[access-uk] Re: Accessing Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre
- From: "Peter Logue" <peterlogue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 08:41:14 -0400
Hi Andrew,
I love media centre for what it can do, Spoken TV listings etc. I can just
imagine what it can manage if someone wrote scripts for it. I can get the
time a TV movie is on, get the title etc. But in one of the corners of media
centre is a box that goes into detail of what the movie is about. I'd love
to have that spoken. I suspect not too many people have media centre on
their computer at the moment, hence little call for info on what it does. Or
some might have an idea, but assume its non accessible.
Peter
Peter
-----Original Message-----
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Andy
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 5:38 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessing Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre
Hi Peter.
Nice to see you back up and running.
I have been a list member of Access UK for years now as indeed you have and
I'd say it was by far the most important list I'm subscribed to. I'd go
further and suggest that it's necessary to subscribe to this list if you
have a broad interest in accessing new technology, such as
tele-communications, computing or simply getting about.
However, occasionally, like you have, I come up against a brick wall with a
subject that I'm convinced that a list member would have knowledge of. Like
the subject of combining your hi-fi, television, radio and computer. I'm
really quite surprised that there is little interest, thus far, on the
subject of Media Centres. Does know one realise that the good old computer
in the study is up against a formidable challenger. Computing is coming out
of the closet, so to speak, and fighting for it's rightful place, smack-bang
in the lounge. A media centre in your living room, will do away with your
Hi-Fi, Video, DVD and television set, and will also serve as a platform for
ultimately, managing and linking all of your home entertainment gadgetry,
from sending a movie to the kids room, or background music in the bathroom,
kitchen or even patio.
I'm very interested in learning more about accessing this technology but
despite writing on the subject to a number of lists, I am getting very
little feed-back so far. I'd definitely subscribe to a blind media centre
list, hint, hint, or hear from other visually impaired people who share my
interest.
To get a rough idea of where the technology is going, check-out Larry
Skutchan's demonstration of Windows Media Centre at:
http://www.blindcooltech.com/
Best wishes.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Logue" <peterlogue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 5:38 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessing Microsoft Windows XP Media Centre
> Well, I'll be dammed.. Andrew, I get jaws 7.0 working with Media centre,
> but
> not the new beta of Window eyes, that being Window Eyes 5.5. beta 2 in
> spite
> of Doug Jeffry of Gw Micro telling me that the new Window Eyes does
> indeed
> work with media centre 2.5. I don't know what version of Media centre
> I am currently working with, though I suspect perhaps version 2.0? I have
> asked accessUK if there is a place to update to Media centre 2.5, but I
> did
> not receive any responce. Once again, guys, does anyone know of a place
> where I can download media centre latest version? 2 point o?
> I have now purchased Jaws Pro at the cost of over a hundred quid so that
> I
> can access Media center. It would be great if I could now get the latest
> media centre so that I can best utilize it. Who produces it. Where can I
> upload the latest version?
> I use a Toshiba laptop, but I suspect that media center is not soley
> connected to Toshiba?
> Peter
>
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