RE: using Total Recorder 7 with software speech
Can someone highlite the differences between the latest versions of Total Recorder and Replay AV Please? Beginning to look as if they both do very similar things. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Larry Higgins Subject: RE: using Total Recorder 7 with software speech Just curious. Can you record without hearing your screen reader with Replay AV? At 02:11 PM 4/23/2008, you wrote: In fact, I don't think there's much we can do about it, but I can always hope that somebody can find a loophole. Here is my response received from High Criteria support: Hello Dean Martineau, Under Windows Vista with Total Recorder an output of another software (including Internet transmission) can be recorded in three ways: The first one is in SoundBoard mode from a loop-back line. Regretfully in this case you cannot avoid recording your screen-reader. The second way is in Software mode using the Total Recorder user-mode audio driver (for more information on using Total Recorder drivers please refer to the following link http://www.totalrecorder.com/tr_drivers.htm). Using this method you can set Total Recorder to record an output only of a certain application. Regretfully this method will not work with the majority of playback program. The third way is in Software mode using the Total Recorder kernel-mode audio driver. For Total Recorder not to record a screen-reader in this case you can try one of the following: 1) set a screen-reader to use directly your soundcard driver (not Total Recorder driver); 2) do not set the Total Recorder driver as a system default device, but set a playback program an output of which you need to record to use the Total Recorder kernel-mode driver. Regards, High Criteria Support Team. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sunshine Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 11:34 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: using Total Recorder 7 with software speech i would like to know this as well, since all i get is the software speech in my recordings? - Original Message - From: Dean Martineau [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 11:12 AM Subject: using Total Recorder 7 with software speech It seems that, while Total Recorder 7 does allow recording using Vista, its former ability to separate out software speech and record only the desired source has gone away with the new kernel driver. Has anybody successfully made a recording with it and maintained screen reader use? I can't figure out how to do it. Dean Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: using Total Recorder 7 with software speech
Mike, thanks for such a detailed rundown of RAV which I do have as a trial at the moment. At first it wouldn't pick up on my Delta Audio mixer, but it did sort itself out eventually, so I shalll very likely purchase AV Recorder now. Be interesting to see comments of T R users if any come along. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Ori Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: GoldWave Information Needed
Can't add much to this as I'm not a Goldwave user at present. The obvious difference now between the latest version, nine, of Sound Forge and GW is that SF is now a multichannel recorder. Note, multi-channel, not multi-track. Some swear by SN's noise reduction, but then I've not made the comparison with Goldwave. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Bruce Toews Subject: Re: GoldWave Information Needed Probably few, except that over the last little while, the designer of Gold Wave has become quite accessibility-conscious, so has worked to make an already accessible program even more so. But if you're happy with Sound Forge, I can think of few incentives to switch. bruce -- Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.--John 1:12, NIV Bruce Toews Skype ID: o.canada E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LiveJournal: http://brucetola.livejournal.com Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, Peter Scanlon wrote: I've been happy using Sound Forge, so have not followed very closely discussions on the pluses for Goldwave compared to Sound Forge. What are the good features that one might find in GoldWave that Sound Forge does not have? - Original Message - From: Rick Harmon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 5:15 AM Subject: Re: GoldWave Information Needed I haven't used the new features enough sadly to give any useful info. I do like the way the left and right arrow keys now move you through your file. I like the added marker movements such as control + Shift end to move the finish marker to the end of the file. Useful when your editing and have moved the finish marker and want it back out to the end of file. I need to get on the ball and get a part 7 done that addresses the newest features of GW. Rick - Original Message - From: Curtis Delzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 1:06 PM Subject: Re: GoldWave Information Needed Hey, Rick, if you had to add to your wonderful description of GW in your tutorial, with the newer versions how would you describe the differences? Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: Rick Harmon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 11:50 AM Subject: Re: GoldWave Information Needed 5.23 works great. Rick - Original Message - From: Dan Kerstetter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 10:20 AM Subject: GoldWave Information Needed I've been out of the loop for a while-nasty computer problems and such. What is the latest version of GoldWave that works well with screen readers? Thanks. Dan Kerstetter Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: audio editor in nero 8
If the audio editor in v8 of Nero is anything like previous versions, then forget it. Not enough native keyboard support. Suppose scripts could do something about this, but it's not as though we've not got decent access to other audio editors. Still, this said, it would be nice to be able to use the editor in situ when compiling a track list in Nero, which of course you can do from the context menu. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Dan Thompson Subject: audio editor in nero 8 has anyone use the audio editor in nero 8 with sscreenreaders? If so, how does it do as compared to soundforge or adobe audition 1.5? Thanks in advance. Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: sound editing?
