RE: jukebox application
Thanks to everyone, I will try the latest winamp for now. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 4:29 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: jukebox application On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:25:30 -0500, you wrote: is there something out there that would turn my computer in to a jukebox so someone that does not have any computer skills could select and queue up songs to play and hopefully it would work well with window-eyes and maybe be free or not very expensive? If they don't have any computer skills, what kind of interface would you have them use? Telephone and voice recognition? Do you want the ability to cue music to be local or remote? Will the playback be over local audio device or Internet-streamed? Will the end user be blind or sighted? There used to be a device the size of one rack space whose name I forget which was ideal for this very purpose. The Windows or Linux server shared an XML file with titles of streamable material and streamed it to the aforementioned device. The device itself was Linux-based and there was loose talk about adding speech capability to the interface, but unfortunately the hardware stopped being made and supported, hence, so did the software. There is a package from oddsock.org that will do what you want, but it takes a good level of computer skill to set it up at the broadcast/streaming end, and definitely a computer with a browser to select the material from the user end. Go to http://www.oddsock.org and see if it's still there and maybe it might meet your needs. 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: jukebox application
On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:25:30 -0500, you wrote: is there something out there that would turn my computer in to a jukebox so someone that does not have any computer skills could select and queue up songs to play and hopefully it would work well with window-eyes and maybe be free or not very expensive? If they don't have any computer skills, what kind of interface would you have them use? Telephone and voice recognition? Do you want the ability to cue music to be local or remote? Will the playback be over local audio device or Internet-streamed? Will the end user be blind or sighted? There used to be a device the size of one rack space whose name I forget which was ideal for this very purpose. The Windows or Linux server shared an XML file with titles of streamable material and streamed it to the aforementioned device. The device itself was Linux-based and there was loose talk about adding speech capability to the interface, but unfortunately the hardware stopped being made and supported, hence, so did the software. There is a package from oddsock.org that will do what you want, but it takes a good level of computer skill to set it up at the broadcast/streaming end, and definitely a computer with a browser to select the material from the user end. Go to http://www.oddsock.org and see if it's still there and maybe it might meet your needs. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: jukebox application
Hi Jim, I have two suggestions that might help here. First of all if the computer is running Window-Eyes 7.11 perhaps using Winamp with Jeff Bishop's excellent scripts for Winamp available at www.gwmicro.com/sc might be suitable. The second suggestion is a product called Digital Jukebox from Marvelsoft. This product for Windows is a talking jukebox designed to be used by blind people. It can either be used in a self-voicing mode or with a screen reader. For more information about this product go to www.braillebookstore.com/view.php?T=Digital+Jukebox. I haven't tried this product so I don't know how well it works. Regards Steve. On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:25:30 -0500 Jim Ruby j...@blindsea.com wrote: Hi, is there something out there that would turn my computer in to a jukebox so someone that does not have any computer skills could select and queue up songs to play and hopefully it would work well with window-eyes and maybe be free or not very expensive? Regards Steve Email: s...@internode.on.net MSN Messenger: internetuser...@hotmail.com Skype: steve1963 Twitter: steve9782 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
Re: jukebox application
I've tried the Digital Jukebox and had trouble with it getting it to work and play the songs. Tiffany - Original Message - From: Steve Pattison s...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 5:07 PM Subject: Re: jukebox application Hi Jim, I have two suggestions that might help here. First of all if the computer is running Window-Eyes 7.11 perhaps using Winamp with Jeff Bishop's excellent scripts for Winamp available at www.gwmicro.com/sc might be suitable. The second suggestion is a product called Digital Jukebox from Marvelsoft. This product for Windows is a talking jukebox designed to be used by blind people. It can either be used in a self-voicing mode or with a screen reader. For more information about this product go to www.braillebookstore.com/view.php?T=Digital+Jukebox. I haven't tried this product so I don't know how well it works. Regards Steve. On Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:25:30 -0500 Jim Ruby j...@blindsea.com wrote: Hi, is there something out there that would turn my computer in to a jukebox so someone that does not have any computer skills could select and queue up songs to play and hopefully it would work well with window-eyes and maybe be free or not very expensive? Regards Steve Email: s...@internode.on.net MSN Messenger: internetuser...@hotmail.com Skype: steve1963 Twitter: steve9782 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
