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Re: switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Mike B. <mike9902@...>
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Hi Takis,
Below are steps that I just typed up. What i do first is
put any files that
I want to convert into the My Documents folder to make them easier to find / navigate to. You can convert several files at the same time. after pressing enter on each of the files you want to convert, steps 4 & 5, you would select all the files. I haven't done this in a very long time so, you may be able to select all the files with the, control + A, keystroke or you might have to arrow down through the list to select them all. 1. When you first open Switch press Alt + A, to open the locate audio files dialogue. 2. Tab to the Look in combobox list. 3. Arrow down the list until you find the folder or drive you have the files you want to convert saved. Now with the folder or drive highlighted, tab 3 times to get into the list of files in this folder / drive. 4. Arrow or use first letter navigation to the file you want to convert & press enter on it to put it into the Switch program. Pressing enter on the file will put you back into Switch & you will hear, not slected & the name of the file. 5. Arrow down to the file to select it. 6. Tab 1 time to the Output format combobox& arrow up or down to the file format you want the file converted into. 7. Tab 1 time to the Incoder options button & press the spacebar to open. These are the settings that seem to work best when converting to .MP3 files. Constant Bitrate (CBR) should be checked. Tab 1 time to Incoder bit rate combobox, arrow to 320, it's 17 of 17. Tab 1 time to,High quality encoding (slower) checkbox, this box should be checked. Tab 1 time to, Other channel incoding mode combobox & choose stereo. Tab 1 time to, Include CRC to Detect Errors, this box should be checked. Now tab to the Okay button & press the spacebar to close Incoder options. Now tab 2 times to, Output to same folder as source files, this box should be checked to make it easier to find your files. 8. Shift + tab 1 time to the convert button & press the spacebar to start the conversion. Take Care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool.
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From: Panagiotis
Antonopoulos
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right
click from Windows Explorer Hi Tom-all, In my experience, I just could not find how to associate an input file with the program. I found no place where I could select an input file and then proceed. If I opened a folder or browsed, I would be led to my usual windows explorer panel, with no association with the actual program. That was my chief difficulty. Take care and thanks, Takis
From:
jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of
Tom Fairhurst
When you open Switch, you will be on a button called Open Output Folder.It is 1 of five tabs. To the right are Output format, Encoder Option, a checkbox giving you the option of sending your files to the same folder. If you uncheck this box. If this box is not checked, you will need to open an output folder. Staying in the tab order, the last will show 0 items because none have been selected yet. As was mentioned in another E-mail. when the Alt key is pressed, you will see a traditional menu structure and land on the File menu. You can easily arrow across or down, and each item will be read. Oddly enough, I haven’t used this, but there is a help menu item. I haven’t explored the numerous options available. Staying on the file tab, however, and arrowing down you will see Add Files, and then Add Folders. Those of us who use Switch find it easy to work using Windows navigation. I am using Windows 7. I actually purchased the Plus version for $29 because a file I wanted to convert wouldn’t do so. This is a one-time payment, not a subscription. I hope this gets you started.
From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 4:53 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi Richard/all, I downloaded switch this morning, but I have to admit that I did not succeed in converting. Alkthough it seems I understand what I should do with its structure, I always came up with a message that I have to select files to convert. Since I do not want to bother others, I wonder if there is a quick guide as what to do, or someone could give me some simple steps. When I open output folder, there seems to be an irrelevant window opening and I have to do contrl-tab to get back to the program. I don’t know what I am missing there, but some simple steps would be appreciated. With file convert I had none of these issues. Cheers, Takis
From:
jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of
Richard Turner
Hi, I just tried out the free version of Switch. It is very easy to use. If you have an iPhone and want to make ringtones, it can convert to .m4r format, along with a bunch of others. It can convert different file types to the one you want at the same time. I just did a quick test with a .wav file and an .m4r file and converted them to mp3 in one step. I do not know what the maximum number of files might be, but it is pretty fast and retains the information you want.
Richard
From:
jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of
Panagiotis Antonopoulos
Hi Mike/all, Is switch better than convert file and in what way? Take care, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io]
On Behalf Of Mike B.
I Takis,
There's a sound file converter called, Switch, that works great and is Jaws accessible.
Take
care. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2019 2:16 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi all, I am not an expert on audio programs, but did some research on this. I have a folder with archival material from the Smithsonian collection from the former Yugoslavia, Italy and Mexico. I copied it on a different part of the pc. Then I took off three files related to album icons, and asked file converter to convert the mp3. It refused to do so in .wav, because I simply had one file converted to .wav before. So I did this in .ogg. There was no progress bar with the program, but when I hit escape, all files were there, it seems it’s done very quickly, there were about 61 files to convert. The unfortunate thing is that it places the .wav file next to its .mp3 counterpart, so you have to manually delete all .mp3s thereafter. Then I went to the folder and tried groove which is a program I like, despite its mishaps. No play, whereas vlc and windows media player would play the .ogg. So, I removed the one .wav file existing, otherwise file converter would not permit me do a conversion. Once it was taken away, it did convert all files from .ogg into .wav and groove is playing fine, except that it cannot derive the info on artists and song titles. Needless to say, I had again, to manually, delete the .ogg files from the folder. I hope I have not tired you with this, and that it may be useful to others. However, might I ask the more knowledgeable among us, which format is the better quality one, ogg or wav? Cheers, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io]
On Behalf Of JM Casey
There are other tools you could use for batch conversion if you wanted to.
BTW, this seems like a neat utility; maybe I’ll give ita shot.
