Re: Audible
Thanks to you both! I was traveling with my external hard drives while on a vacation cruise. So I must have used a different file path when I transferred a new book to my Book Courier. When I got home I set my drives up again and the E and F drives seemed to have switched. I re-set the file path in the Book Courier and this has done the trick for that one. But the player built in to the Audible Manager can't find any files. I went into the options choice under the edit menu and set it correctly, but it still doesn't like it. G. I will call Audible tomorrow morning. I didn't realize that the usb letters, e,f,g,etc. were associated with a specific external drive, I thought they were more aligned with the particular slot that one plugged their device into. I recall that Audible file paths were a problem a few years back for me. Thanks again! Peter On 7/22/09, robert Doc Wright talmi...@wrightplaceinc.net wrote: Even if you close your account you still have access to your library. I would give them a call and describe your problem. - Original Message - From: Peter Alan Smith psmith.harv...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 3:36 PM Subject: Audible Hi there. Do any of our Audible audio books listeners know if one loses the ability to listen or transfer already purchased books if one temporarily suspends their account? I did this about a month ago until my finances are more steady. I just tried to transfer a previously purchased book from a few months back onto my book courier from my external hard drive and I am unable to do so. The files show as being there in Windows Explorer and in Audible Manager, but I get a message that no files are available. This doesn't seem right since I have paid for these books. Peter To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3373 (20080821) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Goldwave markers editing and playing
Dean, Gary and Walter, thanks for the helpful replies! The scroll lock in the view menu was indeed unchecked. It's fairly likely that I did control l. Maybe I was trying to open a file in winamp... I'm sure everyone has inadvertently done such things. Goodness knows I will do them again. It is also true that maximizing screens helps. Thanks again! Peter On 5/2/09, Walter Ramage w...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote: Hi Peter. I had a similar problem a couple of months ago. Not the exact problem but very similar. I at one time had no problem with markers until suddenly, out of the blue things went wrong. I eventually discovered that each time I launched Gold Wave I needed to Maximize it. I never had to do that before but now I do and when I do things go smoothly as they did before. I'm not saying this is your problem but it might help. Walter. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]on Behalf Of Peter Alan Smith Sent: 01 May 2009 23:17 To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Goldwave markers editing and playing Greetings! I have been out of the loop since my hard-drive crashed a month ago. But I am slowly on the mend. One thing in Goldwave is really perplexing me. I must have hit a set of keys that changed a setting, but I don't know how to get back to my original settings. When editing a file in GW, I move the start markers to where I think the sound trimming should be done. I hit the home key to move the cursor to the start marker. I then hit play to start my editing. But lately it seems as if the placement of start and finish markers is just ignored. I will hit play and while I expect the sound to commence with the new start marker, it resumes where the cursor was left originally. This has never happened before and I wonder what I have done to get into this mess. Thanks in advance for any help. Cheers, Peter To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: MLLB WEBSITE CHANGE HELP?