I'm not Sarah, but as I understand it, multi-track editing and midi and sequencing type stuff? Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ]On Behalf Of TrueBlue Proud Subject: Re: sound editing? Sarah, what can you achieve with Sonar, you cannot with goldwave or Soundforge?, Billy - Original Message - From: Sarah [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 6:10 AM Subject: Re: sound editing? If you want the best of the best you should go with sonar. Goldwave and sound fordge do mostly the same thing except goldwave is a lot cheaper and the scripts are free. Take care all. Sarah Alawami MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: marrie1 Website; www.marrie.org To check out my podcast go to http://feeds.feedburner.com/funfilled For information on the list where you can discuss the podcast check out http://tffp.marrie.org/mailman/listinfo/tffpdiscussionlist_tffp.marrie .org A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep - Original Message - From: TrueBlue Proud [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 3:02 AM Subject: sound editing? hi guys, what is the best sound editing software on the market today?. What is the basic differences between Gold Wave SoundForge?, What are the latest versions of both pieces of software, and which is more speech friendly?, Billy Billy email. [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype. bluey1972 Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ NOD32 2913 (20080301) Information __ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: re soundforge
Brian, as far as I recall, pressing tab in Sound Forge while focus is on the wave editing window moves the cursor to left, right, and back to two channel focus. So, if you have a two channel file open you should be moving between track one and the other track going in reverse. I cannot understand why you are pressing tab before saving the file though. Shouldn't that be control-s for regular saving, or alt-f a for save as? If you do that without pressing any other intervening key the file should be saved in stereo if that's how the file was recorded. From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of brian parker Sent: 2 February 2008 3:19PM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: re soundforge hi list, i am using soundforge seven. lately, i have come across a rather odd result in my recordings. i am using a a p h to record two tracks at once in soundforge. i then have to reverse one of them to save them. the problem is, that when i am feeding the a p h in to soundforge, and have it set for sterio, i can hear the tracks going in to separate speakers. when i want to save the tracks, i press tab, but instead of getting one track, i get both tracks coming out of one speaker. if i press tab again, i get both tracks coming out of the other speaker. i can't work out what is the trouble. obviously, it isn't my lead, or i wouldn't hear the two tracks coming out of the speakers, one in to the left hand speaker and the other track in to the right speaker. if anyone has ever had this trouble, perhaps you found out the problem. i have been using this method of recording from the a p h for some time, ever since someone told me how to separate the tracks, using it satisfactorily. it is only lately, that i have run in to trouble. brian. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.18/1255 - Release Date: 01/02/2008 09:59 Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: re soundforge
I've just tried separating out the individual tracks of a stereo recording in Sound Forge 7. I tabbed to the left hand track and found I could highlight the whole of that one track by pressing control-shift-end. Copied that to the clipboard and did control-E as you are doing to copy the highlighted track to a new window. This worked fine, and I ended up with a mono track containing just the one track. Did the same for the lower, righthand track, which also worked. I found also that if you move focus to one track with tab and use control-A the two tracks get highlighted and so these two get copied to a new window. So, I don't know if that helps, but isolation of one track seems to work for me in SF 7. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- brian parker Subject: re soundforge hi ray, you have to press tab, in order to choose the channel that you want to save. having chosen the channel, you want, you highlight it and send it to the clip board, you then do control e, then save the result. the point is, that when i tab, i junp from speaker to speaker but take both input channels with me. brian. Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: re soundforge
I've just tried separating out the individual tracks of a stereo recording in Sound Forge 7. I tabbed to the left hand track and found I could highlight the whole of that one track by pressing control-shift-end. Copied that to the clipboard and did control-E as you are doing to copy the highlighted track to a new window. This worked fine, and I ended up with a mono track containing just the one track. Did the same for the lower, righthand track, which also worked. I found also that if you move focus to one track with tab and use control-A the two tracks get highlighted and so these two get copied to a new window. So, I don't know if that helps, but isolation of one track seems to work for me in SF 7. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- brian parker Subject: re soundforge hi ray, you have to press tab, in order to choose the channel that you want to save. having chosen the channel, you want, you highlight it and send it to the clip board, you then do control e, then save the result. the point is, that when i tab, i junp from speaker to speaker but take both input channels with me. brian. Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: recording my voice
Interesting post Steve, and I'm coming at this from your recommmendation of the Electrovoice RE20. Very good mic, and I believe Paul McCartney is a fan of it. Just one slight caution though: its a pretty low output mic and, unless you've a low noise pre-amp with plenty of gain, you're gonna have to get nice up-n-close. Then again, that's another of the virtues of the RE20; it can stand a lot of close work without poppping and thumping, but within limits. Very nice natural tone or voicing to this mic. I like a bit of acoustic or ambiance to my voice recordingand when used further away, then the RE20 needs a good 60Db of gain or more in the pre amps. Lower end mixers don't cut it in this respect. I've bought a couple off eBay where you can get them for quite a nice price. HTH. From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Steve Matzura Subject: Re: recording my voice Hi, Auj: On Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:29:22 +, you wrote: I would like to make a recording of my voice; rather, a demo so I can get some voiceover work. What would be the best software program to use to make this recording, and then burn a cd for shopping my demo? I'm going to assume you've invested heavily in a good--no, a very good--microphone and front-end mixer or pre-amp. Neuman not necessary, but a good Electro-Voice microphone like the RE20 is what you *really* want, especially if you *really* mean it about making good recordings. It's all about the microphone. The Schure SM57's or '58's are good, too, but ya know what? After being a confirmed Schure fan for nearly 30 years, and loving my SM57's, I tried the Re20 and was totally blown away by its very lifelike reproduction. It gave my Internet radio shows a whole new and much more likable sound, in my unhumble opinion. Audiotechnica makes nice microphones, too, but I've also been an E-V fan for probably close to 40 years, since the old 676's were popular, and they've never let me down. Cost a bit more, but if you're real serious about this, that's where you should spend your $$$. Now, as for recordingware, if you're only interested in making short voice-over-type recordings, look no further than good old Windows Sound Recorder (Programs / Acessories / Entertainment). No frills--no features,either--just start it up, and start talking. It also has a time limit of either 30 or 60 seconds, I forget which. The point is, for what you want to do, it's perfect in every way--captures your voice, costs you nothing. Of course, if you're going to have to edit and produce your own things, then we're talkin' several knotches up the scale. Goldwave, Sound Forge, CoolEdit, all good. They all do essentially the same things, but with different looks and feels. To burn your CD, there are also lots of choices, all of which do the same thing, but with different looks and feels. Easy CDDA Extractor is my personal fave, but lots of folks like CD Mate or Easy CD Creator, or even Nero Burning ROM, which, at its current version and level of sophistication, I think is way over the top for what you want to do and what you need. But it's something to graduate to. In the end, it doesn't do anything to a CD that any of the aforementioned programs do, it just offers other options (like DVD production) that you haven't mentioned you need. I'm a firm believer in focusing more on useability and functionality (which aren't the same thing at all) rather than bells and whistles I might (or might not) need down the road. OK, a little expandability is a good thing, sure, but why buy a 20-room house if I'm probably never going to have a large family? OK, so down the road you may wind up having wasted a little money on having to buy the same thing twice, once with one set of extra features and once with another, but sometimes that's the price one is required to pay when one is feeling one's way into a new line. Good luck, and let us know where we can download some samples. Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: B Tracks?