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On
Behalf Of Alan Lemly
You cannot use File Converter to select a folder in order to convert all of its files. This makes sense as File Converter is smart enough not to appear when you've highlighted a file it can't convert and the possibility of this happening is much greater in a folder. I tested this by copying 3 mp3 songs to a folder I created and then bringing up that new folder's context menu where File Converter did not appear. On the other hand, if you know all the files in a particular folder are of the same type and convertible by File Converter, you can move to the list of files by pressing the F6 key and then highlighting them all by pressing ctrl + a. Shift F10 will bring up the context menu where File Converter will appear in order to convert multiple files. I would not suggest highlighting files of different types even if they are convertible by File Converter in order to do a multi-conversion since this seems like it might have unintended consequences.
Alan Lemly From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io]
On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Greetings, This is the first line of the description from the File converter page: File Converter is a very simple tool which allows you to convert and compress one or several file(s) using the context menu in windows explorer.
So, doing “several” files seems standard. How one accomplishes that exactly is likely in the documentation.
HTH, Richard
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On
Behalf Of Marie
I have only tried with single files. So it could be interesting and I may do a little experimenting with the possibility of converting an entire folder. Thanks for the idea. Marie
From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 12:06 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi Marie-all, I just downloaded the utilitz, but wonder, can zou do a folder conversion as well, or just simple files? Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io]
On Behalf Of Marie
I have been using this little utility for several months and it is indeed very simple and very useful. Marie
From: Alan Lemly Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 8:38 AM Subject: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi List,
I received an email today from Gizmo's Freeware discussing a handy program that will add context menus to Windows Explorer enabling you to convert farious file formats to other formats when focus is on a file in an Explorer window. I'm pasting the text of the article discussing this free program after my signature. I installed it on my Windows 7 computer running Fusion 2019 and it worked very well to convert an m4a song to mp3 format. I'll admit that I'm a big user of Windows Explorer for file management and if you are too, I think you'll like this utility.
The download link to get it is here:
Alan Lemly
The below article is from this website:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/convert-files-right-click-windows-explorer.htm
Convert Files With A Right Click In Windows Explorer
Last updated by rhiannon on 05. February 2019 - 03:59
File Converter screen shot
There are many file converters available both online and offline, but how about one that works from Windows File Explorer right click (context) menu? File Converter does just that.
File Converter is a free open source Windows program that converts and compresses a variety of file formats from the right click menu in Windows File Explorer. Once installed, it appears in the context (right click) menu. It's very easy to use; right click on a file (or several files) in Windows File Explorer, choose File Converter, and select the file format. A window opens showing the progress of the conversion and closes when it's complete. Converted files are stored in the same folder as the source file and have the same name with a different extension. File Converter won't appear in the context menu if you right click on a file that isn't supported, a nice touch that keeps the context menu less cluttered.
File Converter works with audio, video, image and document files and supports these formats:
Audio Output formats: flac, aac, ogg, mp3, wav Input formats: 3gp, aiff, ape, avi, bik, cda, flac, flv, m4a, mkv, mov, mp3, mp4, oga, ogg, wav, webm, wma, wmv
Video Output formats: webm, mkv, mp4, ogv, avi, gif Input formats: 3gp, avi, bik, flv, gif, m4v, mkv, mp4, mpeg, mov, ogv, webm, wmv
Image Output formats: png, jpg, ico, webp Input formats: bmp, exr, ico, jpg, jpeg, png, psd, svg, tiff, tga, webp, pdf, doc*, docx*, odt*, odp*, ods*, ppt*, pptx*, xls*, xlsx* (Microsoft Office will have to be installed for the Office formats to work)
Document Output format: pdf Input formats: doc*, docx*, odt*, odp*, ods*, ppt*, pptx*, xls*, xlsx*, bmp, exr, ico, jpg, jpeg, png, psd, svg, tiff, tga
File Converter can be customized using the Windows program menu, though the defaults should work well for most people. It's lightweight, fast and quite useful. It runs on Windows Vista / 7 / 8 and 10, and the 32 bit and 64 bit installers (.msi) are clean according to VirusTotal. The source code can be viewed on GitHub .
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Re: is there any way to control the volume on the you tube player?
netbat66
turn off the virtual pc cursor. then you will have access to all the controls.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlB7TJ6cTx4
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From: Jim Rawls Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 9:17 AM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: [jaws-users] is there any way to control the volume on the you tube player? I am using jaws 2019, and using a windows ten computer. I want to control the volume of the player from the player itself. Jim
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Re: switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Tom Fairhurst
Part of the confusion here may be with file asociation. When dealing with
file association, we are talking about which program is used to open a file.
Switch is only a file converter. It does not deal with file association. If you
converta file to MP3 format, for example,the converted file should use your
default program for opening MP3 files that you convert. Let’s say that Windows
Media Player is your default program for opening MP3 file. Any files you create
with Switch will open in Windows Media Player. Hope this helps.
From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right
click from Windows Explorer Hi Tom-all, In my experience, I just could not find how to associate an input file with the program. I found no place where I could select an input file and then proceed. If I opened a folder or browsed, I would be led to my usual windows explorer panel, with no association with the actual program. That was my chief difficulty. Take care and thanks, Takis
From:
jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of
Tom Fairhurst
When you open Switch, you will be on a button called Open Output Folder.It is 1 of five tabs. To the right are Output format, Encoder Option, a checkbox giving you the option of sending your files to the same folder. If you uncheck this box. If this box is not checked, you will need to open an output folder. Staying in the tab order, the last will show 0 items because none have been selected yet. As was mentioned in another E-mail. when the Alt key is pressed, you will see a traditional menu structure and land on the File menu. You can easily arrow across or down, and each item will be read. Oddly enough, I haven’t used this, but there is a help menu item. I haven’t explored the numerous options available. Staying on the file tab, however, and arrowing down you will see Add Files, and then Add Folders. Those of us who use Switch find it easy to work using Windows navigation. I am using Windows 7. I actually purchased the Plus version for $29 because a file I wanted to convert wouldn’t do so. This is a one-time payment, not a subscription. I hope this gets you started.