The thing worked okay although I don't really fiddle with it much. What I did run into to my great disgust was not being able to get to my radio station of choice. I called their customer service line and vented a bit. It seems they were unprepared for the volume of folks clicking on the Mets v. Reds game on WFAN. The media player would pop up and there would be no place for email address and password. I selected the Spanish network and it did come through and then played the game en Espanol. Then the Reds radio network also came in fine. So I tried WFAN again and nothing! I asked the poor chap on the telephone How can you not be prepared for Opening Day?! I told him it was not his fault, but that the upper managers needed a whack on the head for this outrage. I am considering a letter to the Clown Prince of Baseball, Bud Selig. Then again what will he do? Peter Mets Fan in Charleston, SC On 4/7/09, Sharon Lash slash...@nyc.rr.com wrote: MLB gave us an April Fool's surprise. They changed their media player. It was bad enough that we couldn't access it; jus play games from beginning to end. Now the player is totally unusable, at least for me. Has anyone out there got any insight as to the operation of this new media player? I can't even enter my user and password. Oh, I forgot. I have Window-Eyes and XP Pro. Thanks. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: converting Audible files to other formats
You can burn then rip. I agree that there are legal issues. But it's also so time consuming to burn to cd and then rip to files that I couldn't be bothered. A 280 page book took up around 10 cd's. It takes a while to burn each one and then just as long to rip them. The files are already transferable to any portable device you might want so I just don't see the point. File management is time consuming enough as it is! Cheers, Peter On 3/25/09, Bruce Toews br...@ogts.net wrote: It says you shall not modify or disassemble the content. Bruce On Wed, 25 Mar 2009, Christopher Chaltain wrote: I'm not sure this is true. I may not be able to interpret all of the legal jargon, but I think Audible's terms and conditions plus fair use in the US would allow you to convert Audible books into another format for your own personal use. Audible's terms and conditions at http://www.audible.com/adbl/faqs/terms.jsp?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes say the following: 6. Grants of Licenses a. Audible Content License. When you clickout or otherwise purchase (referred to herein, collectively as Purchase) Audible Content from the Audible Service, Audible grants you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to download or stream such Audible Content to your computer and/or your Device(s) solely for your personal non-commercial use. You shall not copy, reproduce, distribute or use the Audible Content in any other manner. You shall not sell, transfer, lease, modify, distribute or publicly perform the Audible Content in any manner and you shall not exploit it commercially. Do not (A) decompile, disassemble, or reverse engineer the Audible Content or attempt to do so; or (B) modify the Audible Content or create any derivative works therefrom. This license to the Audible Content you Purchase will continue for as long as your copy of Audible Content exists pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. In doing some searching on the web, there are quite a few sites that say converting Audible books to MP3 is legal in the US under fair use while others say that Audible's terms and conditions preclude doing this. I'm not sure that I've seen anything definitive on either side though. A lot of people say it's illegal without quoting any laws or TC's, while others say it can't be illegal due to fair use, but I'm not sure they understand fair use or not. For my part, I would think it is legal to convert and Audible file to MP3, but I would not give this MP3 file to anyone or place it anywhere where anyone else to get to it. If you do this, I doubt a law enforcement agency here in the US would go after you. Bruce Toews wrote: It can't be legally done. The terms of service to which you agreed prohibit it. Bruce On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, Sylvia wrote: Hi list, I recently joined Audible, and I wanted to find out if there are any programs that will allow you to convert Audible files to the mp3 format. Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Sylvia. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: MP3HD coming
