Apple brings Siri to Macs and lets it talk to apps - BBC News

[Dane Trethowan]

A good read.

Glad to see SIRI coming to the Mac and good to see that Apple is seeking 
to improve it, as it stands right now Google - in my view - leads in 
this field.


We will also see changes to Apple Music, i myself have signed up but 
I've not taken advantage of the service yet and the author of the 
article is spot-on when he talks about users being confused, I know I am.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36522510

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Those who don't need help are prepared to help themselves

Short Wave Radio: End Of An Irra

[Dane Trethowan]

Indeed it is yes.


I learnt today that Sony have finally stopped production of the highly 
successful model ICF-SW7600GR radio



First it was the ICF-SW7600G released in 1994 which was upgraded to the GR


The GR boasted 10 times the memory locations - the G had 10 and the GR 
100 - along with a RF Gain control - the G only had a Local/DX switch - 
but apart from that both models were the same giving the user excellent 
reception on the Long, Medium and Short Wave bands.  On FM sensitivity 
was very good but selectivity was very poor.



The ICF-SW7600 offered a very good Sync feature allowing the user to get 
better reception of weaker stations, stop fading and so forth.



Many regard the 7600 as a reference for testing other radio sets.


The only complaint about the 7600 I have its its extremely bad audio 
quality compared to other receivers.



The price of the 7600 has dropped markedly too since its introduction.  
In Australia when I bought my first 22 years ago I had to pay near $500 
for the radio but now the price has halved.



The 7600 was originally made in a Japanese factory with production 
switching to Malasia though quality remained exactly the same.



It is a shame that Sony decided to discontinue this set, with DSP 
technology as it is now Sony could have turned the 7600 into a real 
killer radio.



Should you buy one whilst you can? Well that's a personal thing I guess 
but for the money you can get just as good or even better a portable set 
of around the same size, the Eton Satellite immediately comes to mind.  
The Eton has just as good - if not better - sensitivity on Long, Medium 
and Short Wave bands, with the addition of an Air Band.



FM on the Eton wipes the floor with the older Sony 7600 model and the 
audio of the Eton Satellit is far nicer, wonderful bass and nice high 
crisp treble which makes the radio sound a lot bigger than it actually is..



The Eton Satellite includes a wide/narrow filter selection of four 
filters that the older Sony didn't have but certainly should have had in 
my opinion.



Anyway if you have an older Sony ICF-SW7600G or GR than may it give you 
many hours of happy listening still but you will be pleasantly surprised 
if you're able to upgrade to an Eton Satellit or  - for those on a 
budget - a Sangean ATS405.




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**
Those who don't need help are prepared to help themselves

The Talking DAISY Book & Media Player from Accessible Electronics - AccessWorld® - June 2016

[Dane Trethowan]

I have been looking around for a Daisy Reader separate from my Android 
and iOS devices for some time.


I was on the verge of purchasing a Victor Reader Stream until I saw the 
article linked to here, the Talking Daisy And Media Player sounds the 
type of device for me and at a good price too!

http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw170606#content

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**
Those who don't need help are prepared to help themselves

RE: Some Further DM-720 Answers

[Jim Portillo]

Thanks Tim!  I got your response just fine.


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Tim
Noonan
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2016 9:35 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Some Further DM-720 Answers

Responses bouncing again, hope this goes through.

Hi Jim,

In the DM-720 The battery door now also uncovers the micro SD card slot.

As for Lists button etc, I think they overlap in functionality. I tend to
use the button on bottom right to navigate to different folders, pressing
once or twice as needed.

Also, in case you encounter issues, when trying to recharge the internal
battery, through   plugging in to a  USB charger, you need to press the OK
button an additional time after choosing charging from the connect menu, to
activate charging. 
I presume it is an 'are you sure?'  warning, but it isn't presented via
Voice Guidance.

Thanks
Tim


On 13 Jun 2016, at 5:53 PM, Jim Portillo > wrote:

I do have another question about this recorder, which I've been playing with
since yesterday when I got it.
Where on Earth do I put the Micro-SD card?  I can't seem to find a place
anywhere on the machine; although, I was told I could use one.
Am I missing something?
I was looking on the bottom of the machine, where the USB plug came out, but
it seems like the wrong place for a card slot.  Am I wrong?
Thanks again.
Oh, and what does the "List" button do?  How is that different from using
the f1 button to get to my folders?
Thanks again.
Jim

Tim Noonan
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Re: Short Wave Radio: End Of An Irra

[Dane Trethowan]

I take it you mean the Tecsun PL880? I’d have to say I’prefer the Eton 
Satellite though it costs a bit extra.

Why would I prefer the Eton? Because it performs well on all its radio bands.

The Tecsun PL880 has some problems on the Medium Wave band though performs well 
on Short Wave and FM

The PL880 is a little bigger than the Eton, has a bigger speaker and obviously 
a better sound but the Eton - given its size - has damn good sound.

The Interface of the Tecsun is perhaps a littler easier to work with.

The The Tecsun PL880 takes a lithium-ion battery whereas the Eton runs on 4 AA 
type batteries which are available everywhere.


