To IPod or not?

2005-06-07 Thread K. Washington
Hello. I've finally decided to exchange my portable MP3 player for an IPod. Don't know too much about this gadget, , but I've been Googling for information the past few days. Does anyone here own an IPod? If so, how accessible is it to transfer MP3 files from your PC to the player using spe

Re: programs for what I want to do

2005-06-07 Thread Bruce Toews
You could, but it's not much cheaper than Nero, has much less functionality, is not completely accessible despite the propaganda, and in my personal, one-person's opinion, is overpriced and overrated. Bruce -- Bruce Toews E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site (including

Re: programs for what I want to do

2005-06-07 Thread Yardbird
Regretfully, because I'd love to be able to support a product like Premier and its accessibility-focused company, I have to agree with Bruce, here. I recently had a pretty unsatisfying experience exploring the program on a trial basis. Strange things went wrong, for instance, when I wasn't ab

Re: To IPod or not?

2005-06-07 Thread Tim Grady
Look at the Iriver players. It's easy to transfer files from your computer to the Ipod, but that's not what you should be concerned about. Especially on the newer Ipods, they're not accessible for a totally blind person. The only one now that is accessible is the Shuffle, but that's not what

Re: vox chat audio client

2005-06-07 Thread Tim Grady
Someone else on this list probably could, but pop over to www.audio-tips.com or www.forthepeople.com. - Original Message - From: "Sun Sparkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 8:21 AM Subject: Re: vox chat audio client can you give me

Re: To IPod or not?

2005-06-07 Thread Yardbird
Tim, Can you provide a Web address for researching this player? Thanks a lot. I'd like to learn more about it. - Original Message - From: "Tim Grady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 8:28 AM Subject: Re: To IPod or not? Look at the I

Music Download Services

2005-06-07 Thread Rick Alfaro
Can anyone recommend an accessible music download service? I tried Rhapsody, and although the radio stream is very useable as well as purchasing and playing songs, the interface to burn or transfer your purchased music to cd or a portable player is terrible. I couldn't burn a song I purchased to

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2005-06-07 Thread Steve Gomes
I just called best buy today and that have nero 6. something ultra for $69.95 with a $20 rebate. web site www.rellek.com/stevegomes phone 720-747-4990 ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscri

Re: Music Download Services

2005-06-07 Thread Clifford Blackwell
Rick, I don't know if the Real Player and the Music Store associated with it use essentially the same interface as Rapsody or not. I've had good luck in downloading and buring music purchased through the Music Store at Real.com Also, Emusic.com is a breeze though the selection of music is a bit

RE: Music Download Services

2005-06-07 Thread Rick Alfaro
Thanks, maybe I'll try Real Player. The song I purchased was downloaded to my computer with a .rax extension and nothing else seems to play it except the Rhapsody client. Maybe Real Audio will recognize the format and allow me to burn it to cd. --Best regards, --Rick Alfaro [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Music Download Services

2005-06-07 Thread Clifford Blackwell
Tracks bought through the Real Music Store are in the .rax format. You should have no trouble playing. Let me know if you find the interfaces to be similar. With a couple of others on this list, I've done some experimenting and have a couple of different approaches to suggest. Clifford >>> [EM

Re: Music Download Services

2005-06-07 Thread Tim Grady
Yep, that's the real media protected format, so it probably will work in Realplayer. - Original Message - From: "Rick Alfaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 3:45 PM Subject: RE: Music Download Services Thanks, maybe I'll try Real

Re: Music Download Services

2005-06-07 Thread Tim Grady
You can burn the downloaded music from Rhapsody with Realplayer if you have Realplayer Plus. - Original Message - From: "Rick Alfaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pc-Audio" Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 2:57 PM Subject: Music Download Services Can anyone recommend an accessible music do

CD mp3 player?

2005-06-07 Thread Marijan Janev
Hello Friends, Which is the best blind friendly CD mp3-player? Thanks very much! Marijan ___ 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]

Re: Music Download Services

2005-06-07 Thread Norma A. Boge-Conyers
Rick, I like Napster a lot. It is fairly accessible, the tracks are in the Windows Media format, and I have been able to burn them, though it's been a while since I did this. HTH, Norma ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... ht

Re: CD mp3 player?

2005-06-07 Thread Lois Goodine
It's expensive. But the Victor Reader Classic Plus is great. It plays music CD's, mp3's, and Daisy formatted material on discs. In Daisy formatted material you can find and stop on sentences, paragraphs, pages, chapters, etc. But there are less costly machines. Check out www.rfbe.org whe

Re: CD mp3 player?

2005-06-07 Thread Bruce Toews
Let me add that it also plays OGG Vorbis files, too. bruce -- Bruce Toews E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Lois Goodine

files to burn

2005-06-07 Thread Howard Traxler
Hi all. Here's a question from me, Howard Traxler. I've read this list for years, but never had much questions .. or answers. I'm ready to burn an audio CD. All the files are .wav files. Do I need to convert them to something else? If so, how would I do that? Thanks you much. Howard _

Re: programs for what I want to do

2005-06-07 Thread Gary Wood
Hi Bruce. Thanks for that. I really like using Nero. A strange thing happened: I burned a CD, but part of the files wouldn't play, even in Winamp. I must have started a project, then went out of it, thinking that I could get back to it. Nero said, "File not found. Do you want to remove it

Re: programs for what I want to do

2005-06-07 Thread Gary Wood
It sounds like I don't really want to try that one. They really shouldn't say that their program is accessible if it isn't. - Original Message - From: "Yardbird" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 9:51 AM Subject: Re: programs for what I w

Re: CD mp3 player?

2005-06-07 Thread Gary Wood
Hi Loess. I have a Panasonic DVD player that plays MP3 CD's, and it also plays WMA files. - Original Message - From: "Lois Goodine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 4:55 PM Subject: Re: CD mp3 player? It's expensive. But the Victor

Re: files to burn

2005-06-07 Thread Gary Wood
Hi Howard. It depends on whether you want to make a music CD or an MP3 CD. You can put up to ten hours of music on an MP3 CD, if that's the way you want to go. - Original Message - From: "Howard Traxler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005