Billy isn't this really Karaoke your talking about? From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- TrueBlue Proud Subject: Re: B Tracks? Cornell, I'm not meaning Instrumental music. I'm talking about music a singer would use to back her vocal in a live gig. The artist would usually have a CD or in some cases a laptop computer, with the music tracks to the songs she or he will use in the live performance, and that is why I said backing tracks. It's used to back up the singer, Billy - Original Message - From: Cornell Ligon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:27 AM Subject: RE: B Tracks? If you mean instrumentals, you can pretty much locate anywhere. E-Music may offer a free trial of downloads - I would peruse their selection. Best Regards, Cornell From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: B Tracks? Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:02:37 + hi guys, A couple of friends of mine are going to do their first live gig this week-end. The only problem they have at the moment is, they don't have any backing music. They tried to purchase backing music from the Internet, but it was way too expensive. They have asked me if I would ask if any list members have some backing tracks they would be willing to share with them. If they are successful, then maybe they will be able to return the favour one day. If anyone can help, please contact me at the email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] will gladly pass on any correspondence. Please except my heart felt thanks on their behalf, The couple in question are Lynn Mickey. Music types: pop, sixties, seventies, eighties, Country, Blues, Billy Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Help! Winamp too helpful while playing Cds
Posting this to two lists, but not off-topic for either. I've used Winamp for some time and am now using 5.5 something. I'm being driven mad by its compulsion to go off and try and find a track listing for CDs I've recorded myself (my own recordings in these cases.) What can I do to stop it doing this? Tried various settings under online options, all to no evail. Anyone got the answer please? Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Help! Winamp too helpful while playing Cds
Um, well how do you do that please? From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of albert griffith Sent: 15 January 2008 3:05PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: Help! Winamp too helpful while playing Cds Did you try telling it not to go on line to retrieve music data? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ray's Home Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:51 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Help! Winamp too helpful while playing Cds Posting this to two lists, but not off-topic for either. I've used Winamp for some time and am now using 5.5 something. I'm being driven mad by its compulsion to go off and try and find a track listing for CDs I've recorded myself (my own recordings in these cases.) What can I do to stop it doing this? Tried various settings under online options, all to no evail. Anyone got the answer please? Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Voice Recorders was The Victor Reader
Wonder if I might ask Michael, do you intend doing a podcast about the Sony ICD-SX67? It sounds an interesting recorder. I think a good comparative review would be useful now, especially if and when someone gets their hands on the new Marantz portable recorder. Interesting that no one has made any mention of the Fostex FR2 LE. This is the recorder I hope to get my hands on. though I've a little sightI still want to try and get some hands on before committing myself. Just wonder if anyone here has used, or tried to use one? Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Michael Lang Dane, All in all, I also prefer the Olympus DS-50, when one compares it with the Sony ICD-SX67. However, the 67 offers real line-in recording, so that one can record radio talkshows with it easily. When one connects it to a PC, it becomes a regular drive and one can use any file manager to copy MP3 files onto it, which the Sony will play. Most of the menu items are adjustable with the supplied Sony Voice Editor, which is screenreader friendly. Yes, the recording format is proprietary, but one can easily convert recordings to MP3 with Voice Editor and when one divides a recording on the ICD-SX67, there's no gap between the parts. If one does that on the Edirol R-09 for instance, one can clearly hear a gap. *** Michael Lang *** You wrote: I don't think anyone did, I heard that it could record so I was wondering what sort of recording capacity the reader had. Incidentally talking about recorders, I notice that the Olympus range of Recorders (Voice Recorders to be more accurate) got a very good review in our local newspaper last Thursday as compared to the new Sony offering. One of the drawbacks with the Sony was that it used its own proprarity audio encoding and you needed extra software to transfer and decode the audio to make it compatible for playing on a PC. Further to this the Sony model (whilst it could be connected to a PC) did not function as an external drive meaning that once again, extra software had to be used to make it act this way, no Mac software exists for the Sony recorder of course. On 09/12/2007, at 5:14 AM, Donald L. Roberts wrote: Where in the world did someone get the idea that the stream does not record well enough for a podcast? Don Roberts - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 8:30 AM Subject: Re: for those who have the victor reader IS there a difference in this odel and the Extreme Reader? On 09/12/2007, at 3:26 AM, Judy W wrote: It won't record well enough for a podcast or broadcast--just ment for basic notes. Judy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 9:44 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: for those who have the victor reader Yep, that is a bit surprising, I mean 64 meg cards for example aren't exactly what one would call expensive are they. Now can someone tell us more about the reader as I'm thinking of getting myself one next year, what formats does it record in? Does the reader have a line-in jack or facility? At present I have my mind set on either the Zoom h2 or h4 recorder but if there's something a little more accessible out there then I'd be interested to hear about it, the Zoom doesn't have synthesized speech or anything but there are plenty of blind people out there using them as evidenced from the reviews on them at http://www.blindcooltech.com On 09/12/2007, at 2:17 AM, Dave McLean wrote: Yes there is a tutorial on the cd that comes with the unit. The unit is also very easy to use so I think you will pick it up quickly. I will warn you the unit doesn't come with a card so you will have to buy one. I just bought 2 four gig s d cards from J R for $29 each so they aren't expensive. It was a surprise to me though when the unit came and there was no card in it. - Original Message - From: Joanne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 9:00 AM Subject: for those who have the victor reader Haven't been following threads on this because I didn't have one, but I'm getting one soon and need to know some things about it. First, will this come with accessible instructions? Second, is there a tutorial on it somewhere so I can learn in detail what to do and how to operate it? If not then I'll have lots of questions for the group (smile), but just wondered if there's a good tutorial. And if someone can tell me this, how much music or about how many gigs is on the SD card provided? Thanks. Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL
RE: for those who have the victor reader
