[access-uk] Re: Announcement - New SpeakOn features release 30 January 2009
- From: James Scholes <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ANDY COLLINS <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:55:15 +0000
Hi ANDY,
Last.fm is an online community of music lovers who share their musical tastes.
Basically you install a plug-in into your media player, and it updates your
profile every time you play a song. Last.fm then puts together playlists for
your own, and other's music library. www.last.fm
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Sent by ANDY COLLINS on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 03:02 PM
Guys - what's last.fm? -
Andy
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From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 2:56 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Announcement - New SpeakOn features release 30
January 2009
> Wow! I'm going to get that for sure!
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> From: "James Scholes" <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Chris Hallsworth" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 2:42 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Announcement - New SpeakOn features release 30
> January 2009
>> Hi Chris,
>> Foobar2000 has a very accessible Last.fm component available for
>> download. Use it all the time here.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Sent by Chris Hallsworth on Friday, January 30, 2009 at 08:14 PM
>> Ar, but I quite like the Last.FM player that Speakon provides. I do not
>> know
>> of any other accessible Last.FM player apart from Speakon. To each their
>> own
>> though of course.
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 7:40 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Announcement - New SpeakOn features release 30
>> January 2009
>>> Hi James,
>>> I feel the same about Klango, it is pretty rubbish. No accounting for
>>> taste
>>> I suppose. Klango is kind of based on a cut down version of System
>>> Access,
>>> only System Access works <Smile>.
>>> As for Speakon, I have never seen a need for it really. Winamp and
>>> iTunes
>>> meet my needs.
>>> All the best
>>> Steve
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>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>>> Of
>>> James Scholes
>>> Sent: Friday 30 January 2009 18:28
>>> To: Isaac Porat
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Announcement - New SpeakOn features release 30
>>> January 2009
>>> Hi,
>>> I wonder why you wrote the following:
>>> "making it ideal for use with netbooks"
>>> Netbooks these days are as powerful as low and middle end laptops, or
>>> even
>>> high-end laptops if you upgrade some components like the RAM. People
>>> still
>>> seem to be stuck in 2008 when netbooks had 256 MB of RAM and a 4 GB hard
>>> drive.
>>> Also, a note about SpeakOn, let me know if anyone uses it successfully,
>>> its
>>> always been painfully slow for me and pretty much useless compared to
>>> Winamp, Foobar2000, or especially Klango.
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Sent by Isaac Porat on Friday, January 30, 2009 at 05:23 AM
>>> 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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