> On 15 Jun 2016, at 5:46 AM, tim cumings  wrote:
> 
> if you were to choose one radio to buy, would you get the Eaton satellite or 
> the Texan 880?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jun 14, 2016, at 12:31 PM, Dane Trethowan  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Indeed it is yes.
>> 
>> 
>> I learnt today that Sony have finally stopped production of the highly 
>> successful model ICF-SW7600GR radio
>> 
>> 
>> First it was the ICF-SW7600G released in 1994 which was upgraded to the GR
>> 
>> 
>> The GR boasted 10 times the memory locations - the G had 10 and the GR 100 - 
>> along with a RF Gain control - the G only had a Local/DX switch - but apart 
>> from that both models were the same giving the user excellent reception on 
>> the Long, Medium and Short Wave bands.  On FM sensitivity was very good but 
>> selectivity was very poor.
>> 
>> 
>> The ICF-SW7600 offered a very good Sync feature allowing the user to get 
>> better reception of weaker stations, stop fading and so forth.
>> 
>> 
>> Many regard the 7600 as a reference for testing other radio sets.
>> 
>> 
>> The only complaint about the 7600 I have its its extremely bad audio quality 
>> compared to other receivers.
>> 
>> 
>> The price of the 7600 has dropped markedly too since its introduction.  In 
>> Australia when I bought my first 22 years ago I had to pay near $500 for the 
>> radio but now the price has halved.
>> 
>> 
>> The 7600 was originally made in a Japanese factory with production switching 
>> to Malasia though quality remained exactly the same.
>> 
>> 
>> It is a shame that Sony decided to discontinue this set, with DSP technology 
>> as it is now Sony could have turned the 7600 into a real killer radio.
>> 
>> 
>> Should you buy one whilst you can? Well that's a personal thing I guess but 
>> for the money you can get just as good or even better a portable set of 
>> around the same size, the Eton Satellite immediately comes to mind.  The 
>> Eton has just as good - if not better - sensitivity on Long, Medium and 
>> Short Wave bands, with the addition of an Air Band.
>> 
>> 
>> FM on the Eton wipes the floor with the older Sony 7600 model and the audio 
>> of the Eton Satellit is far nicer, wonderful bass and nice high crisp treble 
>> which makes the radio sound a lot bigger than it actually is..
>> 
>> 
>> The Eton Satellite includes a wide/narrow filter selection of four filters 
>> that the older Sony didn't have but certainly should have had in my opinion.
>> 
>> 
>> Anyway if you have an older Sony ICF-SW7600G or GR than may it give you many 
>> hours of happy listening still but you will be pleasantly surprised if 
>> you're able to upgrade to an Eton Satellit or  - for those on a budget - a 
>> Sangean ATS405.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> 
>> **
>> Those who don't need help are prepared to help themselves
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

**
Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
halfwits in this world behind.

Re: Short Wave Radio: End Of An Irra

[tim cumings]

if you were to choose one radio to buy, would you get the Eaton satellite or 
the Texan 880?

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 14, 2016, at 12:31 PM, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
> 
> Indeed it is yes.
> 
> 
> I learnt today that Sony have finally stopped production of the highly 
> successful model ICF-SW7600GR radio
> 
> 
> First it was the ICF-SW7600G released in 1994 which was upgraded to the GR
> 
> 
> The GR boasted 10 times the memory locations - the G had 10 and the GR 100 - 
> along with a RF Gain control - the G only had a Local/DX switch - but apart 
> from that both models were the same giving the user excellent reception on 
> the Long, Medium and Short Wave bands.  On FM sensitivity was very good but 
> selectivity was very poor.
> 
> 
> The ICF-SW7600 offered a very good Sync feature allowing the user to get 
> better reception of weaker stations, stop fading and so forth.
> 
> 
> Many regard the 7600 as a reference for testing other radio sets.
> 
> 
> The only complaint about the 7600 I have its its extremely bad audio quality 
> compared to other receivers.
> 
> 
> The price of the 7600 has dropped markedly too since its introduction.  In 
> Australia when I bought my first 22 years ago I had to pay near $500 for the 
> radio but now the price has halved.
> 
> 
> The 7600 was originally made in a Japanese factory with production switching 
> to Malasia though quality remained exactly the same.
> 
> 
> It is a shame that Sony decided to discontinue this set, with DSP technology 
> as it is now Sony could have turned the 7600 into a real killer radio.
> 
> 
> Should you buy one whilst you can? Well that's a personal thing I guess but 
> for the money you can get just as good or even better a portable set of 
> around the same size, the Eton Satellite immediately comes to mind.  The Eton 
> has just as good - if not better - sensitivity on Long, Medium and Short Wave 
> bands, with the addition of an Air Band.
> 
> 
> FM on the Eton wipes the floor with the older Sony 7600 model and the audio 
> of the Eton Satellit is far nicer, wonderful bass and nice high crisp treble 
> which makes the radio sound a lot bigger than it actually is..
> 
> 
> The Eton Satellite includes a wide/narrow filter selection of four filters 
> that the older Sony didn't have but certainly should have had in my opinion.
> 
> 
> Anyway if you have an older Sony ICF-SW7600G or GR than may it give you many 
> hours of happy listening still but you will be pleasantly surprised if you're 
> able to upgrade to an Eton Satellit or  - for those on a budget - a Sangean 
> ATS405.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> **
> Those who don't need help are prepared to help themselves
> 
> 

problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in windows 10

[Chris Skarstad]

Hi guys


i hope the subject line was clear enough, sometimes I'm horrible at 
that.  Anyways, let me explain a little further.  I had iTunes running 
on my Windows 7 machine for many years, and I was successfully able to 
create a custom ringtone for my iPhone as a .m4r file, and sync it to my 
phone successfully.   So recently, I got myself a brand spanking new 
screamer of a pc running Windows 10   So I


had some ringtones that I wanted to add to my phone so I installed 
iTunes on it, and authorized it on my pc and did all the usual stuff you 
have to do to get it set up.  I even did a backup of my iTunes library 
just to be safe.


However, when I went to sync these newly made ringtones, I receive a 
message from iTunes that says if i  sync with this iPhone everything 
will be removed, and the only thing I'll have left are these new tones.  
It says that it can only sync with one iTunes library at a time.  Or at 
least, that's how the message sounds to me.  It sounds rather ominous.