From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 4:53 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi Richard/all, I downloaded switch this morning, but I have to admit that I did not succeed in converting. Alkthough it seems I understand what I should do with its structure, I always came up with a message that I have to select files to convert. Since I do not want to bother others, I wonder if there is a quick guide as what to do, or someone could give me some simple steps. When I open output folder, there seems to be an irrelevant window opening and I have to do contrl-tab to get back to the program. I don’t know what I am missing there, but some simple steps would be appreciated. With file convert I had none of these issues. Cheers, Takis
From:
jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of
Richard Turner
Hi, I just tried out the free version of Switch. It is very easy to use. If you have an iPhone and want to make ringtones, it can convert to .m4r format, along with a bunch of others. It can convert different file types to the one you want at the same time. I just did a quick test with a .wav file and an .m4r file and converted them to mp3 in one step. I do not know what the maximum number of files might be, but it is pretty fast and retains the information you want.
Richard
From:
jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of
Panagiotis Antonopoulos
Hi Mike/all, Is switch better than convert file and in what way? Take care, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io]
On Behalf Of Mike B.
I Takis,
There's a sound file converter called, Switch, that works great and is Jaws accessible.
Take
care. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2019 2:16 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi all, I am not an expert on audio programs, but did some research on this. I have a folder with archival material from the Smithsonian collection from the former Yugoslavia, Italy and Mexico. I copied it on a different part of the pc. Then I took off three files related to album icons, and asked file converter to convert the mp3. It refused to do so in .wav, because I simply had one file converted to .wav before. So I did this in .ogg. There was no progress bar with the program, but when I hit escape, all files were there, it seems it’s done very quickly, there were about 61 files to convert. The unfortunate thing is that it places the .wav file next to its .mp3 counterpart, so you have to manually delete all .mp3s thereafter. Then I went to the folder and tried groove which is a program I like, despite its mishaps. No play, whereas vlc and windows media player would play the .ogg. So, I removed the one .wav file existing, otherwise file converter would not permit me do a conversion. Once it was taken away, it did convert all files from .ogg into .wav and groove is playing fine, except that it cannot derive the info on artists and song titles. Needless to say, I had again, to manually, delete the .ogg files from the folder. I hope I have not tired you with this, and that it may be useful to others. However, might I ask the more knowledgeable among us, which format is the better quality one, ogg or wav? Cheers, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io]
On Behalf Of JM Casey
There are other tools you could use for batch conversion if you wanted to.
BTW, this seems like a neat utility; maybe I’ll give ita shot.
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On
Behalf Of Alan Lemly
You cannot use File Converter to select a folder in order to convert all of its files. This makes sense as File Converter is smart enough not to appear when you've highlighted a file it can't convert and the possibility of this happening is much greater in a folder. I tested this by copying 3 mp3 songs to a folder I created and then bringing up that new folder's context menu where File Converter did not appear. On the other hand, if you know all the files in a particular folder are of the same type and convertible by File Converter, you can move to the list of files by pressing the F6 key and then highlighting them all by pressing ctrl + a. Shift F10 will bring up the context menu where File Converter will appear in order to convert multiple files. I would not suggest highlighting files of different types even if they are convertible by File Converter in order to do a multi-conversion since this seems like it might have unintended consequences.
Alan Lemly From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io]
On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Greetings, This is the first line of the description from the File converter page: File Converter is a very simple tool which allows you to convert and compress one or several file(s) using the context menu in windows explorer.
So, doing “several” files seems standard. How one accomplishes that exactly is likely in the documentation.
HTH, Richard
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On
Behalf Of Marie
I have only tried with single files. So it could be interesting and I may do a little experimenting with the possibility of converting an entire folder. Thanks for the idea. Marie
From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 12:06 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi Marie-all, I just downloaded the utilitz, but wonder, can zou do a folder conversion as well, or just simple files? Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io]
On Behalf Of Marie
I have been using this little utility for several months and it is indeed very simple and very useful. Marie
From: Alan Lemly Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 8:38 AM Subject: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi List,
I received an email today from Gizmo's Freeware discussing a handy program that will add context menus to Windows Explorer enabling you to convert farious file formats to other formats when focus is on a file in an Explorer window. I'm pasting the text of the article discussing this free program after my signature. I installed it on my Windows 7 computer running Fusion 2019 and it worked very well to convert an m4a song to mp3 format. I'll admit that I'm a big user of Windows Explorer for file management and if you are too, I think you'll like this utility.
The download link to get it is here:
Alan Lemly
The below article is from this website:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/convert-files-right-click-windows-explorer.htm
Convert Files With A Right Click In Windows Explorer
Last updated by rhiannon on 05. February 2019 - 03:59
File Converter screen shot
There are many file converters available both online and offline, but how about one that works from Windows File Explorer right click (context) menu? File Converter does just that.
File Converter is a free open source Windows program that converts and compresses a variety of file formats from the right click menu in Windows File Explorer. Once installed, it appears in the context (right click) menu. It's very easy to use; right click on a file (or several files) in Windows File Explorer, choose File Converter, and select the file format. A window opens showing the progress of the conversion and closes when it's complete. Converted files are stored in the same folder as the source file and have the same name with a different extension. File Converter won't appear in the context menu if you right click on a file that isn't supported, a nice touch that keeps the context menu less cluttered.
