[access-uk] Re: Announcement - New SpeakOn features release 30 January 2009
- From: James Scholes <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Chris Hallsworth <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2009 16:58:00 +0000
Hi Chris,
iTunes does not allow you to choose between soundcard. It uses the default
sound playback device.
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Sent by Chris Hallsworth on Sunday, February 01, 2009 at 04:26 PM
And Foobar2000, and iTunes/QuickTime, etc.
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From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 3:50 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Announcement - New SpeakOn features release 30
January 2009
> Hi Isaac,
> One thing I notice is missing that is available in other players is that
> as
> far as I can see, with Speak On, you can't set the sound card it uses.
> This
> is very useful if you have speech on one soundcard and want to use audio
> on
> a separate one as I do on my desktop machine. Winamp has this for sure.
> All the best
> Steve
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> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Isaac Porat
> Sent: Saturday 31 January 2009 19:24
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Announcement - New SpeakOn features release 30
> January 2009
> Hello James
> You may like to have a go at actually using SpeakOn - a lot has changed
> since the early days. This version is a big step in usability compared to
> early versions and one own music is for the first time handled properly.
> Foobar2000 has some overlap with what SpeakOn can do - namely music but
> there is a lot which is not overlapping at all.
> It will probably take you a good week going through the manual to take a
> full advantage of what SpeakOn can offer.
> There are people using it for everything other are using it for some types
> of media, it is modular; you can choose what you want to use (and not at
> all
> if you wish).
> Regards
> Isaac
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> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> James Scholes
> Sent: 31 January 2009 15:09
> To: Isaac Porat
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Announcement - New SpeakOn features release 30
> January 2009
> Hi Isaac,
> This will be my last message on this subject, however I will say that most
> of the features I would use in SpeakOn I already have in Foobar2000. Again
> this is just my personal opinion, and I'm definately not saying that
> Foobar
> can do as much as SpeakOn. But I'm saying for me, Foobar2000 will always
> be
> much better than SpeakOn.
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent by Isaac Porat on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at 09:50 AM
> I will not repeat the points in Steve's reply.
> Netbooks are great (I use one myself) they are cheap because a lot of
> shortcuts have been taken in their design. Granted, they are probably as
> powerful as a top laptop of five years ago but software is now a lot
> heavier as well.
> It is not only about disk space; it is cheap it is a lot about other
> resources as well.
> So the SpeakOn installer is 3.7Mb expanded to 10 Mb iTunes is about 57 Mb
> expanded to over 200 Mb. Can SpeakOn do everything that iTunes can do? Of
> course not for a start it does not handle video and does not rip or burn
> CDs. It has no store either. However it can do many other things that
> other
> players can not do for example handle Daisy and eText publications Last.FM
> music www.last.fm which is the biggest jukebox in the world and its radio
> facility uses the Radio Time database which is one of the finest there is
> www.radiotime.com Also efficient skipping, Remembering where you left off
> and bookmarking is built in.
> So not everything for everybody but plenty for some.
> Regards
> Isaac
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> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Steve Dryden
> Sent: 30 January 2009 21:52
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Announcement - New SpeakOn features release 30
> January 2009
> Um... I think not... have you seen a netbook with 4 or 8 GB RAM, Dual cor
> or quad core processor with a dedicated audio and graphics card along with
> shall we say, a 320 or 500 GB hard drive. I think possibly not the top
> end
> laptops which nowadays are quite comparrible with their desktop
> counterparts. Low end and even, the odd middle range laptop maybe.
> I think the comment was quite logical really. If you do a lot of
> searching
> and checking out yes, you can get some very good netbooks but remember,
> they
> are designed to be portable and reliable, they are not designed to be
> replacements for a high performance laptop.
> Some of the netbooks with low capacity drives are actually solid state
> drives and therefore will be extremely fast as access time is reduced.
> Steve
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Scholes" <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Isaac Porat" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 6:27 PM
> 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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