I side with those who think the Stream isn't up to Podcast standards . Then again, depends on the material, and I suppose a shortish piece consisting simply of speech would be acceptable done with the Stream. For better quality, easier on the ear, podcasts that might include some music, then why not the PTR2 to take one example? The stream is meant as a notetaker come conference recording machine which is no doubt why it uses this peculiar, proprietorial compression system. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- David Tanner Well, its' personal opinion. I guess. And, remember that at this point there is the issue of converting the file type to something that more people can use like *.WAV and *.MP3. - Original Message - From: Donald L. Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 12:14 PM Subject: Re: for those who have the victor reader Where in the world did someone get the idea that the stream does not record well enough for a podcast? Don Roberts - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 8:30 AM Subject: Re: for those who have the victor reader IS there a difference in this odel and the Extreme Reader? On 09/12/2007, at 3:26 AM, Judy W wrote: It won't record well enough for a podcast or broadcast--just ment for basic notes. Judy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 9:44 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: for those who have the victor reader Yep, that is a bit surprising, I mean 64 meg cards for example aren't exactly what one would call expensive are they. Now can someone tell us more about the reader as I'm thinking of getting myself one next year, what formats does it record in? Does the reader have a line-in jack or facility? At present I have my mind set on either the Zoom h2 or h4 recorder but if there's something a little more accessible out there then I'd be interested to hear about it, the Zoom doesn't have synthesized speech or anything but there are plenty of blind people out there using them as evidenced from the reviews on them at http://www.blindcooltech.com On 09/12/2007, at 2:17 AM, Dave McLean wrote: Yes there is a tutorial on the cd that comes with the unit. The unit is also very easy to use so I think you will pick it up quickly. I will warn you the unit doesn't come with a card so you will have to buy one. I just bought 2 four gig s d cards from J R for $29 each so they aren't expensive. It was a surprise to me though when the unit came and there was no card in it. - Original Message - From: Joanne [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 9:00 AM Subject: for those who have the victor reader Haven't been following threads on this because I didn't have one, but I'm getting one soon and need to know some things about it. First, will this come with accessible instructions? Second, is there a tutorial on it somewhere so I can learn in detail what to do and how to operate it? If not then I'll have lots of questions for the group (smile), but just wondered if there's a good tutorial. And if someone can tell me this, how much music or about how many gigs is on the SD card provided? Thanks. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Ripping, Copying and EncodingRE: Easy CD DA Extractor: they've changed things
John, sorry to disappoint, but no, its not a drive, its a piece of stand alone kit made for mastering music to hard disk, then burning off to CD. All visually driven through its own display. This is the sort of market Elisis is into. I used this machine as an example of where I've come across adjustable off-sets. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Hello Ray, How do I get my hands on a few of those drives? I have two desk top computers. I use one for working playing and blogging and I use the other one to deliver the gospel. Either way, I'm always ripping and burning CD's for people. John. - Original Message - From: Ray's Home [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 9:39 AM Subject: RE: Ripping,Copying and EncodingRE: Easy CD DA Extractor: they've changed things Can I add just one small thing to this, and hope it's not already been mentioned. With regard to off-sets, I have an Elisis hard disk mastering box which is designed to produce good error free, or as near as possible, Red Book CDs. One of the adjustments you can tweak is off-set. The reason for this is more to do with some CD players not handling off-sets the same way. This results in some players clipping the beginning of a track. Being able to adjust for this is useful. I'd say also that the more perfect the resultant .wav, AIFF, whatever file is you rip to, the better subsequent conversions are going to be. Yes, you don't have to go to all this trouble, but obviously some will. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Funny, I can't have read the authors documentation right, the author of EAC I mean, he doesn't tell you to use a faulty DCD bdrive, he tells you to use a good one. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana S. Leslie Sent: Friday, 23 November 2007 11:40 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Ripping,Copying and EncodingRE: Easy CD DA Extractor: they've changed things - Original Message - From: Kevin Lloyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 7:18 AM Subject: Re: Ripping,Copying and EncodingRE: Easy CD DA Extractor: they've changed things So, if your CD-ROM is not as good as it could be then EAC is for you otherwise it's more for the paranoid ripper. The paranoid ripper? Are you referring to Jack, the paranoid ripper? grin Blessed Be, Dana that's Dana, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A If your synthesizer pronounces them identically, instruct your customized pronunciation dictionary that Dana=dayna. Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Ripping, Copying and EncodingRE: Easy CD DA Extractor: they've changed things
Can I add just one small thing to this, and hope it's not already been mentioned. With regard to off-sets, I have an Elisis hard disk mastering box which is designed to produce good error free, or as near as possible, Red Book CDs. One of the adjustments you can tweak is off-set. The reason for this is more to do with some CD players not handling off-sets the same way. This results in some players clipping the beginning of a track. Being able to adjust for this is useful. I'd say also that the more perfect the resultant .wav, AIFF, whatever file is you rip to, the better subsequent conversions are going to be. Yes, you don't have to go to all this trouble, but obviously some will. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Funny, I can't have read the authors documentation right, the author of EAC I mean, he doesn't tell you to use a faulty DCD bdrive, he tells you to use a good one. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana S. Leslie Sent: Friday, 23 November 2007 11:40 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Ripping,Copying and EncodingRE: Easy CD DA Extractor: they've changed things - Original Message - From: Kevin Lloyd [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 7:18 AM Subject: Re: Ripping,Copying and EncodingRE: Easy CD DA Extractor: they've changed things So, if your CD-ROM is not as good as it could be then EAC is for you otherwise it's more for the paranoid ripper. The paranoid ripper? Are you referring to Jack, the paranoid ripper? grin Blessed Be, Dana that's Dana, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A If your synthesizer pronounces them identically, instruct your customized pronunciation dictionary that Dana=dayna. Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Total Recorder
Total Recorder works with Vista? I've just looked at the details for 6.1 and Vista isn't mentioned. The web page does say it will work up to XP, and probably other Windows operating systems, but they seem not to commit themselves. I wonder if Total Recorder has or hansn't managed to get around the crippling of audio in and out in Vista? (Note, I hear this is part of Vista, but don't know actually that it is as yet denying access to anologue in-out as well as SPDIF.) I believe some Vistacomputers come with no audio in-out sockets. Whatever else may or may not be true about Vista, this factor for me makes Vista a definite NO NO. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Sunshine To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Total Recorder actually it works with vista. you need total recorder version 6.1 - Original Message - From: albert griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 3:52 PM Subject: RE: Total Recorder I've wondered that myself. I believe the company gave up rather than take the steps necessary to make total recorder work with Vista. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 10:38 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: Total Recorder Hi! Just been looking to see what the latest news is regarding total recorder at http://www.highcriteria.com http://www.highcriteria.com/ and it appears the web site isn't functioning, I take it the product is still being developped and sold? Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady
Hi, just a few comments about the Victor stream. 1. With the last firmware update the VR can now play audible files, including type 4 or whatever they're called. Obviously the player has to be registered with the Audible software. 2. Supports MP3, DAISY, including the American variant of course, and .ogg files. Virtually certain it'l play .wav files too. 3. Good through an external powered speaker. 4. Internal speaker not good for book listening and probably not meant for that either. 5. You can record memo notes with the Stream's built-in mic, or plug an external mic in. Sensitivity of this mic is very good. Does record to an odd sort of file compression type though and not sure that it's easy, yet, to play these on a PC. 6. Internal speaker is good for listening to memo recordings. 7. Good support for text and HTML files too; read by sythetic speech which to my ear is good. Maybe support for MS Word files too, but not sure on that. Navigation of text much improved with character, word, line sentence and paragraph. 8. Only real downside is USB 1.1. This means if transfering files via a UsB cable transfer is SLOW! You can use an external card writer though to place files on the SD cards it takes. 9. Battery life good at around fifteen hours, and charges up quite quickly. (Some have had problems with batteries, but think this is solved now.) In short, for the money, it has to be a good deal, well in terms of the cost of access tech devices anyway. Overall quality of playback is good, though critical music listeners might feel there's something lacking quality-wise. HTH. From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Bradford Trainham Does anyone have an opinion of this machine you'd care to share? It looks/sounds like exactly what I want, but I haven't reviewed many of the contending/similar products that are designed to give us on-the-go access to digitally-done books. Brad Trainham -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Pattison Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:51 AM To: 'GUI Talk'; Access-L; 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: FWd: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VICTOR READER STREAM DAISY, MP3 AND NISO PLAYER IS NOW AUDIBLE READY Portable MP3 Player Specifically Designed for the Blind and Visually Impaired now Compatible with Audible.com Longueuil(Canada), November 15, 2007 Victor Reader Stream, the pocket-sized portable MP3 player designed for blind and low-vision people now has the capability to play the popular Audible.com books. In addition to the variety of audio formats (MP3, DAISY, and NISO books and music) supported by Victor Reader Stream, the Audible format will provide a huge additional choice of content to the users. Audible is the leading provider of spoken audio on the internet, providing over 140,000 hours of digital audio editions of books, newspapers and magazines. The Stream has extensive navigation features for moving through audio books and text files, including functions that allow you to move to the next chapter, section or page, or to set bookmarks. For Audible books, the user will be able to navigate from one Audible heading to the next, move by increments of one-, five-, or ten-minute time jumps, and move with an accelerated fast forward feature that announces the amount of time lapsed. Blind and low-vision people who listen to talking books on a regular basis often prefer to speed up the playback. For all audio book formats that Stream plays, including Audible, variable speed control with digital pitch correction allows the reader to accurately listen at higher than normal playback speed. The player is completely accessible by blind and low-vision users. All keys and messages are provided through audio feedback. The player has a built-in User Guide and a Key Describer mode to remind the user of keypad functions. It comes with integrated text-to-speech voice, allowing it to play text-only files and announce the track names of music files. It uses an SD memory card to store books and music transferred from a computer. We are very happy to bring the advanced navigation features of Stream to the Audible listener experience, says Gerry Chevalier, HumanWare Victor Reader Product Manager. I know of no other Audible-ready player that offers accessibility, variable speed playback, and advanced navigation, all in one package. We are very much aware of the value and popularity of Audible books for the blind and visually impaired, says Will Lopes, Vice President for Business Development at Audible. We are pleased to work with HumanWare to bring the benefits of the accessible Victor Reader Stream player to Audible listeners. Victor Reader Stream can be purchased online at www.humanware.com (in USA). Current Victor Reader Stream users will need to upgrade their player to software version 1.1 in order to
RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady
Sorry, but don't really know what flavours of mp4 audio the stream will play. I only know that the class or level 4 was mentioned. I'm knowledgable on the details of the various MP34 or M4 levels. Wish I was. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Curtis Delzer Plays, m4A files? Will it play m4A files in folders not just audible ones? I save much material in m4A format because at 20Kbps, it is excellent quality at that low of a bit rate. Curtis Delzer - Original Message - From: Ray's Home [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 4:18 PM Subject: RE: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady Hi, just a few comments about the Victor stream. 1. With the last firmware update the VR can now play audible files, including type 4 or whatever they're called. Obviously the player has to be registered with the Audible software. 2. Supports MP3, DAISY, including the American variant of course, and .ogg files. Virtually certain it'l play .wav files too. 3. Good through an external powered speaker. 4. Internal speaker not good for book listening and probably not meant for that either. 5. You can record memo notes with the Stream's built-in mic, or plug an external mic in. Sensitivity of this mic is very good. Does record to an odd sort of file compression type though and not sure that it's easy, yet, to play these on a PC. 6. Internal speaker is good for listening to memo recordings. 7. Good support for text and HTML files too; read by sythetic speech which to my ear is good. Maybe support for MS Word files too, but not sure on that. Navigation of text much improved with character, word, line sentence and paragraph. 8. Only real downside is USB 1.1. This means if transfering files via a UsB cable transfer is SLOW! You can use an external card writer though to place files on the SD cards it takes. 9. Battery life good at around fifteen hours, and charges up quite quickly. (Some have had problems with batteries, but think this is solved now.) In short, for the money, it has to be a good deal, well in terms of the cost of access tech devices anyway. Overall quality of playback is good, though critical music listeners might feel there's something lacking quality-wise. HTH. From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Bradford Trainham Does anyone have an opinion of this machine you'd care to share? It looks/sounds like exactly what I want, but I haven't reviewed many of the contending/similar products that are designed to give us on-the-go access to digitally-done books. Brad Trainham -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Pattison Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 5:51 AM To: 'GUI Talk'; Access-L; 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: FWd: Victor Reader Stream is Now AudibleReady From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] VICTOR READER STREAM DAISY, MP3 AND NISO PLAYER IS NOW AUDIBLE READY Portable MP3 Player Specifically Designed for the Blind and Visually Impaired now Compatible with Audible.com Longueuil(Canada), November 15, 2007 Victor Reader Stream, the pocket-sized portable MP3 player designed for blind and low-vision people now has the capability to play the popular Audible.com books. In addition to the variety of audio formats (MP3, DAISY, and NISO books and music) supported by Victor Reader Stream, the Audible format will provide a huge additional choice of content to the users. Audible is the leading provider of spoken audio on the internet, providing over 140,000 hours of digital audio editions of books, newspapers and magazines. The Stream has extensive navigation features for moving through audio books and text files, including functions that allow you to move to the next chapter, section or page, or to set bookmarks. For Audible books, the user will be able to navigate from one Audible heading to the next, move by increments of one-, five-, or ten-minute time jumps, and move with an accelerated fast forward feature that announces the amount of time lapsed. Blind and low-vision people who listen to talking books on a regular basis often prefer to speed up the playback. For all audio book formats that Stream plays, including Audible, variable speed control with digital pitch correction allows the reader to accurately listen at higher than normal playback speed. The player is completely accessible by blind and low-vision users. All keys and messages are provided through audio feedback. The player has a built-in User Guide and a Key Describer mode to remind the user of keypad functions. It comes with integrated text-to-speech voice, allowing it to play text-only files and announce the track names of music files. It uses an SD memory card to store books and music transferred from a computer. We are very happy to bring the advanced navigation