File Converter works with audio, video, image and document files and supports these formats:
Audio Output formats: flac, aac, ogg, mp3, wav Input formats: 3gp, aiff, ape, avi, bik, cda, flac, flv, m4a, mkv, mov, mp3, mp4, oga, ogg, wav, webm, wma, wmv
Video Output formats: webm, mkv, mp4, ogv, avi, gif Input formats: 3gp, avi, bik, flv, gif, m4v, mkv, mp4, mpeg, mov, ogv, webm, wmv
Image Output formats: png, jpg, ico, webp Input formats: bmp, exr, ico, jpg, jpeg, png, psd, svg, tiff, tga, webp, pdf, doc*, docx*, odt*, odp*, ods*, ppt*, pptx*, xls*, xlsx* (Microsoft Office will have to be installed for the Office formats to work)
Document Output format: pdf Input formats: doc*, docx*, odt*, odp*, ods*, ppt*, pptx*, xls*, xlsx*, bmp, exr, ico, jpg, jpeg, png, psd, svg, tiff, tga
File Converter can be customized using the Windows program menu, though the defaults should work well for most people. It's lightweight, fast and quite useful. It runs on Windows Vista / 7 / 8 and 10, and the 32 bit and 64 bit installers (.msi) are clean according to VirusTotal. The source code can be viewed on GitHub .
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live updater
anna vimini <annav@...>
my computer says their is a new version of live updater to be installed but I do not know if I should install it or not because a friend told me that it causes problems with jaws so I am asking the list if I should install it or not
any help will be greatly appreciated
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Re: checking for updates in office 2016
Chris
Its under the file tab Under accounts
From: Denise J Moses
Sent: 08 February 2019 17:21 To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: [jaws-users] checking for updates in office 2016
Where do I go to see there are updates for Microsoft Office 2016? Thank you Denise
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checking for updates in office 2016
Denise J Moses
Where do I go to see there are updates for Microsoft Office 2016? Thank you Denise
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Re: switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi Tom-all, In my experience, I just could not find how to associate an input file with the program. I found no place where I could select an input file and then proceed. If I opened a folder or browsed, I would be led to my usual windows explorer panel, with no association with the actual program. That was my chief difficulty. Take care and thanks, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Tom Fairhurst
Sent: Friday, February 8, 2019 5:07 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
When you open Switch, you will be on a button called Open Output Folder.It is 1 of five tabs. To the right are Output format, Encoder Option, a checkbox giving you the option of sending your files to the same folder. If you uncheck this box. If this box is not checked, you will need to open an output folder. Staying in the tab order, the last will show 0 items because none have been selected yet. As was mentioned in another E-mail. when the Alt key is pressed, you will see a traditional menu structure and land on the File menu. You can easily arrow across or down, and each item will be read. Oddly enough, I haven’t used this, but there is a help menu item. I haven’t explored the numerous options available. Staying on the file tab, however, and arrowing down you will see Add Files, and then Add Folders. Those of us who use Switch find it easy to work using Windows navigation. I am using Windows 7. I actually purchased the Plus version for $29 because a file I wanted to convert wouldn’t do so. This is a one-time payment, not a subscription. I hope this gets you started.
From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 4:53 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi Richard/all, I downloaded switch this morning, but I have to admit that I did not succeed in converting. Alkthough it seems I understand what I should do with its structure, I always came up with a message that I have to select files to convert. Since I do not want to bother others, I wonder if there is a quick guide as what to do, or someone could give me some simple steps. When I open output folder, there seems to be an irrelevant window opening and I have to do contrl-tab to get back to the program. I don’t know what I am missing there, but some simple steps would be appreciated. With file convert I had none of these issues. Cheers, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Hi, I just tried out the free version of Switch. It is very easy to use. If you have an iPhone and want to make ringtones, it can convert to .m4r format, along with a bunch of others. It can convert different file types to the one you want at the same time. I just did a quick test with a .wav file and an .m4r file and converted them to mp3 in one step. I do not know what the maximum number of files might be, but it is pretty fast and retains the information you want.
Richard
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Panagiotis Antonopoulos
Hi Mike/all, Is switch better than convert file and in what way? Take care, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Mike B.
I Takis,
There's a sound file converter called, Switch, that works great and is Jaws accessible.
Take care. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2019 2:16 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi all, I am not an expert on audio programs, but did some research on this. I have a folder with archival material from the Smithsonian collection from the former Yugoslavia, Italy and Mexico. I copied it on a different part of the pc. Then I took off three files related to album icons, and asked file converter to convert the mp3. It refused to do so in .wav, because I simply had one file converted to .wav before. So I did this in .ogg. There was no progress bar with the program, but when I hit escape, all files were there, it seems it’s done very quickly, there were about 61 files to convert. The unfortunate thing is that it places the .wav file next to its .mp3 counterpart, so you have to manually delete all .mp3s thereafter. Then I went to the folder and tried groove which is a program I like, despite its mishaps. No play, whereas vlc and windows media player would play the .ogg. So, I removed the one .wav file existing, otherwise file converter would not permit me do a conversion. Once it was taken away, it did convert all files from .ogg into .wav and groove is playing fine, except that it cannot derive the info on artists and song titles. Needless to say, I had again, to manually, delete the .ogg files from the folder. I hope I have not tired you with this, and that it may be useful to others. However, might I ask the more knowledgeable among us, which format is the better quality one, ogg or wav? Cheers, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of JM Casey
There are other tools you could use for batch conversion if you wanted to.
BTW, this seems like a neat utility; maybe I’ll give ita shot.
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Alan Lemly
You cannot use File Converter to select a folder in order to convert all of its files. This makes sense as File Converter is smart enough not to appear when you've highlighted a file it can't convert and the possibility of this happening is much greater in a folder. I tested this by copying 3 mp3 songs to a folder I created and then bringing up that new folder's context menu where File Converter did not appear. On the other hand, if you know all the files in a particular folder are of the same type and convertible by File Converter, you can move to the list of files by pressing the F6 key and then highlighting them all by pressing ctrl + a. Shift F10 will bring up the context menu where File Converter will appear in order to convert multiple files. I would not suggest highlighting files of different types even if they are convertible by File Converter in order to do a multi-conversion since this seems like it might have unintended consequences.
