Re: [GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-06-01 Thread Znoteer via talk
On Tue, Jun 01, 2021 at 01:06:24PM -0400, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: [snip] > In fact it may be fun to discover which raps better, the edge itself, or > the screen reader. So, I need only print a page from the transcript > choose from one of the 9 voice possibilities, and let it boogie.

Re: [GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-06-01 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Forgot to answer one. Yes, I do want to hear my reading edge rap, but there is for me an easier way. In anticipation of Hamilton in the movie theatre, did not happen due to covid *sniff* I got a copy of a transcript file. In fact it may be fun to discover which raps better, the edge

Re: [GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-06-01 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 07:47:58PM -0400, Anthony de Boer via talk wrote: > You'd be on Debian Sid as I recall. Likewise it's good on Gentoo, but > youtube-dl needs to be fairly up-to-date as the underlying Youtube > service and the tool change frequently, so you need to be on a > forward-leaning

Re: [GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-06-01 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 06:32:48PM -0400, Znoteer via talk wrote: > And, if your instance of yt-dl is out-of-date and poutube serves you some > errors, > > "youtube-dl -U" > > will update your instance for you. Here's a brief description from > >

Re: [GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-05-31 Thread Anthony de Boer via talk
Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > Well youtube-dl still works fine whenever I use it, so that should still > be fine. ... You'd be on Debian Sid as I recall. Likewise it's good on Gentoo, but youtube-dl needs to be fairly up-to-date as the underlying Youtube service and the tool change

Re: [GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-05-31 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Hi, While I deeply appreciate both of our input, a couple of factors that impact my situation. First, I referenced shellworld, a shell service to which I subscribe, because I personally cannot run Linux. There is no current Linux distribution with a screen reading program that can talk to

Re: [GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-05-31 Thread Znoteer via talk
On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 05:58:45PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: > On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 05:30:35PM -0400, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > > no, > > Previously I could from shellworld use YouTube dL, I believe we have a > > second option too, convert the video to either mp3 or m4a,

Re: [GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-05-31 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 05:30:35PM -0400, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > no, > Previously I could from shellworld use YouTube dL, I believe we have a > second option too, convert the video to either mp3 or m4a, and get the > audio that way. > It was a dance, but I did it for work related

Re: [GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-05-31 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
no, Previously I could from shellworld use YouTube dL, I believe we have a second option too, convert the video to either mp3 or m4a, and get the audio that way. It was a dance, but I did it for work related things. now, or at least last I checked with our admin, YouTube is less friendly

Re: [GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-05-31 Thread Lennart Sorensen via talk
On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 03:49:03PM -0400, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: > Hi Mike > ...Rap lyrics..I need to do that just for fun laughs! > Thanks for the explanation, I cannot use YouTube these days due to Google's > changes where lower graphics tools are concerned. > Hey, at least he is

Re: [GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-05-31 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Hi Mike ...Rap lyrics..I need to do that just for fun laughs! Thanks for the explanation, I cannot use YouTube these days due to Google's changes where lower graphics tools are concerned. Hey, at least he is showcasing the gem. Karen On Mon, 31 May 2021, Mike Kallies via talk wrote: On

Re: [GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-05-31 Thread Mike Kallies via talk
On 2021-05-29 6:48 p.m., Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: ... Still, recognition gets faster once the machine  learns what it is examining, so if this source claims it takes a  while, someone did not ... Very interesting. He probably simply didn't know and wasn't able to spend long enough

Re: [GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-05-29 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Stewart Granted, I have used these for many years, and am rather good at the brightness level adjustments, but, when properly trained, the recognition wait time is less than 15 seconds depending on the material being scanned. Which is the key, there are options for different kinds of

Re: [GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-05-29 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Granted YouTube is not a platform I can reach, but that makes me happy. The technology established the bar for ocr which speaking personally, has not been matched. may keep this link in case the source knows where I can find a spare. My spare got damaged, and I let a friend's son try to

Re: [GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-05-29 Thread Stewart Russell via talk
On Sat., May 29, 2021, 07:37 Mike Kallies via talk, wrote: > > It's approached as a gadget guy, so no deep dives, but he demos it and > gets into a bit of the history and the warts of the aging machines. > He's the only person I've seen demo one who included and commented on the recognition

[GTALUG] Kurzweil Reading Edge

2021-05-29 Thread Mike Kallies via talk
Hey Everyone, These came up recently on the list and coincidentally there's a great Youtuber (Techmoan) who just did a piece on the devices, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0jECuwrn_U It's approached as a gadget guy, so no deep dives, but he demos it and gets into a bit of the history and