Re: Digital Recorders (Sony PCM-D50)

2017-11-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
Very accessible, see the link to Neil’s review. ** “For the gardener nothing is more handier than bulbs, I mean the 1’s you put in the ground and not the electric light 1’s.” > On 9 Nov 2017, at 11:31 pm, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > How accessible is

RE: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread Peter Scanlon
What is aptx why is that better than what ever other Blue Tooth? -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg Sent: Thursday, November 9, 2017 11:29 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Humanwear

Re: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread Mary Otten
I do not think so. They don’t mention it when they reference bluetooth. Best to ask to be sure. Sent from my iPhone > On Nov 9, 2017, at 4:46 AM, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > Yes but does it support the aptx format. > I don’t want to spend another bunch of money

Re: Digital Recorders (Sony PCM-D50)

2017-11-09 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! How accessible is it? I guess if you’re lucky with it it must be very accessible. By the way i saw a nice little recording device which was just a microphone with 2 or three buttons on. Also a built in headphone jack and a slot for an micro sd card. The price was to high but it seemed to do

accessible digital recorder with editing

2017-11-09 Thread Fanus
Hello Dane & list Does one get an accessible digital recorder with editing capabilities. A friend of mine is a member of a choir. The choir master records the songs for her but everytime she makes a mistake she must start from scratch resulting in the creation of a new file. They are looking

Re: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Yes but does it support the aptx format. I don’t want to spend another bunch of money for a device and be disappointed again. My second gen stream is still alive and kicking but very often crashes even though its been on repair and have been reset a bunch of times. I rather use a stable

Re: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I wonder if the trek has bluetooth with aptx. I don’t think so. /A > 9 nov. 2017 kl. 06:05 skrev Dane Trethowan : > > So another new product from humanware but again I think they're missing so > many points as Humanware tend to do these days in my opinion. > >

RE: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread JOHN RIEHL
The victor Trekker does have Bluetooth capability. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2017 7:29 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek Hi! I wonder

Re: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread Mary Otten
VoiceCommands as an adjunct to an existing device could be good, although I really can’t imagine using one out in public with GPS or or on a bus or whatever. That’s why say it should be an adjunct if they did it. But doesn’t the stream run on Linux? My guess is there aren’t any APIs that would

Re: software to tag mp3 files?

2017-11-09 Thread Hamit Campos
Hi. I'm still active. I'm able to call at 4 PM monday. But as soon as you let me know what they say I could call them. Thanks. On 11/8/2017 11:13 AM, John Gurd via Pc-audio wrote: I've used Tag and Rename for years. It is very rich in features and accessible with Jaws. I can't remember how

SV: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread Brian Olesen
HI, AptX is not a format it's a protocol. Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af Anders Holmberg Sendt: 9. november 2017 13:47 Til: PC Audio Discussion List Emne: Re: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek Hi!

Re: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
That’s obviously a personal thing isn’t it? I mean there are plenty of people who use Voice commands with their iPhone and Siri, Android phone with Google assistant and Goodness only knows how many other GPS and Entertainment devices out there. All new cars sold these days have facilities to

RE: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread Peter Scanlon
The good thing about Victor is it has real buttons. No need for voice command. I agree doing voice command in public can be a problem. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Mary Otten Sent: Friday, November 10, 2017 1:33 AM To: PC Audio

Re: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread Aidan
Yes, the button thing is great, but unfortunetly they did not change enough hardware. The stream hardware is quite bad, and all they done now is to change the procesor and remove the line in jac to make room for the gps antenna. They are lazy these days, come out with just a few updates once every

Re: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yep it has buttons, more to go wrong. ** “For the gardener nothing is more handier than bulbs, I mean the 1’s you put in the ground and not the electric light 1’s.” > On 10 Nov 2017, at 5:37 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: > > The good thing about Victor is it has real

Re: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! THanks Eden for letting us know that. Then there will not be any trek in this house. I rather use my Nokia 8 or moto g 5 for such purpose or my stream 2 for listening to daisy books unless it doesn’t turn of by it self without any warning like it use to do for me when i have wifi on. /A > 9

RE: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread Peter Scanlon
Good point you make about those seconds wasting time. Today, so much time can be wasted deleting crap emails or social media stuff, that wastes time in business or study. Especially as it takes us longer to identify a not wanted message than a sighted person. -Original Message- From:

Re: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Yes you’re right Brian but they should have put better hardware into the stream. I have had my for repair once and i think it needs to go on repair again. /A > 9 nov. 2017 kl. 22:14 skrev Brian Olesen : > > Hey Mary, > You are so perfectly right, and to tell you the truth

Re: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
Well enjoy wasting your time then. > On 10 Nov 2017, at 9:09 am, Peter Scanlon wrote: > > Good point you make about those seconds wasting time. > Today, so much time can be wasted deleting crap emails or social media > stuff, that wastes time in business or study. >

Re: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
That argument is just ridiculous, have you ever used an Amazon Echo or a Google home? you can only interact with those devices the one way, with your voice! Obviously you use an App or a Web Page to set these devices up but once that's done? Well you either talk and use the device or you fall

Re: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
Apologies as I didn’t know you had an Amazon Echo but that’s as far as the apology goes. Remembering skills? I have skills on my Amazon Echo and yes, its probably not used as much as yours would be given the Amazon echo is not fully supported in Australia but I do indeed know what skills I have

Re: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
We'll agree to disagree then. Humanware only wants to support a part of the market they know they can extract money from, those Humanware can preach to and easily convince that Humanware are the only solution on Planet Earth, a bit like the Church of Scientology. On 11/10/2017 7:57 AM,

Re: Digital Recorders (Sony PCM-D50)

2017-11-09 Thread Georges Zaynoun
Where did you see it and what is its name? Available where? Original message: Hi! How accessible is it? I guess if you’re lucky with it it must be very accessible. By the way i saw a nice little recording device which was just a microphone with 2 or three buttons on. Also a built in headphone

Re: accessible digital recorder with editing

2017-11-09 Thread Dane Trethowan
No, the H1 doesn't have a Pre-record buffer but i'm sure some of the other Zoom models do. The H1 for waht it is presents a very basic audio recorder designed to do a job and do it very well, record audio at a very bargain basement price though there's nothing bargain basement about the

SV: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread Brian Olesen
Hi, Ah let's get this strate. aptX is a faster protocol especially used by gamers to get lower latency when playing with Bluetooth headphones. The aptX audio codec is available for consumer and automotive wireless audio applications, notably the real-time streaming of lossy stereo audio over

SV: Humanwear Victor Reader Stream Trek

2017-11-09 Thread Brian Olesen
Hi Anders, Oh sorry to hear that. I never had issues with mine. But you're right that such a device should contain up-up to date hardware, and downloading books is a pain too. Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] På vegne af Anders