real player, vlc, quicktime, katy player, audio highjack, audacity, etc BlindTech of BlindTechs.Net blindtech at blindtechs.net website: http://blindtechs.net Visit our website where we offer free email, shell accoiunts, shoutcast radio service, online games and more! Powered by Unix not Microsoft On Apr 2, 2006, at 1:22 PM, hank smith wrote: > what alternitive players is there besides itunes? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jane Jordan (gmail)" <juanitatighan at gmail.com> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 4:20 AM > Subject: Re: apple's screen reader (was New Linux PDA For Blind > People) > > >> Actually iTunes is usable to some extent--honest. You just have to >> remember where you are on the screen. Mind you, there are >> alternative players that I mostly use now. iTunes is somethingI use >> mainly fr when I want music that's playing selected for my >> LiveJournal entries that I do on this machine. >> >> Jane >> >> >> On Apr 2, 2006, at 4:30 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: RIPEMD160 >>> >>> I didn't get a lot of time to really get down and use Voice Over >>> heavily >>> but I did give Itunes a try. Forget it! Itunes was quieter than a >>> church mouse! I understand applications have to be built in Coco >>> framework in order for Voice Over to work. Itunes and the ports of >>> Microsoft Office are in Carbon; I was told that Carbon apps just >>> flat >>> don't work in Voice Over. >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 01:39:04PM -0500, Travis Siegel wrote: >>>> What are you talking about? >>>> I use the mac every day. Email, file manipulation, cd/dvd playing, >>>> cd/ >>>> dvd creating, online chatting, web browsing, word processing, >>>> and to >>>> some degree, even programming on the mac are completely 100% >>>> accessible. There's folks using it for sound editing, and podcast >>>> creation as well. If there's stuff you can't do on the mac, >>>> there's >>>> probably a third-party solution out there somewhere to do it. >>>> Admittedly, some of the programs aren't 100% accessible, but >>>> there's >>>> always workarounds. The shell prompt (they call it terminal) >>>> works, >>>> though not automatically, but if that's the worst I have to worry >>>> about with a machine, then I'd say it's a pretty good machine. >>>> Also, the apple provided dvd player won't let you get to the video >>>> described sound tracks on your dvd by yourself, but the softcon DVD >>>> player does (http://softcon.com/mac). and there's other developers >>>> working on things like producing audio mp3 files from text using >>>> the >>>> apple voices, and various other little things to make macs easier/ >>>> better to use. I'd suggest going into your local apple store, >>>> sitting down with a mac, and trying it before insisting it's not >>>> usable. I think you might be surprised at how much you can do >>>> with it. >>> >>> >>> - -- >>> HolmesGrown Solutions >>> The best solutions for the best price! >>> http://ld.net/?holmesgrown >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) >>> >>> iD8DBQFEL5mgWSjv55S0LfERA3FfAJ0R6Ue8TWie8EDeidoFdBORXsZJ+QCfahU+ >>> zwlPhrhiMU9DXWi6fubcNLU= >>> =Njcl >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> __________ NOD32 1.1467 (20060402) Information __________ >> >> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >> http://www.eset.com >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