  I don't want to lose absolutely everything on my phone just to add a 
few ringtones.  That seems rather silly to me.  I know a lot of you guys 
on here use macs, but remember, this is in Windows 10, using the most 
recent version of iTunes, screenreader is Window-eyes 9.4.0.


Is it safe to hit the remove and sync button, or if I do that, will the 
only thing that's removed are the tones?  If all it'll remove is my 
current batch of tones that's ok, but my concern is losing everything 
else such as apps, and music.  I'm a bit lost to tell you the truth. I 
hope someone has experience with this.

Thanks for any help, guys!

soundblaster SB X-Fi Series sound card help

[Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona]

Hello how can I tell what exact vairient of the sound blaster SB X-Fi 
Series?


I can't find anything on the internet

and need to see if my varient of the sound blaster SB X-Fi Series

is supporteb by windows10

can any one help?

thanks

Hank

Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in windows 10

[robert williams]

You might want to consult the accessibility help department to help resolve 
your issue.Y


Robert

> On Jun 14, 2016, at 2:36 PM, Chris Skarstad  wrote:
> 
>Hi guys
> 
> 
> i hope the subject line was clear enough, sometimes I'm horrible at that.  
> Anyways, let me explain a little further.  I had iTunes running on my Windows 
> 7 machine for many years, and I was successfully able to create a custom 
> ringtone for my iPhone as a .m4r file, and sync it to my phone successfully.  
>  So recently, I got myself a brand spanking new screamer of a pc running 
> Windows 10   So I
> 
> had some ringtones that I wanted to add to my phone so I installed iTunes on 
> it, and authorized it on my pc and did all the usual stuff you have to do to 
> get it set up.  I even did a backup of my iTunes library just to be safe.
> 
> However, when I went to sync these newly made ringtones, I receive a message 
> from iTunes that says if i  sync with this iPhone everything will be removed, 
> and the only thing I'll have left are these new tones.  It says that it can 
> only sync with one iTunes library at a time.  Or at least, that's how the 
> message sounds to me.  It sounds rather ominous.
> 
>  I don't want to lose absolutely everything on my phone just to add a few 
> ringtones.  That seems rather silly to me.  I know a lot of you guys on here 
> use macs, but remember, this is in Windows 10, using the most recent version 
> of iTunes, screenreader is Window-eyes 9.4.0.
> 
> Is it safe to hit the remove and sync button, or if I do that, will the only 
> thing that's removed are the tones?  If all it'll remove is my current batch 
> of tones that's ok, but my concern is losing everything else such as apps, 
> and music.  I'm a bit lost to tell you the truth. I hope someone has 
> experience with this.
> Thanks for any help, guys!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

iTunes issue solved, here's some valuable info

[Chris Skarstad]

Hi guys!  Through a bit of research, I finally got my tones onto my 
phone.  To make this short and really simple, if you see that ominous 
erase and sync button, do not panic! It will not actually erase anything 
from your phone, at least as far as ringtones go. Just to be safe, after 
pressing the erase and sync button, I was then able to see that old 
familiar screen with the 2 radio buttons sync selected tones or sync all 
ringtones.  To be safe, I chose all ringtones and when i synced, 
everything showed up just as it should.  That erase and sync button and 
the super-scary message that goes along with it is probably one of the 
most poorly-worded error messages I've ever seen.  So if you run into 
this sort of thing, be sure to read the iTunes sreens very carefully, so 
you'll be able to tell how many tones you're syncing. In short it works 
and I'm very happy with the results.


Thanks guys!

Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in windows 10

[Chris Skarstad]

Hi

I just don't want to bother them because someone else really might be in 
a jam, and *really* need some accessibility help.  I'm pretty good with 
setting up an iDevice, I've set several up now but what if a newby is 
calling for the very first time and is upset and confused?  Sure, I 
understand I qualify, but that doesn't make it so.  If I can't find any 
answers that may be what I have to do.  I've seen a lot of stuff about 
this on the internet, and the sollution to transfer purchases works for 
some folks but not others.  I very rarely do this but this is one of the 
very rare times when I would love to see iOS become more like Android. 
On a droid you can just put an SD card into a reader, or connect your 
phone to the pc with a USB cable, and copy and paste your tones in the 
proppper place, and they just work.



On 6/14/2016 9:27 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote:


Chris:  If you use Voice Over, then you certainly do qualify for tech
support; I know what you are saying (it's not an accessibility issue persee)
but I'm pretty sure that the folks at Apple would be all too glad to help
you out...and they are very good!
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Chris
Skarstad
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 6:24 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in windows 10

Absolutely, i've been using VoiceOver for about 4 years now on a daily
basis.  But once again, we're straying from the answer i'm wanting to
get here.

   I just need to know what's going to happen if I have to hit this erase
and sync button.  If it's only going to erase tones only, that's not a
problem. However, if it's going to erase everything on the phone and
I'll need to start over from scratch and re-download all my apps and
music I am absolutely not going to be a happy person.





On 6/14/2016 6:08 PM, Les Gordon wrote:

do you use any type of accessibility feature on your iphone such as
voiceover or magifyer?

- Original Message - From: "Chris Skarstad"

To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in
windows 10



Hi.  But see that's just it, I'm not really having any difficulty
reading the screens, everything's clear accept what's going to happen
if I hit that erase and sync button. i don't like the sound of that,
and I am extremely nervous. The only time I think i'd call the
accessibility line is if I was having trouble reading the screen, and
I'm not really having trouble with that part of it.




On 6/14/2016 5:58 PM, Les Gordon wrote:

hi, what i'd do to be sure is call apple accessibility support.
877-204-3930

you will need your apple id and phones sn. if its not registered.
they are extremely good. and its just designed for accessibility users.



