RE: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset
The skype network is indeed mono. When I play music files to my friends they come out mono in spite of the fact that I iuse a stereo input. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Petro Giannakopoulos Sent: 21 July 2014 10:45 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset Thank you. So what I have done here is set my Skype audio settings to Skullcandy for the microphone Skullcandy for the call volume Skype ringer to ring from my internal sound card All checkboxes are unchecked. So when someone calls I will hear the Skype ring through my computer's speakres. I press alt+page up keyboard keys to answer the Skype call. This eliminates having to wear the Skullcandy headset all the time I was told the voice audio via Skype is mono and not stereo. Works well for my needs and situation. I did write to Skullcandy and asked them if they can add a answer call button on the headset in a future model. - Original Message - From: "Brent Harding" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 4:36 PM Subject: Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset I think that's probably how most of them are, even if you used Bluetooth, because there isn't a way I know of to set the underlying hotkey the button sends. - Original Message - From: "Petro Giannakopoulos" To: Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 10:16 AM Subject: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset > Tested with another blind user with Skype this headset. He gave it a > rating > of B. One thing you need to know is this headset does not have a button to > answer Skype calls receive. You have to answer the call via your keyboard. > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams
what screen reader does shoutoff work with? On 7/21/2014 5:27 PM, Petro Giannakopoulos wrote: This is great. Since I don't speak Spanish I thought they may have an English version. No complaints. - Original Message - From: "Humberto Rodriguez" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 6:05 PM Subject: RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams Well, the Adobe Flash, MaPlEr and ShoutOff are all in English, while http://radiogeneral.com transmits 24/7 in Spanish, so I imagine it is to the radio station you are referring to when you proclaim your lack of knowledge of the Spanish language. No, RadioGeneral.com is an international project of Spanish-speaking mostly blind people of some 25 countries, who present over 100 programs weekly to thousands of listeners of so far, 104 different countries. It is something I started about a year ago and has grown rapidly. I have, actually have had for a while, plans for a similar online radio station in English, but have not yet started it due to lack of volunteers willing to dedicate long hours of altruistic labor for the pure pleasure of doing radio. I do not pay royalty fees, nor emit music programs unless we have the permission of the composer and performer or just the performer, if public domain. Almost all our programs are unique, programs where people want to share their passion or expertise, or come from OTR. Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Petro Giannakopoulos Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 5:32 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams Me no speak Spanish. Do they have an Englis version? - Original Message - From: "Humberto Rodriguez" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 4:43 PM Subject: RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams Hello Brian: I mostly listen to my station http://radiogeneral.com from Internet Explorer using the Flsh add-on, but there are many programs from which you may open a radio stream, including Windows Media. I have used MaPlEr for years, because it is truly accessible, but most of all because you may load a playlist, for instance all the files in a folder, then navigate in them extremely easy, going from file to file with down-arrow and up-arrow and advancing and retrocedeing within a file with just right or left arrow, or in larger increments using Control or Shift simultaneously. Finally, you can go to http://stesoft.com and try ShoutOff. Best, Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Hartgen Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 4:12 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: Audio players for listening to internet streams Hello I have not been part of this mailing list for many years but have just resubscribed. Can anyone please help? Are there any other accessible Windows-based media players available please other than Winamp, principally for listening to internet radio on a computer? In a search, I came across Mapler, which seemed to be extremely accessible, at http://www.mar-dy.com/MaPlEr/MaPlEr.php However it seems this may no longer be in development, I am not sure. What please would people recommend? Thank you very much. Brian Hartgen --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams
This is great. Since I don't speak Spanish I thought they may have an English version. No complaints. - Original Message - From: "Humberto Rodriguez" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 6:05 PM Subject: RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams Well, the Adobe Flash, MaPlEr and ShoutOff are all in English, while http://radiogeneral.com transmits 24/7 in Spanish, so I imagine it is to the radio station you are referring to when you proclaim your lack of knowledge of the Spanish language. No, RadioGeneral.com is an international project of Spanish-speaking mostly blind people of some 25 countries, who present over 100 programs weekly to thousands of listeners of so far, 104 different countries. It is something I started about a year ago and has grown rapidly. I have, actually have had for a while, plans for a similar online radio station in English, but have not yet started it due to lack of volunteers willing to dedicate long hours of altruistic labor for the pure pleasure of doing radio. I do not pay royalty fees, nor emit music programs unless we have the permission of the composer and performer or just the performer, if public domain. Almost all our programs are unique, programs where people want to share their passion or expertise, or come from OTR. Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Petro Giannakopoulos Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 5:32 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams Me no speak Spanish. Do they have an Englis version? - Original Message - From: "Humberto Rodriguez" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 4:43 PM Subject: RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams Hello Brian: I mostly listen to my station http://radiogeneral.com from Internet Explorer using the Flsh add-on, but there are many programs from which you may open a radio stream, including Windows Media. I have used MaPlEr for years, because it is truly accessible, but most of all because you may load a playlist, for instance all the files in a folder, then navigate in them extremely easy, going from file to file with down-arrow and up-arrow and advancing and retrocedeing within a file with just right or left arrow, or in larger increments using Control or Shift simultaneously. Finally, you can go to http://stesoft.com and try ShoutOff. Best, Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Hartgen Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 4:12 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: Audio players for listening to internet streams Hello I have not been part of this mailing list for many years but have just resubscribed. Can anyone please help? Are there any other accessible Windows-based media players available please other than Winamp, principally for listening to internet radio on a computer? In a search, I came across Mapler, which seemed to be extremely accessible, at http://www.mar-dy.com/MaPlEr/MaPlEr.php However it seems this may no longer be in development, I am not sure. What please would people recommend? Thank you very much. Brian Hartgen --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams
Well, the Adobe Flash, MaPlEr and ShoutOff are all in English, while http://radiogeneral.com transmits 24/7 in Spanish, so I imagine it is to the radio station you are referring to when you proclaim your lack of knowledge of the Spanish language. No, RadioGeneral.com is an international project of Spanish-speaking mostly blind people of some 25 countries, who present over 100 programs weekly to thousands of listeners of so far, 104 different countries. It is something I started about a year ago and has grown rapidly. I have, actually have had for a while, plans for a similar online radio station in English, but have not yet started it due to lack of volunteers willing to dedicate long hours of altruistic labor for the pure pleasure of doing radio. I do not pay royalty fees, nor emit music programs unless we have the permission of the composer and performer or just the performer, if public domain. Almost all our programs are unique, programs where people want to share their passion or expertise, or come from OTR. Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Petro Giannakopoulos Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 5:32 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams Me no speak Spanish. Do they have an Englis version? - Original Message - From: "Humberto Rodriguez" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 4:43 PM Subject: RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams Hello Brian: I mostly listen to my station http://radiogeneral.com from Internet Explorer using the Flsh add-on, but there are many programs from which you may open a radio stream, including Windows Media. I have used MaPlEr for years, because it is truly accessible, but most of all because you may load a playlist, for instance all the files in a folder, then navigate in them extremely easy, going from file to file with down-arrow and up-arrow and advancing and retrocedeing within a file with just right or left arrow, or in larger increments using Control or Shift simultaneously. Finally, you can go to http://stesoft.com and try ShoutOff. Best, Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Hartgen Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 4:12 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: Audio players for listening to internet streams Hello I have not been part of this mailing list for many years but have just resubscribed. Can anyone please help? Are there any other accessible Windows-based media players available please other than Winamp, principally for listening to internet radio on a computer? In a search, I came across Mapler, which seemed to be extremely accessible, at http://www.mar-dy.com/MaPlEr/MaPlEr.php However it seems this may no longer be in development, I am not sure. What please would people recommend? Thank you very much. Brian Hartgen --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams
Me no speak Spanish. Do they have an Englis version? - Original Message - From: "Humberto Rodriguez" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 4:43 PM Subject: RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams Hello Brian: I mostly listen to my station http://radiogeneral.com from Internet Explorer using the Flsh add-on, but there are many programs from which you may open a radio stream, including Windows Media. I have used MaPlEr for years, because it is truly accessible, but most of all because you may load a playlist, for instance all the files in a folder, then navigate in them extremely easy, going from file to file with down-arrow and up-arrow and advancing and retrocedeing within a file with just right or left arrow, or in larger increments using Control or Shift simultaneously. Finally, you can go to http://stesoft.com and try ShoutOff. Best, Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Hartgen Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 4:12 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: Audio players for listening to internet streams Hello I have not been part of this mailing list for many years but have just resubscribed. Can anyone please help? Are there any other accessible Windows-based media players available please other than Winamp, principally for listening to internet radio on a computer? In a search, I came across Mapler, which seemed to be extremely accessible, at http://www.mar-dy.com/MaPlEr/MaPlEr.php However it seems this may no longer be in development, I am not sure. What please would people recommend? Thank you very much. Brian Hartgen --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
RE: it's been a while
What about VLC (I don't know how accessible it is) but I know that it _will_ play videos as that is what I had to use to play a video I received recently! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hamit Campos Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 4:54 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: it's been a while Windows Media Player is the easiest, and it's built in. You have to use Narrator though. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of randy tijerina Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 3:38 PM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: it's been a while hello friends, it's been a while. I'm curius to ask. Are there good accessible programmes for playing dvd's? someone told me that foober does it...is this so? I'd like to give foober a try since winamp seems to be going by the wayside.i'd appreciate it.
RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams
Here's another thought: which player do you have set as your default player? I can tell you that if you happen to have Quick Time loaded on your machine, it'll screw things up as far as downloading things (I had it on here a little while back and had to dump it for that reason! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Don Ball Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 4:46 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams I have and so far it won't. - Original Message - From: "Humberto Rodriguez" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 9:32 AM Subject: RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams >I don't use Firefox, but why don't you try using the contextual menu and > "Save target as" or words to that effect in Firefox? > > Humberto > > > -Original Message- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Don > Ball > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 12:45 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams > > this reminds me of a question I wanted to ask. > How can I get firefox to save an mp3 file. It keeps wanting to play it as > a > video file and puts a player on the screen. > so did crome. > I am stuck in xp on this machine and had to use a later brouzer than IE8 > but > > I want to be able to download and save a podcast to listen to later > - Original Message - > From: "Humberto Rodriguez" > To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 9:00 PM > Subject: RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams > > >> You need a Flash add-on installed in your browser, be it Internet >> Explorer >> or Firefox, to listen to a stream transmitted from an online Flash >> Player. >> I use it in order to start streaming automatically as soon as the page >> loads. I can get away with it because I use low volume and provide a >> button >> to stop, others to pause or lower or increase volume. >> >> Humberto >> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Petro >> Giannakopoulos >> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:48 PM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams >> >> Reason I asked the question he mentioned he used an Flash add on. >> >> - Original Message - >> From: "Peter Scanlon" >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" >> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:46 PM >> Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams >> >> >> I think the question is not about a browser but an actual player. >> I'd also like to know of a player that allows you to speed up the play of >> a >> file like the A P HStudio Recorder. >> >> P. >> >> >> >> --- >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >> protection is active. >> http://www.avast.com >> >> >> > > >
Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset
I primarily use JFW also. I had a version that did work, just have to choose the classic mode or skin when installing. We used it once or twice on Blindadrenaline cardroom meetings, and it worked OK for talking. As for the text chat, I don't know how well that goes as one might need scripts to get automatic speech. - Original Message - From: "Petro Giannakopoulos" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 4:09 PM Subject: Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset Brent Thank you. I may give the Team Talk thing a try next time the NVDA folks will have a conference there. My main screen reader is JAWS. - Original Message - From: "Brent Harding" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 5:05 PM Subject: Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset That's what I did with my Plantronics wired USB I was using. If one wanted stereo, I think the only way right now I know of is to use a stereo channel on a team talk server, and then you can use stereo sources in your chat. - Original Message - From: "Petro Giannakopoulos" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 3:45 PM Subject: Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset Thank you. So what I have done here is set my Skype audio settings to Skullcandy for the microphone Skullcandy for the call volume Skype ringer