Tune into ACB Radio World with the brand-new ACB Radio Tuner!

The ACB Radio Web team among a number of others have been working hard on a
brand-new version of the ACB Radio Tuner. With the launch of the ACB Radio
World stream, we have released the new ACB Radio Tuner. Here is what is new
in this release:

This version only supports Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 and
Windows VISTA. The older version will remain available for older client
desktops such as Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME and Windows NT Version
4.0.

Addition of the ACB Radio World stream reachable by pressing CTRL+D.

Addition of several new hotkeys.

Windows Media Player hotkey changed to CTRL+E.

Settings are saved in a custom INI file (ACB Radio Tuner.ini) to eliminate
Windows registry writes. The file is placed in the user's Application Data
folder in a directory called "ACB Radio Tuner". This insures that the
program will operate under VISTA.

Improved, cleaner visual user interface.

The "No Extra Speech" setting is now saved if selected so that future
sessions do not check for the availability of a screen reader.

We have great plans for the future of the Tuner and you will start to see
more frequent updates as we begin to implement those features.

You can download the Tuner from the web at:

http://www.acbradio.org/tuner

I want to sincerely thank the following individuals for their contributions
in making this version a tremendous success:

Darren Paskell - for giving us the source code of the original from which to
build from. He rocks!

Darrell Shandrow - for putting up with buggy versions and for assisting in
writing the documentation.

Matthew Horspool - for assistance with documentation updates and for
developing the ACB Radio Tuner tutorial (to be released soon).

Tina Ektermanis - for digging out her dusty Windows 98 box, blowing the dirt
out of the fans, finding its old power cord and getting that crusty hard
drive to boot to test the new version on that platform. Shucks, and all to
find out it doesn't work. Thanks Tina for the hard work late in to the
night.

Chrissie and Marlaina - for giving us the support we needed to get this done
and for always being there.

Main Menu Friends Group users - without their help, this never would have
been a success. There are far to many to list here, but thanks gang!

Again, get the new tuner at:

http://www.acbradio.org/tuner

Happy Tuning everyone.

A brand new station comes to the ACB Radio family

Hi Folks

This is to announce the imminent birth of a new station, ACB Radio World.

This brand new station will concentrate on programming in languages other
than English, although English programs will be carried, as well as focusing
on music from all parts of the world.

The station will commence programming on 7 May at 06:00 UTC with a live
stream from the Africa Forum, hosted by the Institutional Development
Program and the Perkins School for the Blind. The Forum is being held in
Nairobi Kenya, and focuses on continued action of the African Decade of the
Disabled to breakdown barriers towards social inclusion and the creation of
opportunities for blind and visually impaired citizens of Africa.
Concerning the Forum itself, I will be posting more details of speakers
etc., as and when I receive the full agenda.

The new ACB Radio World stream can be reached from the ACB Radio homepage,
acbradio.org and will cater for both broadband and modem users.

ACB Radio World can also be found on the new and improved ACB Radio Tuner.
Watch for details of that coming very soon.

If you are a speaker of a language other than English and fancy yourself
broadcasting to the world, then we'd very much like to hear from you.
Please write to support@acbradio.org.

I genuinely hope that ACB Radio World will be a catalyst for the bringing
together of the world's blind community, and I look forward to working with
blind people from every part of this planet of ours.

Chrissie Cochrane
managing Director
ACB Radio

Winamp Version 5.34 is now Available

Winamp version 5.34 is now available and one place where you can
download it from is at
www.whitestick.co.uk/progs/winamp534_full.exe.

The beta cycle for
winamp 5.34 has ended and this is the officially released
version. Here are the changes in this version and there are quite a
lot of changes this time!

