I could see a braille display being of help, even if it's a referbed braille lite 20 or 40 bought from FS for around $1900. In that type of situation, things could work all right as long as one got all the info that is needed.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Adkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 9:39 PM Subject: Re: broadcasting question > You are so correct. I have a friend at our local adult sstation who tells > me > when he has a shift, he goes in to the control room and has two buttons. > One > is the mic, and the other is marked "Next Event!" All of his scripts are > on > the screne as is his log, playlist, show, you name it. Not many stations > use > CD's anymore, and get their music from a music service or download a > packagge from somewhere. > > There are some blind people doing operations work and behind the scene > stuff, but I don't know of many on the air. I would like to hear from > anybody using Audiovolt, and other stuff. I've used Enco on a limmited > bassis, and it does work with Window-eyes right out of the box as do many > many things, including Sound Forge although the sets do help. > > Chuck > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Seed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 10:09 PM > Subject: Re: broadcasting question > > >> It is my understanding that the 1500 songs that most stations have on >> their >> rotating play list are downloaded from special websites that are set up >> by >> the record companies and are simply inserted into the daily play list, >> thus >> eliminating this particular function. At one time I was a music librarian >> for a Canadian public broadcaster. It was my job to order and catalogue >> all >> of the music into a national database with a number of different >> information >> fields to be filled in by the person doing the cataloguing. Back then we >> had physical compact discs that we could actually hold in our hands. >> Today >> all of that music is on a hard drive. If you are an oldies station there >> are >> companies that will actually send you a physical hard drive that is >> preloaded with any type of music that you desire. The drive costs about >> 200-dollars. This is far less than actually going out to buy all of that >> music. In most stations that I have visited in the past year or so, you >> would be hard pressed to find a compact disc fullof music. The most >> recent >> station that I visited was nothing more than a computer, a small control >> board, and a 125 watt transmitter that was about the size of an average >> toaster. I have also worked at stations that had a transmitter that was >> about the size of a house and was water cooled. Believe me I have been >> there and done that. All that I can say is that one has to be nuts to be >> in >> this business. You either love it or hate it. There is nothing in >> between. >> The shifts, well there something else! Getting up at three in the morning >> to >> go into work isn't my cup of tea. As they say, "take this job and shove >> it." >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Brent Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 9:29 PM >> Subject: Re: broadcasting question >> >> >>>I know one thing related to broadcasting, sort of indirectly, that needs >>>to >>> be done is the massive CD ripping project stations go through on every >>> format flip and ongoing as new music arrives. Unless they have CD-Rom >>> changers for the computer (would be nice also for backing up large >>> drives >>> on >>> DVD RW if they could burn) it would take a lot of manual work depending >>> how >>> many systems were around to put disks in to do several at a time. That >>> would >>> be a sort of entry-level job blind people could do with a copy of JFW if >>> the >>> project really was as big as one would think figuring 2 minutes apiece >>> to >>> rip and compress. >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Denny Daughters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 7:04 PM >>> Subject: Re: broadcasting question >>> >>> >>>> Hi Brandon, >>>> Sounds like that broadcasting school doesn't want to deal with you. >>>> Yes >>>> you can do it. Although when I did it 4 years ago the college couldn't >>>> afford the expensive software that the commercial stations were using. >>>> We >>>> still used cds, mini disks and some carts. I brailled up all the cds >>>> and >>>> brailled out all the public service anouncements I read. If they're >>>> not >>>> willing to buy the equipment, see if they'll let you braille up any cds >>>> they >>>> have. It also depends on what computer software they're using and if >>>> it >>>> works with Jfw or window-eyes. There's a way to get experience at a >>>> basic >>>> level. Keep bugging them. >>>> Denny >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists >>>> we >>>> offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. 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