Re: Pioneer XW-SMA3 Wireless Speaker System

2014-06-06 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Of course. But please let us know about the pioner speakers. I am really in need for a good wireless one for my kitchen. The ihome iw1 is not acting as i expect it to. /A 5 jun 2014 kl. 20:14 skrev Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net: Where do I put them? Wherever they'll fit smile, I do

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

2014-06-06 Thread Aidan
Hi jhon, yes its a great unit, but first off, I think it could have better hardware. The sound quality when connected to external speakers is ok, but not good enough for a device with such a price tag. If this happened with a mainstream product, sighted people would rave about it, so why should we

Re: Olympus LS100 Multi Track Recorder

2014-06-06 Thread Aidan
Its stil much cheaper than what I have to pay for it, I wish I could get that dollar price. I am happy with the ls14, and they go up to the same quality, but if I can get one of these, I would be happy, as its always better to connect with xlr than the 3.5 stuff. On 05/06/2014, Hamit Campos

iPhone Bought From Appl

2014-06-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! If anyone in the U.S. has purchased an iPhone outright from Apple could get in touch with me privately then it would be great, I'd like to ask a couple of questions of you regarding your experience, doing some research on behalf of someone who wants to buy an iPhone. Dane Trethowan's

RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media Player thatGivesBlindand Visually Impaired Near-instant Access to Printed Text

2014-06-06 Thread Adrien Collins
Hi Yes trouble is bows are so expensive, mind you by the time we have got a stream or two and a plextalk, a bows system wouldn't go amiss, for those 3 alone you wouldn't have much change out of £1000. Regards Adrien -Original Message- From: Pc-audio

RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayer thatGivesBlindand Visually Impaired Near-instant Accessto Printed Text

2014-06-06 Thread Adrien Collins
Hi Garry Yes that is it, I would buy a blaze if I didn't have my vr streams but have no real need to buy another audio player. Regards Adrien -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Gary King Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 10:18 PM To: PC

RE: Olympus LS100 Multi Track Recorder

2014-06-06 Thread Hamit Campos
I always hear that yeah. That XLR is better. I've heard the LS14 too, but on a youtube vid so it wasn't all that good. The LS 100 I heard Neal demo. He compared it to his $4000 super epic Sound Devices 744T recorder. I love the sound of that recorder with the Rode NT1-A mike. Can you emagine now

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

2014-06-06 Thread Hamit Campos
Oh now that's not good, you shouldn't have to reset the thing that much. They know about this wright? -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 5:14 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc.

RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sizedMedia Player that Gives Blindand Visually ImpairedNear-instant Access to Printed Text

2014-06-06 Thread Londa Peterson
In the US, you can also deduct this stuff as durable medical equipment if you have enough medical expenses to deduct. I even deduct my guide dog's expenses this way. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Kelly Pierce Sent: Thursday, June

RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media PlayerthatGivesBlindand Visually Impaired Near-instant Access toPrinted Text

2014-06-06 Thread Adrien Collins
Hi Dane I don't know if you know, last year sometime humanware did a survey of what the users of the vr stream wanted, I think there was more demand for wifi than bluetooth, I think bluetooth would mean another hardware up-grade, I am not sure. I think bluetooth would have been great but as we

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

2014-06-06 Thread John Gurd
That's true, I've had to reset my Booksense more than I'd like when using Bluetooth in particular. The sound quality is fine for audio and text books and for casual listening to entertainment. I've copied a lot of music onto the SD card when I first got it, but when using decent headphones I

Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc

2014-06-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi Adrien, I've changed the subject line to better suit the discussion. I didn't know that a survey was done so thanks for pointing this out. I can see how a lot of people wouldn't have rated Bluetooth as being critical to them but really that does illustrate more than anything to me just how

RE: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc

2014-06-06 Thread Adrien Collins
Hi Dane Yes I see where you are coming from, I don't have much use for bluetooth regarding an mp3 or daisy player such as the vr stream but to have built in bluetooth for earphones would have been nice, I was one who requested it but I think I was in a minority. I do use bluetooth on my mobile

Re: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc

2014-06-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
A couple of things here. I got a VR Stream - First Generation - in 2009, 5 years ago. At the time I was warned about the VR Streams dreadful speaker but - given the size and not knowing any better - I defended the VR Streams speaker, after all it seemed its better to have a speaker than not

RE: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc

2014-06-06 Thread Adrien Collins
Hi Dane Yes totally agree with you, again this is why they had to bring out the new stream to offer more facilities otherwise again more and more people would have abandoned ship in favour of the iphone. I like the stream because it is easy for me to use and offers enough for me but also because

re victor stream second generation

2014-06-06 Thread brian parker
Hi list, is anyone out there using their victor to play audible books. i went through the process to activate the audible folder, and was told that the activate was successful. but, when i tried to play a book, i was told that it wasn't activated. anybody had this particular trouble. brian.

