[access-uk] Announcement - New SpeakOn features release 30 January 2009

Hello All,

A new features release of SpeakOn 2.1, 30 January 2009 is now available. 

In this version, the user interface has been simplified and improved.  New
features have been added for playing your music.  You can now quickly and
easily play folders, combine a number of folders and individual files for
immediate play in your own playlists which can be easily edited.  The media
library is now expandable and podcast support has been improved. 

For those who are new to SpeakOn, it is a self-voicing software environment
for finding, retrieving and playing audio and text media.  All media local
to your computer or remote on the internet is presented in the same simple
tree-like structure.  You can navigate to the media you want, select it and
it is automatically downloaded or streamed and played in the same SpeakOn
player which handles both audio and text.  Common audio formats are
supported including MP3, WMA and Real.  You can either operate SpeakOn using
a standard keyboard or an external low cost numerical keypad using one hand
from the comfort of your armchair.  SpeakOn has a low footprint (the
installer is only 3.7 Mb) making it ideal for use with Netbooks. 

SpeakOn is available free from:
www.a-technic.net/speakon.htm

This page contains information about SpeakOn, links to the download page,
manual and mailing list.

In the simplified user interface both Player and Library controls have been
combined in one task.  User interaction involves mainly operating these two
controls with a minimum number of keys, tabbing between these control as
necessary.  All operations are also available from the menu - useful for
newbies.  The function keys are used to adjust audio and speech as well as
getting context sensitive (new) media information and help.

For an overview and comparison between Windows and the SpeakOn user
interface see:
http://www.a-technic.net/SpeakOn/docs/SpeakOn/ht/SpeakOn-r-0101.htm

The 'What's new' page is at:
http://www.a-technic.net/SpeakOn/docs/SpeakOn/ht/SpeakOn-r-0079.htm

Instructions for upgrading from an older version are at:
http://www.a-technic.net/SpeakOn/docs/SpeakOn/ht/SpeakOn-r-0103.htm

The download page for new users is at:
http://www.a-technic.net/SpeakOn/docs/SpeakOn/ht/SpeakOn-r-0016.htm

If you experience slow download, this is probably because of demand for this
new version so you may like to try again in a day or so.

The manual is at:
http://www.a-technic.net/SpeakOn/docs/SpeakOn/ht/SpeakOn.htm

The new context media information keys are explained here:
http://www.a-technic.net/SpeakOn/docs/SpeakOn/ht/SpeakOn-s-0009.htm
 
The new music features are explained here:
http://www.a-technic.net/SpeakOn/docs/SpeakOn/ht/SpeakOn-s-0012.htm

Improvements in podcast support are explained here:
http://www.a-technic.net/SpeakOn/docs/SpeakOn/ht/SpeakOn-s-0013.htm
 
Enjoy - and if you like SpeakOn, please forward this announcement to any
mailing lists, blogs or bulletin boards you feel are relevant.

Regards,
Isaac

Isaac Porat
SpeakOn's author
email: speakon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Website: http://www.a-technic.net/speakon.htm

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