For SPL and NvDA users: Announcing SPL add-on 6.0 public preview and an invitation to the users chat

[Joseph Lee]

Hi broadcasters, especially NVDA users using SPL Studio:

Welcome to a new chapter in StationPlaylist Studio add-on development:
release of SPL Studio add-on 6.0 public preview (no, this isn't Studio 6.00,
it is NVDA add-on 6.0). Please read this document to the end as it includes
important information about public preview builds, how to contact me and
what's new, changed and removed.

Few things about the public preview:

* In essence, this is the September 2015 snapshot for add-on 6.0.
Please read on for a list of changes from last snapshot.

* This is a public preview. Anyone can install this build and try it
on production environments (please try using it once or twice).

* Unlike the beta build, you can go back to the stable version
(currently 5.4) unless you've experimented with broadcast profiles.

* Also, unlike beta builds, you'll hear debug tones as you navigate
between tracks in the main playlist viewer. This is designed to see if a bug
related to Track Dial (inability to toggle it when switching to Studio) is
fixed (if you hear the tone, then the bug is gone).

* Some features are under active development, including a feature
that was just added and will be tested throughout this year.

To download the public preview, go to:

http://addons.nvda-project.org/addons/StationPlaylist.en.html

Select the development version link (feel free to install this).

Now the fun part: what's new and changed:

* Place markers: You can now set a track as a place marker track.
Press SPL Assistant, Control+K to set, and SPL Assistant, K to move to the
marked track.

* Improved performance when finding tracks: If you've searched for a
text before and when you press NVDA+F3, it took NVDA up to several seconds
to locate the track with the searched text. This was noticeable if you've
loaded a playlist with hundreds of tracks. In this preview build, you can
expect superior performance (testing shows between five to ten times
performance improvements).

* Track Dial for Track Tool: If you haven't assigned a command to
toggle Track Dial in Track Tool, the command you assigned to toggle Track
Dial in Studio can be used (it'll not work if you've assigned a command to
toggle this in Track Tool).

* SPL Assistant entry behavior: if you set status announcements to
words, NVDA will now say "Studio" when SPL Assistant key is pressed.

* Screen reader compatibility mode: see the next section for details
(experimental).

 

About screen reader compatibility mode: When this mode is active, certain
SPL Assistant layer commands will use commands used by other screen readers
(notably Studio layer found in JAWS for Windows scripts). This is designed
for those who need to use multiple screen readers and/or in the middle of
transitioning from one screen reader to another.

To activate this mode, after installing the preview build, go to add-on
settings, open Advanced Settings and check "Screen reader compatibility
mode" checkbox. Once activated, NVDA will say "JAWS" when you press SPL
Assistant key.

Following are command differences between native NVDA mode and compatibility
mode:

 

Native (default mode with compatibility mode off):

* Listener count: I.

* Playlist remaining time: D.

* Line-in status: L.

* Record to file status: R.

 

Compatibility mode:

* Listener count: L.

* Playlist remaining time: R.

* Line-in status: Shift+L.

* Record to file status: E.

 

Note that this is an experimental feature that may or may not make it to
official 6.0 release.

 

Lastly, I'd like to invite you to an users chat with other SPL Studio add-on
users. Scheduled for September 26, this is a great opportunity for you to
meet the developer behind Studio add-on for NVDA, suggest new features, talk
about bugs and so on. I'll also perform live demos of some of the features
in 6.0 and show you how your suggestions come to life by doing live
programming. Go to www.nvda-kr.org/en/nvdacon.php
  for more information.

To contact me about the add-on preview, please use the following contact
information:

* Email: joseph.lee22...@gmail.com
 

* Twitter: @joslee

Enjoy the preview, and I look forward to working with you to make add-on 6.0
a great release. Thanks.

Cheers,

Joseph

 

Re: Phone Suggestions Pollycom

[Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona]

to bad it won't work with non skype devices
but this is nice none the less
Hank


On 9/9/2015 8:20 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

Hi!