- Original Message - From: "Chris Skarstad"

To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in
windows 10



Hi.  I certainly did, in fact that was one of the very first things
i did when setting things up. So, would you say it's safe to hit
that erase and sync button? It looks like it's going to remove
absolutely everything from my phone and I do not want to spend
hours and hours re-configuring it.




On 6/14/2016 5:44 PM, Les Gordon wrote:

hello, did you do a complete backup of your iphone once you have
it setup how you want? if so, then you have nothing to worry about
the backup will preserve everything you have on your phone.

- Original Message - From: "Chris Skarstad"

To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in
windows 10



Well, I'm not having any problems with the accessibility of the
product, all the screens read exactly as they should.  I just
don't know what effect hitting the erase and sync button will
have on my iPhone, which I've spent a really long time
customizing. I have apps put in folders, and I like to have
things in a very specific way. The accessibility here isn't the
issue. Or at least it doesn't seem to be that way.





On 6/14/2016 5:05 PM, robert williams wrote:

You might want to consult the accessibility help department to
help resolve your issue.Y


Robert


On Jun 14, 2016, at 2:36 PM, Chris Skarstad
 wrote:

 Hi guys


i hope the subject line was clear enough, sometimes I'm
horrible at that.  Anyways, let me explain a little further.  I
had iTunes running on my Windows 7 machine for many years, and
I was successfully able to create a custom ringtone for my
iPhone as a .m4r file, and sync it to my phone successfully. So
recently, I got myself a brand spanking 

Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in windows 10

[Chris Skarstad]

Well, I'm not having any problems with the accessibility of the product, 
all the screens read exactly as they should.  I just don't know what 
effect hitting the erase and sync button will have on my iPhone, which 
I've spent a really long time customizing. I have apps put in folders, 
and I like to have things in a very specific way. The accessibility here 
isn't the issue. Or at least it doesn't seem to be that way.






On 6/14/2016 5:05 PM, robert williams wrote:


You might want to consult the accessibility help department to help resolve 
your issue.Y


Robert


On Jun 14, 2016, at 2:36 PM, Chris Skarstad  wrote:

Hi guys


i hope the subject line was clear enough, sometimes I'm horrible at that.  
Anyways, let me explain a little further.  I had iTunes running on my Windows 7 
machine for many years, and I was successfully able to create a custom ringtone 
for my iPhone as a .m4r file, and sync it to my phone successfully.   So 
recently, I got myself a brand spanking new screamer of a pc running Windows 10 
  So I

had some ringtones that I wanted to add to my phone so I installed iTunes on 
it, and authorized it on my pc and did all the usual stuff you have to do to 
get it set up.  I even did a backup of my iTunes library just to be safe.

However, when I went to sync these newly made ringtones, I receive a message 
from iTunes that says if i  sync with this iPhone everything will be removed, 
and the only thing I'll have left are these new tones.  It says that it can 
only sync with one iTunes library at a time.  Or at least, that's how the 
message sounds to me.  It sounds rather ominous.

  I don't want to lose absolutely everything on my phone just to add a few 
ringtones.  That seems rather silly to me.  I know a lot of you guys on here 
use macs, but remember, this is in Windows 10, using the most recent version of 
iTunes, screenreader is Window-eyes 9.4.0.

Is it safe to hit the remove and sync button, or if I do that, will the only 
thing that's removed are the tones?  If all it'll remove is my current batch of 
tones that's ok, but my concern is losing everything else such as apps, and 
music.  I'm a bit lost to tell you the truth. I hope someone has experience 
with this.
Thanks for any help, guys!

Clarification on the iTunes and custom ringtones issue...

[Chris Skarstad]

Hi folks


I feel like I may not have explained myself well enough before, so 
please let me try to explain things a bit better by going through the 
steps I do to do this, and then maybe someone with some knowledge can 
tell me where I may be going wrong if I am. I don't know if I am that's 
the thing.



I have imported a folder full of custom made ringtones into iTunes. 
They're in the usual m4r format, and show up just fine when I go into 
the view menu, then media kind and arrow down to tones and press enter.  
So, they all show up and iTunes recognizes them just fine.


2.  next, I already have my iPhone connected to my pc so I tab over to 
the button labeled iPhone and press the space bar.  I am now presented 
with a screen that pops up and shows me several different things,  most 
notably a list of different playlists.  if I am understanding this 
correctly, all the tones I've already imported are marked to be synced 
to my iPhone.  Window-eyes does not read the state of this, so I'm going 
purely on guess work here.So, I find the list of playlists by 
arrowing down until I hear tones, and then I keep tabbing to the sync 
tones checkbox. This is different from before, because there used to be 
a radio button that said sync selected tones.  But all I've got here is 
a sync tones checkbox, so when I check it, iTunes displays the following 
message.


Are you sure you want to remove existing music, movies, TV shows, books, 
and tones from this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library?
 Music, movies, TV shows, books, and tones synced to Chris's iPhone” 
from other iTunes libraries will be removed and items will be synced  
from this iTunes library.'




My only 2 choices are, erase and sync, or cancel.  The question isif 
I hit that Erase and sync button will the only thing that's erased will 
be my tones? or, will everything on the phone be erased?   Why can't 
this just be simple?


I hope someone will kindly correct me if I'm doing this incorrectly.

Thanks.

Re: The Talking DAISY Book & Media Player from Accessible Electronics - AccessWorld® - June 2016

[Anders Holmberg]

Hi!
Hmm, sounds very intresting.
A bit steap in pricing though.
But give it a go and tell us about it.
It sounds intresting even though it does not have all the Streams functionality.
But it can play pdf and also uses a micro sd card which for me is a definit 
plus.
/A
> 14 juni 2016 kl. 17:30 skrev Dane Trethowan :
> 
> I have been looking around for a Daisy Reader separate from my Android and 
> iOS devices for some time.
> 
> I was on the verge of purchasing a Victor Reader Stream until I saw the 
> article linked to here, the Talking Daisy And Media Player sounds the type of 
> device for me and at a good price too!
> http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw170606#content
> 
> -- 
> 
> **
> Those who don't need help are prepared to help themselves
> 
> 

Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in windows 10

[Les Gordon]

hello, did you do a complete backup of your iphone once you have it setup 
how you want? if so, then you have nothing to worry about the backup will 
preserve everything you have on your phone.


