Well, I realize some of my comments as background will
also involve audio, but still I
think this will be the best
place to find helpful
suggestions.
Since 1969 I am still recording News programming
on reel2reel tape. Its quite expensive
buying backcoated reels at
$24 each.
In 1989 Optonica came out with a
talking remote, "Voice Coach" for
their Sharp VCRs.
Finally having a VCR was quite helpful,
as I didn't always need to record
on 10-inch reels when
I was gone.
Well, those VCRs, including a Zenith talking unit,
are much older-and-VHS tapes are
harder to find.
So now we want to enter the modern
age. But as far as I know,
most DVRs are not accessable,
if some1 is blind. I did notice
a project to run Festival speech with
MYTHTV, but I enjoy higher quality speech
here in Linux, with a DecTalk.
Another issue with any DVR, would be archiving?
After so many hours, material would
need to be dubbed, or replace
a hard-drive.
So what accessable options would
I be able to have removeable longform media
hifi audio-and-maybe video?
Since I like to manually edit out
commercials-and-selectively
record items which interest me,
as far as I know, only some audio
machines will let you hear
sound at a high speed to get a
handle on where you are.
My VCRs, I can use their indexing
to move a specific time or
a next item.
With more than 8500 open reels,
I know some day I should convert them.
1 friend thinks I could get a
6-hour reel on a DVD.
Thanks in advance for any innovative
suggestions here in Southern Cal
also involve audio, but still I
think this will be the best
place to find helpful
suggestions.
Since 1969 I am still recording News programming
on reel2reel tape. Its quite expensive
buying backcoated reels at
$24 each.
In 1989 Optonica came out with a
talking remote, "Voice Coach" for
their Sharp VCRs.
Finally having a VCR was quite helpful,
as I didn't always need to record
on 10-inch reels when
I was gone.
Well, those VCRs, including a Zenith talking unit,
are much older-and-VHS tapes are
harder to find.
So now we want to enter the modern
age. But as far as I know,
most DVRs are not accessable,
if some1 is blind. I did notice
a project to run Festival speech with
MYTHTV, but I enjoy higher quality speech
here in Linux, with a DecTalk.
Another issue with any DVR, would be archiving?
After so many hours, material would
need to be dubbed, or replace
a hard-drive.
So what accessable options would
I be able to have removeable longform media
hifi audio-and-maybe video?
Since I like to manually edit out
commercials-and-selectively
record items which interest me,
as far as I know, only some audio
machines will let you hear
sound at a high speed to get a
handle on where you are.
My VCRs, I can use their indexing
to move a specific time or
a next item.
With more than 8500 open reels,
I know some day I should convert them.
1 friend thinks I could get a
6-hour reel on a DVD.
Thanks in advance for any innovative
suggestions here in Southern Cal
