recorder: still plenty to get excited about

2009-08-14 Thread Steve Pattison
From:Dane trethowan dane.tretho...@me.com To: VIP L vi...@softspeak.com.au Hi everyone! This software package is the best recorder of Sound Streams and from sound devices I've seen anywhere for the Windows PC and the Professional version priced at around $36.00 is just a bargain bu

Fideliphone

2009-08-12 Thread Steve Pattison
Fideliphone available from www.fideliphone.com is an accessible, Internet telephony program mainly designed to allow a group of people to broadcast on the Internet even if they are located in different countries. You can hear a demonstration of Fideliphone on this week's edition of Innovations bro

Re: Friends I'd like to ask a question about online radio

2009-08-11 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Randy, You'll probably get several answers to this but one very good and accessible home page that makes it easy to listen to radio stations online is Mike's Radio World at www.mikesradioworld.com. I hope this helps. Regards Steve. On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:03:22 -0500 Randy Tijerina wrote: >

Fwd: A very special announcement, plus an experimental broadcast, driving for the blind, and radio data bases - innovations this week

2009-08-09 Thread Steve Pattison
From:Naama Erez na...@theglobalvoice.info To: whats on what...@theglobalvoice.info This weeks Innovations is full of amazing "first-timers"... We will be having an interview with one of the organisers and team members of the Driving for the Blind project at Virginia Tech college, we w

Re: Yahoo Messenger and echoing and typing sounds

2009-08-05 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Katherine, Regarding your answer to James question I'm curious how you know he's using JAWS (smile). He might be but in his message he doesn't mention a screen reader so he could be using Hal, NVDA, Window-Eyes, System Access or JAWS! Katherine, I'm not criticizing you in particular but I hav

Re: Mp3 Direct Cut

2009-08-02 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Pam, You can download mp3DirectCut from http://mpesch3.de1.cc Personally I find the interface to mp3DirectCut quite confusing but don't let that put you off trying this program because I know other blind people are happy with mp3DirectCut and use it very successfully. Regards Steve. On Sun, 2

Fwd: Coming up on Main Menu for August 1, 2009

2009-07-30 Thread Steve Pattison
From:Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@sbcglobal.net To: annou...@acbradio.org On this week's edition of Main Menu: We begin with a short technology roundup. Next, Erin Edgar concludes her two-part series on Facebook. Finally, Reginald George demonstrates jango.com, a site where you can create

Re: Splitting mp3 files

2009-07-26 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Gordon, To split MP3 files you might like to try the free program MP3DirectCut available from http://mpesch3.de1.cc. I hope this helps. Regards Steve. On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:24:53 +0100 "G. McFarlane" wrote: > I'm looking for advice either on using Windows Media Player 11 or on how to split

Winamp Scripts Version 1.8 are now Available

2009-07-20 Thread Steve Pattison
Window-Eyes scripts version 1.8 for Winamp are now available from www.gwmicro.com/sc. Here are the changes in this version: • Three of the Winamp Script functions may now be accessed from the Window-Eyes Script pull down menu within the Control Panel. These are: Winamp Script Preferences, Wina

Winamp Scripts Version 1.6 are now Available

2009-07-15 Thread Steve Pattison
Version 1.6 of the Window-Eyes scripts for Winamp are now available from www.gwmicro.com/sc. Here are the changes in this version: This release requires Window-Eyes 7.1 and GW Toolkit 7.9 or later. Checks are made to insure you are using the latest versions of both. Enabled the use of Key Label

Re: Winamp Version 5.56 is now Available

2009-07-03 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Iram, That version of Winamp is probably okay but personally I like to keep up with the latest software so I just about always upgrade as soon as new versions of programs are released but if you are happy with that version of Winamp and it does everything you need then you can stay with the old

Winamp Version 5.56 is now Available

2009-07-02 Thread Steve Pattison
Winamp version 5.56 is now available and one place where you can download it from is at www.majorgeeks.com/Winamp_5_Full_d2490.html. Here are the changes in this version: * New: Winamp Orgler plugin - Let's you track, chart & share your listening history * Improved: [jnetlib] New SSL support for

