Re: free VPN

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yep you can set up a VPN but there's very little point in doing that if you don't have a VPN provider. That's where services like Witopia are dead handy because they provide you with the server so you can set your VPN up but - even better than that - you don't have to know a single thing

Re: Follow-up: Free CD Ripping Software

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Interesting to hear you say that, I know others who use Windows Media 12 - think it is now - with Windows 7 and I've not heard any noise when it comes to accessibility issues etc, I know people who use this extensively and no other. On 2/11/2014 7:55 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote: I'm not too sure

Re: appleTV to RCA (composite)

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Only my way of thinking of course but it does sound to me like very unecessary and time wasting work doing something like this and I say that with a variety of reasons in mind. Yes, I do udnerstand that many of us are cash strapped - thought I'd point that out before those who can't read

Re: free VPN question

2014-11-02 Thread Howard Traxler
Someone please: What is VPN, what does it do, and why would one want and use it? Thanks. Howard - Original Message - From: André van Deventer andred...@webafrica.org.za To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 7:48 AM Subject: RE: free VPN

Re: free VPN question

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
a VPn ins a Virtual Private Network, in other words a virtual tunnel on the Internet between your computer ahd the other computer, VPN'S are commonly used in those situations where sensitive data is exchanged between point A and point B, vinancial transactions and the like - someone I know who

RE: Follow-up: Free CD Ripping Software

2014-11-02 Thread Tom Kaufman
Well that was my experience (Windows Media 12 does seem to work differently than Windows Media 11 (doesn't seem as cut and dry as 11 waas! Tom Kaufman -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2014

Re: Follow-up: Free CD Ripping Software

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Curiosity now has the better of me so I’ll take a look for myself, been a long while since I myself have had a look at the Media Player. On 3 Nov 2014, at 3:42 am, Tom Kaufman tomca...@comcast.net wrote: Well that was my experience (Windows Media 12 does seem to work differently than

RE: free VPN question

2014-11-02 Thread André van Deventer
In my case I only need one to listen to programs on bbc five live and bbc five live extra which you cannot hear outside the UK. So the bbc server actually thinks that you are connecting from inside the UK. I haven't found any other way to do this than using a VPN like witopia. -Original

Re: free VPN question

2014-11-02 Thread Jeremy
It's a complete shot in the dark, and may not even work for streaming radio type materials, but, have you also taken a look at the hola service. It seems to be especially useful for watching things like hulu and netflix from other countries. I currently know some folks in Canada who are using

Re: free VPN question

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
As I said, Hotspot Shield should do this but then again you may have problems with the client, I outlined all this in reply to your first eMail in this thread. On 3/11/2014 3:57 AM, André van Deventer wrote: In my case I only need one to listen to programs on bbc five live and bbc five live

Re: Follow-up: Free CD Ripping Software

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Okay, I've been playing with Windows Media Player for the last half hour or so and I'm using NVDA on the Windows Desktop computer here, I'm running Windows media Player 12 with Windows 7 Home Premium. Yes, the software is certainly accessible though finding your way around Winodws Media

Re: Follow-up: Free CD Ripping Software

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Okay, I've just thought of another free CD Ripping solution and I'm surprised its taken me this long to mention VLC as that's my favourite media player. I've not given the Ripper feature any thought up till now but - given that VLC is fully accessible - I can't see any reason why the Ripping

Answering calls on the mac.

2014-11-02 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I have found that you can not use a bluetooth headset or a headset like the logitech h800 with its own transmitter when taking calls on the mac. You have to use the built-in microphone or the mic input and headphones input on your mac to make it work properly. /A

Re: Victor Reader Stream

2014-11-02 Thread Gary Schindler
I don't know of any portable players that support flac files personally. Not all M3U or PLS files will work on the Bookports or Plextalk machines, so it it a matter of trial and error! -Original Message- From: Kelly Pierce Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2014 2:43 PM To: PC Audio

Re: Answering calls on the mac.

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Its an issue I never investigated to be honest because I have other ways of answering calls on the Mac than using the controls on that headset which are rather hard to press, I assigned various keyboard shortcuts on the Mac to answer calls in Skype for example, its usual that - if I’m taking

Re: Answering calls on the mac.

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Okay, I've been up on the Logitech Support page for the h800 wireless headset and there are a couple of downloads for the Mac which may help you, one of which is a Bluetooth Pairing utility which may enable you to use the Anser button? I honestly don't know so have a look at

bossjock studio | Podcast from iOS, no PC needed.

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hi! The link below takes you to the page of the DJ software I use for IOS, I've mentioned BossJock Studio here at different times. If you have an IOS device and you want to do DJ work, set up live streams on the Internet or just want a super and flexible recorder then its really worth

Re: Follow-up: Free CD Ripping Software

2014-11-02 Thread Robert Byers
I use to burn with it, in version 11, but can't get to work in 12. I now use Nero. On 3/11/2014 3:46 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: Curiosity now has the better of me so I’ll take a look for myself, been a long while since I myself have had a look at the Media Player. On 3 Nov 2014, at 3:42 am,

Re: Follow-up: Free CD Ripping Software

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
I did post a link to the help center which should help you with Windows Media Player. So you use Nero? Heaven help you smile, that is reall ythe worst Ripper around, it used to be quite reasonable but it just doesn't read CD'S properly, nor do most of the other free CD Ripping solutions out

Re: Follow-up: Free CD Ripping Software

2014-11-02 Thread PETER Scanlon
Nero is really very good. I found Exact Audio Copy awkward. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Date: Monday, November 3, 2014 2:00 pm Subject: Re: Follow-up: Free CD Ripping Software I did post a link

Re: bossjock studio | Podcast from iOS, no PC needed.