Very interesting! Perhaps I didn't notice it, but how would one play these improved mp3 files? Would one have to buy a better player? Would Winamp notice the difference in my pc and adjust accordingly? Or does the sound improve automatically because of this encoding? Cheers, Peter On 3/20/09, Petro T. Giannakopoulos petrakigianos-gia...@yahoo.com wrote: With links http://www.pcworld.com/article/161561/thomson_pumps_up_volume_with_tools_for_mp3hd_lossles Article Thomson has released software for the creation and playback of a new type of audio file using lossless compression. MP3HD files will be around four times the size of corresponding MP3 files, but will remain compatible with existing MP3 players. The software includes command-line tools for Windows and Linux that convert standard WAV files into the new MP3HD format, and a plugin for the Winamp media player for Windows PCs for listening to them. The tools can be downloaded from the all4mp3.com Web site run by Thomson, which with German research center Fraunhofer Institute IIS co-developed the MP3 format. Some people won't be able to hear the difference, but to others, particularly those interested in high-end audio systems, it will be music to their ears. MP3 files are created using a lossy compression algorithm so some of the audio detail, inaudible to the average listener, is thrown away in the process of compressing and uncompressing the file. The new format, on the other hand, uses lossless compression, meaning that an MP3HD file made from a WAV audio file will contain all the information required to create a WAV file bit-for-bit identical to the original. MP3HD files remain compatible with existing MP3 players because they are in fact standard MP3 files. However, rather than throw away the inaudible details during the encoding process, the MP3HD encoder saves them in the ID3 Tag, the part of an MP3 file used to store track details such as album and artist names. Existing MP3 players will read only the standard MP3 information; only MP3HD players will benefit from the additional lossless information stored in the file. The additional audio information is saved in an unused field of the ID3 tag, and should not be disturbed by software that allows editing of album and artist names, said Thomson's Business Development Director for MP3 and Audio Technology François Thuilière. Compared to an audio CD, which contains 1411KB of data per second of audio, an MP3HD file will contain between 700K bps (bits per second) and 900K bps of data, according to Thuilière. The size of the file will depend on the content, whether its vocals, rock or a symphony, he said. Most digital music stores sell near-CD-quality tracks encoded at bit rates of between 128K bps and 256K bps. The MP3 format was a hit because it made it possible to store near-CD-quality audio in about a 10th the space required for the original uncompressed audio file, or to download it in about a 10th the time. In 2001 Thomson tried to go even further with MP3pro, another variation on MP3 intended to offer the same audio quality with around half the data. However, it didn't catch on because it arrived just as broadband Internet access was starting to take off in Europe and people no longer felt constrained by the speed of dial-up connections. Today we're moving in the other direction, said Thuilière. MP3HD files will be around four times bigger than corresponding MP3 files, he said -- but in an age of 18M bps DSL connections or 100M bps FTTH (fiber to the home) and terabyte hard disc drives, that size should no longer be a problem. The extensions to the MP3 format contained in MP3HD are proprietary and, as with the original MP3 format, anyone wanting to sell devices containing the encoder or decoder must obtain a license, Thuilière said. http://www.pcworld.com/article/161561/thomson_pumps_up_volume_with_tools_for_mp3hd_lossless_codec.html?tk=rss To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: Cassette to digital
There are several devices that will connect your tape player to a usb port. The iMic by Griffin Tech. is great and doesn't mess with your computer's speech. This little device hooks up to your tape deck, but can also be used with turntables, etc. One drag is that they are almost always sold out. You have to go on a waiting list. Mine took 2 weeks. Hope this helps. Peter On 3/12/09, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote: Time to look up the Silicon Chip web site I think, http://www.siliconchip.com.au On 12/03/2009, at 7:28 PM, Peter Scanlon wrote: Looking for info on a cassette player that can connect via USB to computer, and available in Australia? Any info please. - Original Message - From: Roger Stewart paga...@wi.rr.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:15 AM Subject: Re: converting from 4 track to cd I use a Sound Blaster Live. Sound Blaster Gold is a better one. Just depends on how much the quality matters to you. Not sure what you mean by four track. Do you mean Talking Book four track mono? In this case, nearly anything that is good at all and with aline input will do. If you're talking about stereo reel to reel tapes, then you'd probably want a fairly good and quiet card. There are even USB sound cards that are very good these days. As for software, my favorite for doing the transfer is Goldwave. Very accessible and easy to use after getting used to it. You can make very precise edits with it and you can have a free demo version that lets you do up to 100 operations per boot session. You can buy it for $45 U.S. at least that's what I paid for it and don't think the price has changed. If you don't need the editing function then CDEX is your choice. It is completely free. Will record sound to several formats including .wav and mp3. For burning the CD I prefer Nero but EZ CD DA extractor is also very good and it can do conversions as well as burn. So you have several choices and others on this list probably have others as well. B B Roger Lauren wrote: Hi, Thanks for the info. What kind of a sound card do I need to get for the 4 track player? What is good but affordable? What is the most affordable software, easy to use for a blind person to do the actual transfer so I can have either a .mp3 or .wav file on a CD? Thanks. It sounds very complicated. Sincerely, Lauren - Original Message - From: Roger Stewart paga...