Re: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads

2009-03-07 Thread Gary Wood
Well about three years ago, those of us who were interested formed a committee made up of interested blind people and deaf to help set up a system whereby there would be descriptive audio for movies using headsets, and a system where deaf individuals could watch using closed captioning. We got

Re: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads

2009-03-07 Thread Gary Petraccaro
Great show. - Original Message - From: Bruce Toews To: PC Audio Discussion List Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 6:28 PM Subject: RE: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads If you like good humor, try the Canadian TV show Corner Gas. Seasons 2 through the pres

Re: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads

2009-03-07 Thread Gary Petraccaro
Actually, Dave happened to be telling the truth. There used to be DVS on Dishnet for some channels. Now, after that dustup, the only channel on which I find regular DVS is TCM. CBS doesn't have it and neither does PBS. These may be on other systems, ComCast, Directtv, I don't know, but not o

What you hear option not available on asus netbook

2009-03-07 Thread Kathy Szinnyey
Hi, gang! I just purchased a lovely Asus netbook computer and notice it doesn't have the What You Hear feature. There are times I would love to be able to talk while playing music during an on-the-road live365 show. Short of buying a mixer or having to play music and then go back and add voic

Re: What you hear option not available on asus netbook

2009-03-07 Thread Chris Hallsworth
Hello, try Total Recorder from www.totalrecorder.com. This is an amazing product as it installs a driver that simulates a what you hear affect on your sound card, except that the driver directly captures what's being sent to your sound card. It's also a media player, and, in more advanced editi

RE: What you hear option not available on asus netbook

2009-03-07 Thread Frank Ventura
Yes, many sound cards, like the one you have in that netbook, don't have that functionality. To get around this you usually can install VAC, which is Virtual Audio Cable. I had this problem with a stream server that is run on a virtual machine with a SB16 sound card emulated. That SB16 doesn't have

Re: What you hear option not available on asus netbook

2009-03-07 Thread Constantine
Actually it does have it on most netbooks, since they use realtech cards - and yes, there quite good. For the price, anyway. contact details: email: tcwoo...@shaw.ca and others msn: the_conman...@hotmail.com skype: the_conman283 system details: Hp pavillion dv5220CA notebook pc AMD Turion(tm

Re: What you hear option not available on asus netbook

2009-03-07 Thread Kathy Szinnyey
Frank, can you say more about that? How, if at all, does it compare to Total Recorder (I'm guessing it does different things than TR.) What is the cost and where can I find it? I know I can Google it, but I want a good source from which to purchase it if I decide it's the way to go. MIght ju

Re: What you hear option not available on asus netbook

2009-03-07 Thread Kathy Szinnyey
Hi, Chris! Hmmm . . . so TR uses its own what you hear option, eh? Guess I thought athat that option came through just because of Windows XP. Well, that's very cool. It's a good inexpensive program. Thanks very much for the tip! Peace Kathy Listen to Kathy and Fred on the Web at http://www

RE: What you hear option not available on asus netbook

2009-03-07 Thread Julio
Hey how musch did you pay for your computer and does it work great with jaws. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Kathy Szinnyey Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 5:54 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: What you hear

Re: What you hear option not available on asus netbook

2009-03-07 Thread Constantine
Your actually mistaken there, smile. The feature is called stario mix, and you'll find it under audio settings. You'll have to go to properties by hitting alt p, and you'll have to go to the recording radio button, check stario mix. It can be called stario mix, what you hear, wave out. I have 5

Re: Low End, Cheap USB Soundcards To Run JFW, Looking For?

