10 Jun
2010
10 Jun
'10
3:29 a.m.
This is quite a chalenge to explain in a subject-line.
In May I asked about simple editing software--and-now I am trying to replacing
recording News-programming on reel2reel tape, with either a handheld or
tabletop digital recorder. I have been to some music stores here in Southern
Cal, but many of these units have confusing button layouts. Also, since I am
totally blind, many units you must go in a complicated set of menus.
Another chalenge, most units seemingly will not let you rewind--and-resume
recording on top of commercials, since I want to edit them out.
Buttons on the Zoom H4n were not too bad--and-recording on SD cards will save
me lots of cash buying high-priced reel tapes, as well, I will get many more
hours of recording.
I am not a musician, but I would only be recording audio off-air.
I know Olympus makes some units for the blind which talk, but they are missing
features of other units on the market.
Obviously it will be helpful hearing audio as I rewind.
Can some1 please tell me if there are units out there which have a simple feel
like older recorders?
Thanks so much in advance
Hart
10 Jun
10 Jun
3:42 a.m.
On Wed, June 9, 2010 6:29 pm, Hart Larry wrote:
This is quite a chalenge to explain in a
subject-line.
In May I asked about simple editing software--and-now I am trying to
replacing
recording News-programming on reel2reel tape, with either a handheld or
tabletop digital recorder.
You could achieve the same results with a Linux audio computer running
ecasound for example.
If you require portablity then you could look at getting a pico board or
even just a netbook. I recall that there are several people already using
ecasound to record radio broadcasts automatically and they have already
solved the issue of removing advertising with their scripts too.
If you want an out of the box distribution designed for blind users there
are a couple of options one being vinux http://vinux.org.uk/ and another I
can give you details off list as it is not officially released yet.
--
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd.
I have been to some music stores here in
Southern
Cal, but many of these units have confusing button layouts. Also, since
I am
totally blind, many units you must go in a complicated set of menus.
Another chalenge, most units seemingly will not let you rewind--and-resume
recording on top of commercials, since I want to edit them out.
Buttons on the Zoom H4n were not too bad--and-recording on SD cards will
save
me lots of cash buying high-priced reel tapes, as well, I will get many
more
hours of recording.
I am not a musician, but I would only be recording audio off-air.
I know Olympus makes some units for the blind which talk, but they are
missing
features of other units on the market.
Obviously it will be helpful hearing audio as I rewind.
Can some1 please tell me if there are units out there which have a simple
feel
like older recorders?
Thanks so much in advance
Hart
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Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd.
3:45 p.m.
Hello Hart,
as I'm not blind, my remarks may be off, but I think, the Sony PCM-M10
that I recently bought can be used quite well without looking at it. All
major functions have direct buttons, the only time I have to go into the
menu while recording would be to switch on or off the highpass filter,
and even that is just one menu deep, if I remember correctly, and the
choice given is just on or off. The buttons have little touch indicators
to ease controlling the device without sight. Automatic level control
works great, but if you don't want that, it has a proper wheel to set
levels, not some button control where the display would be necessary.
Switching between auto and manual mode also is made with a proper
switch, so again no need to dive into menus.
Acutally it's not unusual that these kinds of devices are operated
without sight. For example, many people use them for "stealth recording"
of concerts for bootleg purposes, where the device is operated while in
a pocket. Add "stealth recording" to your internet search and you may
find specific recommendations for this. I would suggest to give it a
hands-on try.
I usually edit my recordings on a computer, so I'm not sure about the
rewind/recording capabilities. However maybe you don't need it, as the
Sony has so called "Track Marks" or T-marks. These are up to 98 marks
you can set while playing back a recording and they can be used for
quick navigation, but also to split tracks into single files. So to
remove commercials, just record everything, then later while listening
to a recording, add track marks at the beginning and end of a
commercial, split the track into single files and delete the files with
commercials. However: Doing this requires diving into menus, and I fear
it may not be easy or possible for blind users.
Olympus has similar devices, that I've never used, the L-10 and L-11. I
believe, they allow assigning certain functions to a special button,
maybe this would useful for blind users. But I've never used an Olympus
device, so better ask Olympus directly or some user of the L-10 or L-11.
Ciao
--
Frank
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