Re: Hurricane City on the Mac

2009-11-23 Thread Lynn Schneider
an alternative, subscribe to mac-access go to http://www.tft-bbs.com and follow the links. DJ DOCTOR P wrote: High Lin, Try either ITunes and or QuickTime, they mite solve your problem. My best regards. John. - Original Message - From: Lynn Schneider canepri...@gmail.com To: pc-audio

Hurricane City on the Mac

2009-11-22 Thread Lynn Schneider
Hi everyone. I don't know if Mac-related audio questions are off topic for this list. If so, please forgive me. I have actually tried this question on the Mac Visionaries list with no results, so I am posting it here. Since very happily switching to the Mac a couple months or so ago, I have

Re: Hurricane City on the Mac

2009-11-22 Thread Lynn Schneider
to mac-access go to http://www.tft-bbs.com and follow the links. DJ DOCTOR P wrote: High Lin, Try either ITunes and or QuickTime, they mite solve your problem. My best regards. John. - Original Message - From: Lynn Schneider canepri...@gmail.com To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent

RE: ipod touch

2009-09-19 Thread Lynn Schneider
I purchased my Ipod Touch 32 GB on Tuesday afternoon and am making great strides in learning to use gestures with the touch screen, an experience I have never had before. Yes, the 8 GB version does not have Voiceover. Also, the mic that comes with the Touch is mono, but you can purchase a stereo

RE: More on the new Ipod Touch

2009-09-11 Thread Lynn Schneider
What I would really like to know, and I can't find this anywhere, is how the recording facilities are on this little gem. It comes with a mic, and there is a lot of discussion about the video, but nothing specific about the recording quality of the audio. Can you record in stereo with it, and in

RE: Using a Bluetooth earpiece as a general PC headset

2009-02-24 Thread Lynn Schneider
David, I'm behind on my messages, so sorry if this has already been covered. Yes, there are a couple ways you could do this. I use the Plantronics Pulsar 590A, which is an over-the-head stereo headset costing about 100 bucks that comes with a universal adapter that hooks into any non-Blue Tooth

Question about Amazon MP3 downloads

2008-11-07 Thread Lynn Schneider
Hi everyone. I am wondering if there is a way that I could download multiple MP3's with Amazon without having to go through the checkout process after each song? It's a fairly simple process when I'm downloading albums, but lets say, for instance, that I want to download six songs, all from

Getting imbedded streams to come up directly in Media Player, is it possible?

2008-09-07 Thread Lynn Schneider
My Windows Mobile device doesn't seem to like imbedded players much, so I was just wondering if there was a way to get a stream to come up directly in Media Player itself? I am wondering specifically about the live stream from http://www.hurricanecity.com/live.htm which is a media stream. If

Streaming audio and cell phones? Is it possible?

2008-08-28 Thread Lynn Schneider
I know that this message is off topic, but I honestly don't know where to go with it, and I need a solution as quickly as possible, so please respond to me privately and not to the list. I am a storm and earthquake enthusiast and often visit web sites like www.hurricanecity.com and other live

Just bought a Zoom H2, any advice?

2008-07-15 Thread Lynn Schneider
Hi! I bought myself a Zoom H2 and it should be arriving by UPS within the next couple days. I have listened to Neal Ewers' excellent podcasts on this recorder, and have downloaded and read through the manual, but I was wondering if anyone out there could give me the menu structure for it, or any

RE: Need help with Sirius Stiletto 2

2008-05-18 Thread Lynn Schneider
I know about and have used the audio capcha to listen to channels on Sirius Internet Radio. That's not the problem. The problem is when you try to log in to manage your account. There is no voice capcha there. I have looked, and it is just not there unless Jaws is doing something weird. I

Need help with Sirius Stiletto 2

2008-05-17 Thread Lynn Schneider
Hi everyone. I just set up a Sirius account today over the phone with my new Stiletto 2. I'm hoping someone out there has this radio and is using it successfully. The first problem I am having is that I cannot log into my account because there is a graphical capcha. I have already created the

RE: Need help with Sirius Stiletto 2

2008-05-17 Thread Lynn Schneider
discussed the capsha option with sirius when they launched the online service 2 years ago. They were very blind friendly when it came to access. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lynn Schneider Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 5:01 PM To: 'PC

RE: A question about Jango?

