Hello Jeff and listers,
Could you send me the URL for Station Studio? Is there a demo I can hear
on-line? That will be very much appreciated.
Peter Donahue
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Bishop" <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 5:59 PM
Subject: RE: screen reader speech during streaming
You could get Station Studio also and it wouldn't stream the screen
reader.
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-----Original Message-----
From: blindcasting-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blindcasting-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Claypool
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 4:53 PM
To: blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: screen reader speech during streaming
Hi,
You could pay around a hundred bucks and get otsdj, but that's about your
only option.
Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 06:23 PM
Subject: screen reader speech during streaming
Hello Kevin and listers,
This question is for those who do live streaming of programs and other
events to the Web. I'm curious to know the best way to prevent screen
reader
speech from going out over an audio stream when one is in progress. One
way
I've heard to do this is to use a PC with two sound cards. One sound card
serves as a synthesizer for your screen reader an the other is used to
handle the audio stream. Is there another way to stream events using a
laptop while being able to answer e-mail messages from listeners without
the
audio from your screen reader being heard by them, and without the need
for
an additional laptop for handling the e-mail correspondence or an
additional
sound card in your PC? I'm still exploring my options in search of the
best
fit for me and my budget. Thanks again for your thoughts.
Peter Donahue
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Reeves" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: mixers and workstations
I really think the laptop is the best bet with a digital or analog mixer
because it will give you speech feedback all the way and there's no
chance
for error due to having no speech feedback.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cameron Strife" <cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 4:33 PM
Subject: RE: mixers and workstations
You'd be much better off using a laptop with sonar. Use that along with
something like the Alesis multi mix 12 USB. It's an analog mixer but
allows you to stream up to 12 independent channels of audio to sonar.
Once you've recorded in sonar, you can do all your editing and mixing
etc then burn to CD.
I have the alesis multi mix 16 firewire and ti's very accessible.
If you want more info, write me off list.
Thanks,
Cameron.
-----Original Message-----
From: blindcasting-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:blindcasting-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Donahue
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 10:21 PM
To: blindcasting@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: mixers and workstations
Good evening everyone,
In the next few months I plan to purchase a mixer/digital
workstation to
permit me to digitally record meeting and other live events for posting
to
various Web sites I'm responsible for maintaining. Some of these will be
actual events and others will be digitizing past meetings and functions
originally recorded on audio cassette. Going the PC with an analog mixer
is
one route, but if I can find an accessible workstation that would allow
me
to do this without the need for a PC except when I live stream
convention
events for various groups being able to use one device for recording,
editing, and burning them to a CD, or saving them on a compact flash
card
for further editing with a digital-audio editor, and eventual archiving
or
posting to a Web site or a podcast.
Several blind people I know who do this recommended the Bharenger
analog
mixer for connecting multiple devices to a single input source in order
to
send audio to a PC for further processing. In the digital workstation
department so far I've tried the Boss BR-900 which is a very impressive
unit; especially if you're a musician. I plan to further test-drive this
unit to be sure it's accessible and to confirm that this would be a
right
fit for me and that it will meet my needs. The other unit in
consideration
is the RolandCD-2 digital workstation.
Interestingly enough both the BR-900 and the CD-2 sell for the same
price through our local Roland and Boss dealer here in town, but one has
music production capability and the other does not. Fortunately Roland
does
not lock their .PDF User documentation so I was able to download and
successfully convert the owners manuals for both devices to text. Guess
I
need to read through each one and see which one has the exact features I
need. For example I'm impress with the on-board music production
capabilities of the BR-900, but will gladly trade it for a higher number
of
audio processing capabilities such as noise reduction, accoustic miror
functions, effects, etc. I'd be curious to hear if anyone has used the
above-mentioned units and how usable by a blind person they are for
recording and processing digital audio. Any other suggestions for usable
mixers and workstations will also be much appreciated. I'll await your
feedback. Best wishes for a great new year.
Peter Donahue
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