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Re: Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote Touch Plus
Debbie April Yuille
Hi Joseph
Could you please send me a play store link as I can’t find it in the play store now.
Thanks Debbie
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Joseph Lee
Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2019 2:11 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote Touch Plus
Hi, Very accessible. I may need to reopen the app to see if it has microphone level aka sensitivity setting somewhere. Cheers, Joseph
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Debbie April Yuille
Ah cool. How accessible is Sound recorder pro?
Debbie
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Abbie Taylor
The BrailleNote Touch Plus has a built-in microphone. As far as I know, there's no way to adjust it in the settings. But if you're using an appp like Sound Recorder Pro, which is what I use, you can adjust the recording level in the app's settings.
http://www.abbiejohnsontaylor.com
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Re: Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote Touch Plus
Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@...>
Hi, Very accessible. I may need to reopen the app to see if it has microphone level aka sensitivity setting somewhere. Cheers, Joseph
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Debbie April Yuille
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 9:07 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote Touch Plus
Ah cool. How accessible is Sound recorder pro?
Debbie
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Abbie Taylor
The BrailleNote Touch Plus has a built-in microphone. As far as I know, there's no way to adjust it in the settings. But if you're using an appp like Sound Recorder Pro, which is what I use, you can adjust the recording level in the app's settings.
http://www.abbiejohnsontaylor.com
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Re: Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote Touch Plus
Debbie April Yuille
Ah cool. How accessible is Sound recorder pro?
Debbie
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Abbie Taylor
The BrailleNote Touch Plus has a built-in microphone. As far as I know, there's no way to adjust it in the settings. But if you're using an appp like Sound Recorder Pro, which is what I use, you can adjust the recording level in the app's settings.
http://www.abbiejohnsontaylor.com abbietaylor945@...
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Re: Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote Touch Plus
Debbie April Yuille
Yes, that’s exactly right. SO, I’d like to reduce the Touch’s gain thereby reducing the sensitivity of the mike.
Debbie
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marcio via Groups.Io
Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2019 3:15 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote Touch Plus
Gene,
I agree in part with you. AKA Starboy
Sent from a galaxy far, far away. --
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Re: Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote Touch Plus
Debbie April Yuille
Hi Gene
It’s the Internal microphone.
Debbie
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Gene
Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2019 2:34 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote Touch Plus
It sounds like the question is how to reduce recording volume. Sensativity is how well a microphone picks up soft or more distant sounds. If anyone knows how to adjust the actual recording volume, that may well solve the problem.
It might be useful to know if the microphone is external. If lowering the volume doesn't help, then perhaps the external microphone has too high an output, but that isn't likely the problem.
Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: Jaffar Sidek Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 11:26 AM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote Touch Plus
Is it built in or an external microphone? On 7/30/2019 2:58 PM, Debbie April Yuille wrote:
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Re: Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote Touch Plus
Debbie April Yuille
It’s the touch’s internal microphone.
Debbie
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <main@TechTalk.groups.io> On Behalf Of Jaffar Sidek
Sent: Wednesday, 31 July 2019 2:26 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote Touch Plus
Is it built in or an external microphone? On 7/30/2019 2:58 PM, Debbie April Yuille wrote:
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braille displays with apple tv set-top-box?
Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982@...>
Hi,
I just discovered something interesting. The apple tv box connected to my flat-screen tv, with voiceover, apple tv 4th generation, apple’s latest tv set-top-box, it supports braille displays under the voiceover option in settings. I can understand why you would want braille with an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. But pairing your orbit reader to your apple tv? What is the reason for that? Could it let me watch anime in certain apps and then I could read the subtitles in English braille?
Josh
Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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Re: accessible software to recorde the screen of windows 10
Steve Matzura
OBS Studio. https://obsproject.com/
On 7/30/2019 12:03 PM, george b wrote:
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Re: Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote Touch Plus
Abbie Taylor
The BrailleNote Touch Plus has a built-in microphone. As far as I know, there's no way to adjust it in the settings. But if you're using an appp like Sound Recorder Pro, which is what I use, you can adjust the recording level in the app's settings.
--
http://www.abbiejohnsontaylor.com abbietaylor945@...
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Re: JAWS Application Mode
Hi,
Does anyone know whether NVDA has an
equivalent for the application mode?
Cheers, Marcio AKA Starboy Sent from a galaxy far, far away. --Are you a Thunderbird user? Then join the Thunderbird mailing list to help and be helped with all Thunderbird things - questions, features, add-ons and much more!