RE: Rockbox
I can tell you Richard that Rockbox is a piece of software written by VI guys I believe, to make some Ipods and other non-speaking portable players accessible via speech feedback. Seems in pretty well all instances installing this software, well, firmware modification, invalidates the warranty that comes with players. Sure if you do a search Google will come up with the places you can download it. (All this from someone who's not cool enough to own an IPod or any other MP3/AAC player, though I've got a Zenstone.) Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of PRODUCTIONS BEAUSOLEIL Hi all My name is Richard. I'm a musician and I'm interested to know more about audio. Recently, I posted few questions on this list concerning the accessibility of mp3 players. What's rockbox? I don't know if my emails are coming through this list but I don't understand I get any response on basic questions that passionated people like you should know answers about. Hope someone could help me. regards Richard Beausoleil PRODUCTIONS BEAUSOLEIL Arrangements musicaux Studio multi-pistes Démo vocal Tél : (514) 924-0411 Courriel : [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:10 PM Subject: Re: The Ipod classic No problem. If you have any trouble: add me on msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] further contact info in signature... Tristan Bussiere Founder, ACE Games http://www.acegamesonline.net Skype: tristanbussiere MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 5:54 PM Subject: Re: The Ipod classic Thank you very much for posting this. On 09/11/2007, at 8:02 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just got my new iPod classic 80 gb, and here is my quick way of navigating the iPod... Simpelist method::: Sighted person not required. Lol! When the iPod classic is turned on [any button to do so], hit play. This will play all your songs in order. Basic steps::: I required some sighted assistance, but since I am telling you these pointers, you will not.: For shuffle; 1) Go to main menu on iPod classic. By hitting menu on the top of the clickwheel. Hit it 2 to 3 times to mkae sure you are in the main menu. 2) You should be able to hear an audible click, as you move from option to option on a menu. In this step it doesn't matter if the click is set to go through the head phones, or the iPod internal speaker. Click down the menu, until you hear no more audible clicks. 3) Go up one click (and/or option). And hit enter (select button). It should shuffle the songs and start playing. Now playing: 1) Go to the main menu. 2) Go to the very last option, and hit enter. *note: If there hasn't been a play session started, you will shuffle the songs! Audio books: note: This is my setup, if you have different folders or playlists, I am sorry if this does something to your iPod. *smile* 1) Go to main menu, and go to the very first option [music]. 2) Go all the way down until the iPod classic stops clicking, and go up one click. 3) Listen away. ipod resources: www.ilounge.com www.ipod.com [redirects to apple's iTunes+iPod website] www.apple.com/ipod www.apple.com/itunes hth. Tristan Bussiere Founder, ACE Games http://www.acegamesonline.net Skype: tristanbussiere MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Kim Thurman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 8:16 PM Subject: Re: The Ipod classic But, how do you navagate the I-Pod itself? Rock Box? Any info appreciated! - Original Message - From: albert griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 8:41 PM Subject: RE: The Ipod classic You no longer have to use the jaws curser for navigation and FS. says there will be more improvements to the interface coming. I've used it and things are much better. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 1:53 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: The Ipod classic I have an ipod classic 80 gb. Its great. What's your feedback dane and albert. How is the sync now accessible? Tristan Bussiere Founder, ACE Games http://www.acegamesonline.net Skype: tristanbussiere MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: albert griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 7:45 PM Subject: RE: The Ipod classic synching is now accessible with the latest
RE: Rockbox
Yeh, guess that's a fair description. However, Talks is an app that runs under the Cymbian, (sorry if splling is wrong) so no waranty infringement with that. Rockbox integrates more at the hardware/software interface I think. From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of PRODUCTIONS BEAUSOLEIL is it something like talx for cells? Richard Beausoleil PRODUCTIONS BEAUSOLEIL Arrangements musicaux Studio multi-pistes Démo vocal Tél : (514) 924-0411 Courriel : [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Ray's Home [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 8:58 AM Subject: RE: Rockbox I can tell you Richard that Rockbox is a piece of software written by VI guys I believe, to make some Ipods and other non-speaking portable players accessible via speech feedback. Seems in pretty well all instances installing this software, well, firmware modification, invalidates the warranty that comes with players. Sure if you do a search Google will come up with the places you can download it. (All this from someone who's not cool enough to own an IPod or any other MP3/AAC player, though I've got a Zenstone.) Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of PRODUCTIONS BEAUSOLEIL Hi all My name is Richard. I'm a musician and I'm interested to know more about audio. Recently, I posted few questions on this list concerning the accessibility of mp3 players. What's rockbox? I don't know if my emails are coming through this list but I don't understand I get any response on basic questions that passionated people like you should know answers about. Hope someone could help me. regards Richard Beausoleil PRODUCTIONS BEAUSOLEIL Arrangements musicaux Studio multi-pistes Démo vocal Tél : (514) 924-0411 Courriel : [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 9:10 PM Subject: Re: The Ipod classic No problem. If you have any trouble: add me on msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] further contact info in signature... Tristan Bussiere Founder, ACE Games http://www.acegamesonline.net Skype: tristanbussiere MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 5:54 PM Subject: Re: The Ipod classic Thank you very much for posting this. On 09/11/2007, at 8:02 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just got my new iPod classic 80 gb, and here is my quick way of navigating the iPod... Simpelist method::: Sighted person not required. Lol! When the iPod classic is turned on [any button to do so], hit play. This will play all your songs in order. Basic steps::: I required some sighted assistance, but since I am telling you these pointers, you will not.: For shuffle; 1) Go to main menu on iPod classic. By hitting menu on the top of the clickwheel. Hit it 2 to 3 times to mkae sure you are in the main menu. 2) You should be able to hear an audible click, as you move from option to option on a menu. In this step it doesn't matter if the click is set to go through the head phones, or the iPod internal speaker. Click down the menu, until you hear no more audible clicks. 3) Go up one click (and/or option). And hit enter (select button). It should shuffle the songs and start playing. Now playing: 1) Go to the main menu. 2) Go to the very last option, and hit enter. *note: If there hasn't been a play session started, you will shuffle the songs! Audio books: note: This is my setup, if you have different folders or playlists, I am sorry if this does something to your iPod. *smile* 1) Go to main menu, and go to the very first option [music]. 2) Go all the way down until the iPod classic stops clicking, and go up one click. 3) Listen away. ipod resources: www.ilounge.com www.ipod.com [redirects to apple's iTunes+iPod website] www.apple.com/ipod www.apple.com/itunes hth. Tristan Bussiere Founder, ACE Games http://www.acegamesonline.net Skype: tristanbussiere MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Kim Thurman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 8:16 PM Subject: Re: The Ipod classic But, how do you navagate the I-Pod itself? Rock Box? Any info appreciated! - Original Message - From: albert griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 8:41 PM Subject: RE: The Ipod classic You no longer have to use the jaws curser for navigation and FS. says there will be more improvements to the interface coming
RE: Rockbox
Christopher, thanks for the thorough explanation. From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: multi channel recording??
