Re: Improving Voice Over in Zoom meetings

[Robert Carter]

Hi Kare,

The sound quality of the headset is fine. It is an over the ear headset. I did 
not find the sound of the built-in microphone to be as good as the microphones 
on my 16 inch MacBook Pro. So, I choose to use the MacBook Pro microphones 
instead of the headset microphone. It is totally user choice.

This headset can also be plugged straight into the headphone jack of the 
MacBook Pro. Of course when you do this, you loose the advantage of the two USB 
sound cards.

Robert Carter



> On Jul 11, 2020, at 4:10 PM, Karen Lewellen  wrote:
> 
> Oh, Robert, how is the sound quality?
> Janina, if you find other models, please share.
> Kare
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 11 Jul 2020, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote:
> 
>> I like the notion of dual DACs on a headset device. You've got me
>> shopping!
>> 
>> Best,
>> 
>> Janina
>> 
>> Robert Carter writes:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I purchased an Arctic 5 gaming headset. This headset has a USB interface 
>>> and has two sound cards built-in. So, there is a volume control on the 
>>> cable which allows you to control the volume of the two sound cards 
>>> separately. You can set up the sound sources on the Mac so that you have 
>>> VoiceOver on one sound card and Zoom on the other. This way, using the 
>>> single volume control, you can turn either sound source up or down as 
>>> needed. This is not panning as both sound from Zoom and Voice Over come 
>>> through both speakers but the ability to grab the volume control and turn 
>>> up or down either source instantaneously makes for a much more pleasant 
>>> Zoom and VoiceOver experience.
>>> 
>>> I learned about this headset from a podcast that David Woodbridge did about 
>>> it.
>>> 
>>> Robert Carter
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
 On Jul 9, 2020, at 2:35 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
  wrote:
 
 Hello All:
 
 Like many of you I spend a lot of time each week in Zoom meetings.
 
 I find there are many ways by which Zoom notifications read aloud by Voice 
 Over
 enhance the experience. I very much appreciate knowing who just entered
 the meeting, and who just left. This is only one example.
 
 But there's clearly also the problem of Voice Over obscuring what is
 being said in the teleconference itself. Unfortunately, both speack at
 exactly the same locus of a stereo field, because there's no facility to
 pan these sound emmiters to different locations even though most of us
 are likely stereo capable in our hardware.
 
 I believe the situation could be enhanced greatly if we had the ability to
 adjust the pan position of Voice Over speech. If the sound coming
 from the meeting were in one location in the stereo field, while Voice Over
 speech were in a different pan location; we would have a greater 
 possibility to pay
 attention to the one and ignore the other. Some of us would likely even
 learn to comprehend both just as sighted people often comprehend
 unrelated simoultaneous events in their visual field.
 
 What do you think? Is this something we should request of Apple? I
 suspect it would be relatively easy to implement.
 
 Best,
 
 Janina
 
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Re: Improving Voice Over in Zoom meetings

[Kliph Senior]

Do you have a link for this headset?


> On Jul 12, 2020, at 9:43 AM, Robert Carter  wrote:
> 
> Hi Kare,
> 
> The sound quality of the headset is fine. It is an over the ear headset. I 
> did not find the sound of the built-in microphone to be as good as the 
> microphones on my 16 inch MacBook Pro. So, I choose to use the MacBook Pro 
> microphones instead of the headset microphone. It is totally user choice.
> 
> This headset can also be plugged straight into the headphone jack of the 
> MacBook Pro. Of course when you do this, you loose the advantage of the two 
> USB sound cards.
> 
> Robert Carter
> 
> 
> 
>> On Jul 11, 2020, at 4:10 PM, Karen Lewellen  wrote:
>> 
>> Oh, Robert, how is the sound quality?
>> Janina, if you find other models, please share.
>> Kare
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, 11 Jul 2020, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries wrote:
>> 
>>> I like the notion of dual DACs on a headset device. You've got me
>>> shopping!
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> 
>>> Janina
>>> 
>>> Robert Carter writes:
 Hi,
 
 I purchased an Arctic 5 gaming headset. This headset has a USB interface 
 and has two sound cards built-in. So, there is a volume control on the 
 cable which allows you to control the volume of the two sound cards 
 separately. You can set up the sound sources on the Mac so that you have 
 VoiceOver on one sound card and Zoom on the other. This way, using the 
 single volume control, you can turn either sound source up or down as 
 needed. This is not panning as both sound from Zoom and Voice Over come 
 through both speakers but the ability to grab the volume control and turn 
 up or down either source instantaneously makes for a much more pleasant 
 Zoom and VoiceOver experience.
 
 I learned about this headset from a podcast that David Woodbridge did 
 about it.
 
