Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset?Mic Unit Review

2014-07-20 Thread Brent Harding
I wonder what thhis one is like compared to the Plantronics Audio 995 wireless headset that kind of uses an oversized flash drive-shaped thing for it's USB transmitter? Ironically, back when I first wanted a wireless headset with a mic, you were stuck with bluetooth that will lag and sound

Audio players for listening to internet streams

2014-07-20 Thread Brian Hartgen
Hello I have not been part of this mailing list for many years but have just resubscribed. Can anyone please help? Are there any other accessible Windows-based media players available please other than Winamp, principally for listening to internet radio on a computer? In a search, I came across

RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams

2014-07-20 Thread Humberto Rodriguez
Hello Brian: I mostly listen to my station http://radiogeneral.com from Internet Explorer using the Flsh add-on, but there are many programs from which you may open a radio stream, including Windows Media. I have used MaPlEr for years, because it is truly accessible, but most of all because you

Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset?Mic Unit Review

2014-07-20 Thread Petro Giannakopoulos
I do not know about the Plantronics 995 unit. I have not encountered any issues with the Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless Headset. I got to test it with a Skype call and was about 25-30 feet and caller said heard no dropouts. The Skullcandy transmitter sits on the table and a USB cable from the

Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams

2014-07-20 Thread Petro Giannakopoulos
Which browser are you using for this? - Original Message - From: Humberto Rodriguez s...@hrfinancial.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 4:43 PM Subject: RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams Hello Brian: I mostly listen

Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset?Mic Unit Review

2014-07-20 Thread Brent Harding
So, is it powered by the USB port, or does the transmitter have it's own wall plug? - Original Message - From: Petro Giannakopoulos petro...@clear.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 3:50 PM Subject: Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless

RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams

2014-07-20 Thread Humberto Rodriguez
IE 11. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Petro Giannakopoulos Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 4:55 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams Which browser are you using for this? -

Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams

2014-07-20 Thread Sunshine
with ShoutOff how do you get it to work with a screen reader like nvda, window eyes, and or jaws? On 7/20/2014 3:43 PM, Humberto Rodriguez wrote: Hello Brian: I mostly listen to my station http://radiogeneral.com from Internet Explorer using the Flsh add-on, but there are many programs from

Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset?Mic Unit Review

2014-07-20 Thread Petro Giannakopoulos
The transmitter is powered by USB and no wall plug. - Original Message - From: Brent Harding br...@hostany.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:00 PM Subject: Re: Skullcandy PLYR 2 Wireless headset?Mic Unit Review So, is it powered by

Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams

2014-07-20 Thread Peter Scanlon
I think the question is not about a browser but an actual player. I'd also like to know of a player that allows you to speed up the play of a file like the A P HStudio Recorder. P.

Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams

2014-07-20 Thread Petro Giannakopoulos
Reason I asked the question he mentioned he used an Flash add on. - Original Message - From: Peter Scanlon sca...@tpg.com.au To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:46 PM Subject: Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams I think the

Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams

2014-07-20 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi all, I don't use it myself as I'm very happy with Winamp but I know that some blind people use Foobar 2000 very successfully with Windows screen readers. It can be downloaded from www.foobar2000.org Also while it isn't strictly an audio player you may like to try TapinRadio available

Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams

2014-07-20 Thread Chris Skarstad
Foobar 2000 is always good, I haven't played with it very much but a lot of blind folks seem to really like it a whole lot. http://www.foobar2000.org is where to get a copy. It's free. On 7/20/2014 4:11 PM, Brian Hartgen wrote: Hello I have not been part of this mailing list for many

Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams

2014-07-20 Thread Steve Pattison
Hi Peter, QCast available from http://q-continuum.net/qcast will let you adjust the speed of audio files but it can't play streaming audio. It is shareware and designed to work with screen readers. Regards Steve. On 21/07/2014 7:46 AM, Peter Scanlon wrote: I think the question is not

Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams

2014-07-20 Thread Don Ball
tapin radio has lots of stations in its preset list. - Original Message - From: Humberto Rodriguez s...@hrfinancial.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 4:43 PM Subject: RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams Hello Brian:

RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams

2014-07-20 Thread Humberto Rodriguez
You need a Flash add-on installed in your browser, be it Internet Explorer or Firefox, to listen to a stream transmitted from an online Flash Player. I use it in order to start streaming automatically as soon as the page loads. I can get away with it because I use low volume and provide a button

RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams

2014-07-20 Thread Humberto Rodriguez
I don't know of a player for online streams that can increase the speed. Audio editors such as Gold Wave can. Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Peter Scanlon Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:46 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List

RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams

2014-07-20 Thread Humberto Rodriguez
It is not very accessible; I am totally blind and use Jaws but I need to use the Jaws cursor to do anything with it. Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Sunshine Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 5:26 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List

RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams

2014-07-20 Thread Humberto Rodriguez
It is absolutely tru and you can also open any online stream with Tapin Radio; also with Radio Sure and similar programs. Our stream is registered in many such databases, including Ootunes, which the one Victor Reader Stream uses. Humberto -Original Message- From: Pc-audio

Re: Audio players for listening to internet streams

2014-07-20 Thread Don Ball
this reminds me of a question I wanted to ask. How can I get firefox to save an mp3 file. It keeps wanting to play it as a video file and puts a player on the screen. so did crome. I am stuck in xp on this machine and had to use a later brouzer than IE8 but I want to be able to download and

RE: Audio players for listening to internet streams

2014-07-20 Thread Brian Hartgen
Hi Thank you for all the responses. Regarding this one specifically, is MaPlEr still in development? I've not been able to get any responses when writing to them via their email address. Thank you again. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf