Re: Multiple Devices Sharing A Skype Account

[Dane Trethowan]

Depends on what headset and Mac models we’re talking.

> On 16 Oct 2015, at 5:51 PM, Anders Holmberg  wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> So is it the hardware in the headset or the hardware on the mac?
> If the headset is the problem what headset has good quality for skype calls?
> Its no big deal but i am amazed that facetime on apple devices works like a 
> charm with all kinds of headsets.
> /A
>> On 15 Oct 2015, at 23:08, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, we’ve discussed this before.
>> 
>> The Bluetooth quality  issue is something that Skype themselves can do 
>> little about and as I’ve said previously, its all down to the hardware 
>> you’re using with Skype.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 16 Oct 2015, at 7:12 AM, Anders Holmberg  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi!
>>> One thing i don’t like about skype is the lack of quality from a bluetooth 
>>> headset.
>>> I and my friend has a lot of drops when talking but maybe its because of a 
>>> faulty connection.
>>> /A
 On 15 Oct 2015, at 00:51, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
 
 Hi!
 
 I’ve been using Skype for my default phone system since 2009 and during 
 that time I’ve found much to like about the system and very little to 
 dislike, the “Unlimited World” subscription along with the “Skype-In” 
 numbers really give the Skype service that little bit of extra value and 
 incentive to use not to mention the huge leaps and bounds audio quality 
 has taken over the last 6 years of me using the system, call dropouts are 
 pretty much left behind these days and talking with people Overseas using 
 my Skye-In numbers or my Skype-Out? Well there’s very little delay or 
 background noise.
 
 So it came to me this morning, if you have multiple devices connected to 
 your Skype account why not have them act as a sort of intercom system as 
 cordless handsets on one base do? Perhaps that’s a feature Skype may 
 consider in the future if its indeed possible and I couldn’t see why it 
 wouldn’t be given all devices logged into Skype on your account are 
 usually sharing the same Home Network anyway.
 
 
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 halfwits in this world behind.
 
 
 
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>>> 
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>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
>> halfwits in this world behind.
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Re: Multiple Devices Sharing A Skype Account

[Anders Holmberg]

Hi!
So is it the hardware in the headset or the hardware on the mac?
If the headset is the problem what headset has good quality for skype calls?
Its no big deal but i am amazed that facetime on apple devices works like a 
charm with all kinds of headsets.
/A
> On 15 Oct 2015, at 23:08, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
> 
> Yes, we’ve discussed this before.
> 
> The Bluetooth quality  issue is something that Skype themselves can do little 
> about and as I’ve said previously, its all down to the hardware you’re using 
> with Skype.
> 
> 
>> On 16 Oct 2015, at 7:12 AM, Anders Holmberg  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi!
>> One thing i don’t like about skype is the lack of quality from a bluetooth 
>> headset.
>> I and my friend has a lot of drops when talking but maybe its because of a 
>> faulty connection.
>> /A
>>> On 15 Oct 2015, at 00:51, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi!
>>> 
>>> I’ve been using Skype for my default phone system since 2009 and during 
>>> that time I’ve found much to like about the system and very little to 
>>> dislike, the “Unlimited World” subscription along with the “Skype-In” 
>>> numbers really give the Skype service that little bit of extra value and 
>>> incentive to use not to mention the huge leaps and bounds audio quality has 
>>> taken over the last 6 years of me using the system, call dropouts are 
>>> pretty much left behind these days and talking with people Overseas using 
>>> my Skye-In numbers or my Skype-Out? Well there’s very little delay or 
>>> background noise.
>>> 
>>> So it came to me this morning, if you have multiple devices connected to 
>>> your Skype account why not have them act as a sort of intercom system as 
>>> cordless handsets on one base do? Perhaps that’s a feature Skype may 
>>> consider in the future if its indeed possible and I couldn’t see why it 
>>> wouldn’t be given all devices logged into Skype on your account are usually 
>>> sharing the same Home Network anyway.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> **
>>> 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.
> 
> 
> 

RE: SoundCloud

[Jim Portillo]

Excellent.  Thank you very much.


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Walter
Ramage
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2015 11:23 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: SoundCloud

 Hi.  I was asked to check this out from a user point of view and didn't
find it accessible.  I was asked on behalf of a charity project to play
around with pre-uploaded music files and didn't find the free version much
use.  This guy wanted to upload audio files for the public to play such as
info regarding government benefits etc.  I'll paste my response to that guy
below so you will see my experience.  Walter.

