Hi, I can just confirm that this player is really really good. Brian
-----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of dan thompson Sent: 2. april 2010 13:03 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: A couple of tips to improve your MaPlEr Thanks Dave, I tried emaling this company on Monday because of a restration problem and haven't heard anything yet. Do you happen to have the best email address to reach the individuals in tech? Thanks very much in advance. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Pattison" <s...@internode.on.net> To: "Access L" <acces...@access-l.com>; "CUG Members" <memb...@bcacug.org>; "VIP-L" <vi...@freelists.org> Cc: "PC Audio" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 11:17 PM Subject: Fwd: A couple of tips to improve your MaPlEr > MaPlEr is an accessible media player available from > http://www.mar-dy.com/MaPlEr/MaPlEr.php -Steve. > > From: David > > > > > > You will have noticed, that MaPlEr displays information like Artist, Album > and Track title, when playing your songs. Each of these informations are > displayed in their respective columns. Unfortunately, the speech > synthesizer in the screen reader, does not always split these > informations, hence often you will have the full line of information read > as one long phrase, making it a bit hard to distinguish the one column > from the other. > > This can easily be fixed: > Thing is that MaPlEr standard ships with the 'split character' between > columns set to a single dash, that usually will have little effect on most > voices in your screen reader. Here is how to fix it: > > 1. go to Settings (Alt-S) > 2. Choose Optical Settings. > 3. Tab to 'Character between columns', and here type the period sign on > your keyboard followed by a Space (". "). > 4. Press Enter. > > Your speech now will make a small pause between each information, making > it somehow more comprehendable to scroll through your playlist. > > > ... > > MaPlEr has the ability to remember the last four played playlists. You > easily can access them by going to the File menu, and pressing 1 through > 4. > > On the other hand, if you want to switch between these even more quickly, > here is a suggestion: > 1. Go to Settings menu (Alt-S). > 2. choose Keyboard (K). > 3. Choose Define Shortcuts (E). > 4. Scroll down to File - 1. > 5. Press a wanted hotkey, for instance, CTRL-1. > 6. Repeat the two previous steps for File -2, File- 3, and File -4. > 7. Press Tab, and press Enter on OK. > >>From now on, you can press the newly defined hotkeys (in the example >>Ctrl-1 through Ctrl-4), and quickly switch between the last four >>playlists. > > When is this feature useful? Well, say you are listening to an audiobook. > It is defined by MaPlEr as a playlist, and the software will keep track of > where in the book you are, at any given time. > You now get tired of the book, and want a break, in which you want to > listen to some music. Your second playlist now will be holding your music. > After half an hour of music listening you want to go back to your > audiobook, and simply switching back to your playlist that holds the book, > will put you where you left your reading. With the above defining of > hotkeys for this switch, it is done in a swift to 'pop' between your > playlists. > > Start playing around, and you will soon find your MaPlEr gets even a > greater tool. > 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 To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org