Quite some time ago I wrote to the list bemoaning the fact that a good Desktop 
phone seemed incredibly hard to find, at the time my 12 year old Panasonic 
desktop phone had died.

Another list member suggested that I lookup the range of Polycom products, a 
most useful suggestion though I found something that - whilst it wasn’t exactly 
what I had in mind - it nevertheless will be of great benefit, I’m talking 
about the Polycom Skype Hands Free conference speakerphone, I received it this 
morning, its now set up on my desktop and is better than I ever thought 
possible.

The first thing that struck me about this phone was how small it was, it could 
fit easily into a jacket pocket and even comes with a carry pouch so its 
completely portable.

The phone plugs into a USB port on a computer, has 2 microphones on the bottom 
and a speaker at the top.

The USB stores away rolled up under the desktop stand the phone rests on.

On the front of the phone are various buttons including volume up/down, a 
button to answerer/end calls and programmable buttons that can launch various 
applications or tasks, you can turn your webcam on for example.

Whilst the Polycom Skype phone is at home on a desk with a desktop computer I can’t 
help feeling - given the size of the device - how handy it would be for the user of a 
Notebook who is in the road, often in such cases Notebook speakers and microphones 
just don’t cut it when you need to use them for such things as Skype, the Polycom 
Skype Conference phone will do the trick in say a hotel room, the specifications 
state that the phone will pickup the voices of 4 people in a room, haven’t had the 
chance to try that yet .


**
Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
halfwits in this world behind.

Re: Phone Suggestions Pollycom

[Dane Trethowan]

I can’t see why it wouldn’t work with non Skype devices though how well it will 
work is the interesting question, the device is your standard sound device 
however some extra add-ons and plug-ins are installed that Skype runs, I know 
these provide control functionality to the buttons on the front and they may 
also be the controller of the microphones for echo noise cancelation and so on.


> On 10 Sep 2015, at 1:24 pm, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona 
>  wrote:
> 
> to bad it won't work with non skype devices
> but this is nice none the less
> Hank
> 
> 
> On 9/9/2015 8:20 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
>> Hi!
>> 
>> Quite some time ago I wrote to the list bemoaning the fact that a good 
>> Desktop phone seemed incredibly hard to find, at the time my 12 year old 
>> Panasonic desktop phone had died.
>> 
>> Another list member suggested that I lookup the range of Polycom products, a 
>> most useful suggestion though I found something that - whilst it wasn’t 
>> exactly what I had in mind - it nevertheless will be of great benefit, I’m 
>> talking about the Polycom Skype Hands Free conference speakerphone, I 
>> received it this morning, its now set up on my desktop and is better than I 
>> ever thought possible.
>> 
>> The first thing that struck me about this phone was how small it was, it 
>> could fit easily into a jacket pocket and even comes with a carry pouch so 
>> its completely portable.
>> 
>> The phone plugs into a USB port on a computer, has 2 microphones on the 
>> bottom and a speaker at the top.
>> 
>> The USB stores away rolled up under the desktop stand the phone rests on.
>> 
>> On the front of the phone are various buttons including volume up/down, a 
>> button to answerer/end calls and programmable buttons that can launch 
>> various applications or tasks, you can turn your webcam on for example.
>> 
>> Whilst the Polycom Skype phone is at home on a desk with a desktop computer 
>> I can’t help feeling - given the size of the device - how handy it would be 
>> for the user of a Notebook who is in the road, often in such cases Notebook 
>> speakers and microphones just don’t cut it when you need to use them for 
>> such things as Skype, the Polycom Skype Conference phone will do the trick 
>> in say a hotel room, the specifications state that the phone will pickup the 
>> voices of 4 people in a room, haven’t had the chance to try that yet .
>> 
>> 
>> **
>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
>> halfwits in this world behind.
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

**
Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
halfwits in this world behind.

Phone Suggestions Pollycom

[Dane Trethowan]

Hi!

Quite some time ago I wrote to the list bemoaning the fact that a good Desktop 
phone seemed incredibly hard to find, at the time my 12 year old Panasonic 
desktop phone had died.