@wi.rr.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 4:24 PM Subject: Re: converting from 4 track to cd I do this kind of thing all the time. You need a sound card and an audio patch cord that will connect between the output of the cassette machine and the line in of the sound card. To record I prefer Goldwave as you can not only record, but precisely edit the beginning and end of each track or segment however you want the files to be and you can also set the volume level to maximum without distortion and even do some noise reduction in many cases. CDex will also record directly in mp3 format and you can turn on normalization to set the level but there's no editing or noise reduction features. And you'll also want Nero or other CD writing software and, of course, a CD-R drive which come with just about every computer these days to turn the sound files to CD. If you want audio CDs that will play on any CD player then you'll want to record the files as .wav instead of mp3 but the process is the same regardless of what kind of final CD you want. Mp3 files won't usually play on audio CD players but should play on DVD players. Hope this helps. B B Roger Lauren wrote: Hi, I have a couple of old recordings that were done on a 4-track cassette machine. Is there a way I can convert that to an audio cd? Thank you. Sincerely, Lauren To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3921 (20090309) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 3926 (20090311) __ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org ** Dane Trethowan From Melton Victoria Australia mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane Phone United Kingdom
Re: Seeking program to create ring tones
Goldwave is great. Keep those files as small as possible. I guess it comes down to how much memory your phone has. I took a number of my favorite tunes that reminded me of certain persons, chopped it down to 15 seconds, then saved them as mp3's. My favorite was some cartoon sound effects that I ran as a repeating loop. Of course one must make sure that all copyright rules are followed. But it is fun to assign a certain sound to each caller that you know, especially being visually impaired. Cheers, Peter On 3/5/09, Robert doc Wright talmi...@wrightplaceinc.net wrote: I use Gold wave.I'm not sure what is available for those wanting midi files. ** File not found ! Should I fake it ? (Y/N) robert Doc Wright http://www.wrightplaceinc.net msn godfeare...@hotmail.com - Original Message - From: Norma A. Boge To: PC Audio Discussion List Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 7:29 PM Subject: Seeking program to create ring tones Hi people, I'm looking for a program which I can use to create ring tones for a Samsung mobile phone. Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks, Norma To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3909 (20090304) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: restricting audio rights to synthesized voices ...
Here is a small piece available everywhere regarding Amazon's response to the whole audio reading capability of their e-book. Things happen fast these days don't they!?! I think we in the blindness audio community should take advantage of this and make persons in charge of such policy aware of our situation. How often does our audio needs come up in the public domain? Cheers, Peter Rather than argue with the Authors Guild over the text-to-speech feature of its new Kindle 2 e-book reader, Amazon is modifying the device’s software to make it optional. Authors and publishers will now be able to decide if they want the function enabled or not on titles for which they own the rights. Amazon (AMZN) announced the move in a statement released late Friday afternoon, in which it also said it believes the Kindle’s text-to-speech function to be legal: Kindle 2’s experimental text-to-speech feature is legal: no copy is made, no derivative work is created, and no performance is being given. Furthermore, we ourselves are a major participant in the professionally narrated audiobooks business through our subsidiaries Audible and Brilliance. We believe text-to-speech will introduce new customers to the convenience of listening to books and thereby grow the professionally narrated audiobooks business. Nevertheless, we strongly believe many rightsholders will be more comfortable with the text-to-speech feature if they are in the driver’s seat. Therefore, we are modifying our systems so that rightsholders can decide on a title by title basis whether they want text-to-speech enabled or disabled for any particular title. We have already begun to work on the technical changes required to give authors and publishers that choice. With this new level of control, publishers and authors will be able to decide for themselves whether it is in their commercial interests to leave text-to-speech enabled. We believe many will decide that it is. The move comes on the heels of a meandering New York Times editorial in which Roy Blount Jr., president of the Authors Guild, argued that the Kindle’s roboticized nondramatic book readings are a threat to the audio book market On 2/26/09, Adrian Spratt adr...