Blind Cool Tech
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Blind Cool Tech is a podcast that brings some fun and variety into your mp3 player. The show provides interviews, brings you along on sound seeing tours, and discusses life and cool technology that blind people can use.
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Pocket Repeat
from Blind Cool Tech on September 03, 2008
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9/4/2008 Lachlan Thomas recalls another electronic gadget from his childhood. 10.1 MB
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Blink Nation
from Blind Cool Tech on September 02, 2008
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9/3/2008 Robert Kingett reviews this social network that is written to be screen reader friendly. Some compare it to myspace.com. It has lots of features and no clutter! 51.0 MB
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DLink USB Phone Adapter Updated Review
from Blind Cool Tech on August 31, 2008
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9/1/2008 Brandon Heinrich updates information from his previous review on this device that lets you use a regular phone with Skype and demonstrates the D-Link using several phones. 49.9 MB
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Sirius Stiletto 2 Demo
from Blind Cool Tech on August 31, 2008
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9/1/2008 Aaron Hoffman assesses the features that make this portable satellite radio useable to blind or low vision users. He demonstrates the radio's functions and especially compliments the manufacturer on the menu navigation feature that plays a sound at the top or bottom of the menu, an example of universal design that costs little to implement but goes a long way toward making an electronic or other appliance useable. 27.2 MB
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Steam Rally
from Blind Cool Tech on August 30, 2008
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8/31/2008 David Leslie Miles and Michael attend the 2008 Woolpit Steam Rally, where they see working steam engines, vintage vehicles, and much more. If you want to hear the sounds of some smooth historic engines running, this is for you. 45.6 MB
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Jarte Demo
from Blind Cool Tech on August 29, 2008
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8/30/2008 Synthia Greenwell demonstrates this free word processing program from www.jarte.com. 18.8 MB
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Fireside Chat Part 3
from Blind Cool Tech on August 28, 2008
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8/29/2008 Michael Feir concludes this series with a lecture about fun, games, and entertainment for blind computer users. 22.5 MB
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Fireside Chat Part 1
from Blind Cool Tech on August 28, 2008
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8/29/2008 Michael Feir notes that in the sighted world, it would be very hard not to know what computers can do for you beyond work and education. The reason they know what benefits abound is because learning about these things is fun. It is not in the blind world. Michael wants to change that in this first episode of this three part series. 21.9 MB
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Fireside Chat Part 2
from Blind Cool Tech on August 28, 2008
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8/29/2008 Michael Feir explains what kinds of things are available on the internet in this second episode of a three part series. 25.9 MB
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Digital Ambassadors
from Blind Cool Tech on August 27, 2008
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8/28/2008 Michael Feir invites you to share the fantastic knowledge you have about using your PC for personal enhancement with other blind people you know who may not know about all it can do for them. As in the situation where you are often an ambassador for all blind people when you meet a sighted person who may never meet another blind person, be a digital ambassador and put your best efforts forward to spread the liberating knowledge you have. Michael offers a free guide he produced called Personal Power which you may use for free to aid in this effort. It consists of the text which serves as a road map, and three audio fireside chats. 16.9 MB
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Sonata
from Blind Cool Tech on August 27, 2008
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8/28/2008 John gallagher reviews this very simple to use internet radio. (It has only five buttons.) 4.9 MB
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Vintage Games
from Blind Cool Tech on August 25, 2008
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8/26/2008 Missy Hopp got it in her head to collect electronic games she remembers from her youth and, through the magic of Ebay, got lucky. She demonstrates Match Mate, Melody Magic, Milton, Name that Tune, and Wizard. 19.6 MB
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Bodies
from Blind Cool Tech on August 24, 2008
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8/25/2008 Larry Skutchan and Liz tour Bodies, the Exhibition. This fascinating look at the human body shows our most treasured asset in all its glory, but the exhibit is quite controversial. 82.1 MB
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TV And Courses Accessibility
from Blind Cool Tech on August 22, 2008
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8/23/2008 Michelle Dyer educates with the hope of drumming up some positive action, on the subject of accessibility to TV for blind consumers and accessibility to online college courses as it relates to blind students. 4.9 MB
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Bit By A Vampire
from Blind Cool Tech on August 21, 2008
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8/22/2008 Frank Lizarde demonstrates the Behringer V-ampire LX112 guitar amp, an amp modeler. 22.9 MB
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Kay Dear Space
from Blind Cool Tech on August 19, 2008
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8/20/2008 Kay Dear and Jack tour their living space. See also, The Jack's World Podcast. 15.0 MB
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Mike Huckabay Intro
from Blind Cool Tech on August 16, 2008