2008-04-13 Thread Lynn Schneider
I use Jango all the time and I just brought up the site again to make sure they haven't changed anything while I was sleeping last night. The first edit field I come to says, enter artist, and right underneath that is a play button. Also, there is a combo box with every station I've ever

Thoughts and questions on Jango

2008-03-23 Thread Lynn Schneider
Hi everyone. Oh I just love http://www.Jango.com! However, I do have a few questions I'm hoping someone out there can help me with. The first question concerns controlling the volume. I do see a graphic that Jaws reads as volume handle, but it doesn't appear to do anything. Is there a way I

Looking for microphone for Olympus DS40

2008-01-29 Thread Lynn Schneider
I recently purchased an Olympus DS40 recorder, but I am horribly disappointed with the supplied stereo microphone. I am hoping someone out there can recommend a better stereo mic, preferably the clip-on style, for the DS40. If I can't find a better mic for this thing, I'll be selling it on Ebay.

Victor Reader Stream and microphones

2008-01-11 Thread Lynn Schneider
I love my new Victor Stream very much and would highly recommend it to anybody who could afford it, but I have a few questions: First of all, can someone please suggest a good mic to use with my Victor Reader Stream? Secondly, a friend and I were wondering if it would be possible to achieve at

Looking for earbud suggestions

2008-01-11 Thread Lynn Schneider
Hi everyone. There are a lot of things about me that are, well, just plain weird. One of those weirdnesses is that I have had the extreme misfortune to have been born with ear canals that seem to want to spit out earbuds. I can't seem to keep the darned things in, and frankly, they drive me

RE: Amazon MP3 download service now available

2007-09-28 Thread Lynn Schneider
Hi. I have successfully used this service with Jaws and IE7 and absolutely love it! Did you install the required Amazon Downloader? In order to download albums, you need this helper application, which by the way is accessible. If you download individual songs, you don't need the downloader,

RE: Amazon MP3 download service now available

2007-09-28 Thread Lynn Schneider
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lynn Schneider Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 6:55 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Amazon MP3 download service now available Hi. I have successfully used this service with Jaws and IE7

Amazon Downloads general FAQ

2007-09-28 Thread Lynn Schneider
Here is the general FAQ from the Amazon web site for the Amazon MP3 Downloads for anyone interested. What does DRM-free mean? Digital Rights Management or DRM commonly refers to software that is designed to control or limit how a file can be played, copied, downloaded, shared, or accessed.

RE: Amazon MP3 download service now available

2007-09-28 Thread Lynn Schneider
available Where do I get the downloader for amazon? Tiffany -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lynn Schneider Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 4:55 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Amazon MP3 download service now available Hi. I

More about the Amazon Downloader

2007-09-28 Thread Lynn Schneider
Here is the information in the help file for the Amazon Downloader. They do not mention Winamp at all, but I use it with no problem to play my songs. I recommend turning off the help balloons and also setting the default player to the Do Nothing option in preferences unless you want the

RE: Yahoo and LaunchCast Plus

2007-09-25 Thread Lynn Schneider
Hi Jim. If you figure this out, please let us know how you did it. I subscribed to Launchcast for a while, but was disappointed that I couldn't seem to do much customization, which is what I now expect from online music sites. I loved the stations, but was frustrated that I couldn't seem to

Making two audio sources come through one pair of headphones

2007-08-26 Thread Lynn Schneider
I am a medical transcriptionist and a co-worker confided in me recently that my screen reader's chattering was making her crazy. She is not a transcriptionist, but we work in a small office and I try to keep my volume down as low as I can. I also turn my typing echo off to minimize the chatter,

Re: Listening to TV on my computer

2007-07-30 Thread Lynn Schneider
Hi Mike. Since I'm getting digital cable and will have a box, I was hoping to be able to hook the box up to my PC and listen through it instead of buying a TV. No, I don't want stuff in other languages because I only speak English and a smattering of French. Is there a way I can just hook a

Listening to TV on my computer

2007-07-27 Thread Lynn Schneider
Hi everyone. I do not have a TV in my room and would like to be able to listen to TV programming on my PC. I am totally blind, so I could even do without the picture. I am getting digital cable on Saturday and am wondering if there is a way to have the programming go through my PC instead of

Questions about Slingbox

2007-07-21 Thread Lynn Schneider
Hi everyone. Next Saturday, Comcast is coming out here to install digital cable and I will have a box on my mom's TV since she watches more TV than I do. I didn't want to spend the money to upgrade all the TVs in the house and was hoping to use Slingbox to get digital cable on my PC, but I

Any luck with using last.fm?

