Gordon,
Many thanks for drawing our attention to this and Amazon delivered within
2 days of ordering.
I am slowly finding my way round thanks to your helpful hints.
I think you said somewhere that it could get audio description? Any
guide lines on that score, please?
Again, my grateful thanks to you.
Ray
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From: "G. McFarlane" <gmcf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Jaws UK" <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 2:15 AM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Freecom Freeview Usb2 Stick - further comments
Hi
Further to my last comments on this I've had a bit more time to use this.
Those wh are considering buying it may find the following useful
The manual comes with a number of keyboard shortcuts, but by phoning the
extremely helpful helpline and experimentation I've discovered that there
are more for some of the things I at first thought were going to be
inaccessible.
On the main viewing screen a right click of the mouse or the pressing of
the context menu key at the right of the keyboard brings up a context
menu in which many of the major viewing functions and settings can be
found. Also keypresses are available for most of these functions.
On the control panel of the program (alt and tab to get there) it at
first seems impossible to get the icons at the foot of this - these icons
are for setting up favourite channels (accessible from the main context
menu), an open file dialog box (press ctrl and 'o') which allows access
to the files you have recorded so you can view them within the program.
Right clicking on selected file(s) in this dialog box (after tabbing to
them) allows a variety of functions including burning them to disk.
There is also a Setup icon (which can also be accessed fromthe main
viewing window by pressing 'e'.) Here you can scan and alter channel
order, setup and remove preset recordings, etc. You can have what looks
like 100 preset recordings and two buttons allow you to delete one preset
at a time or all
The jewel in the crown is the next icon in the control panel - it is the
electronic preset guide (accessible by pressing ctrl and 'e'). Forgive me
if I sound enthusiastic but it's the first electronic program guide which
I've found accessible. if you've found one then I apologise for my
ranting.
You can tab through all the options, setting any of the channels, reading
the information about the current program on that channel or on the
program you select from the list which are about to be broadcasted. It
takes a second or two after getting into the EPG (electronic program
guide) for the program to look up the net and input the information but
when it's there it's marvelous. I thought at first that it only gave
listings for the same day, but when I had some sighted help I discovered
that when Jaws announced 'tab' when it hit a certain field I would then
right arrow to the next day, and so on. Once on a new day it went
straight to the listing for that day. To move to the next day it meant
tabbing around again to the 'day tabe' again. Using the Jaws graphics
labeller solved this problem and now it announces the day when it hits
that tab field. I didn't get the labeller to work automatically though -
you have to get sighted help to position the cursor then label each day
icon, but once that's done it works a treat.
When you find a program you want to record you have to position the Jaws
cursor over the time and press the left mouse button jaws key on the
keypad twice (the equivalent of double clicking on it). This brings up
the record preset window and you can check all the times and program name
etc. before accepting it. (There may be another way of choosing the
program you wish to record apart from finding the time with the jaws
cursor but as yet I haven't found it) You can then take away the whole
program from the screen and go back to the desktop or work on another
program. When the program you wish to record is about to begin, the
program loads itself up and starts recording right on time.
By the way if you do this make sure your computer clock is accurate to
the second then you'll not miss bits of the program as I did at first.
One or two things need a bit of jaws cursoring at first but all in all
it's pretty accessible software for such a new product.
Hope this helps anyone thinking of purchasing it.
Regards.
Gordonposition it over
T
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