 Robert Carter
 
 
 
> On Jul 9, 2020, at 2:35 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hello All:
> 
> Like many of you I spend a lot of time each week in Zoom meetings.
> 
> I find there are many ways by which Zoom notifications read aloud by 
> Voice Over
> enhance the experience. I very much appreciate knowing who just entered
> the meeting, and who just left. This is only one example.
> 
> But there's clearly also the problem of Voice Over obscuring what is
> being said in the teleconference itself. Unfortunately, both speack at
> exactly the same locus of a stereo field, because there's no facility to
> pan these sound emmiters to different locations even though most of us
> are likely stereo capable in our hardware.
> 
> I believe the situation could be enhanced greatly if we had the ability to
> adjust the pan position of Voice Over speech. If the sound coming
> from the meeting were in one location in the stereo field, while Voice 
> Over
> speech were in a different pan location; we would have a greater 
> possibility to pay
> attention to the one and ignore the other. Some of us would likely even
> learn to comprehend both just as sighted people often comprehend
> unrelated simoultaneous events in their visual field.
> 
> What do you think? Is this something we should request of Apple? I
> suspect it would be relatively easy to implement.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Janina
> 
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Amazon.com: SteelSeries Arctis 5 - RGB Illuminated Gaming Headset with DTS Headphone:X v2.0 Surround - For PC and PlayStation 4 - Black: Computers & Accessories

[Robert Carter]

Hi,

Here is the link for the headset that works well with VoiceOver and Zoom 
together.

Robert Carter



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Re: Amazon.com: SteelSeries Arctis 5 - RGB Illuminated Gaming Headset with DTS Headphone:X v2.0 Surround - For PC and PlayStation 4 - Black: Computers & Accessories

['Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries]

Robert, Do you know the differences between these numerically identified
models, 1, 3, 5, 7, and the three different Pro models?

I see the Pro models support up to 96Khz sampling at 24bits which kind
of sound persuasive. Are they also dual DACs?

I like that there's both wifi and bluetooth connectivity.

Best,

Janina

Robert Carter writes:
> Hi,
> 
> Here is the link for the headset that works well with VoiceOver and Zoom 
> together.
> 
> Robert Carter
> 
> 
> 
> > https://www.amazon.com/SteelSeries-Arctis-Illuminated-Headset-Headphone/dp/B07FZQJ8PY/ref=pd_rhf_ee_p_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=9A3XMHSMQN25HXTGKRN6
> >  
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Re: Amazon.com: SteelSeries Arctis 5 - RGB Illuminated Gaming Headset with DTS Headphone:X v2.0 Surround - For PC and PlayStation 4 - Black: Computers & Accessories

[Robert Carter]

No. I bought the 5 which is the USB version. I know that it does what I want it 
to do with Zoom and VoiceOver. I do not know about the others. Remember, these 
are gaming headsets. It just so happens that the series 5 has two USB sound.  
Cards which enables me to work with Zoom audio and VoiceO er audio at the same 
time. I did not have the time or want to invest the money in trying the 
Bluetooth models. They may work but I can only speak for sure that the Arctis 5 
USB model works with Zoom and VoiceOver.

Robert Carter

> On Jul 12, 2020, at 2:45 PM, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries 
>  wrote:
> 
> Robert, Do you know the differences between these numerically identified
> models, 1, 3, 5, 7, and the three different Pro models?
> 
> I see the Pro models support up to 96Khz sampling at 24bits which kind
> of sound persuasive. Are they also dual DACs?
> 
> I like that there's both wifi and bluetooth connectivity.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Janina
> 
> Robert Carter writes:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Here is the link for the headset that works well with VoiceOver and Zoom 
>> together.
>> 
>> Robert Carter
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> https://www.amazon.com/SteelSeries-Arctis-Illuminated-Headset-Headphone/dp/B07FZQJ8PY/ref=pd_rhf_ee_p_img_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=9A3XMHSMQN25HXTGKRN6
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Re: Help with my Mack air

[mmines]

Good evening Becky, there are of course several things to try here, let's talk 
about it via wireless line sometime over the weekend and I'll see if I can lend 
some assistance, you can leave a message with Sprint IP relay, at 661-246-3110. 
Or send me an off last email what how to get in touch with you.

I hope that my response finds you well and just for the record with the help of 
all the scary that I have I can certainly hear a phone conversation. Have a 
happy, and safe Fourth of July.

Hopefully your friend Maurice Mines.

> On Jul 3, 2020, at 9:59 PM, Dave Carlson  wrote:
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> How about if you have an iPhone, and use the SeeingAI app to look at the 
> computer screen to see if/what shows up?
> 
> Dave Carlson
> Oregonian, Farfar, Engineer, Musician, Pioneer, and Woodworker
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jul 3, 2020, at 9:35 PM, Simon A Fogarty  wrote:
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> Hi Becky,
> 
> Do you know if there is any icons on the screen when you try to start the 
> machine up or if it stays completely powered off?
> 
> Do you have another Mac machine that you could connect the Mac book air to 
> and start the air up as an external drive using target disk mode?
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
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> Behalf Of Rebecca Sabo
> Sent: Saturday, 4 July 2020 9:57 AM
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> Subject: Help with my Mack air
> 
> Hi all,
> My name is Becky Sabo. I have a Mac air 2013 model. It will not turn on at 
> all and I have tried plugging it in and also will not turn on. I have tried 
> calling Apple and they said that that model has been discontinued. My problem 
> is I did not update any of my files on external hard drive or a way to get 
> the files off the computer. They suggested that I need to go to a third-party 
> dealer here in Colorado try to get it fixed. The problem is I don’t know 
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