2007-03-25 Thread Lynn Schneider
Has anyone successfully used www.last.fm to listen to music? Between this site, slacker.com and pandora.com being inaccessible, I am really starting to get discouraged. I am looking for some good streaming audio to listen to at work. For some reason, ACB Radio and Live365.com's media

Re: Easy CD Extractor Version 10.0.6 is now Available

2007-03-25 Thread Lynn Schneider
Hi Steve and others. I had used and loved this program for years, but unless I want to extract all tracks on a CD, which I have been doing, I cannot get Jaws to read me the track listings so I can check and uncheck the ones I want. I didn't see anything about this problem being fixed. I am

Any luck with slacker.com?

2007-03-22 Thread Lynn Schneider
Hi everyone. I recently read about a radio service found at http://www.slacker.com. I am using the latest version of Jaws, but I can't seem to be able to successfully register for the service. I can play stations, but I can't find the volume controls. I'm just wondering if any of you have

The Caneprints guide to using AOL Radio

2007-01-18 Thread Lynn Schneider
Hi everyone. I apologize profusely for the sickeningly long post to follow, but I thought I'd offer some tips. Despite some irregularities and quirks, I have finally made peace with the AOL Radio site, and in fact, it has come to be one of my favorite music sites. I'll share below what I have

Sirius Internet Radio

2006-10-23 Thread Lynn Schneider
I'm wondering if any of you Jaws users have been successful using Sirius Internet Radio. I tried the three-day pass, but the site was very Flash-intensive and I found that it was crashing Jaws when I tried to close the player window. I really like many of the stations, and they actually

Re: Realplayer, to install or not to install

2006-09-11 Thread Lynn Schneider
, and I think it's an excellent player. -Original Message- From: Lynn Schneider [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 11 September 2006 12:00 p.m. To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Realplayer, to install or not to install Having a very strong interest in hurricanes

Realplayer, to install or not to install

2006-09-10 Thread Lynn Schneider
Having a very strong interest in hurricanes and severe weather events, I would like to take advantage of the live coverage from http://www.hurricanecity.com. However, this requires that I install Real Player on my PC. Considering the fact that the installation of Real Player on my previous

Jaws and Pandora.com

2006-08-26 Thread Lynn Schneider
I'm wondering if any of you have been able to successfully register for and use the music service at http://www.pandora.com. It looks pretty cool, but I am having difficulty registering an account with them, although they do have keyboard shortcuts for the tuner. I would be willing to get

Sound forge 8 and downloading presets

2006-07-19 Thread Lynn Schneider
Hi everyone. I am using SF8 and, while poking around on the Sony web site, I found some presets that looked pretty interesting, so I downloaded some of them. I have installed the Preset Manager, and read the accompanying documentation, but I cannot figure out how to import the .sfi files

Re: Cannot get good microphone volume

2006-07-16 Thread Lynn Schneider
I have checked every single setting I can think, and a few other places recommended to me by folks on this list, including the system tray volume control, but the mic boost remains elusive. I am very familiar with the location of the mic boost setting, as I had it on a former PC and changed it

Cannot get good microphone volume

2006-07-15 Thread Lynn Schneider
I purchased a new PC a few months ago and, despite playing with the settings in the Windows volume control, trying two sound cards and multiple microphones, I cannot seem to get good enough volume without a lot of hiss. I know I tend to be quite soft-spoken, but I didn't have this problem on

Re: Cannot get good microphone volume

2006-07-15 Thread Lynn Schneider
Hi Rick. When I go into the volume control, there is an advanced button next to the microphone, but the only thing in there is a check box for monitoring, which is checked, but nothing about the boost like I had on the old PC. I'm guessing that this sound card just isn't good for recording,