2014-11-02 Thread tim cumings
Dane, the other thing you failed to mention is that with boss jock you can disable the iphne filtering to get a recording with much better fidelity thatn standard recordings. On 11/2/2014 9:53 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: Hi! The link below takes you to the page of the DJ software I use for

Re: bossjock studio | Podcast from iOS, no PC needed.

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Yes, I did fail to mention that and thank you for noting this. Actually the microphone in the iPhone does possess some very good quality characteristics which can be shown, this is useful for those making their first recording and who don't yet have an external microphone of some sort - most

Re: Follow-up: Free CD Ripping Software

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
I sggest the reason you find Exact Audio Copy that way is that you don't bother setting it up correctly? smile. On 3/11/2014 2:33 PM, PETER Scanlon wrote: Nero is really very good. I found Exact Audio Copy awkward. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net

Alternative Broadcasting Software to Station Playlist

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Hep, subject line says everything and this may be round the corner. I wanted to forward the original eMail on this subject to the list however the author of same - as it stands - hasn't given me permission to do so as yet and I respect that. It is hoped that the product will be available

Re: Follow-up: Free CD Ripping Software

2014-11-02 Thread Peter Scanlon
Well which particular settings should I change? Or is there a tutorial somewhere I can listen to? -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 5:18 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Follow-up: Free CD Ripping Software I sggest the reason you find

Re: Follow-up: Free CD Ripping Software

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Google is your friend, there's heaps of stuff out there. On 3/11/2014 5:27 PM, Peter Scanlon wrote: Well which particular settings should I change? Or is there a tutorial somewhere I can listen to? -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 5:18 PM To: PC

Re: Alternative Broadcasting Software to Station Playlist

2014-11-02 Thread Peter Scanlon
I look forward to this. I'd also like to see Sam Broadcaster made accessible. -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 5:27 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Alternative Broadcasting Software to Station Playlist Hep, subject line says

Re: Alternative Broadcasting Software to Station Playlist

2014-11-02 Thread Sunshine
can you keep me up todate on this? On 11/3/2014 12:27 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote: Hep, subject line says everything and this may be round the corner. I wanted to forward the original eMail on this subject to the list however the author of same - as it stands - hasn't given me permission to do

Re: Alternative Broadcasting Software to Station Playlist

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
I'm not a programmer myself so can't comment but - last I heard - SAM Broadcaster couldn't be made accessible due to the programming language it was written in. I did myself use SAM Broadcaster for quite a hwile - even at that time - it did require some skill at mouse manipulation but

RE: Alternative Broadcasting Software to Station Playlist

2014-11-02 Thread Brian Hartgen
I really look forward to seeing what they come up with. With SPL and scripting, blind users have a tonne of features which go way over and above what SPL can do out of the box, so there are going to have to be many many compelling benefits in order to switch. Brian -Original Message-

Re: Follow-up: Free CD Ripping Software

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Okay, my Friend Google smile came up with the following for you, its been a while since I've looked at this page but it is a good place to start for information on Exact Audio Copy. http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=Exact_Audio_Copy On 3/11/2014 5:27 PM, Peter Scanlon wrote: Well

Re: Alternative Broadcasting Software to Station Playlist

2014-11-02 Thread Johny Cassidy
Price sounds compelling enough. @johnycassidy On 3 Nov 2014, at 07:01, Brian Hartgen j...@hartgen.org wrote: I really look forward to seeing what they come up with. With SPL and scripting, blind users have a tonne of features which go way over and above what SPL can do out of the box,

RE: Alternative Broadcasting Software to Station Playlist

2014-11-02 Thread Joseph Lee
Hi, SAM Encoders: major screen readers have scripts for it (I'm responsible for one of them). As for it becoming accessible, I don't think so. As for the new kid on the block, I sent a message to developers to see if NVDA users and devs can assist them with compatibility and testing. Based on

Re: Alternative Broadcasting Software to Station Playlist

2014-11-02 Thread Dane Trethowan
Unless of course there's beta stuff floating around with further accessibility tweaks? On 3/11/2014 6:06 PM, Joseph Lee wrote: Hi, SAM Encoders: major screen readers have scripts for it (I'm responsible for one of them). As for it becoming accessible, I don't think so. As for the new kid on

RE: Alternative Broadcasting Software to Station Playlist

2014-11-02 Thread Joseph Lee
Hi Brian and all, I'm testing the latest version of the new kid and it does require scripting to some extent. It is written in Delphi and uses TDK GUI framework. At this point, there's no indication as to whether the mic is on or off, some fields are not labeled, important functions don't have

RE: Alternative Broadcasting Software to Station Playlist

2014-11-02 Thread Joseph Lee
Hi, Beta of the new kid is more accessible - buttons are properly labeled, yet a few issues (some major ones) remain (if only scripters can access the API...). Cheers, Joseph -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent:

Re: Alternative Broadcasting Software to Station Playlist

2014-11-02 Thread Sunshine
Joseph, could you email me off list i would love to test this new broadcasting kit out and give accessibility feedback let me know how to get incontact with the developer of the software please? tahnks. On 11/3/2014 1:18 AM, Joseph Lee wrote: Hi, Beta of the new kid is more accessible -