Alan Lemly From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Greetings, This is the first line of the description from the File converter page: File Converter is a very simple tool which allows you to convert and compress one or several file(s) using the context menu in windows explorer.
So, doing “several” files seems standard. How one accomplishes that exactly is likely in the documentation.
HTH, Richard
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Marie
I have only tried with single files. So it could be interesting and I may do a little experimenting with the possibility of converting an entire folder. Thanks for the idea. Marie
From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 12:06 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi Marie-all, I just downloaded the utilitz, but wonder, can zou do a folder conversion as well, or just simple files? Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Marie
I have been using this little utility for several months and it is indeed very simple and very useful. Marie
From: Alan Lemly Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 8:38 AM Subject: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi List,
I received an email today from Gizmo's Freeware discussing a handy program that will add context menus to Windows Explorer enabling you to convert farious file formats to other formats when focus is on a file in an Explorer window. I'm pasting the text of the article discussing this free program after my signature. I installed it on my Windows 7 computer running Fusion 2019 and it worked very well to convert an m4a song to mp3 format. I'll admit that I'm a big user of Windows Explorer for file management and if you are too, I think you'll like this utility.
The download link to get it is here:
Alan Lemly
The below article is from this website:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/convert-files-right-click-windows-explorer.htm
Convert Files With A Right Click In Windows Explorer
Last updated by rhiannon on 05. February 2019 - 03:59
File Converter screen shot
There are many file converters available both online and offline, but how about one that works from Windows File Explorer right click (context) menu? File Converter does just that.
File Converter is a free open source Windows program that converts and compresses a variety of file formats from the right click menu in Windows File Explorer. Once installed, it appears in the context (right click) menu. It's very easy to use; right click on a file (or several files) in Windows File Explorer, choose File Converter, and select the file format. A window opens showing the progress of the conversion and closes when it's complete. Converted files are stored in the same folder as the source file and have the same name with a different extension. File Converter won't appear in the context menu if you right click on a file that isn't supported, a nice touch that keeps the context menu less cluttered.
File Converter works with audio, video, image and document files and supports these formats:
Audio Output formats: flac, aac, ogg, mp3, wav Input formats: 3gp, aiff, ape, avi, bik, cda, flac, flv, m4a, mkv, mov, mp3, mp4, oga, ogg, wav, webm, wma, wmv
Video Output formats: webm, mkv, mp4, ogv, avi, gif Input formats: 3gp, avi, bik, flv, gif, m4v, mkv, mp4, mpeg, mov, ogv, webm, wmv
Image Output formats: png, jpg, ico, webp Input formats: bmp, exr, ico, jpg, jpeg, png, psd, svg, tiff, tga, webp, pdf, doc*, docx*, odt*, odp*, ods*, ppt*, pptx*, xls*, xlsx* (Microsoft Office will have to be installed for the Office formats to work)
Document Output format: pdf Input formats: doc*, docx*, odt*, odp*, ods*, ppt*, pptx*, xls*, xlsx*, bmp, exr, ico, jpg, jpeg, png, psd, svg, tiff, tga
File Converter can be customized using the Windows program menu, though the defaults should work well for most people. It's lightweight, fast and quite useful. It runs on Windows Vista / 7 / 8 and 10, and the 32 bit and 64 bit installers (.msi) are clean according to VirusTotal. The source code can be viewed on GitHub .
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Jim Rawls
I am using jaws 2019, and using a windows ten computer. I want to control the volume of the player from the player itself. Jim
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Re: switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Many thanks Richard, will see to this when time allows. Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Hello Tackis, When you run Switch, the output folder is where you want the converted files to be saved to. To add files, tap the alt key and arrow up or down through your options. You can add files, folders, convert from a DVD (which I have not tried yet) and a few other options. In my first attempt, I just added one file. I created an output folder before selecting it to make things easier and just selected that folder under output. I’d encourage you and anyone else looking at this software, to go through the various menus. It looks really great. Anyone using Android can also get it on their Android device, sad to say no Apple mobile options like phones or iPads.
Richard
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Panagiotis Antonopoulos
Hi Richard/all, I downloaded switch this morning, but I have to admit that I did not succeed in converting. Alkthough it seems I understand what I should do with its structure, I always came up with a message that I have to select files to convert. Since I do not want to bother others, I wonder if there is a quick guide as what to do, or someone could give me some simple steps. When I open output folder, there seems to be an irrelevant window opening and I have to do contrl-tab to get back to the program. I don’t know what I am missing there, but some simple steps would be appreciated. With file convert I had none of these issues. Cheers, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Hi, I just tried out the free version of Switch. It is very easy to use. If you have an iPhone and want to make ringtones, it can convert to .m4r format, along with a bunch of others. It can convert different file types to the one you want at the same time. I just did a quick test with a .wav file and an .m4r file and converted them to mp3 in one step. I do not know what the maximum number of files might be, but it is pretty fast and retains the information you want.
Richard
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Panagiotis Antonopoulos
Hi Mike/all, Is switch better than convert file and in what way? Take care, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Mike B.
I Takis,
There's a sound file converter called, Switch, that works great and is Jaws accessible.