Re: windows Media player 9 tutorial

2009-06-27 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Alan, Windows Media Player 9 is a bit old now so it might be hard to find a tutorial for that version. However you can find a tutorial for Windows Media Player 11 that has been designed to work with screen readers at http://tinyurl.com/2hwmrn. I hope this helps. Regards Steve. On Sat, 27 Ju

Re: boosting volume of ripped files for VR Stream play

2009-06-25 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Norma, I've found the free program MP3 Gain available from http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net works well when you want to increase the volume of several MP3 files. MP3 Gain is also very accessible. I hope this helps. Regards Steve. On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:21:16 -0500 "Norma A. Boge" wrote: > I

Fwd: Another way to Watch TV

2009-06-25 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Baracco, Andrew W andrew.bara...@va.gov To: blindt...@yahoogroups.com This came from the Handiham newsletter. This may be something we could use. TV tuner works with screenreader This comes to us from Luella, KE0RF, via Ken, KB3LLA. It was posted on the AccessComp list at Yahoo G

Re: Skype Audio Question

2009-06-24 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Steve, I use a USB headset that also has a microphone when using Skype and this works well for me. The brand I have is Plantronics but these headsets are available in a number of brands. As the name implies these headsets just plug into a USB port and Windows sees them as another audio device

Fwd: Podcast on the Leadtek HDTV2000 video tuner card and Winfast PVR software

2009-06-22 Thread Steve Pattison
From:Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: VIP L vi...@softspeak.com.au Hi! A lot of people keep asking me about this card and its software so here's a podcast which I hope will answer many questions and give you a feel for the product. I'll be uploading it to the Blind Cool

Fwd: Fixed: Jaws 10 with iTunes 8.2

2009-06-15 Thread Steve Pattison
From:Aaron Howell aa...@kitten.net.au To: Vip-l Mailing list vi...@softspeak.com.au Hi, A hotfix for jaws 10 has just been released which corrects the problem with not being able to read the track list in iTunes 8.2. if you are already running Jaws 10.0.1151, you can update by going t

Fwd: this week's Innovations on The Global Voice

2009-06-08 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Chrissie Cochrane chris...@theglobalvoice.info Hi Folks On this week's Innovations we have two reports from Sight City. The first is an interview with a spokesman from Rehan Electronics who make simple devices for the partially sighted. We then have an in-depth interview with a spokeswom

Re: Gapless Cd creation: Re: Can it be done? How do I do it?

2009-06-08 Thread Steve Pattison
Just to add to Matthew's message. The precise version number for the current build of Sound forge is version 9.0e (build 441). It wouldn't surprise me if version 10 is being developed because it has been a couple of years since version 9 was released but this is pure speculation and I haven't hea

Fwd: Important! Information on the Skype 4.1 "Screen Reader Not Detected" Problem

2009-06-05 Thread Steve Pattison
From:Doug Lee d...@dlee.org To: skypeengl...@emissives.com I doubt this happens to very many people, but I have already noticed that it has happened to some, and the problem is serious enough in its effects to warrant the "Important!" subject line attention-getter. Note that this only

Re: JAWS scripts for Skype 4.1 posted

2009-06-04 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Tim, Currently Skype 4.1 doesn't work very well with Windoe-Eyes. the most accessible version of Skype with Window-Eyes at the moment is version 3.8.0.188. I hope this helps. Regards Steve. On Wed, 31 Dec 1969 22:21:12 -0500 tim cumings wrote: > Hi, Steve. Does skype 4.1 work well with w

Fwd: National Braille Press Announce Using the Accessible iPod, by Anna Dresner

2009-06-03 Thread Steve Pattison
Prices in this message are in US dollars. -Steve. From:Tony Grima agr...@nbp.org Using the Accessible iPod By Anna Dresner In braille, PortaBook, ASCII text/Word, and DAISY formats, $15 (Also downloadable in PortaBook, ASCII text/Word, and DAISY formats) Cute, well-designed, and able to ho

Re: JAWS scripts for Skype 4.1 posted

2009-05-31 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Ken, Thanks for your message. I don't use JAWS so I can't answer any questions about the scripts. However JAWS scripts for various versions of Skype can b downloaded from http://users.visi.com/~dgl/skype. I hope this helps. Regards Steve. On Sun, 31 May 2009 17:40:37 -0400 "Kenbu" wrote:

Fwd: Sibelius access and sibelius 6

2009-05-29 Thread Steve Pattison
From:Scott Erichsen piano...@scotterichsen.com To: vip-l vi...@softspeak.com.au Below is some info on the future of developments of Sibelius access, a set of free jaws scripts for sibelius 5. There is also info on Sibelius 6. Hi all, I'm sure that most of you will be curious about Sib

Re: data recovery on an Olympus DS-50?