Re: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc

2014-06-06 Thread Brian Olesen
hi, Well I'm just happy there is more than one compeditor in the game. It's always for the bennefit of the consumer. The speaker in Victor Stream 2is less then optimal, but I love the physical keys, and so on. We can't win everytime. Best regards Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From:

Re: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc

2014-06-06 Thread John Heath
In defense of the Stream: First I'm not making an argument again using Apple products. My friends who are blind have and love them. However for some of us there is a very good reason to choose the Stream. Money! Those people I talk to about their i-phones tell me they pay between 45 and

recommended USB mixers

2014-06-06 Thread Armando Maldonado
Hello, I am wondering, what is the best USB mixer you can recommend for podcasting purposes? I am wanting to do podcasts but I do not have proper equipment to podcast with including the ability to connect multiple devices such as my macs and being able to speak in. in the past, I have used either

Re: Tecsun PL660 Radio

2014-06-06 Thread Howard Traxler
Dane, are you going to do a podcast on the 660? I've had my 660 for quite a while now but can't work it very well yet. Howard - Original Message - From: Howard hwolc...@stny.rr.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 6:38 PM Subject: Re:

Re: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc

2014-06-06 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I think the stream 2 and iphone can be a good combination if you want to. This is my personal thoughts though. You can do scanning with the iphone especially the 5s as its camera is far better than the one on the 4s. But of course this is a personal preference. I have a reading machine here

Re: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc

2014-06-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
I agree with your opening statement entirely, actually the more options we have then the better and the greater the versatility of the products available, I sincerely hope that Android truly becomes accessible in the near future, its very close now but not to the level of IOS etc. The Surface

RE: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc

2014-06-06 Thread Adrien Collins
Hi Brian Absolutely, the stream is great, it suits my needs, I have the plextalk pocket too but that hardly gets as much use as the stream, but they are both very good gadgets. Regards Adrien -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian

RE: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc

2014-06-06 Thread Adrien Collins
Hi John Yes the stream is good value for its simplicity, I don't have a phone on a contract but own my own phones, much cheaper way of doing it. Regards Adrien -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of John Heath Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014

Re: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc

2014-06-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
Points taken smile. I've been doing OCR work with my iPhone 5 and - perhaps its just me - but I find OCR results variable to say the least, I've had occasions where OCR has been just as good as the K1000 software I use whilst at other times its just plain dreadful and makes the K1000 software

Re: re soundforge

2014-06-06 Thread George Richardson
Hello Steve, Hope Your doing Well with sound forge. I need to know, how are You useing Windoweyes? for sight, or speech because of total blindness like Myself, I remembered You told Me You are useing windoweyes. I used it with sound fore 4.5 and version 5 but that was years a go. This sound

A Request

2014-06-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! I've asked this before, had no response so will try one last time. I know there are people living in the U.K. where the Long Wave band is still in use, could someone possibly make some recordings of some signals on the band such as BBC Radio 4 etc? I visited the U.K. 23 years ago but

RE: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc

2014-06-06 Thread André van Deventer
Why I wonder is it that all these blind specific mp3 players/recorders do not seem to perform well when you want to listen to music? Certainly my Plextalk pocket which has arguably the best recording capabilities of all these devices sound less than optimal when listening to music through the

RE: recommended USB mixers

2014-06-06 Thread Robert Nelson
In the circumstances, perhaps you should look at the following: iSTUDIO iS202 iPad Docking Station with Audio, Video and Midi Connectivity .Complete and high-quality Music Studio for Apple iPad (3rd generation), iPad 2 and iPad .Connect your microphones, instruments and audio sources to

RE: recommended USB mixers

2014-06-06 Thread Armando Maldonado
Thanks I am confused, which one is the best? I have all new gen of iDevices, from iPhone to iPad and a macbook pro mid 2012 along with a Mac Mini, Thanks. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Robert Nelson Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 2:23

RE: A Request

2014-06-06 Thread Dave McElroy
Even there, not much going on. RTE, the irish broadcast network is there along with some French stuff. Not to earth shaking as of Novembert, 2013 when we were there. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Friday, June

RE: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc

2014-06-06 Thread Dave McElroy
i have an old original stream and it still works well for me. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of John Heath Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 9:54 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc In

Re: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc

2014-06-06 Thread Dane Trethowan
I've still got my original stream, still works well though I think the internal speaker is just about shot, the machine just doesn't get used these days as I use the Voice Dream Reader etc for my reading tasks, that's how things stand at the moment of course smile. On 7 Jun 2014, at 8:39 am,

Re: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc

2014-06-06 Thread Dan McCurley
Can I gather from your message that the surface pro is accessible with jaws? - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 6:04 PM Subject: Re: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc

RE: recommended USB mixers

2014-06-06 Thread Robert Nelson
Use the Behringer mixer with the Ipad. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Armando Maldonado Sent: Saturday, 7 June 2014 7:26 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: recommended USB mixers Thanks I am confused, which one is the