@adrianspratt.com wrote: Peter, Actually, you're quoting an excerpt from Roy Blount Jr.s' op/ed piece in yesterday's New York Times. As President, he speaks for the Authors Guild. The Guild's position is much more nuanced. Here's what Blount goes on to say in that column concerning the Kindle and our concerns as visually impaired readers: On the National Federation of the Blind’s Web site , the guild is accused of arguing that it is illegal for blind people to use “readers, either human or machine, to access books that are not available in alternative formats like Braille or audio.” In fact, publishers, authors and American copyright laws have long provided for free audio availability to the blind and the guild is all for technologies that expand that availability. (The federation, though, points out that blind readers can’t independently use the Kindle 2’s visual, on-screen controls.) But that doesn’t mean Amazon should be able, without copyright-holders’ participation, to pass that service on to everyone. - Original Message - From: Peter Alan Smith: psmit...@post.harvard.edu psmith.harv...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 9:38 AM Subject: restricting audio rights to synthesized voices ... Walt Mossberg of the WSJ today sang the praises of the new Amazon Kindle. But he cited the warning that the Authors Guild has publicly released: Kindle 2 can read books aloud. And Kindle 2 is not paying anyone for audio rights. True, you can already get software that will read aloud whatever is on your computer. But Kindle 2 is being sold specifically as a new, improved, multimedia version of books–every title is an e-book and an audio book rolled into one. And whereas e-books have yet to win mainstream enthusiasm, audio books are a billion-dollar market, and growing. Audio rights are not generally packaged with e-book rights. They are more valuable than e-book rights. Income from audio books helps not inconsiderably to keep authors, and publishers, afloat….You may be thinking that no automated read-aloud function can compete with the dulcet resonance of Jim Dale reading ‘Harry Potter’ or of authors, ahem, reading themselves. But the voices of Kindle 2 are quite listenable….And that sort of technology is improving all the time….no part of my voice is competing with my own audio books yet. But people who want to keep on doing creative things for a living must be duly vigilant about any new means of transmitting their work. I wonder if we will have to go through the same legal disclaimers as we do to get into Bookshare? Peter Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org
Re: net books with jaws.
Can one just plug the netbook into a usb port replicator and then just use regular keyboard; saving the mini-functions for when traveling? I use a laptop right now and it's just as if I am using a desktop pc. Whenever I travel, I just unplug and go. If one can do the same with a netbook and it's lighter and smaller, then all the better. Peter On 2/28/09, Gary Wood k8...@comcast.net wrote: If I were to get one of these, I don't think I'd want to get the Dell Mini 9, because the keyboard keys are so small, and since I used to be a typist, I'm used to average size keys. - Original Message - From: David Tanner david-tan...@peoplepc.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 1:05 AM Subject: Re: net books with jaws. I have used the MSI Wind for 3 months with Jaws 10 and it works great. I have also used Jaws 10 with the Samsung NC-10 very successfully. I would say that you would be happy using Jaws on either one. However, after 4 months using a Dell Mini 9 with Jaws 10 I can honestly say that it is very frustrating because there are a number of keys that you would ordinarilly use with Jaws that are missing or not where you would expect them to be on that tiny keyboard. This message was composed on a MSI Wind netbook. - Original Message - From: Julio jmoro...@ca.rr.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 6:34 PM Subject: net books with jaws. What net book works great with jaws with no problems -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Ken Buxton Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:58 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: The New Netbooks Hello Larry and anyone who owns an Acer Aspire1 *xp* Does any one know wether or not I'm running just the *8 gig* sd card? or do I also have a hard drive on this baby help would bemuch needed here; Ken B in Toronto - Original Message - From: Larry vinyl...@distributel.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Cc: GW Micro gw-i...