Hi everybody,
I'm new to this topic, so I hope I ask the correct questions.
Basically, what I am looking for is an accessible and effective way to
convert text or MS Word files into mp3 or wav. I use Open Book currently,
but I imagine there is something out there which would more adequately
. There is a mailing list specifically for Open Book Users, and if
you write to me privately, I'll find the subscription information and give
it to you.
Daniel
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Hi all,
I just purchased my first downloadable album from Real Audio. The files are
in .rax format. Can I burn these files to cd using Roxeo? Or do I have to
use Real Audio? If I can only use Real, what steps do I need to take in
order to burn the files to cd? I think I have to add songs
Hi all,
I'm searching for a list of radio stations that stream their music online.
I'm hoping there might be one very complete website with links to these
stations. I've already tried:
www.radio-locator.com
Everything on that page seems to be a broken link, at least when it comes to
the
Peter,
You are correct, it was inter video win dvd. I'm afraid I haven't found the
program to be very accessible, using jaws. How do you generally access
functions like navigating menus, switching tracks, accessing different
features?
Thanks,
Scott
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Hi all,
Over the past couple weeks and especially the past three days, I have been
experiencing trouble using Major League Baseball's Gameday Audio.
Here's what I've been doing to listen. I will go to the Gameday Audio page
which I have saved as a favorite. There I will select the link for
. ' Pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 12:49 AM
Subject: RE: mlb's game day audio
Can you send me the link to that MLB web page?
Peter
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Hi all,
What program or programs would I use to take a small piece of a large wav
file and make a wav or mp3 file out of it? In other words, I have a wav file
that runs for about thirty minutes, and there are several segments, each
just a few seconds long, that I want to make into their own
Hi folks,
I'm wondering what people's experiences are with Sonic Record now. I'm
mostly interested in the accessibility of things like copying cd's, burning
cd's, ripping tracks.
I may be working with someone who has this program, (Sonic I mean), and I
only have the vaguest sense of the
Hi all,
Ok, so I had a chance to delve into Sonic's Record Now program for burning
and copying cd's. The one area where I am having difficulty making headway
is how to rip songs from cd, turn them into mp3 or WMA files, and save them
on the hard drive. Does this program support that feature?
I'm using the program avi to wav, and I just received an error message for
the first time. I of course was attempting to change a file from the .avi
format to a wav file. I received the error message when I selected the file
in question. The error was:
File is not indexed type of avi
What
Hi everyone,
When I open Real Player, I always have to suffer through advertisements. Is
there a box I can check somewhere in the program to avoid the ads? Or am I
going to get these as long as I use the free player?
Scott
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Hi all,
The cd ripping feature of Windows Media Player is quite easy to use, but I
have one question about the results. The program always creates a folder
called unknown artist, containing tracks that aren't named corresponding to
the songs. Is there an option in Windows Media to go online
Hi folks,
I have a number of cd's that I am considering copying to my hard drive; I've
had those discs for many years and I am concerned about deterioration and/or
scratching, etc. However, I don't know what file format I should convert the
tracks into. I have free versions of Real Player and
with my notmad explorer software to shrink the music on the fly
as I load my Creative jukebox.
Regards.
Kevin
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Hi folks,
I asked recently about archiving a music collection and received numerous
good suggestions. I've now got the external hard drive so I can begin the
process. But now I've got another dilemma of sorts. I plan to archive to a
lossless format, but I'm not sure which one to choose. I've
Hi all,
I'm trying to listen to the National Hockey League online, which provides
all games for free from the nhl website. However, when I go to the page
displaying the games, and I choose a game which is supposed to be playing, a
page comes up showing that the play state is stopped. When I
Hi again,
My troubles with the National Hockey League streams were fixed with a
reinstallation of Windows Media. I'm now in hockey heaven.
Scott
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Hi folks,
I've been searching the internet for info about accessible mp3 players. I've
heard a very small bit about, and I don't even know if this is the right
name, the Archos jukebox. Is this an mp3 player? If so, is it accessible for
a totally blind user? Where can I find info about any
Don,
I would guess that you might have to pay to hear the games online. As a
general rule, I have never been able to hear nfl games for free on the
Internet. That goes for the past two years anyway. Let's hope I'm wrong
about this.
Scott
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Hi folks,
I believe just about every music cd that is released has an associated code,
which I think is called the UPC. What I'm wondering is if there is a way
using a program such as Winamp or Windows Media player to determine this
code, simply by inserting a cd into the computer. I know for
www.bestbuy.com
has a couple good options. Here are the model numbers and prices:
Sony Fontopia Lightweight Ear-Bud Headphones with 9mm Drivers MDR-EX51LP
$38.99
Sony Fontopia Ear-Bud Headphones MDREX71SL/
$43.99
When you go to the website, do a search for sony headphones, not earbuds,
Hi Kevin,
I am a faithful listener of the NHL games online, but I also share the lack
of success in navigating archived games. I can't seem to even use the jaws
cursor to click on the graphic, so I'm somewhat out of ideas. There also
doesn't seem to be an option to switch from the imbedded
My experiences with MLB have been equally disappointing. I would note that
the NHL's hockey service, though impossible to navigate as it relates to
archived games, has fairly good sound quality for its broadcasts. I too hope
they begin to offer a paid service, and improve some of their
Hey folks,
I've been using wmp to rip my music collection onto an external drive, and
for the most part I'm very happy with the process. However, on occasion I
will rip a seemingly fine cd onto the drive, and when I listen to the ripped
tracks, there will be a clicking or ticking sound of a
are these
identities located?