* New: IPv6 support
* Improved: Made installer delete in_mp3pro :/
* Improved: Embedded IE pages now run in a separate thread
* Improved: General speed and performance optimizations
* Improved: Various Media Library resize flicker fixes
* Improved: GDI+ video rendering for Windows Vista
* Improved: IPC_CONVERTFILE now uses api_decodefile (for ripping &
transcoding)
* Improved: [in_wave] Added ATF support for %bitrate%
* Improved: [gen_ff] Better handling of invalid XML during skin load
* Improved: [gen_jumpex] JTFE Unicode support
* Improved: [ml_local] Composer / Album view (in Edit View, Filters tab)
* Improved: [ml_local] Unicode drag&drop and send-to support
* Improved: [ml_local] Added option for using Artist as Album Artist
* Improved: [ml_local] Updated 'Field names' in Smart View query
documentation
* Improved: [ml_pmp] PMP Unicode support
* Fixed: ???? in the taskbar & system tray with Unicode titles (note
that many third party plugins will cause this to revert back to ????)
* Fixed: CD Burning on Windows Vista
* Fixed: Classic skin scrollbar overlap display glitch with 'smooth
resize' enabled
* Fixed: Crash on exit with docked playlist toolbar (ml_local/ml_playlists
bug)
* Fixed: DirectDraw video rendering (non-overlay mode) constant
redraw/flicker
* Fixed: Folder locking bug after using Open Files/Folder dialog
* Fixed: Installation of Sonic Engine on systems with other
Sonic/Roxio products
* Fixed: Installer resets cwd= to the install dir
* Fixed: Redraw bug when moving external windows over Pledit
* Fixed: Tab orders in Preferences
* Fixed: Various media library accessibility/focus issues
* Fixed: Video crash when using WinKey+L
* Fixed: [enc_lame] Better output samplerate selection for transcoding
* Fixed: [enc_wav] WAVs missing first 11 samples
* Fixed: [gen_ff] Tooltips appear on primary monitor only
* Fixed: [gen_jumpex] Stability issues and key reported plugin bugs
* Fixed: [gen_ml] Keyboard focus issue
* Fixed: [gen_ml] Node alignment bug
* Fixed: [in_cdda] Long artist/albumartist CD Info bug
* Fixed: [in_cdda] Crash on Winamp exit after playing Audio CD
* Fixed: [in_cdda] CDDB crash-on-close bug
* Fixed: [in_cdda] CD-Text adds to end of cddb fields instead of clearing
first
* Fixed: [in_dshow] Potential crash on corrupt/malformed media files
* Fixed: [in_dshow] Crash scanning ml folders containing videos on a
network drive
* Fixed: [in_mod] .s3m and .it memory corruption bug
* Fixed: [in_mp3] Memory leak when retrieving info for .aac files
* Fixed: [in_mp3] .aac / out_wave playback glitches
* Fixed: [in_vorbis] Album tag removed when using ml 'edit selected items'
* Fixed: [in_wm] Crash when trying to burn WMA files
* Fixed: [libsndfile] matlab (.mat) memory corruption bug
* Fixed: [ml_local] Composer tag not saving with 'Edit Info'
* Fixed: [ml_local] Total size not showing up in local media views
* Fixed: [ml_local] Possible duplicate entries on upgrades after
rescanning folders
* Fixed: [ml_local] (No Album Artist) & (No Publisher) sometimes
displays no results
* Fixed: [ml_local] Sorting Album pane by Year
* Fixed: [ml_local] isempty/isnotempty for querying empty/populated fields
* Fixed: [ml_local] Search broken in simple views (Win2k-specific)
* Fixed: [ml_playlists] Drag+Drop playlists to pmp devices broken
* Fixed: [ml_pmp] Possible crash when deleting a group of songs
containing non-sequential duplicates
* Fixed: [ml_pmp] "haven't" typo in prefs :-D
* Fixed: [ml_rg] ReplayGain analysis failing on mono mp3's
* Fixed: [ml_rg] Now skips over DRM WMA files instead of applying
-24601 dB gain
* Fixed: [ml_transcode] Now prevents same source and destination filename
* Fixed: [ml_wire] Crash when encountering certain non-xml feeds
* Fixed: [pmp_ipod] Incompatibility with iTunes 7.1
* Fixed: [pmp_p4s] Launching Winamp on device insertion not working
* Fixed: [pmp_p4s] No longer creates .alb files on devices that don't
support it
* Updated: in_vorbis to libvorbis 1.1.2 and libogg 1.1.3
* Updated: in_flac 2.0 (based on FLAC 1.1.4)
* Updated: MusicIP Mix (formerly Predixis MusicMagic) v1.1
* Updated: Sonic Ripping/Burning Engine v3.6.36.500
* Updated: [gen_jumpex] Jump To File Extra v0.99.1a

Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of April 25, 2007

This week on the first hour of Main Menu, we hear from Chris Gray, President of the American Council of the Blind and Bay Area Digital, all about a new accessible glucometer under development. We start with a demonstration of the glucometer recorded with Chris Gray, Jeff Bishop and Marlaina Lieberg at the 2007 CSUN conference. After the demonstration, Chris will come on the show live to answer all your questions.

During the second hour, we bring on Karen McCall to talk with us all about accessible PDF, Office 2007 and tablet PC's.

The number to call into the show is 866-400-5333. You can also email your

questions to mainmenu@acbradio.org.

You can also interact with the show via MSN Messenger. The MSN Messenger ID

to add is:

mainmenu@acbradio.org

Would you like to interact with a group of Main Menu listeners about the

topics heard on Main Menu and Main Menu Live? You can do this by joining the Main Menu Friends email list. The address to subscribe is:

main-menu-subscribe@googlegroups.com

Come join an already lively group of users.

Would you like to subscribe to podcasts feeds for Main Menu and Main Menu Live? The RSS feeds to add to your podcatching application are:

Main Menu

http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenu

Main Menu Live

http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenulive

Main Menu and Main Menu Live can be heard on Tuesday evening at 9:00

Eastern, 6:00 Pacific, and at 1 universal on Wednesday morning on the ACB Radio Main Stream channel.

To listen to the show, just click this link:

http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=8&MMN_position=14:14

Jeff Bishop and Darrell Shandrow

The Main Menu Production Team

Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of April 18, 2007

This week on Main Menu we hear from Dave Williams from Dolphin. He will
talk to us all about the new version of Smart Hal for Smart Phone devices.

Before we bring on our guest live, we will again hear from Jamie Pauls from
Access Watch all about adding RSS feeds to Internet Explorer 7.0.

During the second hour, we bring Dave Williams on to take your questions all
about all of Dolphin's product line. At CSUN this year they made some
announcements concerning their Vista release and we find out more about that
along with the rest of the Dolphin product line.

The number to call into the show is 866-400-5333. You can also email your
questions to mainmenu@acbradio.org.

You can also interact with the show via MSN Messenger. The MSN Messenger ID
to add is:

mainmenu@acbradio.org

Would you like to interact with a group of Main Menu listeners about the
topics heard on Main Menu and Main Menu Live? You can do this by joining
the Main Menu Friends email list. The address to subscribe is:

main-menu-subscribe@googlegroups.com

Come join an already lively group of users.

Would you like to subscribe to podcasts feeds for Main Menu and Main Menu
Live? The RSS feeds to add to your podcatching application are:

Main Menu
http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenu

Main Menu Live
http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenulive

Main Menu and Main Menu Live can be heard on Tuesday evening at 9:00
Eastern, 6:00 Pacific, and at 1 universal on Wednesday morning on the ACB
Radio Main Stream channel.

To listen to the show, just click this link:

http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_p
age&PAGE_id=8&MMN_position=14:14

Jeff Bishop and Darrell Shandrow
The Main Menu Production Team

Coming up on Main Menu for the week of April 11th, 2007

Hello Main Menu Listeners,

 

This week we bring on Earle Harrison from Handy Tech North America.  During the first hour we present:

 

* Earle brings us a Mobile Speak Smart Phone Demo from Code Factories product line.

 

*  Earle then talks with us about new advances with Handy Tech Braille displays and Handy Tech North America's role as Exclusive

Master distributor for Handy Tech Products in the U.S.

and Canada.   

 

Then in the next hour we open up the phone lines for you to call in and ask any questions you may have concerning all of the products that Handy Tech sells.  One of the things we want to explore is the difference between Symbian and Smart Phone technology.  Why would you want one over the other?  What phones and versions of Smart Phone technology are supported?  We explore this, your calls and much more this week on Main Menu Live.

 

We will also hear from Access Watch all about Nod32.

 

The number to call into the show is 866-400-5333.  You can also email your questions to mainmenu@acbradio.org.

 

You can also interact with the show via MSN Messenger.  The MSN Messenger ID to add is:

 

mainmenu@acbradio.org

 

Would you like to subscribe to podcasts feeds for Main Menu and Main Menu Live?  The RSS feeds to add to your podcatching application are:

 

Main Menu
http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenu

 

Main Menu Live
http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenulive

 

Main Menu and Main Menu Live can be heard on Tuesday evening at 9:00 Eastern, 6:00 Pacific, and at 1 universal on Wednesday morning on the ACB Radio Main Stream channel.  Don't forget that this will be a 2 hour show.

 

To listen to the show, just click this link:

 

http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=8&MMN_position=14:14

 

Jeff Bishop
Main Menu Producer

Fw: Ronnie Milsap on the Next Marlaina

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marlaina Lieberg on ACB Radio" <marlaina@acbradio.org>
To: <friends@acbradio.org>; <announce@acbradio.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 8:50 AM
Subject: Ronnie Milsap on the Next Marlaina

Once in every year, Ronnie Comes along
and spends time with us here,
to share his life and songs!

Ok, so I'm not a song writer, but Ronnie is, and he's coming to join us
Easter Sunday night in North America from 9 to 11 PM, 6 to 8 PM Pacific,
that's Monday at 1 UTC.

In addition to being heard via the Mainstream, listeners can check the ACB
Radio Cafe stream as well, for if plans work out as they usually do, we'll
be simulcasting Ronnie on both the Mainstream and the cafe to ensure there's
room enough for everyone who wants to listen!

Ronnie has sent me some music that is special to him that he would like to
highlight as important pieces in his life. I've heard them all, and they
are ultimate Ronnie as you've likely not experienced before all in one
session.

Ronnie will visit with us for the entire 2 hours, so we'll do all we can to
get as many callers in as possible. When you call, please turn your
computer down once the phone is answered. Please be as brief as you can,
and if you ask a question, please be prepared to listen on the computer for
your answer from Ronnie. In this way, we can get as many calls in while
still having an opportunity to highlight much of the music Ronnie feels is
special to him.

Marlaina is heard on ACB Radio Mainstream.
It all starts on Sunday night at 9 PM Eastern, 6 Pacific, which is Monday
morning at 1 Universal. The program will replay for 24 hours, and of
course, is available via podcast from the ACB Radio replay page. As always,
we'll take your calls at our toll-free number, 866 666 7926.

Please save this message and click the link below on Sunday at 9 PM Eastern,
6 Pacific or Monday at 1 Universal to listen. Ronnie Milsap and I can't wait
to spend time with you there! Feel free to distribute this message to
others whom you think may be interested.

As always, thank you so much for your continued support of my ACB Radio
work!

Marlaina
To listen to the show, just click this link
http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=8&MMN_position=14:14

Coming up on Main Menu and Main Menu Live for the week of April 4th, 2007

Hello Everyone,

This week on Main Menu Live we present iTunes on the Mac. With the recent
announcement of more accessibility for Mac users to use Voice Over with
iTunes, we wanted you to hear more about it from a Mac user's perspective.
John Gunn presents to us initial findings using iTunes with Voice Over on
the Mac.

Next we hear from RJ Cooper all about Thunder on a stick. This is a
low cost screen reading alternative for those that may not be able to afford
the more expensive products. After RJ's presentation we bring him on Main
Menu Live to talk with us and you can call in and ask your own questions of
RJ.

Darrell and I will do a brief tech round up for the week. We have news
about a JAWS update that is now available, the new PodNova podcatching
desktop client, and much more.

The number to call into the show is 866-400-5333. You can also email your
questions to mainmenu@acbradio.org.

You can also interact with the show via MSN Messenger. The MSN Messenger ID
to add is:

mainmenu@acbradio.org

Would you like to interact with a group of Main Menu listeners about the
topics heard on Main Menu and Main Menu Live? You can do this by joining
the Main Menu Friends email list. The address to subscribe is:

main-menu-subscribe@googlegroups.com

Come join an already lively group of users.

Would you like to subscribe to podcasts feeds for Main Menu and Main Menu
Live? The RSS feeds to add to your podcatching application are:

Main Menu
http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenu

Main Menu Live
http://www.acbradio.org/podcasts/mainmenulive

Main Menu and Main Menu Live can be heard on Tuesday evening at 9:00
Eastern, 6:00 Pacific, and at 1 universal on Wednesday morning on the ACB
Radio Main Stream channel. Don't forget that this will be a 2 hour show.

To listen to the show, just click this link:

http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=8&MMN_position=14:14

Jeff Bishop
Main Menu Producer