Apple TV reinvented to include Siri and an easier way to enjoy apps on your TV -

[Dane Trethowan]

http://www.techguide.com.au/news/apps-news-feed/appletv-reinvented-to-include-siri-and-an-easier-way-to-enjoy-apps-on-your-tv/

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Take Control of Audio Hijack – Book Review

[Dane Trethowan]

> http://www.mymac.com/2015/09/take-control-of-audio-hijack-book-review/ 
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First look at Polycom Communicator C100S | ZDNet

[Dane Trethowan]

Hi!

I mentioned my Polycom Skype phone earlier on today, I’ve since found a review 
of the device which is worth the read if you’re considering a portable Skype 
Speakerphone.

The review is 9 years old so I’m sure improvements have been made in the 
design/development of this device since those times.

I will tell you now that the software that comes with the Phone is very 
accessible though it won’t work with Windows 10 and above, will work absolutely 
fine with Windows 7 and everything between that and XP.


> http://www.zdnet.com/article/first-look-at-polycom-communicator-c100s/ 
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A Guide to Using Audio Hijack with VoiceOver | AppleVis

[Dane Trethowan]

> http://www.applevis.com/guides/mac-apps-voiceover/guide-using-audio-hijack-voiceover
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Re: Phone Suggestions Pollycom

[Dane Trethowan]

You need Skype installed on your computer, the phone uses Skype through the 
Skype API, from that controls on the front of the phone can be programmed to 
answer/end calls and launch other Apps.

I did read somewhere that the volume up/down buttons could be used to scroll 
through contacts but it seems little point doing that given this phone is a 
desktop device that plugs into your computer via a USB port anyway and the 
computer won’t be too far away so may as well use the usual methods to look up 
and find Skype contacts.

> On 10 Sep 2015, at 9:35 pm, tim cumings  wrote:
> 
> Hi, Dane. The question I have about the polycom phone is how do you skype a 
> particular contact using the phone? Do youhave to have skype open as well as 
> the polycom software, or can you accessibley scroll through your skype 
> contacts using the polycom software.
> 
> 
> On 9/9/2015 11:20 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
>> Hi!
>> 
>> Quite some time ago I wrote to the list bemoaning the fact that a good 
>> Desktop phone seemed incredibly hard to find, at the time my 12 year old 
>> Panasonic desktop phone had died.
>> 
>> Another list member suggested that I lookup the range of Polycom products, a 
>> most useful suggestion though I found something that - whilst it wasn’t 
>> exactly what I had in mind - it nevertheless will be of great benefit, I’m 
>> talking about the Polycom Skype Hands Free conference speakerphone, I 
>> received it this morning, its now set up on my desktop and is better than I 
>> ever thought possible.
>> 
>> The first thing that struck me about this phone was how small it was, it 
>> could fit easily into a jacket pocket and even comes with a carry pouch so 
>> its completely portable.
>> 
>> The phone plugs into a USB port on a computer, has 2 microphones on the 
>> bottom and a speaker at the top.
>> 
>> The USB stores away rolled up under the desktop stand the phone rests on.
>> 
>> On the front of the phone are various buttons including volume up/down, a 
>> button to answerer/end calls and programmable buttons that can launch 
>> various applications or tasks, you can turn your webcam on for example.
>> 
>> Whilst the Polycom Skype phone is at home on a desk with a desktop computer 
>> I can’t help feeling - given the size of the device - how handy it would be 
>> for the user of a Notebook who is in the road, often in such cases Notebook 
>> speakers and microphones just don’t cut it when you need to use them for 
>> such things as Skype, the Polycom Skype Conference phone will do the trick 
>> in say a hotel room, the specifications state that the phone will pickup the 
>> voices of 4 people in a room, haven’t had the chance to try that yet .
>> 
>> 
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>> 
>> 
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Re: Phone Suggestions Pollycom

[tim cumings]

Hi, Dane. The question I have about the polycom phone is how do you 
skype a particular contact using the phone? Do youhave to have skype 
open as well as the polycom software, or can you accessibley scroll 
through your skype contacts using the polycom software.



On 9/9/2015 11:20 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Hi!

Quite some time ago I wrote to the list bemoaning the fact that a good Desktop 
phone seemed incredibly hard to find, at the time my 12 year old Panasonic 
desktop phone had died.

Another list member suggested that I lookup the range of Polycom products, a 
most useful suggestion though I found something that - whilst it wasn’t exactly 
what I had in mind - it nevertheless will be of great benefit, I’m talking 
about the Polycom Skype Hands Free conference speakerphone, I received it this 
morning, its now set up on my desktop and is better than I ever thought 
possible.

The first thing that struck me about this phone was how small it was, it could 
fit easily into a jacket pocket and even comes with a carry pouch so its 
completely portable.

The phone plugs into a USB port on a computer, has 2 microphones on the bottom 
and a speaker at the top.

The USB stores away rolled up under the desktop stand the phone rests on.

On the front of the phone are various buttons including volume up/down, a 
button to answerer/end calls and programmable buttons that can launch various 
applications or tasks, you can turn your webcam on for example.

Whilst the Polycom Skype phone is at home on a desk with a desktop computer I can’t 
help feeling - given the size of the device - how handy it would be for the user of a 
Notebook who is in the road, often in such cases Notebook speakers and microphones 
just don’t cut it when you need to use them for such things as Skype, the Polycom 
Skype Conference phone will do the trick in say a hotel room, the specifications 
state that the phone will pickup the voices of 4 people in a room, haven’t had the 
chance to try that yet .


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