Thanks, George.
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Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 10:37 PM
Subject: ripping with windows media player
Hey folks,
I've been using wmp to rip my music
an option in WMP to do error correction while ripping. Try that
and tell us if it makes a difference. I haven't had any trouble so far
with
the default setting, which is off. But, I was thinking I should turn it
on.
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I've
correction would fix that. Sad.
Do you have CDEX or Easy CD Extractor? One of those might do a better
job.
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Mine was off as well, but enabling it still results in the odd sounds
popping up in certain songs. It doesn't occur
but they probably can if you have the right codex installed.
I've had good luck with WMA and their lossless format so I haven't
installed
CDEX on the new machine yet.
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Do either of those programs rip to a lossless format? If so
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I rarely encountered this audio garbage when ripping to the WMA lossless
format. It happened with about five or six discs in a row recently, so I
Hi folks,
Forgive my ignorance about these things, but I am still new to the audio
side of things. I've begun ripping my cd's to 320kbps mp3. Now, I want to be
able to make smaller mp3's from these files, say 192kbps mp3's. I have
winamp pro, Windows Media Player, and real player 10 on my
a
way
to minimize this would be great.
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Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:32 AM
To: PC audio discussion list.
Subject: converting mp3 from one bitrate to another
Hi folks,
Forgive my ignorance about these things, but I am
Hi there,
I think you are headed in the right direction, but it sounds as if you might
not have ventured all the way down the page. There is a section below the
paypal payee info which says:
If you do not currently have a PayPal account,
click here
This section comes immediately after the
After clicking on the first paypal button, do the following:
1. Move to the top of the page by pressing control + home.
2. Arrow slowly down the page, listening to the information spoken.
3. You will come to a table. This table contains the payee information for
people who will be paying with
If you don't mind used music, trry either:
www.spun.com
or
www.secondspin.com
Scott
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Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 7:18 PM
Subject: RE: Purchasing CDS'S.
Try cdbaby.com.
Hi folks,
I've previously asked this question, but since lost the helpful answer. Is
there a free program to convert avi files into wav or even mp3 format? I'm
also of course interested in an application which is accessible. Someone
here had a very good suggestion, but my laptop crashed late
/avi2wav/
It's small, accessible, free, I don't think it requires an
installation at all, and it works.
Aman
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Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 9:49 PM
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Subject: avi
Hey all,
Thanks to those of you who pointed me towards the avi to wav conversion
program. It's working well, with one odd exception. The wav files that I
create from my avi files can be played in windows media player, but
apparently not in Winamp. When I open them in Winamp, they immediately
I don't often limit myself to a me too message, but Kevin has made nothing
but good points in his post. I too have found that, when talking to people
who prefer flak, more often than not they tend to be anti-microsoft, rather
than for flak for a good reason. Go WMA.
Scott
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Hey all,
I'm subscribed to the National Football League Field Pass, which allows you
to hear all NFL games. Whenever I attempt to begin playing a stream using
Real Player, I receive the following message.
A Runtime Error has occurred.
Do you wish to Debug?
Line: 10
Error: 'omni_vp' is
Hi,
I've been assisted by the Pandora tech support folks in getting registered
with the site. If you don't ask, they may not offer to help, but if you
inquire, they will ask you to email the important info to them. Once you
have been registered, you should be able to both log in, and choose
Hi all,
I'm using a demo version of gold wave and I would like to select a group of
files to convert from one format to another, such as WMA to mp3. I've
converted one file at a time, and I've seen the batch processing option in
the file menu, but when I access this dialog box, I'm a bit lost
you through it.
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Hi all,
I'm using a demo version of gold wave and I would
When I attempted sign up a few months ago, I was unsuccessful for much the
same reason. I ended up writing to tech support, and after some cajoling,
they finally signed me up themselves. Once that was accomplished, I was able
to type in an artist and get a station started. However, little else
Hi Dean,
I just want to make sure I understand what you've done, so I can try and
duplicate it here. You turned off the virtual pc cursor and tabbed, or shift
tabbed, through the media player web page view until you hear unnamed view
as if you were in WMP, then you were able to adjust volume.
