Re: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc

[Dan McCurley]

Can I gather from your message that the surface  pro is accessible with 
jaws?
- Original Message - 
From: "Dane Trethowan" 

To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc


I've still got my original stream, still works well though I think the 
internal speaker is just about shot, the machine just doesn't get used these 
days as I use the Voice Dream Reader etc for my reading tasks, that's how 
things stand at the moment of course .


On 7 Jun 2014, at 8:39 am, Dave McElroy  wrote:


i have an old original stream and it still works well for me.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of John
Heath
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 9:54 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc

In defense of the Stream:

First I'm not making an argument again using Apple products. My friends 
who

are blind have and love them.

However for some of us there is a very good reason to choose the Stream.
Money!

Those people I talk to about their i-phones tell me they pay between 45 
and

60 Canadian dollars a month for the provider and data. This along with the
initial price of buying a phone either outright or part of a contract with
the provider..

I use a simple blind friendly phone, cost 100 dollars with 25 more dollars 
a


month for a provider The new generation Stream when I get will cost me 
about


a hundred dollars more than the original.

Dane I envy your ability to buy and test as many wonderful products; if I
had t he resources I know I'd be doing the same thing. But until I win a
lotto it's Humanware for me!

- Original Message - 
From: "Dane Trethowan" 

To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 11:21 AM
Subject: Re: Different Roads For Humanware and Hims Inc


A couple of things here.

I got a VR Stream - First Generation - in 2009, 5 years ago.

At the time I was warned about the VR Streams dreadful speaker but - given
the size and not knowing any better - I defended the VR Streams speaker,
after all it seemed its better to have a speaker than not have one as my
previous player - Bookport - didn't have one.

So 2009 rolled on and we came to December 9 when I took delivery of an
iPhone 3GS and this proved to be an eye opener.

Not only did the speaker of this device sound ten times as good, the 
device
had 100 times the functionality of the VR Stream as I was soon to 
discover.


Now yes, the VR Stream is a Daisy/Audio player but the iPhone did all that
soon and it wasn't long before I started using the iPhone to play Daisy
Books and so forth with, not only that I had the benefits - even then - of
Bluetooth and Wi-Fi technology so I could stream my material and even 
listen


to Internet Radio stations in much the same way as those who use the 
current


generation of the VR Stream do so really, the VR Stream is offering
absolutely nothing that we don't already have if we choose to look around.

On the other hand, Hims Inc are breaking new ground with their new 
offering

and we find - yet again - that Human Beware are on the catchup roundabout
and still trying to tell us all in their marketing stuff that they know 
the
market for the visually impaired? What they actually mean is that they 
know

their own loyal market.


On 7 Jun 2014, at 1:04 am, Adrien Collins 
wrote:


Hi Dane

Yes I see where you are coming from, I don't have much use
for bluetooth regarding an mp3 or daisy player such as the
vr stream but to have built in bluetooth for earphones would
have been nice, I was one who requested it but I think I was
in a minority. I do use bluetooth on my mobile phones, for
pairing the phones etc and have unsuccessfully tried to link
a bluetooth keyboard but have ordered a different one so
don't give up that easily. I think humanware should give us
the choice, whether they will incorporate bluetooth into a
future product is anyone's guess, they will have to do
something good otherwise they will lose out to the market
again, when the vr stream was first released there was not
many similar players but now you have many more and some of
them are better in their own way but it depends on what you
require. I think they had to bring out the new stream mark 2
rather quickly to keep the market otherwise many people
would have gone away from humanware products in favour of
say I devices or similar gadgets which can do much more in
their own way. Again it is personal choice. What will come
after stream mark 2 has gone the whole way as it will
inevitably do in perhaps 5 or more years time, there will be
much different demand. It is good that stream mark 2 has the
wifi so there is several options as to what they can put
that to use with. So far it is just internet radio for me in
the uk and Europe and some book services in the states but
of course for me they are not available. They will add more
features in time.