Take care. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2019 2:16 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi all, I am not an expert on audio programs, but did some research on this. I have a folder with archival material from the Smithsonian collection from the former Yugoslavia, Italy and Mexico. I copied it on a different part of the pc. Then I took off three files related to album icons, and asked file converter to convert the mp3. It refused to do so in .wav, because I simply had one file converted to .wav before. So I did this in .ogg. There was no progress bar with the program, but when I hit escape, all files were there, it seems it’s done very quickly, there were about 61 files to convert. The unfortunate thing is that it places the .wav file next to its .mp3 counterpart, so you have to manually delete all .mp3s thereafter. Then I went to the folder and tried groove which is a program I like, despite its mishaps. No play, whereas vlc and windows media player would play the .ogg. So, I removed the one .wav file existing, otherwise file converter would not permit me do a conversion. Once it was taken away, it did convert all files from .ogg into .wav and groove is playing fine, except that it cannot derive the info on artists and song titles. Needless to say, I had again, to manually, delete the .ogg files from the folder. I hope I have not tired you with this, and that it may be useful to others. However, might I ask the more knowledgeable among us, which format is the better quality one, ogg or wav? Cheers, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of JM Casey
There are other tools you could use for batch conversion if you wanted to.
BTW, this seems like a neat utility; maybe I’ll give ita shot.
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Alan Lemly
You cannot use File Converter to select a folder in order to convert all of its files. This makes sense as File Converter is smart enough not to appear when you've highlighted a file it can't convert and the possibility of this happening is much greater in a folder. I tested this by copying 3 mp3 songs to a folder I created and then bringing up that new folder's context menu where File Converter did not appear. On the other hand, if you know all the files in a particular folder are of the same type and convertible by File Converter, you can move to the list of files by pressing the F6 key and then highlighting them all by pressing ctrl + a. Shift F10 will bring up the context menu where File Converter will appear in order to convert multiple files. I would not suggest highlighting files of different types even if they are convertible by File Converter in order to do a multi-conversion since this seems like it might have unintended consequences.
Alan Lemly From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Greetings, This is the first line of the description from the File converter page: File Converter is a very simple tool which allows you to convert and compress one or several file(s) using the context menu in windows explorer.
So, doing “several” files seems standard. How one accomplishes that exactly is likely in the documentation.
HTH, Richard
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Marie
I have only tried with single files. So it could be interesting and I may do a little experimenting with the possibility of converting an entire folder. Thanks for the idea. Marie
From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 12:06 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi Marie-all, I just downloaded the utilitz, but wonder, can zou do a folder conversion as well, or just simple files? Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Marie
I have been using this little utility for several months and it is indeed very simple and very useful. Marie
From: Alan Lemly Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 8:38 AM Subject: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi List,
I received an email today from Gizmo's Freeware discussing a handy program that will add context menus to Windows Explorer enabling you to convert farious file formats to other formats when focus is on a file in an Explorer window. I'm pasting the text of the article discussing this free program after my signature. I installed it on my Windows 7 computer running Fusion 2019 and it worked very well to convert an m4a song to mp3 format. I'll admit that I'm a big user of Windows Explorer for file management and if you are too, I think you'll like this utility.
The download link to get it is here:
Alan Lemly
The below article is from this website:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/convert-files-right-click-windows-explorer.htm
Convert Files With A Right Click In Windows Explorer
Last updated by rhiannon on 05. February 2019 - 03:59
File Converter screen shot
There are many file converters available both online and offline, but how about one that works from Windows File Explorer right click (context) menu? File Converter does just that.
File Converter is a free open source Windows program that converts and compresses a variety of file formats from the right click menu in Windows File Explorer. Once installed, it appears in the context (right click) menu. It's very easy to use; right click on a file (or several files) in Windows File Explorer, choose File Converter, and select the file format. A window opens showing the progress of the conversion and closes when it's complete. Converted files are stored in the same folder as the source file and have the same name with a different extension. File Converter won't appear in the context menu if you right click on a file that isn't supported, a nice touch that keeps the context menu less cluttered.
File Converter works with audio, video, image and document files and supports these formats:
Audio Output formats: flac, aac, ogg, mp3, wav Input formats: 3gp, aiff, ape, avi, bik, cda, flac, flv, m4a, mkv, mov, mp3, mp4, oga, ogg, wav, webm, wma, wmv
Video Output formats: webm, mkv, mp4, ogv, avi, gif Input formats: 3gp, avi, bik, flv, gif, m4v, mkv, mp4, mpeg, mov, ogv, webm, wmv
Image Output formats: png, jpg, ico, webp Input formats: bmp, exr, ico, jpg, jpeg, png, psd, svg, tiff, tga, webp, pdf, doc*, docx*, odt*, odp*, ods*, ppt*, pptx*, xls*, xlsx* (Microsoft Office will have to be installed for the Office formats to work)
Document Output format: pdf Input formats: doc*, docx*, odt*, odp*, ods*, ppt*, pptx*, xls*, xlsx*, bmp, exr, ico, jpg, jpeg, png, psd, svg, tiff, tga
File Converter can be customized using the Windows program menu, though the defaults should work well for most people. It's lightweight, fast and quite useful. It runs on Windows Vista / 7 / 8 and 10, and the 32 bit and 64 bit installers (.msi) are clean according to VirusTotal. The source code can be viewed on GitHub .
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Re: switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Tom Fairhurst
When you open Switch, you will be on a button called Open Output Folder.It
is 1 of five tabs. To the right are Output format, Encoder Option, a checkbox
giving you the option of sending your files to the same folder. If you uncheck
this box. If this box is not checked, you will need to open an output folder.
Staying in the tab order, the last will show 0 items because none have been
selected yet. As was mentioned in another E-mail. when the Alt key is pressed,
you will see a traditional menu structure and land on the File menu. You can
easily arrow across or down, and each item will be read. Oddly enough, I haven’t
used this, but there is a help menu item. I haven’t explored the numerous
options available. Staying on the file tab, however, and arrowing down you will
see Add Files, and then Add Folders. Those of us who use Switch find it easy to
work using Windows navigation. I am using Windows 7. I actually purchased the
Plus version for $29 because a file I wanted to convert wouldn’t do so. This is
a one-time payment, not a subscription. I hope this gets you started.