2009-05-27 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Dale, There are no guarantees but if you act quickly you may be able to recover the file using a free program called Recuva available from www.recuva.com. This program is very accessible. Here is some information about the program: "Recuva (pronounced "recover") is a freeware Windows utility

Fwd: JAWS scripts for Skype 4.1 posted

2009-05-27 Thread Steve Pattison
From:Doug Lee d...@dlee.org To: skypeengl...@emissives.com Exciting news here, news I have been waiting to share for months! I have a fair amount to say, so here's a summary: There is a new and more accessible Skype 4.1 public beta out, and there are scripts to go with it. I will fir

Accessibility fixes coming in Skype Version 4.1

2009-05-27 Thread Steve Pattison
The public beta cycle for Skype version 4.1 has just started and the following information is included in the known issues section regarding accessibility in Skype: "Accessibility / Keyboard navigation Voicemail and File transfer not accessible. None available at present – this will be fixed for

Fwd: Amadeus Pro Tutorial Episode 1 now available

2009-05-25 Thread Steve Pattison
From:Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: Vip Vip-l vi...@lists.pacific.net.au Hi! Subject line says it all, the first Podcast of my amadeus Pro tutorial is now available, I'm uploading it to Blind Cool Tech so I'm not sure when it will be available there so in the meantime

Winamp Scripts Version 1.5 are now Available

2009-05-24 Thread Steve Pattison
Version 1.5 of the Winamp scripts for Window-Eyes are now available on Script Central at www.gwmicro.com/sc. Here are the changes in this version: Removed the keys Control-Windows-T and Control-Windows-Alt-T. This affects all windows. They are replaced with: Alt-Shift-U - Speak the Total Track T

Fwd: Coming up on Main Menu for the week of May 23, 2009

2009-05-22 Thread Steve Pattison
From:Jamie Pauls jamiepa...@sbcglobal.net To: annou...@acbradio.org On this week's edition of Main Menu: We begin a series on using iTunes from the keyboard. We focus our attention this week on using Jaws, but will look at all of the major screen readers as the weeks progress. Tim Cu

Re: .mkv files?

2009-05-16 Thread Steve Pattison
MKV files are saved in the Matroska format. All the information you need about this format as well as software that can support the Matroska format can be found at www.matroska.org. I hope this helps. Regards Steve. On Sat, 16 May 2009 10:15:29 -0600 "Constantine" wrote: > I was wondering what

Winamp Scripts Version 1.4 are now Available

2009-05-15 Thread Steve Pattison
Window-Eyes scripts version 1.4 for Winamp are now available on Script Central at www.gwmicro.com/sc. Here are the changes in this version: Corrected an issue where some hotkeys were loaded as cursor keys (really users wouldn't have noticed this). Removed OnKeyProcessedUp and OnMenu logic to try

Fwd: Accessible Audio Production Training in Minnesota

2009-05-12 Thread Steve Pattison
From:David Andrews dandr...@visi.com Monday, May 11, 2009 For Immediate Distribution Sales contact: Earle Harrison 651-636-5184 ea...@handytech.us Dancing Dots Braille Music Technology & Handy Tech North America present. Accessible Audio Production: Track, Mix and Master with SONAR When:

Sorting Winamp Bookmarks was Re: Winamp and BookMarks

2009-05-03 Thread Steve Pattison
Winamp bookmarks can be easily sorted by those people who use Window-Eyes version 7.01 by using the "Sort Winamp Bookmarks" button in the Winamp Bookmarks Manager which is included in version 1.3 of the Winamp scripts. However this only sorts the bookmarks alphabetically and not by genre. Still I