- Original Message - 
From: "Chris Skarstad" 

To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in windows 10


Well, I'm not having any problems with the accessibility of the product, 
all the screens read exactly as they should.  I just don't know what 
effect hitting the erase and sync button will have on my iPhone, which 
I've spent a really long time customizing. I have apps put in folders, and 
I like to have things in a very specific way. The accessibility here isn't 
the issue. Or at least it doesn't seem to be that way.






On 6/14/2016 5:05 PM, robert williams wrote:


You might want to consult the accessibility help department to help 
resolve your issue.Y



Robert

On Jun 14, 2016, at 2:36 PM, Chris Skarstad  
wrote:


Hi guys


i hope the subject line was clear enough, sometimes I'm horrible at 
that.  Anyways, let me explain a little further.  I had iTunes running 
on my Windows 7 machine for many years, and I was successfully able to 
create a custom ringtone for my iPhone as a .m4r file, and sync it to my 
phone successfully.   So recently, I got myself a brand spanking new 
screamer of a pc running Windows 10   So I


had some ringtones that I wanted to add to my phone so I installed 
iTunes on it, and authorized it on my pc and did all the usual stuff you 
have to do to get it set up.  I even did a backup of my iTunes library 
just to be safe.


However, when I went to sync these newly made ringtones, I receive a 
message from iTunes that says if i  sync with this iPhone everything 
will be removed, and the only thing I'll have left are these new tones. 
It says that it can only sync with one iTunes library at a time.  Or at 
least, that's how the message sounds to me.  It sounds rather ominous.


  I don't want to lose absolutely everything on my phone just to add a 
few ringtones.  That seems rather silly to me.  I know a lot of you guys 
on here use macs, but remember, this is in Windows 10, using the most 
recent version of iTunes, screenreader is Window-eyes 9.4.0.


Is it safe to hit the remove and sync button, or if I do that, will the 
only thing that's removed are the tones?  If all it'll remove is my 
current batch of tones that's ok, but my concern is losing everything 
else such as apps, and music.  I'm a bit lost to tell you the truth. I 
hope someone has experience with this.

Thanks for any help, guys!

Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in windows 10

[Chris Skarstad]

Hi.  I certainly did, in fact that was one of the very first things i 
did when setting things up.  So, would you say it's safe to hit that 
erase and sync button? It looks like it's going to remove absolutely 
everything from my phone and I do not want to spend hours and hours 
re-configuring it.





On 6/14/2016 5:44 PM, Les Gordon wrote:
hello, did you do a complete backup of your iphone once you have it 
setup how you want? if so, then you have nothing to worry about the 
backup will preserve everything you have on your phone.


- Original Message - From: "Chris Skarstad" 


To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in 
windows 10



Well, I'm not having any problems with the accessibility of the 
product, all the screens read exactly as they should.  I just don't 
know what effect hitting the erase and sync button will have on my 
iPhone, which I've spent a really long time customizing. I have apps 
put in folders, and I like to have things in a very specific way. The 
accessibility here isn't the issue. Or at least it doesn't seem to be 
that way.






On 6/14/2016 5:05 PM, robert williams wrote:


You might want to consult the accessibility help department to help 
resolve your issue.Y



Robert

On Jun 14, 2016, at 2:36 PM, Chris Skarstad 
 wrote:


Hi guys


i hope the subject line was clear enough, sometimes I'm horrible at 
that.  Anyways, let me explain a little further.  I had iTunes 
running on my Windows 7 machine for many years, and I was 
successfully able to create a custom ringtone for my iPhone as a 
.m4r file, and sync it to my phone successfully.   So recently, I 
got myself a brand spanking new screamer of a pc running Windows 
10   So I


had some ringtones that I wanted to add to my phone so I installed 
iTunes on it, and authorized it on my pc and did all the usual 
stuff you have to do to get it set up.  I even did a backup of my 
iTunes library just to be safe.


However, when I went to sync these newly made ringtones, I receive 
a message from iTunes that says if i  sync with this iPhone 
everything will be removed, and the only thing I'll have left are 
these new tones. It says that it can only sync with one iTunes 
library at a time.  Or at least, that's how the message sounds to 
me.  It sounds rather ominous.


  I don't want to lose absolutely everything on my phone just to 
add a few ringtones.  That seems rather silly to me.  I know a lot 
of you guys on here use macs, but remember, this is in Windows 10, 
using the most recent version of iTunes, screenreader is 
Window-eyes 9.4.0.


Is it safe to hit the remove and sync button, or if I do that, will 
the only thing that's removed are the tones?  If all it'll remove 
is my current batch of tones that's ok, but my concern is losing 
everything else such as apps, and music.  I'm a bit lost to tell 
you the truth. I hope someone has experience with this.

Thanks for any help, guys!

Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in windows 10

[Chris Skarstad]

Hi.  But see that's just it, I'm not really having any difficulty 
reading the screens, everything's clear accept what's going to happen if 
I hit that erase and sync button. i don't like the sound of that, and I 
am extremely nervous. The only time I think i'd call the accessibility 
line is if I was having trouble reading the screen, and I'm not really 
having trouble with that part of it.





On 6/14/2016 5:58 PM, Les Gordon wrote:

hi, what i'd do to be sure is call apple accessibility support.
877-204-3930

you will need your apple id and phones sn. if its not registered. they 
are extremely good. and its just designed for accessibility users.