Another list member suggested that I lookup the range of Polycom products, a 
most useful suggestion though I found something that - whilst it wasn’t exactly 
what I had in mind - it nevertheless will be of great benefit, I’m talking 
about the Polycom Skype Hands Free conference speakerphone, I received it this 
morning, its now set up on my desktop and is better than I ever thought 
possible.

The first thing that struck me about this phone was how small it was, it could 
fit easily into a jacket pocket and even comes with a carry pouch so its 
completely portable.

The phone plugs into a USB port on a computer, has 2 microphones on the bottom 
and a speaker at the top.

The USB stores away rolled up under the desktop stand the phone rests on.

On the front of the phone are various buttons including volume up/down, a 
button to answerer/end calls and programmable buttons that can launch various 
applications or tasks, you can turn your webcam on for example.

Whilst the Polycom Skype phone is at home on a desk with a desktop computer I 
can’t help feeling - given the size of the device - how handy it would be for 
the user of a Notebook who is in the road, often in such cases Notebook 
speakers and microphones just don’t cut it when you need to use them for such 
things as Skype, the Polycom Skype Conference phone will do the trick in say a 
hotel room, the specifications state that the phone will pickup the voices of 4 
people in a room, haven’t had the chance to try that yet .


**
Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
halfwits in this world behind.

Re: Phone Suggestions Pollycom

[Dane Trethowan]

I also neglected to mention that the Pollycom Skype phone comes with a 3.5MM 
headphone socket so you can plug a set of headphones into the unit if you wish 
to take a private call.

If you like you can also use this device - with headphones connected - as a 
very good quality playback device for music etc.


> On 10 Sep 2015, at 1:24 pm, Hank Smith, and Seeing-eye dog Iona 
>  wrote:
> 
> to bad it won't work with non skype devices
> but this is nice none the less
> Hank
> 
> 
> On 9/9/2015 8:20 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
>> Hi!
>> 
>> Quite some time ago I wrote to the list bemoaning the fact that a good 
>> Desktop phone seemed incredibly hard to find, at the time my 12 year old 
>> Panasonic desktop phone had died.
>> 
>> Another list member suggested that I lookup the range of Polycom products, a 
>> most useful suggestion though I found something that - whilst it wasn’t 
>> exactly what I had in mind - it nevertheless will be of great benefit, I’m 
>> talking about the Polycom Skype Hands Free conference speakerphone, I 
>> received it this morning, its now set up on my desktop and is better than I 
>> ever thought possible.
>> 
>> The first thing that struck me about this phone was how small it was, it 
>> could fit easily into a jacket pocket and even comes with a carry pouch so 
>> its completely portable.
>> 
>> The phone plugs into a USB port on a computer, has 2 microphones on the 
>> bottom and a speaker at the top.
>> 
>> The USB stores away rolled up under the desktop stand the phone rests on.
>> 
>> On the front of the phone are various buttons including volume up/down, a 
>> button to answerer/end calls and programmable buttons that can launch 
>> various applications or tasks, you can turn your webcam on for example.
>> 
>> Whilst the Polycom Skype phone is at home on a desk with a desktop computer 
>> I can’t help feeling - given the size of the device - how handy it would be 
>> for the user of a Notebook who is in the road, often in such cases Notebook 
>> speakers and microphones just don’t cut it when you need to use them for 
>> such things as Skype, the Polycom Skype Conference phone will do the trick 
>> in say a hotel room, the specifications state that the phone will pickup the 
>> voices of 4 people in a room, haven’t had the chance to try that yet .
>> 
>> 
>> **
>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
>> halfwits in this world behind.
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

**
Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
halfwits in this world behind.

using replay 8.43 I need a driver to make the what you hear feature work

[joanne]

I want to do a recording using sound from my computer, and every computer I've 
used with Windows 7 says, upon doing the sound test, that no compatible driver 
can be found and I need an enhanced Replay driver.  Can someone tell me how to 
get this particular driver and will it take over as default in my sounds menu?  
We want to keep whatever sound card is on here as default but I also seem to 
need an enhanced driver for what you hear recordings.

Thanks for any input.


Joanne