2009-03-07 Thread radiomanpaul
Thanks Robert. I really appreciate your help. Yes, I know about changing the jaws.ini file. The kind folks at FS sent an email with instructions to make those changes. Again, thanks...Paul -- From: "Robert Nelson" Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009

RE: What you hear option not available on asus netbook

2009-03-07 Thread Frank Ventura
It doesn't have any recording functionality like Total Recorder but it is less intrusive. It emrely creates avirtual audio device which will capture sound you would normally hear and can be passed along to a recorder or encoding program. Frank Ventura, MCP -Original Message- From: pc-audio

Re: What you hear option not available on asus netbook

2009-03-07 Thread Constantine
Erm, you might want to google that. There's lots of info. Obviously jaws works fine with it or I wouldn't love it, would I? I paid 300 dollars for it. contact details: email: tcwoo...@shaw.ca and others msn: the_conman...@hotmail.com skype: the_conman283 system details: Hp pavillion dv5220CA

Re: What you hear option not available on asus netbook

2009-03-07 Thread Chris Hallsworth
I'm not Frank, but this is nevertheless important. Virtual Audio Cable, which I've tried myself, is a very clever piece of software that installs virtual audio drivers that can be "paired together" to form "cables". How it works is that one side of the cable, the application sending the audio wi

Re: What you hear option not available on asus netbook

2009-03-07 Thread Chris Hallsworth
Yeh, TR emulates a what you hear option by installing a virtual driver that routes audio to your "real" soundcard, this is why it can also be used as a system sound device without losing sound. -- Chris Hallsworth e-mail: christopher...@googlemail.com MSN: ch9...@hotmail.com Skype: chrishallswor

Re: What you hear option not available on asus netbook

2009-03-07 Thread Kathy Szinnyey
Okay. Well, I must be doing something wrong because when I tried to use stereo mix, seems like I couldn't get the internal mike to record but the music I was playing did come out on the recording. I wello may just be doing something wrong, as I'm just learning about how to use the Asus. And

Re: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads

2009-03-07 Thread Tom
OK folks, let's get back to discussing audio. That's the main reason we are here. ** Original Message From: Kelly Pierce ** >The reason I joined the PC Audio list and not the National >Federation of the blind is because I have a life beyond >eating, sleeping, voting, working, paying taxes and

Re: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads

2009-03-07 Thread Kelly Pierce
The reason I joined the PC Audio list and not the National Federation of the blind is because I have a life beyond eating, sleeping, voting, working, paying taxes and going to the bathroom. All of these things the NFB wants access to but really nothing else. Kane, if you want audio described

RE: What you hear option not available on asus netbook

2009-03-07 Thread Dave McElroy WA6BEF
Typically I don't think those can work together. I remember in the Creative Labs stuff I that you had a choice. What you hear or mic. Now I think I can check both and have them both play on my realtech card but haven't tried so am not certain. -Original Message- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc

Re: What you hear option not available on asus netbook

2009-03-07 Thread Roger Stewart
Well, so many on this list are happy with the Real Tek sound card in the ASUS PC's. It's interface is totally inaccessible for me. How are you using it? Am using Windows XP and Window-Eyes. Common tasks are fine but if I plug anything into the PC like head phones or a mic I get an in access

Re: What you hear option not available on asus netbook

2009-03-07 Thread Gary Schindler
Jaws sees it. you tell it if you are using microphone, headphone or whatever. once you click on whatever it goes away. - Original Message - From: "Roger Stewart" To: "PC Audio Discussion List" Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 7:27 PM Subject: Re: What you hear option not available on a

Re: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads

2009-03-07 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Do you feel this way about all advocacy groups or just the NFB? Joining a mailing list isn't the same as joining an advocacy group, helping to set it's agenda and then working to implement that agenda. I don't always agree with the positions of the NFB or ACB, but I respect them as organization

Re: Descriptive Video on Commercial DVDs and Downloads

2009-03-07 Thread Brett Boyer
Amen on this topic. I know I'll probably get yelled at but everyone who wants anything described should contact congress if there is some current legislation. Remember that this is the reason tv networks stopped describing programs because they never got feedback from people. There was a time wh

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2009-03-07 Thread Christopher Chaltain
Oops, sorry! I meant to send that privately. I guess I forgot to change the address. I beg forgiveness from the list and the moderator. Christopher Chaltain wrote: Do you feel this way about all advocacy groups or just the NFB? Joining a mailing list isn't the same as joining an advocacy group,