- Original Message - From: "Chris Skarstad" 


To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in 
windows 10



Hi.  I certainly did, in fact that was one of the very first things i 
did when setting things up.  So, would you say it's safe to hit that 
erase and sync button? It looks like it's going to remove absolutely 
everything from my phone and I do not want to spend hours and hours 
re-configuring it.





On 6/14/2016 5:44 PM, Les Gordon wrote:
hello, did you do a complete backup of your iphone once you have it 
setup how you want? if so, then you have nothing to worry about the 
backup will preserve everything you have on your phone.


- Original Message - From: "Chris Skarstad" 


To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in 
windows 10



Well, I'm not having any problems with the accessibility of the 
product, all the screens read exactly as they should.  I just don't 
know what effect hitting the erase and sync button will have on my 
iPhone, which I've spent a really long time customizing. I have 
apps put in folders, and I like to have things in a very specific 
way. The accessibility here isn't the issue. Or at least it doesn't 
seem to be that way.






On 6/14/2016 5:05 PM, robert williams wrote:


You might want to consult the accessibility help department to 
help resolve your issue.Y



Robert

On Jun 14, 2016, at 2:36 PM, Chris Skarstad 
 wrote:


Hi guys


i hope the subject line was clear enough, sometimes I'm horrible 
at that.  Anyways, let me explain a little further.  I had iTunes 
running on my Windows 7 machine for many years, and I was 
successfully able to create a custom ringtone for my iPhone as a 
.m4r file, and sync it to my phone successfully.   So recently, I 
got myself a brand spanking new screamer of a pc running Windows 
10   So I


had some ringtones that I wanted to add to my phone so I 
installed iTunes on it, and authorized it on my pc and did all 
the usual stuff you have to do to get it set up.  I even did a 
backup of my iTunes library just to be safe.


However, when I went to sync these newly made ringtones, I 
receive a message from iTunes that says if i  sync with this 
iPhone everything will be removed, and the only thing I'll have 
left are these new tones. It says that it can only sync with one 
iTunes library at a time.  Or at least, that's how the message 
sounds to me.  It sounds rather ominous.


  I don't want to lose absolutely everything on my phone just to 
add a few ringtones.  That seems rather silly to me.  I know a 
lot of you guys on here use macs, but remember, this is in 
Windows 10, using the most recent version of iTunes, screenreader 
is Window-eyes 9.4.0.


Is it safe to hit the remove and sync button, or if I do that, 
will the only thing that's removed are the tones? If all it'll 
remove is my current batch of tones that's ok, but my concern is 
losing everything else such as apps, and music.  I'm a bit lost 
to tell you the truth. I hope someone has experience with this.

Thanks for any help, guys!

Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in windows 10

[Chris Skarstad]

Absolutely, i've been using VoiceOver for about 4 years now on a daily 
basis.  But once again, we're straying from the answer i'm wanting to 
get here.


 I just need to know what's going to happen if I have to hit this erase 
and sync button.  If it's only going to erase tones only, that's not a 
problem. However, if it's going to erase everything on the phone and 
I'll need to start over from scratch and re-download all my apps and 
music I am absolutely not going to be a happy person.






On 6/14/2016 6:08 PM, Les Gordon wrote:
do you use any type of accessibility feature on your iphone such as 
voiceover or magifyer?


- Original Message - From: "Chris Skarstad" 


To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in 
windows 10



Hi.  But see that's just it, I'm not really having any difficulty 
reading the screens, everything's clear accept what's going to happen 
if I hit that erase and sync button. i don't like the sound of that, 
and I am extremely nervous. The only time I think i'd call the 
accessibility line is if I was having trouble reading the screen, and 
I'm not really having trouble with that part of it.





On 6/14/2016 5:58 PM, Les Gordon wrote:

hi, what i'd do to be sure is call apple accessibility support.
877-204-3930

you will need your apple id and phones sn. if its not registered. 
they are extremely good. and its just designed for accessibility users.




- Original Message - From: "Chris Skarstad" 


To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in 
windows 10



Hi.  I certainly did, in fact that was one of the very first things 
i did when setting things up. So, would you say it's safe to hit 
that erase and sync button? It looks like it's going to remove 
absolutely everything from my phone and I do not want to spend 
hours and hours re-configuring it.





On 6/14/2016 5:44 PM, Les Gordon wrote:
hello, did you do a complete backup of your iphone once you have 
it setup how you want? if so, then you have nothing to worry about 
the backup will preserve everything you have on your phone.


- Original Message - From: "Chris Skarstad" 


To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in 
windows 10



Well, I'm not having any problems with the accessibility of the 
product, all the screens read exactly as they should.  I just 
don't know what effect hitting the erase and sync button will 
have on my iPhone, which I've spent a really long time 
customizing. I have apps put in folders, and I like to have 
things in a very specific way. The accessibility here isn't the 
issue. Or at least it doesn't seem to be that way.






On 6/14/2016 5:05 PM, robert williams wrote:


You might want to consult the accessibility help department to 
help resolve your issue.Y



Robert

On Jun 14, 2016, at 2:36 PM, Chris Skarstad 
 wrote:


Hi guys


i hope the subject line was clear enough, sometimes I'm 
horrible at that.  Anyways, let me explain a little further.  I 
had iTunes running on my Windows 7 machine for many years, and 
I was successfully able to create a custom ringtone for my 
iPhone as a .m4r file, and sync it to my phone successfully. So 
recently, I got myself a brand spanking new screamer of a pc 
running Windows 10 So I


had some ringtones that I wanted to add to my phone so I 
installed iTunes on it, and authorized it on my pc and did all 
the usual stuff you have to do to get it set up.  I even did a 
backup of my iTunes library just to be safe.