Fwd: The newest and best technology for the blind show comes to the internet, on The Global Voice

2009-05-02 Thread Steve Pattison
From:Geoff Shang ge...@theglobalvoice.info To: what...@theglobalvoice.info Hi everyone, The Global voice, on the web at www.theglobalvoice.info, is proud to present Innovations, a show about technology and how blind people use it. Innovations is a one hour, weekly show which discusses

Re: Winamp library no longer supported

2009-05-01 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Tony, I'm also using Winamp version 5.552 and immediately before writing this message I started Winamp and opened the library and I was able to go through the list of bookmarks in the library and play them as you describe in your message. While not all of the Winamp library is accessible this

Fwd: main menu returns with new content tonight

2009-05-01 Thread Steve Pattison
From:Larry Turnbull kc8...@bellsouth.net To: annou...@acbradio.org Hi all, After a month off, Main menu returns tonight at 1:00 UTC. That is 9:00 P.M eastern 8:00 P.M central, 7:00 Mountain, and 6:00 P.M Pacific on ACBRadio Mainstream. The new episodes of main menu will now air each

Fwd: A few words on Amadeus Pro

2009-04-23 Thread Steve Pattison
From:Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: vip-l list . If you're doing multi track work then you'll have to save your project in the Amadeus Pro sound/document format but your projects can be exported to other formats such as standard Wave, FLAC, Mp3 or whatever, at this ti

Important Security Update for Winamp

2009-04-22 Thread Steve Pattison
Winamp version 5.552 is now available. This version of Winamp fixes an important security issue in Winamp * Fixed: [gen_ff] memcpy integer overflow vulnerability in maki script loading: One place where you can download this version of Winamp from is at

Re: low volume files?

2009-04-18 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi John, You might like to try MP3 Gain available from http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net. This is a free program and will let you adjust the volume of some MP3 files without losing any of the audio quality. I hope this helps. Regards Steve. On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:03:49 -0400 john schwery wrote:

Re: Flash video players

2009-04-13 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Bob, Recent versions of Winamp including the latest version version 5.551 will play FLV video files without any problems. Regards Steve. On Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:27:19 -0600 "Robert Logue" wrote: > Now. Is there a stand alone program I can use for Flash videos I've > downloaded that works w

MP3DirectCut Version 2.11 is now Available

2009-04-11 Thread Steve Pattison
MP3DirectCut version 2.11 is now available and one place where you can download it from is at http://mpesch3.de1.cc/mp3dc.html Here are the changes in this version: Batch processing dialog Pre-listen did not work on a selection from beginning Saving storage behaviour for ID3v1 tag to config Split

Re: Latest Winamp Version?

2009-04-11 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Sean, I know you addressed this question to Chris but I thought I'd answer anyway. The website for Winamp is www.winamp.com. A direct link to download the latest version of Winamp is www.whitestick.co.uk/progs/win

Re: Latest Winamp Version?

2009-04-08 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Max, The beta cycle for Winamp 5.55 has ended and the latest version of Winamp is version 5.551 and it works very well with the Window-Eyes scripts. A direct link to download the file is at http://www.whitestick.co.uk/progs/winamp5551_full.exe I hope this helps. Regards Steve. On Wed, 8 Apr

Fwd: J-Tunes 4.1 released!

2009-04-07 Thread Steve Pattison
From:Scott Erichsen scott.erich...@tandt-consultancy.com.au To: vip-l vi...@softspeak.com.au Hi all, J-Tunes version 4.1 to support iTunes version 8.1 is now available for download from our web site. A few quick reminders: Don't forget to read the User Guide, particularly the sections

Fwd: Victor Stream 3.0 Software Now Available

2009-04-01 Thread Steve Pattison
From:Adam Morris li...@damorris.com Dear Victor Reader Friends: HumanWare is please to announce the release of the new Stream 3.0 software. Stream 3.0 is a major release with exciting new features and numerous usability improvements. Version 3 responds to popular requests received from m

Winamp Scripts Version 1.2 are now Available

2009-03-31 Thread Steve Pattison
Version 1.2 of the Winamp scripts for Window-Eyes are now available on Script Central at www.gwmicro.com/sc or through the Install Packages script. Here are the changes in this version of the scripts: 1. Enhancements to the Bookmark Manager and Preset Manager Dialogs(F2 and Alt-` respectively):