Cool Edit was a multi-track editor (it was bought by Adobe and became Audition.) Seems Cool Edit 2000 is still on some old software lists and can be downloaded. No idea whether it just works as an evaluation or its the real thing. I know some people used to use Cool Edit successfully. Some are sayingthe Mac is now usable with Garrage Band and the shareware studio audio editor for the Mac. Trouble is, its so hard to get solid information about what they're doing and exactly what's achieved and how. From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Kenneth Suratt what about cool edit pro. I heard it can do that but I have no scripts for it. - Original Message - From: Ray's Home [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 5:47 AM Subject: RE: multi channel recording?? We are talking here about 'multi-track recording aren't we? Not multi-channel, which is what Sound Forge 9 does. Yes, Sonar does seem to be the only choice for multi-track recording, at least that I've heard of. $300.00 seems a hell of a lot extra on top of the cost of JFW for access to it, but I suppose if you are actually earning your living using it, it may be tax deductable, or else someone else is paying the bill! If Window-Eyes is working well with it, I'd better take a look. What's the state of play with Audacitywhich is free? As far as I know the multi-track facility hadn't been implemented beyond two tracks a few months ago. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Jerry Richer For multi-channel recording a lot of people use Sonar from Cakewalk. It works well with JAWS and the $300 scripts for it and many people report good success with Window Eyes out of the box. Jerry Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: adobe 1.5 cueing question
I don't have the latest version of Sound Forge, but I'm bound to ask, is what you describe belowe a Sound Forge feature, or is it a Jim Snowbarger script feature when using JFW with these scripts. Must take a look when I start Sound Forge on my other computer. From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dan Thompson Hi All, Can you turn on cueing in adoobe 1.5 so you cn here what you are selecting? I have seen in Soundforge where you can press the letter q. then You can hold down the left shift key while pressing the right arrow. As you move across the audio file, you can hear what you are selecting.. Currently now in Adobe 1.5 I arrow to the right and then press the spacebar to see where I am. Then if I hav not yet reach the desired place,I must just arrow a bit more and check again. The cueing method in Soundforge is much easier and not soo time consuming. but I don't have Soundforge. Thanks for any advice in advance. Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: multi channel recording??
We are talking here about 'multi-track recording aren't we? Not multi-channel, which is what Sound Forge 9 does. Yes, Sonar does seem to be the only choice for multi-track recording, at least that I've heard of. $300.00 seems a hell of a lot extra on top of the cost of JFW for access to it, but I suppose if you are actually earning your living using it, it may be tax deductable, or else someone else is paying the bill! If Window-Eyes is working well with it, I'd better take a look. What's the state of play with Audacitywhich is free? As far as I know the multi-track facility hadn't been implemented beyond two tracks a few months ago. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Jerry Richer For multi-channel recording a lot of people use Sonar from Cakewalk. It works well with JAWS and the $300 scripts for it and many people report good success with Window Eyes out of the box. Jerry Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Apple Quictime plugin and Firefox
Does anyone here know if Firefox actually supports Apple's Quicktime Plugin? Firefox seems to offer to install it, but then says it cannot be found. Anyone know about this please? From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
info on mp4 wanted: converting to and from
Hope the subject line is clear, and apols to those who may be on both lists for cross-posting. I've been told the MP4 format - or the audio part of the standard - is supposed to be better than MP3 both in terms of file size and the sound quality achievable with a lossy format. Can anyone comment on this? Also, I'd like to know if there are any shareware or reasonably priced converters around, either as stand alone converters or as part of audio editors. Any comments welcome as I'm feeling a little out of my depth here. Many thanks. From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Sound Editing Feature on Main Menu Live
Steve, this Main Menu edition is certainly worth a listen. One of the things mentioned was a new applet called levelator. It evens out levels very effectively, and can be useful for live recordings and situations where precise attention to level isn't practical. As of now, not very accessible, as you have to drag a file to be 'levelized' onto the apps small interface. This is due to be corrected some time very soon, with a right click option being available for converting a file you are on. I believe a browse to file tobe levelized might be addeed too. Levelized files are stored in the same folder as the original with a .output.wav extention. Little mention of multitrack editors, which is a bit of a shame. Maybe only those in professional situations are using them, what with the high cost of getting scripts to make it all happen. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve Pattison Subject: Sound Editing Feature on Main Menu Live Some people on this list might be interested in hearing Main Menu Live for this week where a discussion about sound editors took place. the program is available in the Main Menu archives on the ACB Radio home page at www.acbradio.org. Here is the description of this feature: During the second hour of Main Menu Live, join our panel of experts (Jeff Bishop, Darrell Shandrow, Rick Harmon and Steve Bauer) for an exciting discussion of GoldWave, Studio Recorder, Sound Forge, Total Recorder and possibly other audio editing software applications. If you are a blind or visually impaired audio engineer, podcaster or otherwise are involved with digital audio production in either a hobby or professional capacity, you're sure to learn something new by listening to and participating in this show. Regards Steve Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: steve1963 MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
An accessible player that can read CD text?
hHi. I'm burning off a batch of audio Cds and have identified each track with CD text as read on the display of many players. Wondered if any of the accessible players, like the Victor or Plextors, can actually pick up this text so that totals have the same convenience of knowing which track is which by simply moving between them, rather than actually having to play them. I know that on transcription material such as I'm working on, a clear announcement at the start of a track is always good practice, but nonetheless I feel that the ability to pick up on CD text, if present, would be useful. Comments welcomed. From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Easy Cd Da audio extractor?