However, when I went to sync these newly made ringtones, I 
receive a message from iTunes that says if i  sync with this 
iPhone everything will be removed, and the only thing I'll have 
left are these new tones. It says that it can only sync with 
one iTunes library at a time.  Or at least, that's how the 
message sounds to me.  It sounds rather ominous.


  I don't want to lose absolutely everything on my phone just 
to add a few ringtones.  That seems rather silly to me.  I know 
a lot of you guys on here use macs, but remember, this is in 
Windows 10, using the most recent version of iTunes, 
screenreader is Window-eyes 9.4.0.


Is it safe to hit the remove and sync button, or if I do that, 
will the only thing that's removed are the tones? If all it'll 
remove is my current batch of tones that's ok, but my concern 
is losing everything else such as apps, and music.  I'm a bit 
lost to tell you the truth. I hope someone has experience with 
this.

Thanks for any help, guys!

Re: soundblaster SB X-Fi Series sound card help

[Les Gordon]

what i'd do is check the drivers version for the sound card you have then go 
to there website and see the details on that specific driver it should give 
support info.
- Original Message - 
From: "Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona" 

To: ; 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:07 PM
Subject: soundblaster SB X-Fi Series sound card help


Hello how can I tell what exact vairient of the sound blaster SB X-Fi 
Series?


I can't find anything on the internet

and need to see if my varient of the sound blaster SB X-Fi Series

is supporteb by windows10

can any one help?

thanks

Hank

Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in windows 10

[Les Gordon]

hi, what i'd do to be sure is call apple accessibility support.
877-204-3930

you will need your apple id and phones sn. if its not registered. they are 
extremely good. and its just designed for accessibility users.




- Original Message - 
From: "Chris Skarstad" 

To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in windows 10


Hi.  I certainly did, in fact that was one of the very first things i did 
when setting things up.  So, would you say it's safe to hit that erase and 
sync button? It looks like it's going to remove absolutely everything from 
my phone and I do not want to spend hours and hours re-configuring it.





On 6/14/2016 5:44 PM, Les Gordon wrote:
hello, did you do a complete backup of your iphone once you have it setup 
how you want? if so, then you have nothing to worry about the backup will 
preserve everything you have on your phone.


- Original Message - From: "Chris Skarstad" 


To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in windows 
10



Well, I'm not having any problems with the accessibility of the product, 
all the screens read exactly as they should.  I just don't know what 
effect hitting the erase and sync button will have on my iPhone, which 
I've spent a really long time customizing. I have apps put in folders, 
and I like to have things in a very specific way. The accessibility here 
isn't the issue. Or at least it doesn't seem to be that way.






On 6/14/2016 5:05 PM, robert williams wrote:


You might want to consult the accessibility help department to help 
resolve your issue.Y



Robert

On Jun 14, 2016, at 2:36 PM, Chris Skarstad  
wrote:


Hi guys


i hope the subject line was clear enough, sometimes I'm horrible at 
that.  Anyways, let me explain a little further.  I had iTunes running 
on my Windows 7 machine for many years, and I was successfully able to 
create a custom ringtone for my iPhone as a .m4r file, and sync it to 
my phone successfully.   So recently, I got myself a brand spanking 
new screamer of a pc running Windows 10   So I


had some ringtones that I wanted to add to my phone so I installed 
iTunes on it, and authorized it on my pc and did all the usual stuff 
you have to do to get it set up.  I even did a backup of my iTunes 
library just to be safe.


However, when I went to sync these newly made ringtones, I receive a 
message from iTunes that says if i  sync with this iPhone everything 
will be removed, and the only thing I'll have left are these new 
tones. It says that it can only sync with one iTunes library at a 
time.  Or at least, that's how the message sounds to me.  It sounds 
rather ominous.


  I don't want to lose absolutely everything on my phone just to add a 
few ringtones.  That seems rather silly to me.  I know a lot of you 
guys on here use macs, but remember, this is in Windows 10, using the 
most recent version of iTunes, screenreader is Window-eyes 9.4.0.


Is it safe to hit the remove and sync button, or if I do that, will 
the only thing that's removed are the tones?  If all it'll remove is 
my current batch of tones that's ok, but my concern is losing 
everything else such as apps, and music.  I'm a bit lost to tell you 
the truth. I hope someone has experience with this.

Thanks for any help, guys!

RE: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in windows 10

[Tom Kaufman]

Chris:  If you use Voice Over, then you certainly do qualify for tech
support; I know what you are saying (it's not an accessibility issue persee)
but I'm pretty sure that the folks at Apple would be all too glad to help
you out...and they are very good!
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Chris
Skarstad
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 6:24 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in windows 10

Absolutely, i've been using VoiceOver for about 4 years now on a daily 
basis.  But once again, we're straying from the answer i'm wanting to 
get here.

  I just need to know what's going to happen if I have to hit this erase 
and sync button.  If it's only going to erase tones only, that's not a 
problem. However, if it's going to erase everything on the phone and 
I'll need to start over from scratch and re-download all my apps and 
music I am absolutely not going to be a happy person.





On 6/14/2016 6:08 PM, Les Gordon wrote:
> do you use any type of accessibility feature on your iphone such as 
> voiceover or magifyer?
>
> - Original Message - From: "Chris Skarstad" 
> 
> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 6:02 PM
> Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in 
> windows 10
>
>
>> Hi.  But see that's just it, I'm not really having any difficulty 
>> reading the screens, everything's clear accept what's going to happen 
>> if I hit that erase and sync button. i don't like the sound of that, 
>> and I am extremely nervous. The only time I think i'd call the 
>> accessibility line is if I was having trouble reading the screen, and 
>> I'm not really having trouble with that part of it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/14/2016 5:58 PM, Les Gordon wrote:
>>> hi, what i'd do to be sure is call apple accessibility support.
>>> 877-204-3930
>>>
>>> you will need your apple id and phones sn. if its not registered. 
>>> they are extremely good. and its just designed for accessibility users.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> - Original Message - From: "Chris Skarstad" 
>>> 
>>> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:48 PM
>>> Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in 
>>> windows 10
>>>
>>>
 Hi.  I certainly did, in fact that was one of the very first things 
 i did when setting things up. So, would you say it's safe to hit 
 that erase and sync button? It looks like it's going to remove 
 absolutely everything from my phone and I do not want to spend 
 hours and hours re-configuring it.