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8/17/2008 Mike Huckabay introduces himself and discusses some considerations and observations about using a dog guide. 8.6 MB
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Mississippi
from Blind Cool Tech on August 12, 2008
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8/13/2008 Marco Steinebach wrote this trading simulation game that works well with both JAWS and Window-Eyes. There is a demo on their page. 7.5 MB
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Mac Demo Part 3
from Blind Cool Tech on August 11, 2008
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8/12/2008 Mike Arrigo answers questions from the first two episodes in this series about the Mac and Voice Over, its built in screen reader. He explains how to boot from the system DVD, shows a slick technique for moving through mail messages more quickly, and tours the Voice Over Control Panel to show the customizations you may make. He also demonstrates using the web browser on the internet and demonstrates how it works with Ebay. 22.0 MB
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ADT Alarm
from Blind Cool Tech on August 10, 2008
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8/11/2008 Matt Roberts explains that there are accessible alarm systems for nearly any living arrangement. He demonstrates the Safewatch Pro 300 EN with emphasis on operating it with spoken feedback. 24.3 MB
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DNS Overview
from Blind Cool Tech on August 08, 2008
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8/9/2008 Jose Tamayo explains domain name servers with an introduction, definition, history, evolution, and the process your internet software uses to resolve domain names on the internet. 21.4 MB
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Annual Run
from Blind Cool Tech on August 07, 2008
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8/8/2008 David Leslie Miles and John describe the annual historic vehicle run in Ipswitch. 31.6 MB
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CQ100 Demo
from Blind Cool Tech on July 31, 2008
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8/1/2008 David Allen demonstrates this software that turns a PC with an internet connection and sound card with mic and headphones into a HF transceiver for licensed ham radio operators. 12.1 MB
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Free Book Share Accounts For US Students
from Blind Cool Tech on July 30, 2008
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7/31/2008 Jose Tamayo received a free bookshare.org account as a blind U. S. student through a grant from the Department of Education, and he explains how to qualify, apply, and use this service that contains over 30,000 books in its collection. 23.0 MB
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Barn Tour
from Blind Cool Tech on July 28, 2008
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7/29/2008 Eugene Shoebottom introduces himself and tours his barn and its interesting contents. 59.9 MB
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 Gershon Seif commented on the video Zoom H2 Recorder Review
"I'm also trying to find out if the external mic input issues can be bypassed by adding an external 1.8 in preamp like"
Well it has a line in. Am I not understanding your question? Just record mic> preamp > preamp line-out> line-in of H2. Shouldn't that work just fine?
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nslhrn commented on the video Zoom H2 Recorder Review
Nicely done. I was impressed with the stereo imaging as you walked in and out of the house, made a cup of water(that is what is sounded like)
I'm still not able to find demos of the H2, in all its polar positions for live music. However, I thought it complimented your spoken voice but I"m interested in the unit for document music performance and rehearsal.
I'm also trying to find out if the external mic input issues can be bypassed by adding an external 1.8 in preamp like
http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/SP-PREAMP-11
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Ozpeter commented on the video Zoom H2 Recorder Review
At last, a sensible review of the H2, really addressing the issues and allowing silence to be heard! Very many thanks.
Commenting as I listen -
You have made a fair bit of comment about not being able to hear what you change due to the menus not being available in record mode. If you turn on the continuous monitoring mode (referred to in the manual) doesn't that solve the problem?
The buttons need to be low noise else you'll record the sound of them being pressed, surely? Eg when dropping markers.
According to Sweetwater, the mics in the H2 are actually the same as in the H4. Except the "2" has 4 and the "4" has 2...
It does sound like there's a fair bit of button pushing required to change formats, but unlike the FR2-LE, at least you don't have to format the whole card for a given format! I suspect most users will tend to stick to a particular format rather than changing frequently.
Another user said that autorecord was a one-shot thing, not repeatedly - you seemed to find that it would start and stop repeatedly - any rethink on that?
Some of the processing (eg normalise or mix to mono or split) has been said to take a very long time. Don't know whether you've hit that problem yet (though most people would use a PC for that sort of thing).
The volume control (1 - 127) is apparently post AD conversion - in other words, it's just doing what you could do with level increase in post-processing. A bit like digital zoom in a camera - apparently at 100 you are getting the unprocessed sound. Control of level going into the A to D converter is believed to be just the three-position mic sensitivity. Not necessarily a real problem.
The manual is now downloadable from the Zoom site so I don't think you need to talk through the menu details in another podcast (but I'm probably missing the point of podcasts...!)
There's been something of a row on another site over the level of hiss from the external mic socket. I don't hear any great problem but if you did something like the music test you did in this podcast, with the 1 - 127 control at 100 and an appropriate mic sensitivity selected, using an external mic of your choice, followed by say ten seconds of recorded silence to hear the hiss if any, that would be of great interest to many people I'm sure.
Many thanks again.
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