Hi Glyn.  Firstly my apology; I was going through my deleted items, clearing
them out when I came across your email.  somehow it went straight to my
deleted items rather than my in box.  I would have replied sooner if I had
seen it so sorry about that.

OK.  This is my initial input regarding the site.  The music is displayed
clearly and the play button is easy to find and activate but that is where
the simplicity ends and the problems begin.  Once you have activated the
play button and the music plays, there is no way you can use the other play
controls because the music drowns out the screen reader and as there is no
keyboard short cut keys trying to use them is a hiding to nothing.  You have
to wait for a quiet passage in the audio before trying frantically to find a
control but the quiet period never lasts long enough for you to find what
you want.  This is the free version and I noticed there is a Pro service but
I guess you have to pay for that but there is no way of telling if the pro
version is any more accessible than the free version and in any case, the
people who would want to play any files you upload would use the free
service.  As I've said I've only looked at the site briefly and when I
discovered getting to the play controls during playback was problematic I
didn't go any further.  As with WMP, if there were short cut keys such as
Control+s for stop or Control+p for pause or control+m for mute 
Control+or+control
+r for rewind then it would be a good service to utilise.  It might be 
+you
can map the keyboard and create these shortcuts but I'd need to look further
into the site and I'll do that as soon as I can.  Of course this initial
summery is from a blind point of view.  People with hearing loss or other
disabilities but who have site, or even some partially sighted folk would be
able to use it.  Unfortunately though if you have no usable sight and in the
absence of play controls accessibility then it wouldn't be of any use to
them.  Nonetheless you have to consider the majority of people who would use
the facility and a minority group shouldn't be allowed to veto something
because they are disenfranchised; you can please all of the people some of
the time and some of the people all of the time but you will never please
all of the people all of the time.  This doesn't mean that solutions aren't
sought to resolve the disenfranchisement and that might be by linking to
another service.  I will ask on the tech lists I'm on to see what can be
done and will get back to you.  Walter.


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Jim
Portillo
Sent: 16 October 2015 05:09
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: SoundCloud

Hello there,

 

Has anyone used a program called SoundCloud with JAWS, and if so, how easy
is it to use?  I'm needing to start using it and am just beginning to see
how it works.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 


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RE: SoundCloud

[Walter Ramage]

 Hi.  I was asked to check this out from a user point of view and didn't
find it accessible.  I was asked on behalf of a charity project to play
around with pre-uploaded music files and didn't find the free version much
use.  This guy wanted to upload audio files for the public to play such as
info regarding government benefits etc.  I'll paste my response to that guy
below so you will see my experience.  Walter.

Hi Glyn.  Firstly my apology; I was going through my deleted items, clearing
them out when I came across your email.  somehow it went straight to my
deleted items rather than my in box.  I would have replied sooner if I had
seen it so sorry about that.

OK.  This is my initial input regarding the site.  The music is displayed
clearly and the play button is easy to find and activate but that is where
the simplicity ends and the problems begin.  Once you have activated the
play button and the music plays, there is no way you can use the other play
controls because the music drowns out the screen reader and as there is no
keyboard short cut keys trying to use them is a hiding to nothing.  You have
to wait for a quiet passage in the audio before trying frantically to find a
control but the quiet period never lasts long enough for you to find what
you want.  This is the free version and I noticed there is a Pro service but
I guess you have to pay for that but there is no way of telling if the pro
version is any more accessible than the free version and in any case, the
people who would want to play any files you upload would use the free
service.  As I've said I've only looked at the site briefly and when I
discovered getting to the play controls during playback was problematic I
didn't go any further.  As with WMP, if there were short cut keys such as
Control+s for stop or Control+p for pause or control+m for mute or+control
+r for rewind then it would be a good service to utilise.  It might be you
can map the keyboard and create these shortcuts but I'd need to look further
into the site and I'll do that as soon as I can.  Of course this initial
summery is from a blind point of view.  People with hearing loss or other
disabilities but who have site, or even some partially sighted folk would be
able to use it.  Unfortunately though if you have no usable sight and in the
absence of play controls accessibility then it wouldn't be of any use to
them.  Nonetheless you have to consider the majority of people who would use
the facility and a minority group shouldn't be allowed to veto something
because they are disenfranchised; you can please all of the people some of
the time and some of the people all of the time but you will never please
all of the people all of the time.  This doesn't mean that solutions aren't
sought to resolve the disenfranchisement and that might be by linking to
another service.  I will ask on the tech lists I'm on to see what can be
done and will get back to you.  Walter.


