Re: Have The Chromecast Up And Running

2014-04-18 Thread Salien Brown
Dane, I'm curious about something. When using the newest Apple TV 3, it's quite easy for a visually impaired user to set it up (Voice Over is enabled immediately when you first turn it on.) With the Google Chromecast, how easy is it for someone to set up without sighted assistance? Can you

Re: Have The Chromecast Up And Running

2014-04-18 Thread Salien Brown
I would love to know if you can stream movies from your PC to this device (Through your Wi-Fi connection) which is connected to a TV? I find the problem most of these media devices have is decoding Blu-ray quality movies containing DTS 5.1 - 7.1 audio. I have a nice collection of movies saved

Re: Accessibility of the New amazon FireTV Set Top Box?

2014-04-05 Thread Salien Brown
ssibbility features other than Voice Search. - Original Message - From: "Salien Brown" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2014 8:08 AM Subject: Accessibility of the New amazon FireTV Set Top Box? Hello, I'm curious if anyone here knows if

Accessibility of the New amazon FireTV Set Top Box?

2014-04-05 Thread Salien Brown
Hello, I'm curious if anyone here knows if the new amazon Fire TV set top box has any voice capability built in? Hoping Amazon incorporated some of the voice features of the Kindle Fire into this new device. I love my Apple TV box mainly for it has the Voice Over accessibility option. I do h

Looking for Accessible Software to Access iTunes Backups.

2014-01-15 Thread Salien Brown
Hello Gang, I'm using the latest build of JAWS 15 under Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium and a TripleTalk USB hardware synth. I'm looking for an accessible program that will extract audio files from a Backup of my iPod Touch 5 gen (Itunes Back up) to my PC. It will give me the option of having

Any Good Audio Tutorials for Using Gestures with Voice Over?

2014-01-08 Thread Salien Brown
Hello, I'm strongly considering purchasing an iPhone 5S or iPad Mini to start using some of the many specialty apps geared towards making everyday tasks for visually impaired individuals easier. Only problem is that I'm not really use to navigating the touch screen. Flicking, double tap, swi

This Reading Device is Unbelievable!

2013-12-20 Thread Salien Brown
Hey Gang, Let me thank you guys who helped me out a few weeks ago in picking an accessible device for reading eBooks (Both PDf and audio.) Well I purchase the following item and I love it: VR STREAM2 (503VRC) So strange for I've not had time to listen to 1 single audio book for I'm getting m

Re: Shoutcast

2013-11-30 Thread Salien Brown
Do you know of a media server I can use to work with my Grace Digital Internet radio? I'm running Windows 7 with JAWS 15. Thanks. At 10:16 PM 11/30/2013, you wrote: Hi! We were discussing Shoutcast Players a week or so ago. I'm happy to inform the list that I found another Shoutcast Player i

Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

2013-10-02 Thread Salien Brown
and plays podcasts. I am hoping that these features will be implemented on the Victor Reader Stream in the future. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message ----- From: "Salien Brown" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 5:49 PM Subject: Re

Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

2013-10-01 Thread Salien Brown
web radio stations and downloads and plays podcasts. I am hoping that these features will be implemented on the Victor Reader Stream in the future. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: "Salien Brown" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Tuesday

Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

2013-10-01 Thread Salien Brown
27;t appear to include Audible books, however. All 3 devices play Audible books very well in my experience. I like navigation a little better on the Book Port Plus and new Victor Reader Stream with their dedicated navigation keys. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - Fro

Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

2013-09-30 Thread Salien Brown
get the rest there. The USB thing is not a commin behaviour. >> If you use the supplied cables and charcher you will be fine. The >> stream is the most stable among all players, and have the longest >> battery life. And the new model can charch on the pc in both the on >> and of

Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

2013-09-30 Thread Salien Brown
hould be able to download audible books from the device. On 30/09/2013, Salien Brown wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions. Well I'm looking for something that's > portable, so I will probably want it to have a headphone jack. My > main concern is it having the ability to play A

Re: Recommendations for an audio book reader?

2013-09-30 Thread Salien Brown
r iPhone is also good. They're very versatile, and small. But the crappy speaker means you may want to use headphones, and the touch screen is not quite as easy to use as a keyboard or buttons. ----- Original Message - From: "Salien Brown" To: "PC Audio Discussion

Recommendations for an audio book reader?

2013-09-30 Thread Salien Brown
Hey gang, Well I'm going to start listening to more audio books. I'm in the market for the most accessible hardware/software combination for individuals who are legally blind to do this with no issues? Maybe there's an accessible device on the market that links directly to audible.com, so y