Regar

Re: marking memory sticks

[Dan McCurley]

Where can one buy one of those pins?
- Original Message - 
From: 

To: 
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: marking memory sticks



O wow, what I did was get one of those speaking marking pens. What you do
is stick a tiny round sticker onto the flash drive, hold the pen on it
and record whatever needs to identify what is on the flash or ? You can
put the size of the flash, space left and a list of files that can be
then read later.
I have at least 20 flash drives with all kinds of things on them and now
I just take that reading pen and touch the round button sticker and it
tells me exactly what I put onto the recording which is what is inside
the drive.
That was my work around method!
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Re: CCrane II Enhanced Radio

[Dan McCurley]

Hi there; I'm also a radio fool; tell me what the record in function is all 
about; does the radio have some sort of record capability?  thanks,


Dan
- Original Message - 
From: "Dane Trethowan" 

To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 6:15 AM
Subject: CCrane II Enhanced Radio


Hi!

I was fortunate to have had a demo of this radio earlier today and I 
consider it to be the best efert from Ccrane to date.


Perhaps the sensitivity isn't quite that of the CC II but the CC II had 
overloading problems whereas the CC II/E does not.


The FM band is a killer on the CC II/E whereas the FM band on the CC II - 
whilst very good - isn't as good as that found on the newer model.


Sound quality for the CC II/E is brilliant, - if you've ever heard a GE 
Super Radio II then you'll appreciate the quality of this model -.


All the usual standard features of the CC II are still available including 
line in and out, time recording, weather and 2 metre Ham band etc.


The CC II/E can be purchased from http://www.ccrane.com for $140.00



**

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Re: Read The Screen Of A Radio With an iPhone App

[Dan McCurley]

Hi; I enjoyed the podcast very much; the radio sounds awesome; thanks for 
this.


Dan
- Original Message - 
From: "Dane Trethowan" 

To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2013 6:12 PM
Subject: Read The Screen Of A Radio With an iPhone App



Hi!

I've recorded a Podcast on the Sangean WRF28 Internet Radio and I'm 
pleased to report that 95% of the functionality the radio offers is 
accessible through an IOS app as you'll see me demonstrate.


You can download the Podcast at 

If link doesn't work the first time then try again in a few minutes, file 
may still be uploading to Dropbox.



**

Dane Trethowan
Skype: grtdane12
Phone US (213) 438-9741
Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598
Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589
Mobile: +61400494862
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Re: Accessible I Pods

[Dan McCurley]

Hi; what is the cobalt system and do you know if there is a way to get voice 
of some kind on a classic i/pod?  thanks,


Dan
- Original Message - 
From: "Colin Phelan" 

To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" 
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 1:51 PM
Subject: Accessible I Pods



Hi Hamit et al
Think likely to get 5th Gen I Pod Nano as suggested.
I have seen talk of having to download the voiceover kit for it, have I 
got

this right and is the kit still going to be available seen as it is now an
old unit?
Is this simple to download?

On another matter, when I was researching the I pod Classic, I heard tell 
of

the Cobolt Systems Itell, anyone used this?

Thanks

Colin
c


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hamit
Campos
Sent: 23 October 2013 23:14
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: Music on the Go

As for accessible I Pods, the 4th genn Nanno was the first one to talk. 
It's

a touch wheal like the Ipod classic and you can press the sides in. But I
would go for the 5th one. It talks more and has a radio. Once you get to 
Gen

6, you get the touch screen. What's more, that IPod is really, really
little. So you may find it hard to use. But then again perhaps not.

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Colin
Phelan
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 3:34 PM
To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org
Subject: Music on the Go

Hi All,, looking to change how I listen to music on the move.

I have an I phone for work with limited music on it.

I also have a Book Sense that sometimes play music on.

Unfortuantley the quality on the book sense is poor compared to the I 
phone.


So that leads me to think about buying a second hand I pod even though I 
am

not an I tunes fan.

A couple of questions please

What generation did I pods become accessible i.e Voice Over and are they 
all

touch screens.

Can I just connect an I pod to my PC and copy and paste music into it
without using I tunes?

Is there an alternative good sound accessible unit that I will get 2nd 
hand

at a sensible price?