Opportunity to Provide Feedback About Winamp Accessibility

2009-03-16 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi all, During an interview in the March edition of FSCast - the Freedom Scientific podcast - it was mentioned that people are welcome to send feedback about the accessibility of Winamp to AOL. They couldn't promise when any accessibility issues would be fixed but at least they seem open to recei

Fwd: A very important announcement and more on Main Menu this week, the week of 18 March

2009-03-15 Thread Steve Pattison
From:Naama Erez na...@acbradio.org To: main menu friends mainmenu-frie...@acbradio.org Hello friends, Please joinme this week on Main Menu for a show you will not forget. We have a very important announcement which may interest you greatly. Also on this week's show we will look at the

A suggestion was Re: New free sound forge scripts

2009-03-12 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Jitendra, These scripts sound like a very good idea but you left out one very important detail. You didn't mention what screen reader these scripts are for. We don't know if they are scripts that work with Hal, Window-eyes or JAWS (smile). Now three screen readers support scripts it might be

Winamp Version 5.551 is now Available

2009-03-12 Thread Steve Pattison
Winamp version 5.551 is now available and one place where you can download it from is at http://www.whitestick.co.uk/progs/winamp5551_full.exe. This is a direct link to the file. Here are the changes in this version: * Fixed: [libsndfile] CAF Processing Integer Overflow Vulnerability * Updated

Skype Version 4.0.0.215 is now Available

2009-03-11 Thread Steve Pattison
Skype version 4.0.0.215 is now available and one place where you can download it from is at http://www.majorgeeks.com/Skype_d4245.html Here are the changes in this version and one of the changes relates to accessibility: change: Full text quote will be shown only after sending instant messages b

Fwd: Selective Auto-Answer Program for Skype Is Back

2009-03-11 Thread Steve Pattison
From:Chris & Doris chipmu...@gmx.net To: gui-t...@nfbnet.org Not sure how many of you guys wil want this functionality but a few of you skype veterans might remember the autoanswer functionality that Mr.Doug Lee's jaws scripts for skype used to give us several years and skype version

Fwd: Coming up on Main Menu for the week of March 11

2009-03-08 Thread Steve Pattison
From:Naama Erez na...@acbradio.org To: spicerack spicer...@thespicerack.org Hello friends, Please join Chrissie for Main Menu, which first airs on Wednesday at 1UTC, that's Tuesday evening in the US, and with the time changes it's at 9pm Eastern and 6pm Pacific only on ACB Radio Mains

Review and Demonstration of Marvelsoft digital Jukebox

2009-03-06 Thread Steve Pattison
I don't own this product but you can listen to a demonstration and review of the Marvelsoft Digital Jukebox recently discussed on this list at http://www.accessible-devices.com/TalkingJukeBox.mp3. I hope this helps. Regards Steve Email: s...@internode.on.net MSN Messenger: internetuser...@hotma

Winamp Version 5.55 is now Available

2009-02-27 Thread Steve Pattison
Winamp version 5.55 is now available and a direct link to the file is at www.whitestick.co.uk/progs/winamp555_full.exe Here is the long list of changes in this version: * New: Turkish, Portuguese-BR & Romanian installer translations and language packs * New: WBM system for lazy-loading of *.w5s f

Fwd: Comin up on Main Menu for the week of 25 February

2009-02-22 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Naama Erez na...@acbradio.org To: frie...@acbradio.org Hi everyone, This week on Main Menu we will be having 3 very interesting segments: A short tuttorial about creating playlists in winamp, a demonstration of the Tyros 3 music work station from Yamaha and of course part 3 of the review o

Re: Older versions of WinAmp

2009-02-21 Thread Steve Pattison
For older versions of Winamp try the Winamp Heaven home page at www.winampheaven.net/latest.php They have versions of Winamp going right back to when Winamp was first developed! Regards Steve. From: DayStar Promotions j...@neo.rr.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org I'm curren

