Re: Sony Digital Voice Editor 2.4 04 Download
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As it name reads Sony Digital Voice Editor is a software that allows Sony personal digital recorder owners to download, edit, convert and upload audio files from and to their recorders.
Play and edit those messages from applicable models such as ICD-BM, ICD-P, ICD-ST , ICD-MX Series, etc.
Overview :
-Download audio from the recorder into your computer organizing by messages or by folders.
-Add messages from the computer to the digital recorder.
-Edit or even split a message into two or combine several, up to five in one.
-Convert the file format of a message saved in the computer into a new file like an MP3.
- CD Burning Tool enables the user to write the messages to an audio or data CD. It is also possible to convert a CD audio track into a format compatible with the Digital Voice Editor to be played in the recorder.
Work with voice tracks created as a result of audio capture by Sony IC devices by connecting them to a computer and extracting relevant files. The program then processes them for playback or editing by means of cutting, merging, splitting of applying various filters.
I have just bought an old Voice recorder second hand ( Sony ICD-SX68).When I connect it to ubuntu it shows up as a usbdrive with my recorded files. The problem is the file format of the recording. It is msv which is sony specific.So is there a way to convert or listen to it on Linux? I have looked at wine but the search that the software Sony provides can't be wined. What to do?
Sony Digital Voice Editor is a Windows application that lets you import audio files from various models of Sony digital recorders to the computer. It is possible to convert items to the common MP3 format.
Book Port debuted in May 2003. Created by the American Printing House for the Blind (APH), the device is a handheld reader that is compatible with DAISY, text, Word, HTML, BRF, and MP3 files. Book Port utilizes a DoubleTalk speech synthesizer and doubles as a digital voice recorder. Book Port connects to a PC computer via a USB port, and downloads can be queued when the device is not connected. The lightweight device operates on two AA batteries. The full Book Port manual is available online: . The cost is $395. Contact: APH; phone: 800-223-1839 or 502-895-2405.
Share your technology insights with the world. Presentations are invited for Techshare, the November 2003 Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB) technology conference. In addition to focusing on technology, presentations should relate to one of the four themes of the conference: learning, work, digital society, or technology showcase. Submit online at: . The deadline is July 31, 2003. Contact: RNIB; phone: 44-121-665-4230.
NetECHO by InternetSpeech is a voice-driven Internet service provider that is designed to allow users to surf the web by telephone. Available to people in the United States and Canada, netECHO's rates vary by location. Monthly charges range from $9.95 to $19.95, plus a $20 setup fee and other additional charges. Contact: InternetSpeech; phone: 877-312-4638; web site: .
Virtual Pencil 1.0, the first product from Henter Math, is computer software designed to allow interactive access to mathematics. Meant to be used by people who cannot effectively use a pencil because of visual, motor, or learning disabilities, the Virtual Pencil is a tool that can be used to interactively solve a math problem. Guided by the user with keyboard or voice commands, the Virtual Pencil is described as a "'smart' pencil that knows where to put the immediate answers, where to put the final answers, and where to get the raw numbers that are used to get the answers." The software has two modes of operation. The tutor mode demonstrates how to navigate around math problems and solve them, and online help is available. The test mode requires the student to know how to navigate the problem and where to put the answers. Teachers can use Virtual Pencil to create an assignment or test, password protect it, and then send the test or assignment to the student via e-mail, save it to a disk, or emboss it in braille. The current version of Virtual Pencil is designed to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and work with decimals. Future versions will be designed for higher levels of mathematics, such as algebra, trigonometry, differential equations, and calculus. The cost is $99. For more information, contact: Henter Math; phone: 727-347-1313; e-mail: ; web site: .
I review Trekker, VisuAide's new orientation tool based on global satellite positioning (GPS) technology. Trekker consists of an off-the-shelf personal digital assistant (PDA), a GPS receiver, a speaker, and a battery pack. These four pieces are attached to a strap that is worn around your neck. Trekker announces intersections as you approach them, as well as points of interest from a commercial database, such as restaurants, banks, schools, and gas stations. The first version of Trekker cannot determine the direction in which you are heading, does not let you plot routes from your starting point to your destination, and does not allow you to adjust the rate of the speech. When more features are added, however, Trekker could well become a very useful orientation tool.