From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 4:53 AM
Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right
click from Windows Explorer Hi Richard/all, I downloaded switch this morning, but I have to admit that I did not succeed in converting. Alkthough it seems I understand what I should do with its structure, I always came up with a message that I have to select files to convert. Since I do not want to bother others, I wonder if there is a quick guide as what to do, or someone could give me some simple steps. When I open output folder, there seems to be an irrelevant window opening and I have to do contrl-tab to get back to the program. I don’t know what I am missing there, but some simple steps would be appreciated. With file convert I had none of these issues. Cheers, Takis
From:
jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of
Richard Turner
Hi, I just tried out the free version of Switch. It is very easy to use. If you have an iPhone and want to make ringtones, it can convert to .m4r format, along with a bunch of others. It can convert different file types to the one you want at the same time. I just did a quick test with a .wav file and an .m4r file and converted them to mp3 in one step. I do not know what the maximum number of files might be, but it is pretty fast and retains the information you want.
Richard
From:
jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of
Panagiotis Antonopoulos
Hi Mike/all, Is switch better than convert file and in what way? Take care, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io]
On Behalf Of Mike B.
I Takis,
There's a sound file converter called, Switch, that works great and is Jaws accessible.
Take care.
Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2019 2:16 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi all, I am not an expert on audio programs, but did some research on this. I have a folder with archival material from the Smithsonian collection from the former Yugoslavia, Italy and Mexico. I copied it on a different part of the pc. Then I took off three files related to album icons, and asked file converter to convert the mp3. It refused to do so in .wav, because I simply had one file converted to .wav before. So I did this in .ogg. There was no progress bar with the program, but when I hit escape, all files were there, it seems it’s done very quickly, there were about 61 files to convert. The unfortunate thing is that it places the .wav file next to its .mp3 counterpart, so you have to manually delete all .mp3s thereafter. Then I went to the folder and tried groove which is a program I like, despite its mishaps. No play, whereas vlc and windows media player would play the .ogg. So, I removed the one .wav file existing, otherwise file converter would not permit me do a conversion. Once it was taken away, it did convert all files from .ogg into .wav and groove is playing fine, except that it cannot derive the info on artists and song titles. Needless to say, I had again, to manually, delete the .ogg files from the folder. I hope I have not tired you with this, and that it may be useful to others. However, might I ask the more knowledgeable among us, which format is the better quality one, ogg or wav? Cheers, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io]
On Behalf Of JM Casey
There are other tools you could use for batch conversion if you wanted to.
BTW, this seems like a neat utility; maybe I’ll give ita shot.
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On
Behalf Of Alan Lemly
You cannot use File Converter to select a folder in order to convert all of its files. This makes sense as File Converter is smart enough not to appear when you've highlighted a file it can't convert and the possibility of this happening is much greater in a folder. I tested this by copying 3 mp3 songs to a folder I created and then bringing up that new folder's context menu where File Converter did not appear. On the other hand, if you know all the files in a particular folder are of the same type and convertible by File Converter, you can move to the list of files by pressing the F6 key and then highlighting them all by pressing ctrl + a. Shift F10 will bring up the context menu where File Converter will appear in order to convert multiple files. I would not suggest highlighting files of different types even if they are convertible by File Converter in order to do a multi-conversion since this seems like it might have unintended consequences.
Alan Lemly From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io]
On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Greetings, This is the first line of the description from the File converter page: File Converter is a very simple tool which allows you to convert and compress one or several file(s) using the context menu in windows explorer.
So, doing “several” files seems standard. How one accomplishes that exactly is likely in the documentation.
HTH, Richard
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On
Behalf Of Marie
I have only tried with single files. So it could be interesting and I may do a little experimenting with the possibility of converting an entire folder. Thanks for the idea. Marie
From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 12:06 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi Marie-all, I just downloaded the utilitz, but wonder, can zou do a folder conversion as well, or just simple files? Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io]
On Behalf Of Marie
I have been using this little utility for several months and it is indeed very simple and very useful. Marie
From: Alan Lemly Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 8:38 AM Subject: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi List,
I received an email today from Gizmo's Freeware discussing a handy program that will add context menus to Windows Explorer enabling you to convert farious file formats to other formats when focus is on a file in an Explorer window. I'm pasting the text of the article discussing this free program after my signature. I installed it on my Windows 7 computer running Fusion 2019 and it worked very well to convert an m4a song to mp3 format. I'll admit that I'm a big user of Windows Explorer for file management and if you are too, I think you'll like this utility.
The download link to get it is here:
Alan Lemly
The below article is from this website:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/convert-files-right-click-windows-explorer.htm
Convert Files With A Right Click In Windows Explorer
Last updated by rhiannon on 05. February 2019 - 03:59
File Converter screen shot
There are many file converters available both online and offline, but how about one that works from Windows File Explorer right click (context) menu? File Converter does just that.
File Converter is a free open source Windows program that converts and compresses a variety of file formats from the right click menu in Windows File Explorer. Once installed, it appears in the context (right click) menu. It's very easy to use; right click on a file (or several files) in Windows File Explorer, choose File Converter, and select the file format. A window opens showing the progress of the conversion and closes when it's complete. Converted files are stored in the same folder as the source file and have the same name with a different extension. File Converter won't appear in the context menu if you right click on a file that isn't supported, a nice touch that keeps the context menu less cluttered.