Re: Accessible YouTube Interface

2009-02-20 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi, Without knowing the exact message you got it is hard to answer this question. I would try going to the home page again, when the page loads press Alt N which should activate the information bar and then if you can activate the context menu with the context key and follow the appropriate o

Accessible YouTube Interface

2009-02-20 Thread Steve Pattison
I just found out about the link below that makes it a lot easier to control videos that are on YouTube. Easy YouTube lets you have control over videos on YouTube using the keyboard and it works well with screen readers. the link is http://icant.co.uk/easy-youtube Regards Steve Email: s...@int

Fwd: DJay for the Mac Test Mix

2009-02-16 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: VIP-L Mail List vi...@softspeak.com.au Hi everyone! I've commented on list about the Dj package called Djay for Mac and how accessible it is, well that's correct however some of its functions are a little tricky to set up in particular the sliders

Fwd: Coming up on Main Menu for Feb 11

2009-02-09 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Naama Erez na...@acbradio.org To: frie...@acbradio.org Hi everyone, This week on main menu we will have the final instalment of the tutorial about Station playlist, and the first instalment of a review on aGPS system from Code factory, makers of Mobile Speak. Main Menu first airs on Wednesd

Re: Adobe Audition 3 Script

2009-02-07 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Brian, You and other JAWS users could use a demonstration copy of Window-Eyes just for the times when you want to use Adobe Audition. Regards Steve. From: Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org wow I wish this was for Jaws :-) Regards Steve Email:

Fwd: Adobe Audition 3 Script

2009-02-05 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Aaron Smith aa...@gwmicro.com To: gw-script...@gwmicro.com Greetings, I've just posted the first version of a script for Adobe Audition 3.0. After talking with the Audition developers, and with the addition of scripting to Window-Eyes, we've been able to make Audition much more accessible t

Re: MAD Plug-in?

2009-02-04 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Dana, I'm not sure what the latest version is but you should be able to find it at www.mars.org/home/rob/proj/mpeg/mad-plugin I hope this helps. Regards Steve. From: Dana S. Leslie dsles...@alumni.princeton.edu To: WinampForTheBlind winamp4thebl...@freelists.org What is the latest version o

Fwd: Coming up on Main Menu for 4 February

2009-02-01 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Naama Erez na...@acbradio.org To: frie...@acbradio.org Hi everyone, This week on Main Menu we will have the second part of Lynn White's tutorial on Station Playlist, and also an interesting segment on the Optacon. Main Menu first airs on Wednesday at 1UTC, that's Tuesday night in the US, 8

Fwd: MaPlEr V1.08 released!

2009-02-01 Thread Steve Pattison
MaPlEr is an accessible media player that is designed to work with screen readers. -Steve. From: Scott Erichsen piano...@scotterichsen.com To: vi...@softspeak.com.au Hello to all, After a while of working, we now have released Version 1.08 of MaPlEr. We have added a lot of new features and we

Fwd: Coming up on Main Menu for the week of Jan 28

2009-01-26 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Naama Erez na...@acbradio.org To: frie...@acbradio.org Hello everyone, Have you been wondering what is going to happen with Main Menu live? Well, we've got good news for you this week on the first segment of Main Emnu! Also, we will hear about connecting to the internet with a Braille Note,

Fwd: excelent article in accessworld about apple ipod nano 4thgeneration accessibility

2009-01-25 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Scott Erichsen piano...@scotterichsen.com To: blindi...@freelists.org In the January AccessWorld, an excellent article has been written about the Ipod 4th Generation Nano and it's accessibility. J-Tunes has been mentioned as well as the ITel from Cobolt Systems in the UK. To read the art

Winamp version 5.55 Build 2345 Beta is now Available

2009-01-23 Thread Steve Pattison
Winamp version 5.55 Build 2345 Beta is now available and one place where you can download it from is at http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Winamp_5_Full/1066336873/1 Here is the long list of changes in this version: * New: Turkish, Portuguese & Romanian installer translations and language packs

Article: Skype's new super-wide band codec

2009-01-19 Thread Steve Pattison
This article is taken from http://www.wirevolution.com/2009/01/13/skypes-new-super-wideband-codec. -Steve. January 13, 2009 Skype's new super-wideband codec I spoke with Jonathan Christensen of Skype yesterday, about the new codec in the latest Windows beta of Skype: MS: Skype announced a new