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Re: JAWS Application Mode
Mike B <mb69mach1@...>
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Hi Joe
See if this note helps:
Original Message
From: Ann Byrne What is application mode, and how does it affect what I am doing? Thanks,
Ann From: Page, Aaron Hi Ann, Application Mode is a mode that JAWS
will enter when it begins to interact with a web application. Application Mode
is designed to treat the web application
as if it were a typical Windows-based program, and not as a web page. The advantage to this is that application-specific keyboard shortcuts will work without the need to use the JAWS pass-through, the disadvantage is that typical JAWS keyboard shortcuts (i.e. "H" for headings, "B" for buttons) will not work as these keystrokes are now being passed through JAWS to the application. When using web applications that
trigger JAWS' Application Mode, it is usually very helpful to learn keyboard
shortcuts that are specific to the application
in order to effectively navigate and use the application. You should also have some success (if the application is accessible) navigating the web application using tab and the arrow keys. You can usually tell that you are
entering an application as JAWS will announce "Application", and upon pressing
Enter you should hear JAWS beep as if
it just entered a form. The most frustrating thing about application mode (in my opinion) is the difficulty in getting back out of the application. I usually will press Insert+Z to set the Virtual PC Cursor to off, and then press Insert+Z again to turn the Virtual PC Cursor back on. After turning off and back on the Virtual PC Cursor you should again be able to use normal JAWS keyboard shortcuts. If anyone on-list knows a better way to exit applications mode, I would love to hear it. You can practice using applications
mode on this page:
https://www.tinymce.com/. If you press "R" to move through the regions you will encounter the application region, at which point you can press Enter to enter applications mode and begin interacting with the application. This example is an HTML text editor called TinyMCE, which is a commonly used editor that uses an application region and is relatively accessible. Hope this
helps!
Regards, Aaron M. Page, B.S. EIT Accessibility Specialist Accessible Technology Services, University of Montana Phone: (406) 243-2082 E-mail: aaron.page@... Take care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. Go dodgers! I believe that everything happens for a reason. Usually, the reason is that somebody screwed up.
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Orozco
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 2:09 PM
Subject: [TechTalk] JAWS Application Mode Can someone please help me understand the JAWS application mode? I come across it randomly on different websites, namely Google Maps on the PC. I don't know what its purpose is or how to turn it off. I mean, I can exit out of it by tabbing over and reverting to the PC cursor, but assuming it is as unhelpful as it feels, I'd like to stop it from launching at all as I am not using a touch screen or other feature that would warrant its use. Thanks for any tips! Joe
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JAWS Application Mode
Joe Orozco
Hi,
Can someone please help me understand the JAWS application mode? I come across it randomly on different websites, namely Google Maps on the PC. I don't know what its purpose is or how to turn it off. I mean, I can exit out of it by tabbing over and reverting to the PC cursor, but assuming it is as unhelpful as it feels, I'd like to stop it from launching at all as I am not using a touch screen or other feature that would warrant its use. Thanks for any tips! Joe
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Re: Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote Touch Plus
Gene
I don't know how common that slider is. I
have never seen one. But I doubt it has anything to do with adjusting the
ssensativity of the microphone. I suspect it has something to do with
adjusting an enhancement in the software that somehow alters the way the
software records the sound from the microphone in terms of noise
reduction. But that isn't changing the actual sensativity of the
microphone. It is changing how the software eliminates extraneous
sound.
But we'll see what others with a lot more technical
knowledge may say. Gene
----- Original Message
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From: Marcio via Groups.Io
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote
Touch Plus Your understanding of microphone sensitivity is, as far
as I could see, correct.
Now, you said: I've never heard of adjusting the characteristics of a microphone such as sensativity.Well if we're talking about setting up on the microphone itself, neither did I. But if we're talking about setting it on Windows, for example, then there is a sensitivity slider as well as a volume one, on the very same place :) Cheers, Marcio AKA Starboy Sent from a galaxy far, far away. --Are you a Thunderbird user? Then join the Thunderbird mailing list to help and be helped with all Thunderbird things - questions, features, add-ons and much more!
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Re: Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote Touch Plus
Gene,
Your understanding of microphone
sensitivity is, as far as I could see, correct.
Now, you said: I've never heard of adjusting the characteristics of a microphone such as sensativity.Well if we're talking about setting up on the microphone itself, neither did I. But if we're talking about setting it on Windows, for example, then there is a sensitivity slider as well as a volume one, on the very same place :) Cheers, Marcio AKA Starboy Sent from a galaxy far, far away. --Are you a Thunderbird user? Then join the Thunderbird mailing list to help and be helped with all Thunderbird things - questions, features, add-ons and much more!
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Re: Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote Touch Plus
Gene
Here is a brief quote written for the layman.
https://thehub.musiciansfriend.com/audio-recording-buying-guides/buying-guide-microphones Sensitivity refers to how quiet a sound the mic can detect, and it is expressed using different systems. Regardless of the system, it is perhaps enough to know that the lower the number, the more sensitive the microphone is. I interpret this as saying something similar to what I'm saying, perhaps
not exactly the same. But as you see, what I quoted made no reference to
more or less sensative microphones having higher or lower output levels because
they are more or less sensative and, although I didn't read much further, I
don't think such a statement is made.
Gene I don't think
----- Original Message -----
From: Gene Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote
Touch Plus I'm not sure if I would understand the technical
definition of microphone sensativity if I looked at it slowly and
carefully. I may not have enough technical background. I looked it
up and I didn't understand what I read. But, if it is reasonable to think
of it more or less analogically to a radio, a radio that is more sensative can
pick up more distant stations and there is no relation that I know of between
sensativity and the strength of the signal that is fed into the amplifier by the
receiving part of the radio.
