what about a program that can let you use MAC programs under windows such as fusin that lets you use windows programs under MAC is there such a program? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 12:37 PM Subject: Re: Os 10.5 Leopard, some people are having problem it seems
> Well actually, I was debating whether or not to post the original > message here in the first place because it was a little off-topic but > I decided to post the message because one of the software packages > affected was Audio Hijack Pro so hereafter I'll talk about Audio > Hijack Pro rather than specifically discussing Leopard, if anyone > would like to discuss Leopard further then I'll put some links to > other mailing lists near the end of the message. > So what is Audio Hijack Pro? Well put simply, its an all purpose > recording application, that is you can "Hijack" a source or multiple > sources, mix them together, record them, process them (by adding other > affects, removing noise etc), use an external sound editing programme > to edit your recordings launching that Editor from Audio Hijack Pro, > schedule recording times and last but not least, burn the finished > product to CD or DVD so if you like, Audio Hijack Pro can be best > described as Total Recorder taking performance enhancing drugs. > One of the main things I use this application for is to record Skype > phone calls if I have to, this can be don very easily, just select > "skype" from the table presenting all the Audio Hijack sessions you've > set up, press the Hijack button and then the Record button. > Audio Hijack Pro can Hijack specific applications or other hardware > sources, for example you may wish to Hijack Itunes which could be > playing a preset playlist of musical tracks whilst you hijack a > hardware mixer and then perhaps Hijack Skype into the mix, you can > then record your hijacked combination and so forth. > Now in the original message I sent regarding Leopard, I mentioned the > problems I was having with Audio Hijack Pro under Leopard, since I > sent that message the developers have returned my email, they've told > me that an update for Leopard is being worked on right now and should > be available for public distribution in a few days so I hope that this > update will sort things out. > Is Audio Hijack Pro available for the PC? Unfortunately not but it > would be nice if it were. > Is Audio Hijack Accessible under VoiceOver? certainly its very > accessible and there are some very well-known people using Audio > Hijack Pro to record regular podcasts and so on, you'll see some very > familiar names at http://www.blindcooltech.com who use this software > for their productions. I'm totally blind and I have no problems with > accessing the software, VoiceOver has facilities to help those who > have a little sight to navigate the Mac and associated applications. > Ok, for those who wish to find out more about Leopard and VoiceOver's > many features perhaps you could subscribe to the mac-access list, send > a blank email message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Finally regarding the Mac's market share? Well yep, its about 8% > actually and I don't think Leopard will ever be a dominant force in > the marketplace but if you are considering another computer then the > Mac and Leopard offer you a whole heap of advantages over present-day > PC technology, Audio is just one area in which the Mac excells plus > you can run your Windows systems concurrently if you want to. > On 09/12/2007, at 4:04 AM, Kevin Lloyd wrote: > >> Dane, this isn't a list for operating systems or screen reader >> discussions >> but you've mentioned some interesting applications here. Might be >> useful to >> expand on how you're using these applications. That is, are you >> totally >> blind and completely relying on voice over or have some small amount >> of >> sight to get you round some difficulties when necessary or partially >> sighted >> and using screen magnification. >> >> I think the take up of Macs is about 5% compared to windows so there >> may >> only be yourself using a mac on this list but it may be useful to >> others to >> know if the operating system and these applications are totally >> accessible >> to a blind person using voice over in case someone goes for a change >> from >> windows and ends up with a pup that they can't fully use. >> >> Kevin >> E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Dane Trethowan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 1:44 PM >> Subject: Os 10.5 Leopard, some people are having problem it seems >> >> >>> Hi everyone! >>> So how are you all going with Leopard, everything running smoothly is >>> it? According to the technology columns in my local paper yesterday, >>> the transition from Tiger to Leopard for many Mac owners has been >>> less >>> than smooth. >>> The writers point out that the first problem which seems to occur >>> is a >>> "Blue Screen" when Leopard is installed and the system restarts. Well >>> that's an interesting point because when I installed Leopard onto my >>> Imac, I wasn't able to reboot the machine but I did have a faulty >>> machine at the time so I wouldn't take too much notice of my >>> experience. >>> I've installed Leopard on 2 computers here, my Macbook and a friends >>> g4 Ibook and both installs went without a hitch but I'd be lying if I >>> said that I haven't had a few teething problems with a couple of >>> pieces of software, the one which comes to mind is Audio Hijack Pro. >>> This software may require you to download extra modules depending on >>> how you use the software, for example if you want to instantly hijack >>> an application such as Real Player, VLC, Itunes or Quicktime, without >>> this plug-in Audio Hijack Pro has to re-launch the application you're >>> trying to hijack before you can proceed. So to put this into context, >>> suppose you're listening to BBC7 on the Internet through Real Audio >>> Player and you decide you like what you're hearing so you launch >>> Audio >>> Hijack Pro in order to hijack and record the output of Real audio, >>> Select Real Audio from the sessions table and press the Hijack >>> button. >>> Audio Hijack Pro then comes up with a warning message telling you >>> that >>> Real Audio player has to be re-launched before Hijacking can take >>> place, as you can see this sanario is extremely annoying but that's >>> exactly what happens without the Instant Hijack plug-in installed. >>> On my systems here and another that a friend and I have tried, Audio >>> Hijack Pro (whilst acknowledging that the Instant Hijack plug-in is >>> available) will not give you the status, that is whether its >>> installed >>> or uninstalled but its safe to say I think that uninstalled ins the >>> likely status <smile>. I've written to the developers about this so I >>> hope we see some action before too long. >>> That's the only really big annoyance I've had to put up with since >>> installing Leopard, all my other favourite applications such as Nisus >>> Writer Pro (the word processing package I use), Transmit (the FTP >>> client I use) all have released updates to cope with Leopard. >>> so here's another question. We all know that Leopard was in beta mode >>> for quite some considerable time (unless I'm very much mistaken at >>> least 12 months or more) so why are these software developers so >>> behind when it comes to releasing updates for Leopard? 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