Winamp Scripts

2009-01-11 Thread Steve Pattison
Detailed information about the Winamp scripts for Window-Eyes can be found at www.csedesigns.com. The scripts themselves can be downloaded from GW Micro Script Central at www.gwmicro.com/sc. I am very impressed with the improvements these scripts provide to the functionality of Winamp. Regard

MP3DirectCut Version 2.10 is now Available

2009-01-10 Thread Steve Pattison
MP3DirectCut version 2.10 is now available and one place where you can download it from is at http://mpesch3.de1.cc/mp3dc.html. Here are the changes in this version: Adjustable overlap time for Split save Maximum track number item for Split save VBR improvements and Cue sheet compatibility Undo

Fwd: Peter Proscia To Demonstrate Plextalk Pocket on Tek TalkMonday, January 12, 2009

2009-01-09 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Susan Thompson su...@sthompson.net To: vi...@lists.pacific.net.au The Accessible World News Wire IRTI President and CEO Peter Proscia, Introduces Plextalk Pocket On Tek Talk Monday, January 12, 2009 Have you heard about the latest portable solid-state digital audio recording device for b

Fwd: Ever thought of becoming a broadcaster on ACB Radio?

2009-01-08 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Chrissie Cochrane chris...@rose.demon.co.uk To: frie...@acbradio.org Ever thought of becoming a broadcaster with ACB Radio Interactive? If you're blind or visually impaired, Well, you can, and what's more it's easy. During the last year, ACB Radio Interactive has had to comply with very

Re: .wv files?

2009-01-05 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Dana, Yes, Winamp will play these files with the correct plug-in installed. If you haven't found it yet the plug-in for Winamp can be found at www.wavpack.com/downloads.html. Also lots of information about the Wavpack format can be found on the Wavpack home page at www.wavpack.com. I hope

Fwd: The ACB Radio Tuner version 6.9 now released

2008-12-31 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Geoff Shang ge...@acbradio.org To: annou...@acbradio.org Hi, ACB Radio is proud to announce the release of the latest version of the ACB Radio Tuner. Please note: The website has not yet been updated, but the download link will give you the latest version. This new version won't look any

Re: Mozekty.

2008-12-29 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Anders, I'm using Mozekty version 2.3 and it is working well for me and doesn't crash at all. Do you get an error message when Mozekty crashes? Also do you have the latest updates for Windows? These are some suggestions that might help solve this problem. Regards Steve. From: Anders Hol

Fwd: Main Menu for the week of 31 Dec

2008-12-29 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Naama Erez na...@acbradio.org To: frie...@acbradio.org Hello friends, This week on Main Menu we will hear from Mitch Pomerantz who has a message for us for the new year, we will hear about an online servay on screen readers, and our feature presentation will be an interview with Greg Bray

Re: Does the sound quality of different software media players differ?

2008-12-26 Thread Steve Pattison
An interesting way to test this would be to play a song to someone using say Foobar, Winamp and Windows Media Player without them knowing which player was playing the song and then see if they could identify the players correctly. I certainly don't think I could tell what software player was p

Fwd: Merry Christmas to everyone and another present is under your internet tree

2008-12-26 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Jeff Bishop To: gw-script...@gwmicro.com Hello Everyone, Here is hoping everyone is having a joyous holiday and getting all of the presents you wanted. Today comes the release of the Window-Eyes Winamp Scripts in their non-beta form, version 1.0. For those that haven't tried these scr

Fwd: skype 4.0 beta 3 and window-eyes.