Dr. James A. Kutsch, Jr., vice president of technology for a global leader in outsourced customer service and billing, writes about the rise in popularity of electric ranges with flat cooking surfaces and electric ovens with digital controls. He found that almost all the electric ranges in new homes and on showroom floors were flat-surface cooktop models. Kutsch describes his encounters with salespeople and cooks up some potential accessibility solutions.
Like the cooktop technology, oven technology has been advancing. Most electric ovens now have digital controls. There are several push buttons, usually touch targets on flat-membrane switch panels, for bake, broil, timed bake, and the like. The oven temperature is set using up and down buttons and a digital display to indicate the desired temperature. Accessibility to the flat-membrane switches has been addressed successfully for microwave ovens, dishwashers, and laundry appliances through the use of braille labels or overlays. The remaining accessibility issue on the digital oven controls is the use of cursor-like operations for selecting the temperature and timer.
In search of accessibility solutions for electric stoves, we started by speaking with the sales staffs at local appliance retailers. This effort yielded mixed results. At one store, the sales staff was notably unaware and unconcerned when we asked them how a person who was blind could use electric ranges with flat cooking surfaces and digitally controlled ovens. We were simply told that cooking is dangerous anyway and that I should just leave the cooking to my sighted wife. After that comment, no meaningful discussion of accessibility could take place.
I had better luck with GE's answer line, on which I quickly reached someone who was knowledgeable about GE's stove and oven product lines. This woman did not have an answer for the flat cooking surfaces but explained that GE still has a few coil-top electric ranges in its product line, including models JP626 and JP328, that are relatively nice, are rich in features, and come in several colors. She also told me that GE's digital oven temperatures start at 100 degrees every time they are turned on and that there is a confirmation tone associated with pressing the Temp Up or Temp Down button, so one can be sure that it has been pressed.
Next, I phoned Amana's answer line. Amana's representative was the most knowledgeable and the most aware of accessibility of everyone I had contacted on the topic. Unfortunately, as was the case with other companies, she had no solution to the accessibility problem with flat cooking surfaces. She told me that Amana still produces one coil-top electric range, model DCF4115A. She said that it was not a base model product by any means. Again, the digital ovens were accessible. Their ovens start at the same specific temperature, depending on the model, every time they are turned on. The Temp Up or Temp Down button changes the temperature setting in five-degree increments with a tone to confirm each increment. The representative also explained that the telephone representatives just recently received a company memo about the creation of a new braille overlay department. Any customer who owns or buys an Amana product can telephone the answer line with the model number to request a braille overlay for the controls. Then, the overlay for that product is produced and sent to the customer. It appears that Amana can produce overlays for its entire product line, not just ovens and ranges.
Imagine a device that you can carry in your pocket that would scan signage in a new environment, menus at your favorite restaurants, or handouts at a meeting and read them to you. Imagine a handheld real-time caption gadget that would, through voice recognition, "hear" a conversation or lecture and instantly display it as text on your personal screen. Imagine a suit of clothing that would enable a paraplegic to walk up a flight of stairs. All these fantasies, according to Raymond Kurzweil, renowned inventor, author, and predictor of technological trends, will become realities for people with disabilities within the next 25 years.
VisuAide also launched Trekker, a GPS-based orientation tool. Trekker consists of a personal digital assistant (PDA), a GPS receiver, a speaker, and a battery pack, all worn on a strap around the neck. It offers talking menus, talking maps, and GPS information and has features that are designed to enable a person who is blind to determine his or her position, create routes, and receive information on navigating to a destination. (See the review in this issue for more details.)
This article looks at three other top cell phones produced by leading manufacturers: the Motorola T720, the Sanyo 5300, and the Sony-Ericsson T68i. These manufacturers were chosen for this evaluation because they are all large, well-known companies with the resources to make cell phones more accessible. In addition, the phones are all recent entries to the market and feature many of the new innovations found in today's cell phones, such as web browsing, color displays, and voice dialing. We will also revisit the Audiovox 9500 to see how it compares with these three phones. In addition, a sidebar accompanying this evaluation provides some insight into the future of cell phone accessibility.
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