 On 6/14/2016 5:44 PM, Les Gordon wrote:
> hello, did you do a complete backup of your iphone once you have 
> it setup how you want? if so, then you have nothing to worry about 
> the backup will preserve everything you have on your phone.
>
> - Original Message - From: "Chris Skarstad" 
> 
> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:13 PM
> Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in 
> windows 10
>
>
>> Well, I'm not having any problems with the accessibility of the 
>> product, all the screens read exactly as they should.  I just 
>> don't know what effect hitting the erase and sync button will 
>> have on my iPhone, which I've spent a really long time 
>> customizing. I have apps put in folders, and I like to have 
>> things in a very specific way. The accessibility here isn't the 
>> issue. Or at least it doesn't seem to be that way.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/14/2016 5:05 PM, robert williams wrote:
>>>
>>> You might want to consult the accessibility help department to 
>>> help resolve your issue.Y
>>>
>>>
>>> Robert
>>>
 On Jun 14, 2016, at 2:36 PM, Chris Skarstad 
  wrote:

 Hi guys


 i hope the subject line was clear enough, sometimes I'm 
 horrible at that.  Anyways, let me explain a little further.  I 
 had iTunes running on my Windows 7 machine for many years, and 
 I was successfully able to create a custom ringtone for my 
 iPhone as a .m4r file, and sync it to my phone successfully. So 
 recently, I got myself a brand spanking new screamer of a pc 
 running Windows 10 So I

 had some ringtones that I wanted to add to my phone so I 
 installed iTunes on it, and authorized it on my pc and did all 
 the usual stuff you have to do to get it set up.  I even did a 
 backup of my iTunes library just to be safe.

 However, when I went to sync these newly made 

Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in windows 10

[Les Gordon]

do you use any type of accessibility feature on your iphone such as 
voiceover or magifyer?


- Original Message - 
From: "Chris Skarstad" 

To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 6:02 PM
Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in windows 10


Hi.  But see that's just it, I'm not really having any difficulty reading 
the screens, everything's clear accept what's going to happen if I hit 
that erase and sync button. i don't like the sound of that, and I am 
extremely nervous. The only time I think i'd call the accessibility line 
is if I was having trouble reading the screen, and I'm not really having 
trouble with that part of it.





On 6/14/2016 5:58 PM, Les Gordon wrote:

hi, what i'd do to be sure is call apple accessibility support.
877-204-3930

you will need your apple id and phones sn. if its not registered. they 
are extremely good. and its just designed for accessibility users.




- Original Message - From: "Chris Skarstad" 


To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in windows 
10



Hi.  I certainly did, in fact that was one of the very first things i 
did when setting things up.  So, would you say it's safe to hit that 
erase and sync button? It looks like it's going to remove absolutely 
everything from my phone and I do not want to spend hours and hours 
re-configuring it.





On 6/14/2016 5:44 PM, Les Gordon wrote:
hello, did you do a complete backup of your iphone once you have it 
setup how you want? if so, then you have nothing to worry about the 
backup will preserve everything you have on your phone.


- Original Message - From: "Chris Skarstad" 


To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: problems adding custom made ringtones to iTunes in windows 
10



Well, I'm not having any problems with the accessibility of the 
product, all the screens read exactly as they should.  I just don't 
know what effect hitting the erase and sync button will have on my 
iPhone, which I've spent a really long time customizing. I have apps 
put in folders, and I like to have things in a very specific way. The 
accessibility here isn't the issue. Or at least it doesn't seem to be 
that way.






On 6/14/2016 5:05 PM, robert williams wrote:


You might want to consult the accessibility help department to help 
resolve your issue.Y



Robert

On Jun 14, 2016, at 2:36 PM, Chris Skarstad  
wrote:


Hi guys


i hope the subject line was clear enough, sometimes I'm horrible at 
that.  Anyways, let me explain a little further.  I had iTunes 
running on my Windows 7 machine for many years, and I was 
successfully able to create a custom ringtone for my iPhone as a 
.m4r file, and sync it to my phone successfully.   So recently, I 
got myself a brand spanking new screamer of a pc running Windows 10 
So I


had some ringtones that I wanted to add to my phone so I installed 
iTunes on it, and authorized it on my pc and did all the usual stuff 
you have to do to get it set up.  I even did a backup of my iTunes 
library just to be safe.


However, when I went to sync these newly made ringtones, I receive a 
message from iTunes that says if i  sync with this iPhone everything 
will be removed, and the only thing I'll have left are these new 
tones. It says that it can only sync with one iTunes library at a 
time.  Or at least, that's how the message sounds to me.  It sounds 
rather ominous.


  I don't want to lose absolutely everything on my phone just to add 
a few ringtones.  That seems rather silly to me.  I know a lot of 
you guys on here use macs, but remember, this is in Windows 10, 
using the most recent version of iTunes, screenreader is Window-eyes 
9.4.0.


Is it safe to hit the remove and sync button, or if I do that, will 
the only thing that's removed are the tones? If all it'll remove is 
my current batch of tones that's ok, but my concern is losing 
everything else such as apps, and music.  I'm a bit lost to tell you 
the truth. I hope someone has experience with this.

Thanks for any help, guys!