Workshop on New Musical Interfaces and Accessibility

2014-06-04 Thread Oussama Metatla
Hello all, We are holding a hands-on workshop in which you get to hack together accessible interactive music gadgets using technologies such as Arduino http://www.arduino.cc and Raspberry Pi http://www.raspberrypi.org/. There will be two international experts on-hand to give assistance with

Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text

2014-06-04 Thread Aidan
Exactly, the fact that blootooth is so poor on the xt, shows me that they don't no what they are doing. They cannot expect people to buy this thing and just be happy with problems. They actually whent on in this fassion for far to long. The 2.3 update was great as it fixed allot of stuff, now with

Re: [Blindattic] The Blaze EZ from Ferguson Technologies

2014-06-04 Thread Aidan
Well, I'm sorry, but there is no excuse for not emplementing blootooth 4.0, as its out for a long time now and they should no that. I mean they didn't start planning this thing in 1980 or something. Its just a sick habbit many companies have to rip us off, buy letting us pay for older hardware. If

Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text

2014-06-04 Thread Dennis
this is my poinet. i don't expect a booksence update ever again. i do expect the same level of management with the blaze as the xt. after the price goes up and they add in shipping, i'm not paying $800 for this thing. i'm sure a lot of people will use the ocr function and god bless those who

Question about burning music from livedownloads.com to an audio CD

2014-06-04 Thread Alexandra Grünauer
Hi List, I recently bought some live albums from livedownloads.com. One of the formats they offer is flac. To my experience flac files when burnt to an audio CD, don't leave a tiny gap between the songs which is one of the reasons why I prefer it - apart from it being a lossless format of course

Re: Question about burning music from livedownloads.com to an audio CD

2014-06-04 Thread Laurence Taylor
On 04/06/2014 16:00, Alexandra Grünauer wrote: The flac files I bought from livedownloads.com, though when burnt to a CD, aren't seemless. although the gap is hardly audible, it's there. Since the music I bought is live music, I find that rather annoying. Although I didn't think it would

first post: best mp3 player for a totaly blind user

2014-06-04 Thread Robert Godridge
Hello all. I'm sorry if this has been discussed loads of times before, I'm new to the list and unsure how to search passed messages. I am totaly blind and am looking for an mp3 player. here are a few points. i am using a sony nwz model at the moment, this is fine but it's only 16 gb. I have about

Re: first post: best mp3 player for a totaly blind user

2014-06-04 Thread Dennis
can you use a sd card with that player? the reason i ask is if you like it that much, you could keep it and just buy a bunch of sd cards if it lets you do that. On 6/4/2014 10:14 AM, Robert Godridge wrote: Hello all. I'm sorry if this has been discussed loads of times before, I'm new to the

Re: first post: best mp3 player for a totaly blind user

2014-06-04 Thread Robert Godridge
Unfortunately not. I don't think so anyway, I see no sd card slot on it. I would highly recommend it to any other blind users, but I would really like something a bit bigger. there is a 32 gb model, but it is aparrently not as accessable as it's touch screan. can anyone conferm this? On 6/4/14,

RE: Question about burning music from livedownloads.com to an audio CD

2014-06-04 Thread Alexandra Grünauer
Thanks for the idea. The point is that I paid more money for the flac files than I would have for the MP3 files and I don't get the full benefit of that format. I just wanted to check with this list before I email to the support, if they have that at all. So more advice is very welcome. Thanks

RE: first post: best mp3 player for a totaly blind user

2014-06-04 Thread Humberto Rodriguez
I like Milestone 312, it can use an SD card of up to 32 GB. It has good sound. Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Robert Godridge Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 11:15 AM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: first post: best mp3

Re: first post: best mp3 player for a totaly blind user

2014-06-04 Thread Brian Olesen
Hi, I think you should wait a short time, and buy the new Blaze EZ From Hims International. It's gonna be the best portable device for blind people ever. Best regards Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Humberto Rodriguez Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2014 5:38 PM To: 'PC Audio

RE: first post: best mp3 player for a totaly blind user

2014-06-04 Thread Humberto Rodriguez
Yes, I do have a Milestone 312, what I like best is its size, very small, but yet with good sound and also that it plays US Library of Congress NLS BARD books. It has a 15-hour battery, 1 GB internal memory and it takes an SD card of up to 32 GB. Pretty good recording and text-to-speech

Re: first post: best mp3 player for a totaly blind user

2014-06-04 Thread Robert Godridge
Hi all, I'll have a look at that Milestone 312, how much does it hold by defalt? do you have one, Humberto, and if so what do you like best about it? reply off list if you'd rather. Yeah, that ez thing sounds amazing! but the price tag on it is bound to be enormous, so it might not be an option

Re: first post: best mp3 player for a totaly blind user

2014-06-04 Thread Gerardo Corripio
Also the Sansa Clip plus and Sansa Zip? Yes I understand you aren't fond of blindness products, but these are mainstream players one can buy in stores, having to oneself put Rockbox on them so they can turn into Talking MP3 ones. My experiences with these have been great! I've got a Sansa

Re: first post: best mp3 player for a totaly blind user

2014-06-04 Thread Robert Godridge
Hi Gerardo, does the Sansa Zip take the 32 gb sd cards? and the click plus as well? Have you used yours with the larger sd cards and how did it work? that sounds like a great option to me rite now. thanks, Rob keep the ideas coming! On 6/4/14, Gerardo Corripio gera1...@gmail.com wrote: Also

Re: first post: best mp3 player for a totaly blind user

2014-06-04 Thread Gerardo Corripio
They take cards up to 64! I've only used an 8GB card I've got, but experiences with others, have had good luck with the larger ones. El 04/06/2014 11:43 a.m., Robert Godridge escribió: Hi Gerardo, does the Sansa Zip take the 32 gb sd cards? and the click plus as well? Have you used yours

Re: first post: best mp3 player for a totaly blind user

2014-06-04 Thread Robert Godridge
yeah, this looks like a great idea! if I do get one could you tell me how to put rockbox on it, if that does talk? or are the menues very simple? I'd love to hear more ideas. Rob On 6/4/14, Gerardo Corripio gera1...@gmail.com wrote: They take cards up to 64! I've only used an 8GB card I've

Re: first post: best mp3 player for a totaly blind user

2014-06-04 Thread Laz
Hi Robert, If you just want to play your music files and not access files from NLS, Bard, read EBooks, access things from the internet, do OCR, etc, then a rockboxed Sansa is all you really need. You can hear what the Talking MP3 players are like and what they can do by downloading or listening

Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text

2014-06-04 Thread Aidan
Amen to that dennis. I would also love it if they came out with a follow up booksense, then they could keep up with updates for all booksense models. But now no one noes what will happen. Their programmers need lots of training if I may say. On 04/06/2014, Dennis dennis...@gmail.com wrote: this