The ability to add files from the context menu is a relatively recent
addition to the program. I mentioned this about a year ago when Yardbird
first started whining about the program being inaccessible. Let me say
that I have never had sighted assistance with the program, and I am not
particularly gifted in the use of computers or JAWS. It's just that some
programs make sense to some people while others do not. I can't get
*ANYWHERE* with Nero. But I know there are many, many people who use the
program and love it, so I would never say that the program is
inaccessible, becasue clearly it's very accessible. Just because Daniel
has trouble with Easy CD-Da Extractor doesn't mean that it's inaccessible,
because it's not.
Bruce
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On Sat, 1 Apr 2006, Debbie Scales wrote:
Yardbird, I couldn't resist founding out more about this program and what everybody was talking about, smile. So I installed it. This is how I converted a MP3 to a WMA file. Run the program. I focused on the file or selected several files and pressed the windows application key for the context menu. On the context menu you will find convert with Easy CD-Da Extractor. Enter on that. You can continue to add files that way until you are ready. Then switch back to the program. Tab to where you hear output format combo box. Press alt down arrow and arrow to WMA and choose it. Now press f8. If you look on the actions menu, you will find that start converter is f8. It will convert, jaws will read the progress bar and when you think it is done, the wma files will be in the same folder. (unless you change it in the program). I hope I remembered everything correctly. You know one thing I have came to learn that has really helped me. Whenever I install a new program, I check on the context menu if it involves files, and I also try to look at all the menus. I then try to read the help file, and hope it is accessible. You know though in this case I'm not sure that would have helped, because they don't mention how to do it from the context menu, or I didn't find that. Bruce obviously has more experience with the program, so if I was wrong about something, I hope he straightens me out, smile. Debbie Debbie
----- Original Message ----- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 5:28 PM Subject: Re: Burning a CD Accessibly with Easy CD-Da Extractor
Bruce, first, thanks for taking the time to write this instruction. But, may I say in all modesty, I could hardly have just intuited the above as a workaround for burning a CD from files on my hard drive. I lack the habits of mind that would enable me to think of anything beyond trying again and again to tab around the program's own interface and, figuring out that I just can't access the functions I know are there where you have a Windows Explorer-like tree view of your hard drive, then select a folder, select files from within it, and then somehow copy them into a list box that becomes the list of files to be burned.. you know what I mean.. I just give up. I doubt I'm the only one who would. Pride makes me say that.
I never would have thought of simply dodging around the program as you suggest. I hope you see that you've been of considerable help to someone who can't think outside the regular end user box of either being able to figure out a program's interface with Jaws or not being able to. Even now, I can't imagine how it occurred to you that you could accomplish the task the way you describe.
I intend to try this out this weekend, and will report if I'm successful, or ask more questions if I need to. Meantime, may I ask one thing more? I would like to be able to use the file conversion function of the program, and once, by fooling around with the jaws cursor and taking nearly an hour before I succeeded, and even then not knowing how I managed to get it together, I converted a couple of .mp3 files to .wma's just to save space on my modest-sized little flash memory player (A Sandisk Sansa M230). could I insert files into the interface the same way as above, and then use the conversion tools on what I'd imported into that box? I know how to use the menus and button commands, etc.; it's getting the files into the right place that has frustrated me, and it sounds as if this procedure could work for that purpose, too, as well as for burning. Am I right?.
Thanks very much. .maOne questionhavefold34rselet box into which you'rees in hibit ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Toews" <DogRiver@xxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 8:30 AM Subject: Burning a CD Accessibly with Easy CD-Da Extractor
Here are the steps necessary to burning an audio CD with Easy CD-DA Extractor.
1. Go into Windows Explorer.
2. Highlight the first song you want to burn, or a group of songs you want to burn.
3. Hit your applications key.
4. Choose "burn to CD with Easy CD-Da Extractor.
5. You'll be placed in the Easy CD-Da Extractor window. If you are finished adding songs, go to step 5, otherwase alt-tab back into Windows finished adding songs, go to step 6, otherwise alt-tab back into Windows Explorer and repeat steps 2 through 5.
6. Hit F8.
7. When the Cd ejects, you're done.
Bruce
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