to ring from my internal sound card All checkboxes are unchecked. So when someone calls I will hear the Skype ring through my computer's speakres. I press alt+page up keyboard keys to answer the Skype call. This eliminates having to wear the Skullcandy headset all the time I was told the voice audio via Skype is mono and not stereo. Works well for my needs and situation. I did write to Skullcandy and asked them if they can add a answer call button on the headset in a future model. - Original Message - From: "Brent Harding" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 4:36 PM Subject: Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset I think that's probably how most of them are, even if you used Bluetooth, because there isn't a way I know of to set the underlying hotkey the button sends. - Original Message - From: "Petro Giannakopoulos" To: Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 10:16 AM Subject: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset Tested with another blind user with Skype this headset. He gave it a rating of B. One thing you need to know is this headset does not have a button to answer Skype calls receive. You have to answer the call via your keyboard. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset
Brent Thank you. I may give the Team Talk thing a try next time the NVDA folks will have a conference there. My main screen reader is JAWS. - Original Message - From: "Brent Harding" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 5:05 PM Subject: Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset That's what I did with my Plantronics wired USB I was using. If one wanted stereo, I think the only way right now I know of is to use a stereo channel on a team talk server, and then you can use stereo sources in your chat. - Original Message - From: "Petro Giannakopoulos" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 3:45 PM Subject: Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset > Thank you. So what I have done here is set my Skype audio settings to > Skullcandy for the microphone > Skullcandy for the call volume > Skype ringer to ring from my internal sound card > All checkboxes are unchecked. > So when someone calls I will hear the Skype ring through my computer's > speakres. > I press alt+page up keyboard keys to answer the Skype call. > This eliminates having to wear the Skullcandy headset all the time > I was told the voice audio via Skype is mono and not stereo. > Works well for my needs and situation. > I did write to Skullcandy and asked them if they can add a answer call > button on the headset in a future model. > > - Original Message - > From: "Brent Harding" > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 4:36 PM > Subject: Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset > > > I think that's probably how most of them are, even if you used Bluetooth, > because there isn't a way I know of to set the underlying hotkey the > button > sends. > > - Original Message - > From: "Petro Giannakopoulos" > To: > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 10:16 AM > Subject: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset > > >> Tested with another blind user with Skype this headset. He gave it a >> rating >> of B. One thing you need to know is this headset does not have a button >> to >> answer Skype calls receive. You have to answer the call via your >> keyboard. >> >> >> --- >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >> protection is active. >> http://www.avast.com >> >> >> > > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset
That's what I did with my Plantronics wired USB I was using. If one wanted stereo, I think the only way right now I know of is to use a stereo channel on a team talk server, and then you can use stereo sources in your chat. - Original Message - From: "Petro Giannakopoulos" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 3:45 PM Subject: Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset Thank you. So what I have done here is set my Skype audio settings to Skullcandy for the microphone Skullcandy for the call volume Skype ringer to ring from my internal sound card All checkboxes are unchecked. So when someone calls I will hear the Skype ring through my computer's speakres. I press alt+page up keyboard keys to answer the Skype call. This eliminates having to wear the Skullcandy headset all the time I was told the voice audio via Skype is mono and not stereo. Works well for my needs and situation. I did write to Skullcandy and asked them if they can add a answer call button on the headset in a future model. - Original Message - From: "Brent Harding" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 4:36 PM Subject: Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset I think that's probably how most of them are, even if you used Bluetooth, because there isn't a way I know of to set the underlying hotkey the button sends. - Original Message - From: "Petro Giannakopoulos" To: Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 10:16 AM Subject: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset Tested with another blind user with Skype this headset. He gave it a rating of B. One thing you need to know is this headset does not have a button to answer Skype calls receive. You have to answer the call via your keyboard. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
RE: it's been a while
Windows Media Player is the easiest, and it's built in. You have to use Narrator though. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of randy tijerina Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 3:38 PM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: it's been a while hello friends, it's been a while. I'm curius to ask. Are there good accessible programmes for playing dvd's? someone told me that foober does it...is this so? I'd like to give foober a try since winamp seems to be going by the wayside.i'd appreciate it.
Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams
I have and so far it won't. - Original Message - From: "Humberto Rodriguez" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 9:32 AM Subject: RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams I don't use Firefox, but why don't you try using the contextual menu and "Save target as" or words to that effect in Firefox? Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Don Ball Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 12:45 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams this reminds me of a question I wanted to ask. How can I get firefox to save an mp3 file. It keeps wanting to play it as a video file and puts a player on the screen. so did crome. I am stuck in xp on this machine and had to use a later brouzer than IE8 but I want to be able to download and save a podcast to listen to later - Original Message - From: "Humberto Rodriguez" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 9:00 PM Subject: RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams You need a Flash add-on installed in your browser, be it Internet Explorer or Firefox, to listen to a stream transmitted from an online Flash Player. I use it in order to start streaming automatically as soon as the page loads. I can get away with it because I use low volume and provide a button to stop, others to pause or lower or increase volume. Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Petro Giannakopoulos Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:48 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams Reason I asked the question he mentioned he used an Flash add on. - Original Message - From: "Peter Scanlon" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:46 PM Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams I think the question is not about a browser but an actual player. I'd also like to know of a player that allows you to speed up the play of a file like the A P HStudio Recorder. P. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset
Thank you. So what I have done here is set my Skype audio settings to Skullcandy for the microphone Skullcandy for the call volume Skype ringer to ring from my internal sound card All checkboxes are unchecked. So when someone calls I will hear the Skype ring through my computer's speakres. I press alt+page up keyboard keys to answer the Skype call. This eliminates having to wear the Skullcandy headset all the time I was told the voice audio via Skype is mono and not stereo. Works well for my needs and situation. I did write to Skullcandy and asked them if they can add a answer call button on the headset in a future model. - Original Message - From: "Brent Harding" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 4:36 PM Subject: Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset I think that's probably how most of them are, even if you used Bluetooth, because there isn't a way I know of to set the underlying hotkey the button sends. - Original Message - From: "Petro Giannakopoulos" To: Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 10:16 AM Subject: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset > Tested with another blind user with Skype this headset. He gave it a > rating > of B. One thing you need to know is this headset does not have a button to > answer Skype calls receive. You have to answer the call via your keyboard. > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset
I think that's probably how most of them are, even if you used Bluetooth, because there isn't a way I know of to set the underlying hotkey the button sends. - Original Message - From: "Petro Giannakopoulos" To: Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 10:16 AM Subject: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset Tested with another blind user with Skype this headset. He gave it a rating of B. One thing you need to know is this headset does not have a button to answer Skype calls receive. You have to answer the call via your keyboard. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
it's been a while
hello friends, it's been a while. I'm curius to ask. Are there good accessible programmes for playing dvd's? someone told me that foober does it...is this so? I'd like to give foober a try since winamp seems to be going by the wayside.i'd appreciate it.
Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams
Reference Brian's enquiry, I use Screamer Radio (www.screamer-radio.com). It's small, light of resources, and sits nicely in the system tray so you don't keep falling over it. You can browse its own database or simply add the station's stream URL to the favourites list. It will also record the stream to your hard drive. Yes, it's a bit old (there's a newer version at beta.screamer-radio.com but I prefer the old one) but it works perfectly well so there's really no reason to change it. -- rgds LAurence <>< ...Fife. n. Small shrill instrument that rhymes with wife. ---Taglines by Tagzilla (tagzilla.mozdev.org)
Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset
Tested with another blind user with Skype this headset. He gave it a rating of B. One thing you need to know is this headset does not have a button to answer Skype calls receive. You have to answer the call via your keyboard. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
Re: Choosing an Accessible Smart phone to Use with SafeLink Wireless.