Hey guys,
Anybody have suggestions on where to listen to the Copa America soccer
games? I can find a ton of Spanish feeds, but thus far nothing that will be
broadcast in English. Perhaps it's not, but I figured since this was the
world wide web, The United States' lack of interest shouldn't be
ID Mate will only identify a cd via the UPC code if that cd is in the
database utilized by the ID Mate.
Scott
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Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 12:12 AM
Subject: Re: a way to find
Yep, it is definitely free, and has been so for a couple years now.
Scott
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Subject: Re: Getting track titles from CD when ripping to MP3
will it
100% = 320kbps
66% = 256kbps
33% = 192kbps
0% = 128kbps
I'm using JAWS, and what I'm having to do in order to read the bit rate is
turn on the JAWS cursor and navigate to a line underneath the slider where
the size and bit rate info is displayed. Also, I'm using wmp 10, so not sure
if the
Hi folks,
I'm having trouble getting an audio stream to play. The link is:
http://www.anaheimducks.com
I would appreciate if someone could go to the above link, locate the listen
link, and try to activate it. Yesterday, the link worked properly, i.e.
opened a new browser window where the audio
Hi again,
Are any of you other nhl hockey fans out there having trouble accessing the
audio streams online? I used to be able to use the radio page on the nhl.com
site:
http://www.nhl.com/radio/index.html
However, over the past two days, whenever I access the above link, the page
indicates
Hey folks,
Are the NBA broadcasts being streamed through the NBA's official site? If
so, I am not finding it. Or, have they moved it to a different address, or
simply discontinued it? I'm stumped.
Scott
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Mike,
I really did blank out on that one. I think I searched on the NBA site for
everything except the name of the service, audio league pass.
Your help and patience is much appreciated,
Scott
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Hi all,
Forgive my ignorance on this topic, but I'm just now considering the
purchase of dvd-r discs for some of my storage/personal needs. I realize
however, that I know very little about the technology. Here are my
questions:
1. Can dvd-r discs be used to store mp3 and other compresse media
Hi all,
I'm searching for a program which will allow me to put a cd into my
computer, copy the contents to the hard drive, then remove the original and
put in a blank disc to make a copy. The catch is, I need this process to be
as simple as possible. I'm seeking the simplicity for a client of
. Earlier releases of seven weren't but
a
later patch for one and a recent jaws update has fixed everything.
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Hello all,
I'm seeking a copy of an older version of river past audio converter, 5.0.0.
This is an obsolete version, but I'm hoping someone might be able to provide
a link for me to access the application.
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Thanks,
Scott
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Hi all,
How can I go about adding the lame mp3 converted to goldwave? I downloaded
the lame program, and unzipped it from its archive, but when I ran the exe
file, nothing happened, so I'm not sure whether the program was installed.
Thanks,
Scott
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Hey everyone,
Is it still possible to use Goldwave to convert Audible books into other
formats? I'm reading conflicting information about how to do it, if the
process is even still available. If this option is not feasible, is there
any other method for converting the .aa files?
Scott
Hi all,
Wondering if the following scenario is feasible, and if so, which mics you
all might recommend.
I would like to be able to use a headset type mic, the sort which goes over
your head, and has a mic which curves around one side to point at your
mouth. However, I'd like it to be wireless
Hi all,
From all indications, Windows Media 11 should support the playback of dvd
media, both the old school variety and hd dvd's. However, I am unable to get
wmp to play back the audio ... video may be coming through but I have no sight
so ...
I've set up wmp to be the default player for dvd
Hi folks,
I am, for the first time, dipping my toe into the murky waters of copying a
dvd. I would basically like to take a dvd disc, back it up onto my computer,
and then copy that info onto another dvd disc. So basically I want to copy
disc to disc.
I have read conflicting information on
Hi all,
I'd like to make use of the built-in cd writing features of Windows Vista. What
is the best way to add files to a cdrw disc and then burn the cd? I'm working
with JAWS 9.
Thanks,
Scott
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Is this possible this season? Accessing the nhl radio page seems inaccessible,
and going to a team web-site doesn't reveal any specific details about radio
broadcasts. NHL *was* one of the few free services left. Maybe not anymore?
Scott
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Hi folks,
I'm working with both Winamp and Windows Media Player, and though neither
program is perfect, I'm finding that Winamp seems to Excel a bit when it comes
to identifying compact discs inserted into the computer. Is this based upon the
databases accessed by the two applications? Is
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Subject: Windows Media Player not recognizing various cd's
Hi folks,
I'm working with both Winamp and Windows Media Player, and though neither
are correct.
thanks les
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Hi all,
What method do you folks recommend for creating a playlist? The environment is
Windows XP. The user has both Windows Media and Winamp, both of which have
capabilities similar to or exactly like what is sought. However, I'm wondering
if one of these is your preferred program to create a
to verizon tech support, that is the only phone that will work. I going
off to get a guide dog in new jersey so i want the gps.
Hope this helps. Dan
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Dan, I'm a bit unclear on your message. Will you be using either Mobile
Speak or Mobile Geo
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