I don't know if there are any adjustments for
microphone sensativity. I've never seen one. And in daily use, when
I've heard people talk about a microphone being sensative, it means it can pick
up more distant sources more clearly and loudly at a proper volume level than a
less sensative microphone would. In other words, you can set the volume of
an insensative microphone so it picks up you speaking well two inches away from
your mouth. At a distance of ten feet, a more sensative microphone, set to
the correct volume, so that the level of someone speaking two inches away is
correct, will pick up a sound better than a less sensative microphone with the
identical sound at the same distance, identical in volume,
frequency , all ways. That is my laymen's
understanding and explanation. others may have more technical knowledge
and may give a technical definition.
Of course, some microphones have higher outputs
than others, but you change the volume of the device you are using to
record. I've never heard of adjusting the characteristics of a microphone
such as sensativity.
Gene
----- Original Message
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From: Marcio via Groups.Io
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote
Touch Plus Sensativity is how well a microphone picks up soft or more distant sounds. If anyone knows how to adjust the actual recording volume, that may well solve the problem.I agree in part with you. Sensitivity can be responsible for such distortions as well, specially if it is too high and the person is recording from a close point to the microphone. I'd say then that it's important to reach a balance between volume and sensitivity. Sensitivity can distort a record as much as the volume if one of them isn't set up correctly. Cheers, Marcio AKA Starboy Sent from a galaxy far, far away. --Are you a Thunderbird user? Then join the Thunderbird mailing list to help and be helped with all Thunderbird things - questions, features, add-ons and much more!
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Re: switching to iPhone
Carolyn Arnold
A guy advertised a 7 on Blind Ads for $175.00.
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Best regards, Carolyn
-----Original Message-----
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Josh Kennedy Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 10:49 AM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] switching to iPhone Even with a pretty powerful xiaomi android flagship phone, I noticed even when using eloquence that talkback lags. I want to use braille with android. But to be honest braille on android is an absolute mess! The command structure makes no sense at all, its just a mess. I looked at braille on iPhone and it behaves much more like what you get on the traditional notetaker like a brailleNote or braille n speak. And I have been doing some reading and several people on the internet told me voiceover responds much faster than talkback does. I'll just be getting an iPhone7 from apple. I don't need the newest phone, plus iPhone7 will get IOS updates for several years to come, yet. So I think a 32gig iPhone7 for $450 will work just fine. I need an unlocked one because I will be using it with tracFone.
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Re: Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote Touch Plus
Gene
I'm not sure if I would understand the technical
definition of microphone sensativity if I looked at it slowly and
carefully. I may not have enough technical background. I looked it
up and I didn't understand what I read. But, if it is reasonable to think
of it more or less analogically to a radio, a radio that is more sensative can
pick up more distant stations and there is no relation that I know of between
sensativity and the strength of the signal that is fed into the amplifier by the
receiving part of the radio.
I don't know if there are any adjustments for
microphone sensativity. I've never seen one. And in daily use, when
I've heard people talk about a microphone being sensative, it means it can pick
up more distant sources more clearly and loudly at a proper volume level than a
less sensative microphone would. In other words, you can set the volume of
an insensative microphone so it picks up you speaking well two inches away from
your mouth. At a distance of ten feet, a more sensative microphone, set to
the correct volume, so that the level of someone speaking two inches away is
correct, will pick up a sound better than a less sensative microphone with the
identical sound at the same distance, identical in volume,
frequency , all ways. That is my laymen's
understanding and explanation. others may have more technical knowledge
and may give a technical definition.
Of course, some microphones have higher outputs
than others, but you change the volume of the device you are using to
record. I've never heard of adjusting the characteristics of a microphone
such as sensativity.
Gene
----- Original Message
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From: Marcio via Groups.Io
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2019 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Microphone Sensitivity on the Braillenote
Touch Plus Sensativity is how well a microphone picks up soft or more distant sounds. If anyone knows how to adjust the actual recording volume, that may well solve the problem.I agree in part with you. Sensitivity can be responsible for such distortions as well, specially if it is too high and the person is recording from a close point to the microphone. I'd say then that it's important to reach a balance between volume and sensitivity. Sensitivity can distort a record as much as the volume if one of them isn't set up correctly. Cheers, Marcio AKA Starboy Sent from a galaxy far, far away. --Are you a Thunderbird user? Then join the Thunderbird mailing list to help and be helped with all Thunderbird things - questions, features, add-ons and much more!
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Getting Started with the Windows Mail App
Hi,
Web Friendly Help has just published this new article, entitled Getting Started with the Windows Mail App, and I thought someone would be interested on reading this. Plus, this guy often posts cool things, tutorials and such,, so I guess you should definitely subscribe to get new posts from him. If you aren't seeing the link, it is below: https://webfriendlyhelp.com/windows-mail/ Happy reading! Cheers, Marcio
AKA Starboy
Sent from a galaxy far, far away. --Are you a Thunderbird user? Then join the Thunderbird mailing list to help and be helped with all Thunderbird things - questions, features, add-ons and much more!
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Re: THE SELF DRIVING CAR AGAIN?
Holly
Olusegun:
Hope springs eternal!
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