The firephone uses AT&T, so it wouldn't be an option for you anyway. I am not sure but I think Comcast hooked up with T-Mobile so you can retrieve email and such, but don't take this as actual truth. - Original Message - From: "Saylien Brown" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 10:41 AM Subject: Choosing an Accessible Smart phone to Use with SafeLink Wireless. Hello everyone, Ok, so I'm still sort of living in the stone Age and haven't invested in a Smart phone yet. Well the time has come for me to finally do so now thanks to the price friendly service being offered by SafeLink Wireless. The problem is buying an accessible phone that works with this wireless provider. Been looking into purchasing an Amazon Fire Phone, but I really don't feel I need a $650 item for my very limited phone use. To be honest, I'm looking into this option only to have a secondary means of contacting someone in case my Comcast land line phone goes down (Which has happened a few times and I had no way of calling someone for help.) Please, I know a lot of you guys can be quite disrespectful to people posting off-topic posts to the group, but I don't know where else to turn to for assistance with my question. I mean a phone is an audio device, so I really don't feel this question is off-topic, but I'm not that smart of a person. Again I want an inexpensive Smart phone that works with the SmartLink Wireless service. It must be completely accessible of course for I'm legally blind and can't obviously see the screen. Any suggestions on which direction I should go would be greatly appreciated. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams
I don't know that it's particularly active. I think the last update I got was about a year ago. It is a good player, though there's room for improvement. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Hartgen Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 12:38 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams Hi Thank you for all the responses. Regarding this one specifically, is MaPlEr still in development? I've not been able to get any responses when writing to them via their email address. Thank you again. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Humberto Rodriguez Sent: 20 July 2014 21:44 To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams Hello Brian: I mostly listen to my station http://radiogeneral.com from Internet Explorer using the Flsh add-on, but there are many programs from which you may open a radio stream, including Windows Media. I have used MaPlEr for years, because it is truly accessible, but most of all because you may load a playlist, for instance all the files in a folder, then navigate in them extremely easy, going from file to file with down-arrow and up-arrow and advancing and retrocedeing within a file with just right or left arrow, or in larger increments using Control or Shift simultaneously. Finally, you can go to http://stesoft.com and try ShoutOff. Best, Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Hartgen Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 4:12 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: Audio players for listening to internet streams Hello I have not been part of this mailing list for many years but have just resubscribed. Can anyone please help? Are there any other accessible Windows-based media players available please other than Winamp, principally for listening to internet radio on a computer? In a search, I came across Mapler, which seemed to be extremely accessible, at http://www.mar-dy.com/MaPlEr/MaPlEr.php However it seems this may no longer be in development, I am not sure. What please would people recommend? Thank you very much. Brian Hartgen
Choosing an Accessible Smart phone to Use with SafeLink Wireless.
Hello everyone, Ok, so I'm still sort of living in the stone Age and haven't invested in a Smart phone yet. Well the time has come for me to finally do so now thanks to the price friendly service being offered by SafeLink Wireless. The problem is buying an accessible phone that works with this wireless provider. Been looking into purchasing an Amazon Fire Phone, but I really don't feel I need a $650 item for my very limited phone use. To be honest, I'm looking into this option only to have a secondary means of contacting someone in case my Comcast land line phone goes down (Which has happened a few times and I had no way of calling someone for help.) Please, I know a lot of you guys can be quite disrespectful to people posting off-topic posts to the group, but I don't know where else to turn to for assistance with my question. I mean a phone is an audio device, so I really don't feel this question is off-topic, but I'm not that smart of a person. Again I want an inexpensive Smart phone that works with the SmartLink Wireless service. It must be completely accessible of course for I'm legally blind and can't obviously see the screen. Any suggestions on which direction I should go would be greatly appreciated.
RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams
I don't use Firefox, but why don't you try using the contextual menu and "Save target as" or words to that effect in Firefox? Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Don Ball Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 12:45 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams this reminds me of a question I wanted to ask. How can I get firefox to save an mp3 file. It keeps wanting to play it as a video file and puts a player on the screen. so did crome. I am stuck in xp on this machine and had to use a later brouzer than IE8 but I want to be able to download and save a podcast to listen to later - Original Message - From: "Humberto Rodriguez" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 9:00 PM Subject: RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams > You need a Flash add-on installed in your browser, be it Internet Explorer > or Firefox, to listen to a stream transmitted from an online Flash Player. > I use it in order to start streaming automatically as soon as the page > loads. I can get away with it because I use low volume and provide a > button > to stop, others to pause or lower or increase volume. > > Humberto > > > -Original Message- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Petro > Giannakopoulos > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:48 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams > > Reason I asked the question he mentioned he used an Flash add on. > > - Original Message - > From: "Peter Scanlon" > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:46 PM > Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams > > > I think the question is not about a browser but an actual player. > I'd also like to know of a player that allows you to speed up the play of > a > file like the A P HStudio Recorder. > > P. > > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > >
RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams
It is for me. Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Petro Giannakopoulos Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 7:18 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams Is the Adobe Flash good enough? - Original Message - From: "Humberto Rodriguez" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 9:00 PM Subject: RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams You need a Flash add-on installed in your browser, be it Internet Explorer or Firefox, to listen to a stream transmitted from an online Flash Player. I use it in order to start streaming automatically as soon as the page loads. I can get away with it because I use low volume and provide a button to stop, others to pause or lower or increase volume. Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Petro Giannakopoulos Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:48 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams Reason I asked the question he mentioned he used an Flash add on. - Original Message - From: "Peter Scanlon" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:46 PM Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams I think the question is not about a browser but an actual player. I'd also like to know of a player that allows you to speed up the play of a file like the A P HStudio Recorder. P. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams
There is also Replay AV 8 and Replay Radio from applian.com You add your stream URLs and tune to them. - Original Message - From: "Brian Hartgen" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Monday, July 21, 2014 1:37 AM Subject: RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams Hi Thank you for all the responses. Regarding this one specifically, is MaPlEr still in development? I've not been able to get any responses when writing to them via their email address. Thank you again. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Humberto Rodriguez Sent: 20 July 2014 21:44 To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams Hello Brian: I mostly listen to my station http://radiogeneral.com from Internet Explorer using the Flsh add-on, but there are many programs from which you may open a radio stream, including Windows Media. I have used MaPlEr for years, because it is truly accessible, but most of all because you may load a playlist, for instance all the files in a folder, then navigate in them extremely easy, going from file to file with down-arrow and up-arrow and advancing and retrocedeing within a file with just right or left arrow, or in larger increments using Control or Shift simultaneously. Finally, you can go to http://stesoft.com and try ShoutOff. Best, Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Hartgen Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 4:12 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: Audio players for listening to internet streams Hello I have not been part of this mailing list for many years but have just resubscribed. Can anyone please help? Are there any other accessible Windows-based media players available please other than Winamp, principally for listening to internet radio on a computer? In a search, I came across Mapler, which seemed to be extremely accessible, at http://www.mar-dy.com/MaPlEr/MaPlEr.php However it seems this may no longer be in development, I am not sure. What please would people recommend? Thank you very much. Brian Hartgen --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams
Is the Adobe Flash good enough? - Original Message - From: "Humberto Rodriguez" To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 9:00 PM Subject: RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams You need a Flash add-on installed in your browser, be it Internet Explorer or Firefox, to listen to a stream transmitted from an online Flash Player. I use it in order to start streaming automatically as soon as the page loads. I can get away with it because I use low volume and provide a button to stop, others to pause or lower or increase volume. Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Petro Giannakopoulos Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:48 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams Reason I asked the question he mentioned he used an Flash add on. - Original Message - From: "Peter Scanlon" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:46 PM Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams I think the question is not about a browser but an actual player. I'd also like to know of a player that allows you to speed up the play of a file like the A P HStudio Recorder. P. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