I can tell you it is pretty good, though I tend to use Nero 6 these days. I believe version 11 of Easy Cd extracter will have support for burning to DVDs and seemingly, eventually, Blue Ray discs. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Ori ginal Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] albert griffith I purchased this program many versions ago. Is it still accessible? For those of you who have used it, is there a better program for ripping, burning Cd's? thanks Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nero download link, (wasRE: Easy Cd Da audio extractor?)
Demo copies of Nero Cd/DVD burning suites of programs can be downloaded at: http://www.nero.com/eng/Downloads.html Many find Nero 6 has better access than version 7, though I don't know what the position is regarding JFW scrips. They are launching version 8 just now and I've heard no comments as yet as to its accessability friendliness. (Nero do seem to break accessability in upgrades, so be careful.) Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- Tiffany Gordon Where can I get nero burning software? Tiffany -Original Message- Ray's Home I can tell you it is pretty good, though I tend to use Nero 6 these days. I believe version 11 of Easy Cd extracter will have support for burning to DVDs and seemingly, eventually, Blue Ray discs. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Music download sites
On another thread, Tifany asked about legal download sites. You could do worse than look at the Access World article at: http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw070407 I was led to this link via Brian Hartgen's site where he mentions Napster. http://www.hartgen.org/miscellaneous.html Hope this helps. From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: New PC Software Restores Audio recordings...
The Mac has its own screen reader as part of OS X, Voice Over. Not a Mac user myself, but might be next time I buy a computer. From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anthony Tom Sent: 24 August 2007 2:57AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: New PC Software Restores Audio recordings... what screen reading software is there available for macs? many thanks - Original Message - From: DJ DOCTOR P [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 9:22 PM Subject: Re: New PC Software Restores Audio recordings... That is to much trouble. I think the letters PC are suppose to mean personal computer. If I can't do what I want to do on a Vista system right out of the box, then who needs it. My job requires me to do a lot of things with digital audio technology. If Vista is going to hinder me from doing this, then I will spend my money on a Mack O-X-X system. Coming from a blind person's prospective, Macks are a hole lot user friendlier then PCs any way. So I will go that rout if I have to. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 8:46 PM Subject: New PC Software Restores Audio recordings... In case some of you missed it. New PC Software Restores Audio Recording Capabilities to Windows Vista for Free images/adobepdf Download this press release as an Adobe PDF document. Applian Technolgoies has just released a free, audio recorder that works incredibly well with Windows Vista and XP. This recorder uses revolutionary new recording technology which is sound card independent. It can capture audio as MP3 files from virtually any application or internet stream. San Anselmo, CA (PRWEB) August 20, 2007 -- Applian Technologies has just released the Freecorder Toolbar Sound Recorder , a free audio capture program for Windows Vista which restores the audio recording functionality previously available in prior versions of Windows. Using a new driverless recording process developed by Applian, the software allows customers to capture audio as MP3 files from virtually any application or internet stream. Freecorder Toolbar is free, and available today from www.freecorder.com. H News Image istorically, all PC's had sound card drivers with an easily accessible recording line, and also allowed recording applications to install custom sound card drivers. Today, the sound card drivers that ship with Windows Vista rarely make a recording line available, or if a sound card does have a recording line, that capability is buried. And the new driver signing requirement of Windows Vista has permanently disabled sound capture technologies that relied on custom drivers. Before Freecorder Toolbar, it has been difficult or impossible to capture audio in Windows Vista. Internet audio or application-generated sound can now be saved by everyone. And our convenient browser-based interface offers enhanced search capabilities and other cool tools, all for free. Everyone should have this great little recorder on their browser. Freecorder Toolbar works inside both Internet Explorer and Firefox, and offers simple one-button recording that saves everything you hear from your PC speakers as either an MP3 or WAV file. It will also record from the microphone or line-in inputs on your PC. Additionally, Freecorder Toolbar includes a powerful Google-based search, and optional browser enhancements like a radio tuner, weather bug, pop-up blocker, search highlighter and more. We are thrilled to be able to give consumers an easy-to-use universal audio recorder that works great with Windows Vista and XP said Applian CEO Bill Dettering, Internet audio or application-generated sound can now be saved by everyone. And our convenient browser-based interface offers enhanced search capabilities and other cool tools, all for free. Everyone should have this great little recorder on their browser. Freecorder Toolbar was developed in partnership with Conduit, the leading platform for building online communities via community toolbars. Our vision at Conduit is to provide website publishers with the most powerful components and content for their community toolbar, and ultimately to deliver a superior end-user experience, said Ronen Shilo, CEO of Conduit. Applian is a clear leader managing streaming media and we are delighted to provide their highly useful tools via our platform. Freecorder Toolbar contains no advertising, and is available for free from Freecorder.com. It requires a PC running Windows 2000 or later. About Applian Technologies Applian Technologies was started by Bill Dettering in 2000 with the launch of Replay Radio, a program Bill created to combat the boredom of his long
Soundforge7: MP3 codec problem
Hi. My First post to this list. As subject says, I'm using Sony Sound Forge 7. Little did I realise the MP3 codec or whatever it is must be registered after so many uses. The problem? The computer SF7's is on is not connected to the internet at present. So, my question is: can anyone think of an interim solution to doing conversions of MP3 to wave files, and vice versa? Might it be possible to (temporarily) use a free MP3 codec, or will Sound Forge not like that! (I've no objection in principle to registering, just cannot do this at the moment as just explained. Obviously, I do have an internet connected PC on which I'm sending this message, so downloading to this machine is of course possible. Little bit about myself. Living in the UK, my audio work is with local talking newspaper, some aural history work, a little live music recording, plus some transcription work. So far used Sound Forge 7 but I'm considering buying Studio Recorder. Intend upgrading to SF9 as soon as money permits, as I'd find the multi-track-multi-channel facility useful. Look forward to replies. From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