Thanks for your help



Colin





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Re: Sirius-Xm Satellite Radio

[Dan McCurley]

It used to be accessible but it is not anymore.
- Original Message - 
From: "Dave Marthouse" 

To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" 
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 7:51 AM
Subject: RE: Sirius-Xm Satellite Radio



I signed up for the free 30 day trial to see if it was accessible but I'm
afraid that it is as I said hit or miss.  The system uses some kind of
strange flash oriented player.  I think there should be an alternative 
like

a standard webpage with standard combo and list boxes that uses the media
player of your choice for the audio.  But that's just my opinion for what
it's worth.

Dave



-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-bounces@pc-audio. org]
On Behalf Of Ray Williams
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:43 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: Sirius-Xm Satellite Radio

no, there is none that I know of.  if however, someone does find one, 
please

let me know

On 10/30/13, Dave Marthouse  wrote:

Does anyone know of any accessible alternatives to the flash
player that you must use for Sirius satellite radio on the internet.
It can be used in a hit or miss way with Jaws and Nvda but I would
hardly call it accessible.
Any information would be appreciated.



Dave Marthouse
dmartho...@gmail.com


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Re: NOTES ON THE NEW SANGEAN PRD15 PORTABLE AM/FM RADIO

[Dan McCurley]

Where could I buy a prd5; I have a cc radio but it doesn't play anymore from 
its speaker so I've been using it as a tuner and the am is quite good.  If 
the prd5 is better, I think I need one.  I listen to a lot of far off 
stations at night.  Thanks for the info.


Dan
- Original Message - 
From: "Dane Trethowan" 

To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 8:57 PM
Subject: NOTES ON THE NEW SANGEAN PRD15 PORTABLE AM/FM RADIO



Okay, first bad and then good points in that order.
AM sensitivity is shocking! that's a huge disappointment given that this 
set is an upgrade from the excellent PRD5 which is probably about the most 
sensitive portable radio on the AM band on Planet Earth right now.


FM however is hot! better than the sensitivity and selectivity found on 
such hot FM performers as the CC SW and the Sangean ATS909X radios.


The PRD15 is totally electronically controlled and this means more 
facilities available including basss and treble controls, these are 
accessed by pressing in the rotary volume control, a menu pops up offering 
various audio adjustments to choose from so you turn the volume knob to 
select the audio adjustment you wish to modify and then press the knob in, 
turning of the knob from that point adjusts the desired setting but after 
5 seconds of inactivity the knob reverts to the volume audio adjustment.


I think the addition of bass and treble adjustments is a waste of time as 
they don't really make the radio sound any better, best leave it on "Flat" 
sound setting.


The PRD15 will charge rechargeable batteries through a built-in charging 
circuit, as yet I've not found out how this is activated but I suspect 1 
of the buttons on the front of the set is used to switch the charging 
circuit on, can't see any battery type switch in the battery compartment, 
that's been the standard place to find such things on Sangean sets in the 
past.


This set is still a good value for money receiver for the price of $90.00 
particularly if you like long distance FM listening, its a killer 
performer here with no overload on the FM band whatever, stereo sound 
through the speakers isn't too bad.




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Re: transfering from cassettes

[Dan McCurley]

Hi; if or when you find out the name of the program would you let me know; I 
have a bunch of cassettes I'd like to have in mp3.  thanks,


Dan
- Original Message - 
From: "Joe Bollard" 

To: "pc- audio" 
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 2:51 AM
Subject: transfering from cassettes


hello friends, i was speaking with a guy yesterday who told me there is a 
way to transfer material from cassette to the PC i know i can transfer 
stuff putting the cassette player  through my mixer and using sound forge 
to record, and will do that if necessary when i have a lot of free time, 
however, this guy reckons there is software available to do this more 
quicly using a USB cable, any ideas or suggestions? i do have a cassette 
player stored away somewhere and if there is a quick way to transfer 
material i'll dig it out, thanks for all your help so far, god bless, 
travel safely, joe.,


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Re: TapIn Radio

[Dan McCurley]

I thought tappin radio was free.
- Original Message - 
From: "Milton Ota" 

To: 
Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2013 10:02 AM
Subject: TapIn Radio


Can anyone tell me what is the advantages of paying for TapIn Radio? 
Thanks.


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