2008-12-12 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Jim grimsby Jr. jimgr...@pacbell.net To: a list for discussing skype and its use with screen access software skypeengl...@emissives.com Ok this message is for the window-eyes users who use skype and want to try the 4.0 beta 3. First let me say that 4.0 beta 3 is better than all the other

Fwd: Article: How to create audio books in iTunes

2008-12-11 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Steve Heidemann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: VIP-L Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] G'day All, I thought the below link might be of interest to anyone using iTunes for reading audio books. It discusses a method of keeping titles organised as books rather than music tracks. I'm afraid I don't use iTune

Fwd: More Details About Blind Cricket Audio Stream

2008-12-09 Thread Steve Pattison
From: mark muscat [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: VIP-L list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all: There will be live audio coveraage of the 5 One Day series between Australia and England. You can get general information from the ashes website: http://blindashes.com you can get access to the audio link: http://blindcri

Fwd: This week on main menu

2008-12-08 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Naama Erez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: spicerack [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello friends, This week on Main Menu we will feature the second part of the Sonar audio editing tutorial given by Jorgen Hansson from Sweden, and edited by Jamie Pauls. Main menu first airs on Wednesdays at 1UTC, that's 8pm US

Fwd: J-Tunes 4.03 is released!

2008-12-08 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Scott Erichsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Vip-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi J-Tunes version 4.03 has now been released and is downloadable from our web site. Here is the direct link to J-Tunes 4.03. http://www.tandt-consultancy.com/software_for_customer_download/J-WARE/j -tunes/jtunes40/j-tunes.exe If

Re: Christmas Music Streams

2008-12-06 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Bruce, The list of stations playing Christmas music at www.mikesradioworld.com/xmas.html should keep you busy for a long time! Regards Steve. From: Bruce Toews on Unspecified Input Device [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Are there any Winamp-compatible streams out there that are

Fwd: Second ACB Radio archivist appointed

2008-12-05 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Chrissie Cochrane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Folks With the ever-increasing need to try and keep our ACB Radio archives up-to-date, I have appointed Shane Dittmar as our second archivist. shane will assist matthew in the updating of all ACB Radio archives, and Shane and Ma

Fwd: Looking for Blind Person in Broadcasting

2008-12-02 Thread Steve Pattison
I'm passing on this message in case someone is able to assist Jan. If you respond please make sure your message is sent to Jan at her email address which is below otherwise she probably won't receive your message. Thanks, Steve. From: Janice Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a client who has

Fwd: Coming up on Main menu for December 3

2008-12-01 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Naama Erez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello friends, This week on Main Menu we'll have part 2 of Chrissie's review of the Freeview TV and radio receiver, and we'll also have the first part of an extensive Sonar tutorial done by Jorgegn Hansson, and edited by Jamie Pauls. All th

Winamp Scripts Version 0.99U51 for Window-Eyes are now Available

2008-11-30 Thread Steve Pattison
These scripts can be downloaded from www.gwmicro.com/sc. Here are the changes in this version: Corrected a small bug in the ACB Radio Bookmark logic. Corrected more errors in the global script and main Winamp script as it pertains to the initialization failure code in both scripts as reported by

Skype Version 3.8.0.188 is now Available

2008-11-20 Thread Steve Pattison
Skype version 3.8.0.188 is now available and one place where you can download it from is at www.skype.com. Here are the changes in this version: bugfix: Improved search for contacts that have not signed into Skype for a long time. bugfix: Incorrect setting for online status in Options bugfix: S

Fwd: Don Barrett Demonstrates Turning Text Into Audio On Tek TalkMonday, November 17, 2008

2008-11-12 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Pat Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT THIS! Don Barrett Demonstrates Turning Text Into Audio Using Text Aloud On Tek Talk Monday, November 17, 2008 The Accessible World News Wire, Indianapolis, Indiana USA Responding to many requests we have received to provide training

Re: Winamp Question

2008-11-11 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Tiffany, The latest version of Winamp which is version 5.541 can be downloaded from www.whitestick.co.uk/progs/winamp5541_full.exe This is a direct link to the file. From: Tiffany Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Where can I get the latest Winamp Ve

Re: Why winamp?

2008-11-10 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Anders, Regarding Winamp the installation is extremely flexible so you can install as many or as few features as you want and need so Winamp doesn't have to take up a lot of space. I like Winamp because I like experimenting with some of the DSP/Effect plug-ins available for Winamp. I don't

Fwd: Updated Burn to CD package for Window-Eyes

2008-11-08 Thread Steve Pattison
From: Jamal Mazrui [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This version considerably improves the flexibility of selecting a burn folder. The 4.9 update to Homer Shared Object is required. In answer to a question, the script does use a technology that tries to verify the integrity of files burn

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