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Jim
Portillo
Sent: 16 October 2015 05:09
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: SoundCloud

Hello there,

 

Has anyone used a program called SoundCloud with JAWS, and if so, how easy
is it to use?  I'm needing to start using it and am just beginning to see
how it works.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 


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SoundCloud

[Jim Portillo]

Hello there,

 

Has anyone used a program called SoundCloud with JAWS, and if so, how easy
is it to use?  I'm needing to start using it and am just beginning to see
how it works.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

Sony MDR Z7 review - CNET

[Dane Trethowan]

> http://www.cnet.com/products/sony-mdr-z7/ 
> 


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Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
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Re: Multiple Devices Sharing A Skype Account

[Dane Trethowan]

Yes, we’ve discussed this before.

The Bluetooth quality  issue is something that Skype themselves can do little 
about and as I’ve said previously, its all down to the hardware you’re using 
with Skype.


> On 16 Oct 2015, at 7:12 AM, Anders Holmberg  wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> One thing i don’t like about skype is the lack of quality from a bluetooth 
> headset.
> I and my friend has a lot of drops when talking but maybe its because of a 
> faulty connection.
> /A
>> On 15 Oct 2015, at 00:51, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
>> 
>> Hi!
>> 
>> I’ve been using Skype for my default phone system since 2009 and during that 
>> time I’ve found much to like about the system and very little to dislike, 
>> the “Unlimited World” subscription along with the “Skype-In” numbers really 
>> give the Skype service that little bit of extra value and incentive to use 
>> not to mention the huge leaps and bounds audio quality has taken over the 
>> last 6 years of me using the system, call dropouts are pretty much left 
>> behind these days and talking with people Overseas using my Skye-In numbers 
>> or my Skype-Out? Well there’s very little delay or background noise.
>> 
>> So it came to me this morning, if you have multiple devices connected to 
>> your Skype account why not have them act as a sort of intercom system as 
>> cordless handsets on one base do? Perhaps that’s a feature Skype may 
>> consider in the future if its indeed possible and I couldn’t see why it 
>> wouldn’t be given all devices logged into Skype on your account are usually 
>> sharing the same Home Network anyway.
>> 
>> 
>> **
>> 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.

Re: Multiple Devices Sharing A Skype Account

[Anders Holmberg]

Hi!
One thing i don’t like about skype is the lack of quality from a bluetooth 
headset.
I and my friend has a lot of drops when talking but maybe its because of a 
faulty connection.
/A
> On 15 Oct 2015, at 00:51, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I’ve been using Skype for my default phone system since 2009 and during that 
> time I’ve found much to like about the system and very little to dislike, the 
> “Unlimited World” subscription along with the “Skype-In” numbers really give 
> the Skype service that little bit of extra value and incentive to use not to 
> mention the huge leaps and bounds audio quality has taken over the last 6 
> years of me using the system, call dropouts are pretty much left behind these 
> days and talking with people Overseas using my Skye-In numbers or my 
> Skype-Out? Well there’s very little delay or background noise.
> 
> So it came to me this morning, if you have multiple devices connected to your 
> Skype account why not have them act as a sort of intercom system as cordless 
> handsets on one base do? Perhaps that’s a feature Skype may consider in the 
> future if its indeed possible and I couldn’t see why it wouldn’t be given all 
> devices logged into Skype on your account are usually sharing the same Home 
> Network anyway.
> 
> 
> **
> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
> halfwits in this world behind.
> 
> 
> 

Re: For quality sound, don't skimp on the headphones

[Anders Holmberg]

Hi!
Well now i have bought these p7 cans.
At a first listen i don’t here much of a difference between my bose and these 
cans.
BUt a closer listening made clear that the p7 had better detailed sound.
/A
> On 14 Oct 2015, at 23:24, Dane Trethowan  wrote:
> 
> A fascinating round-up of three high range pairs of cans, my curiosity now 
> has the better of me, how do these cans sound in comparison to the B&W P7’s 
> I’ve been ranting on about for the past couple of weeks? Guess I’ll know what 
> all the fuss is about next week , in the meantime you can read the 
> review for yourself.
> 
>> http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/hometech/sight-and-sound/for-quality-sound-dont-skimp-on-the-headphones-20150923-gjtpv2.html
>>  
>> 
> 
> 
> **
> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
> halfwits in this world behind.
> 
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