Re: [MCN-L] Adobe Creative Suite licensing

Does this help? http://www.tech-crawl.com/products/adobe-creative-cloud-for-teams-non-profit We are not a non-profit so I can’t speak directly to your needs. We have to go the standard route at $600 per year. All things considered, it’s better deal for us than the old system. cheers,

Re: [MCN-L] Securing public computers

There is no one-size-fits-all answer because the needs and circumstances of each installation are different. It requires a multi-layered approach. First, define the threats. Prioritize them, then look for the mitigations of those threats. There are so many potential failure points and they can’t

Re: [MCN-L] Touch screen monitors

I’m a big fan of Planar Systems. They are a very personal company in an impersonal business whose product lines target the exhibition market. US based with great personal support and their products are world class. http://www.planar.com/products/large-format-displays/ I wrote this a few weeks a

Re: [MCN-L] Transcription software for oral histories

Assuming you are working with files, I highly recommend Inqscribe. https://www.inqscribe.com/ And a foot pedal. http://support.inqscribe.com/knowledgebase/articles/14409-which-foot-pedals-can-i-use-with-inqscribe Yes, there are cheaper products, but Inqscribe is better. The killer features (whic

Re: [MCN-L] Transcription software for oral histories

On May 1, 2016, at 4:21 PM, Levy, Michael wrote: > > Peter, if you are interested in speech-to-text software, let the list know > and I'm sure there are people who can share their experiences. Automated speech to text can’t yet do better than about 80% accuracy under ideal conditions. Most reco

Re: [MCN-L] iPad Lockdown Help

Very interesting. I’d like to learn more. Assuming accessibility is not built into the running application, which iOS functions would you consider important to the accessibility of iPads? Do you know if these functions can be made available via touch if the Home button is covered? Cheers,

Re: [MCN-L] Mailing list submission - TIFF file compression

Zip compression should not harm the file but unless it is your intention to bundle many files into one, I would not chose it over using an internal graphics compression scheme. Your TIFFs may already be compressed internal, using LZW or Packbits. If so, zipping them will not reduce the file si

Re: [MCN-L] Oral History Recording Booth in Exhibit

It depends a great deal on what you wish to accomplish. Recording visitors is relatively easy. It’s the visitor experience design and the the back end that are tricky: how you guide the visitors and what you do with the recordings. In other words, how does this become meaningful for the visitor.

Re: [MCN-L] Voice to Text Software/Hardware for Cataloguing

> On Mar 1, 2019, at 12:09 PM, Sterling Jenson wrote: > > it make more sense to utilize a headset to cut out some of the ambient > noise and thus reduce the number of errors in the process? A headset is much better for dictation work and generally recommended. Headsets are specifically designed

[MCN-L] Captioning Suggestions

Some suggestions for approaching captions: Don’t blindly auto-caption. If you rely on YouTube auto-captioning, you should invest a small amount of time in learning to use YouTube's caption editor to review and correct your captions. Bad captions are worse than useless and terrible for your imag

Re: [MCN-L] Video hosting question

> On Oct 15, 2019, at 9:12 AM, Matt Morgan wrote: > > It's worth mentioning Vimeo Pro, > > https://vimeo.com/professionals > > which is super cheap compared to self-hosting or the enterprise video > providers but does everything most people want. I second

[MCN-L] Vimeo and Accessibility

Vimeo is announcing that their embedded player now meets WCAG AA standards. https://vimeo.com/blog/post/accessibility-updates-to-the-vimeo-player/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=vimeo-newsletter-201910&utm_campaign=37489 cheers, Tod Hopkins Hillmann & Carr Inc.

Re: [MCN-L] Cleaning touchscreens/exhibit interactives

> On Mar 9, 2020, at 12:15 PM, Jason Bondy wrote: > > I am curious as to what others are using to disinfect or sanitize > touchscreens in exhibits. TLDNR: I would not recommend alcohol. Otherwise, consider that your cleaning crew is probably using whatever they have on hand unless you have e

Re: [MCN-L] Cleaning touchscreens/exhibit interactives

On Mar 10, 2020, at 1:26 PM, Matt Popke wrote: > > Apple's guidance was changed earlier this week to reflect that you can use > Clorox wipes and products that use up to 70% isopropyl alcohol on their > screens. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204172?mod=article_inline >

Re: [MCN-L] Eliminating headphones

I have historically recommended that any exhibit with headphones also include a standard mini jack for personal headphones. This is not a response to Covid but rather to the general visitor discomfort with sharing headphones. I also suggest that inexpensive ear bud type headphones be made availa

Re: [MCN-L] Eliminating headphones

While headphone technology is changing, 1/8” jacks are far from obsolete. Adding 1/8” jack to an exhibit is cheap, easy, and space efficient. The hardware is tiny, standardized, simple, and robust. And the most important reason, ear buds with 1/8” plugs easy to provide on site. They are incredib