73 hank smith amateur radio call sign: KE7IEF echo link node: 301027 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] msn messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] aim: hanksmith5 skype: hanksmith5
----- Original Message ----- From: "MICHAEL MCCARTY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 7:15 AM Subject: [Blind Audio] Mozekty: The Talking Internet Radio Database >I have lots of friends who ask me for accessible websites to find good > links to internet radio stations. I usually send them to > http://www.billsparks.org > because Bill is visually impaired and understands how to create an > online database of station listings that is screen reader friendly. Bill > does a great > job at keeping his website updated, but there's only so much one guy > can do. > > Sometimes, you just want to try something new. Why can't there be a > database of stations that is being checked by a handfull of people to > insure that they > are online and why can't that database be screen reader friendly? I was > asking myself this question one day and did a Google search for internet > radio > database. The results weren't good. What I found were programs that > were not accessible and tons of online resources that hadn't been > updated in years. > > Well, I kept searching and eventually came to the > InfraDrive Mozekty page at http://www.infradrive.com/mozekty.php > . The description of the program said that "Mozekty is a free fast tool > to play your audio streams and radio stations, you can also get a list > of the latest > radio stations on the internet and save your favourite stations. > Features include: > > Listen to hundreds of internet radio stations from around the world > with this full-featured player. > Add, edit or delete stations from your stations database. > Check for latest stations found on the internet by connecting to > Bitsnips.com. > Get full info and statistics about the current playing stream. > Full control from Mozekty system tray icon when the application is > minimized. > Friendly user interface. > Great tool with a small size." > > I knew this was the program I was looking for. I went to the > InfraDrive Download Page at http://www.infradrive.com/downloads.php > and got a copy of Mozekty. > > The program worked great but had one problem with JAWS. As I tabbed > through the various options, I noticed that JAWS wouldn't read the > actual list of stations. > This was an obvious problem. How was I going to know what station I had > selected? > > I sent an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and got an immediate email and Skype call from Ehab El-agizy. As we > chatted, I discovered that this guy was really interested in my issue. > He wanted to > make this program accessible for blind and visually impaired users and > to continue to offer it for free. We talked about JAWS and Window Eyes > and how they > read the screen to people who are blind or visually impaired. He > downloaded a demo of each program and decided that the best way to bring > accessibility > to this program was to write his own Text to Speech interface. > > As you can imagine, I was floored. How many people do you know would > take this kind of interest in making a program accessible? Well, a few > days later, > he was sending me the first beta. It worked well and I could use my > default SAPI voice to access most of the program's menus and combo > boxes. > > This was outstanding. A few days later the second beta arived. Now the > entire program spoke and additional speech support was added. Now, I > could choose > any SAPI 4 or SAPI 5 voice and make it the default voice for the > program. I could now access the program just as easily as any person > with vision. I was > so impressed by the work done that I promised to spread the word to as > many blind and visually impaired people as possible. You are reading the > result > of that promise. > > If you are interested in internet radio, I'd like for you to give this > program a download. If you know of good internet radio stations, please > submit them > so we can add them to the database for all to enjoy. The current > version does not support streams by RealMedia because of their > perprietary nature. This > may be fixed in future releases. Ehab wants our feedback and has a > forum for us to post suggestions and new internet radio listings. > You can also send new listings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > . He did the programming and I did the testing. We made a great team > and I hope we can continue to work together on the program's > development. So, what > are you waiting for? > Click this direct link to download Mozekty. > http://www.infradrive.com/downloads/Mozekty.exe > > If you have any questions about the program's speech output, feel free > to contact me at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Michael McCarty > Fred's Head Database Coordinator > American Printing House for the Blind > Phone: 502 899-2396 > Fax: 502 899-2363 > Skype: mbmccarty > www.aph.org > www.FredsHeadCompanion.blogspot.com > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> > Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. 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