@gwmicro.com Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 1:56 PM Subject: Re: The New Netbooks Hi Mano. I would echo your thoughts completely. I've had no problems with our Aser when using it with a screen reader. I too use a full size keyboard when I can, but that's just personal preference. The Aser keyboard works fine as well. We use the Netbook for Internet, email and streeaming audio. No complaints. Larry Larry Naessens Vinylguy Café ...a burn above the rest At Vinylguy Café, we turn old records and tapes into brand new CDs that you can listen to for a lifetime. Visit us at www.vinylguycafe.com. We welcome all of your enquiries by Skype or email. Before sending us your media, please contact us for important shipping instructions. Email: vinylguyc...@gmail.com SkypeMe: Vinylguy45 - Original Message - From: vemak vem...@gmail.com To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 8:36 AM Subject: Re: The New Netbooks I am using aser netbook, it is very suitable for the blind. I have no problem with the keyboard,nevertheless i use an external keyboard when at home. regards mano - Original Message - From: Gary Wood k8...@comcast.net To: PC audio discussion list. pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2009 12:20 AM Subject: The New Netbooks Hi All! I'm wondering if anyone has yet tried using the new netbook computers. I hear that they're quite handy to take from room to room, but again, the keys seem to be a bit smaller, and take a bit of getting used to. Has anyone ever tried using one of these animals? Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org -- No virus found in
Re: Good news to mlb.com subscribers
Hi there, are they still going with Silverlite? I never found it very stable. It used to cut out with 3-2 counts and bases loaded all the time. But I did just visit the site and they seem a bit more accessible, actually using headers and labeling edit fields properly. Have you ever recorded a game? Let's go Mets! Cheers, Peter On 2/25/09, chris ramsay cram...@cox.net wrote: kevin many thanks for this my friend. chris ramsay - Original Message - From: Kevin Minor kmi...@insightbb.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 10:21 AM Subject: Good news to mlb.com subscribers Hi listers. As I write this I'm listening to the Dodgers and Phillies playoff series that happened in October of last year. I had no problem accessing the calendar on the web site, and I found the game I wanted to hear. The audio isn't the best, but it's accessible. A word of warning. I did have trouble accessing the page from the mlb home page. I called them up, and was able to get there. To make things easier for you, here's the link to use to get there. http://mlb.com/mediacenter The first table will list today's games. Above this table is the link to open the calendar, which is totally accessible with Jaws 10. That's about it from here. Hopefully mlb.com won't do what they did a couple of years ago and change things on opening day. Kevin Minor kmi...@insightbb.com Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
restricting audio rights to synthesized voices ...
Walt Mossberg of the WSJ today sang the praises of the new Amazon Kindle. But he cited the warning that the Authors Guild has publicly released: Kindle 2 can read books aloud. And Kindle 2 is not paying anyone for audio rights. True, you can already get software that will read aloud whatever is on your computer. But Kindle 2 is being sold specifically as a new, improved, multimedia version of books–every title is an e-book and an audio book rolled into one. And whereas e-books have yet to win mainstream enthusiasm, audio books are a billion-dollar market, and growing. Audio rights are not generally packaged with e-book rights. They are more valuable than e-book rights. Income from audio books helps not inconsiderably to keep authors, and publishers, afloat….You may be thinking that no automated read-aloud function can compete with the dulcet resonance of Jim Dale reading ‘Harry Potter’ or of authors, ahem, reading themselves. But the voices of Kindle 2 are quite listenable….And that sort of technology is improving all the time….no part of my voice is competing with my own audio books yet. But people who want to keep on doing creative things for a living must be duly vigilant about any new means of transmitting their work. I wonder if we will have to go through the same legal disclaimers as we do to get into Bookshare? Peter Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: mp3 plug in
Roger, that was me. But I do not know or recall how I got it other than when I first was playing around withGW, I tried to cut and paste an mp3. A message appeared telling me that I couldn't do it unless I downloaded this plugin. So I said okay. It does work. The GW help contacts are very good and I am sure if you ask them, they will point it out. Cheers, Peter On 2/24/09, Roger Stewart paga...@wi.rr.com wrote: Someone said something about a plug in for GoldWave that will allow it to edit mp3 files without converting them to any other format and thus avoiding any loss of quality when editing. Can someone please give me the link to get this plug in? Thanks. B B Roger Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