File Converter works with audio, video, image and document files and supports these formats:
Audio Output formats: flac, aac, ogg, mp3, wav Input formats: 3gp, aiff, ape, avi, bik, cda, flac, flv, m4a, mkv, mov, mp3, mp4, oga, ogg, wav, webm, wma, wmv
Video Output formats: webm, mkv, mp4, ogv, avi, gif Input formats: 3gp, avi, bik, flv, gif, m4v, mkv, mp4, mpeg, mov, ogv, webm, wmv
Image Output formats: png, jpg, ico, webp Input formats: bmp, exr, ico, jpg, jpeg, png, psd, svg, tiff, tga, webp, pdf, doc*, docx*, odt*, odp*, ods*, ppt*, pptx*, xls*, xlsx* (Microsoft Office will have to be installed for the Office formats to work)
Document Output format: pdf Input formats: doc*, docx*, odt*, odp*, ods*, ppt*, pptx*, xls*, xlsx*, bmp, exr, ico, jpg, jpeg, png, psd, svg, tiff, tga
File Converter can be customized using the Windows program menu, though the defaults should work well for most people. It's lightweight, fast and quite useful. It runs on Windows Vista / 7 / 8 and 10, and the 32 bit and 64 bit installers (.msi) are clean according to VirusTotal. The source code can be viewed on GitHub .
Download File Converter
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Re: switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Richard Turner
Hello Tackis, When you run Switch, the output folder is where you want the converted files to be saved to. To add files, tap the alt key and arrow up or down through your options. You can add files, folders, convert from a DVD (which I have not tried yet) and a few other options. In my first attempt, I just added one file. I created an output folder before selecting it to make things easier and just selected that folder under output. I’d encourage you and anyone else looking at this software, to go through the various menus. It looks really great. Anyone using Android can also get it on their Android device, sad to say no Apple mobile options like phones or iPads.
Richard
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io>
On Behalf Of Panagiotis Antonopoulos
Sent: Friday, February 8, 2019 2:54 AM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi Richard/all, I downloaded switch this morning, but I have to admit that I did not succeed in converting. Alkthough it seems I understand what I should do with its structure, I always came up with a message that I have to select files to convert. Since I do not want to bother others, I wonder if there is a quick guide as what to do, or someone could give me some simple steps. When I open output folder, there seems to be an irrelevant window opening and I have to do contrl-tab to get back to the program. I don’t know what I am missing there, but some simple steps would be appreciated. With file convert I had none of these issues. Cheers, Takis
From:
jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io]
On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Hi, I just tried out the free version of Switch. It is very easy to use. If you have an iPhone and want to make ringtones, it can convert to .m4r format, along with a bunch of others. It can convert different file types to the one you want at the same time. I just did a quick test with a .wav file and an .m4r file and converted them to mp3 in one step. I do not know what the maximum number of files might be, but it is pretty fast and retains the information you want.
Richard
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io>
On Behalf Of Panagiotis Antonopoulos
Hi Mike/all, Is switch better than convert file and in what way? Take care, Takis
From:
jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io]
On Behalf Of Mike B.
I Takis,
There's a sound file converter called, Switch, that works great and is Jaws accessible.
Take care. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2019 2:16 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi all, I am not an expert on audio programs, but did some research on this. I have a folder with archival material from the Smithsonian collection from the former Yugoslavia, Italy and Mexico. I copied it on a different part of the pc. Then I took off three files related to album icons, and asked file converter to convert the mp3. It refused to do so in .wav, because I simply had one file converted to .wav before. So I did this in .ogg. There was no progress bar with the program, but when I hit escape, all files were there, it seems it’s done very quickly, there were about 61 files to convert. The unfortunate thing is that it places the .wav file next to its .mp3 counterpart, so you have to manually delete all .mp3s thereafter. Then I went to the folder and tried groove which is a program I like, despite its mishaps. No play, whereas vlc and windows media player would play the .ogg. So, I removed the one .wav file existing, otherwise file converter would not permit me do a conversion. Once it was taken away, it did convert all files from .ogg into .wav and groove is playing fine, except that it cannot derive the info on artists and song titles. Needless to say, I had again, to manually, delete the .ogg files from the folder. I hope I have not tired you with this, and that it may be useful to others. However, might I ask the more knowledgeable among us, which format is the better quality one, ogg or wav? Cheers, Takis
From:
jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io]
On Behalf Of JM Casey
There are other tools you could use for batch conversion if you wanted to.
BTW, this seems like a neat utility; maybe I’ll give ita shot.
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io>
On Behalf Of Alan Lemly
You cannot use File Converter to select a folder in order to convert all of its files. This makes sense as File Converter is smart enough not to appear when you've highlighted a file it can't convert and the possibility of this happening is much greater in a folder. I tested this by copying 3 mp3 songs to a folder I created and then bringing up that new folder's context menu where File Converter did not appear. On the other hand, if you know all the files in a particular folder are of the same type and convertible by File Converter, you can move to the list of files by pressing the F6 key and then highlighting them all by pressing ctrl + a. Shift F10 will bring up the context menu where File Converter will appear in order to convert multiple files. I would not suggest highlighting files of different types even if they are convertible by File Converter in order to do a multi-conversion since this seems like it might have unintended consequences.
Alan Lemly From:
jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io]
On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Greetings, This is the first line of the description from the File converter page: File Converter is a very simple tool which allows you to convert and compress one or several file(s) using the context menu in windows explorer.
So, doing “several” files seems standard. How one accomplishes that exactly is likely in the documentation.
HTH, Richard
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io>
On Behalf Of Marie
I have only tried with single files. So it could be interesting and I may do a little experimenting with the possibility of converting an entire folder. Thanks for the idea. Marie
From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 12:06 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi Marie-all, I just downloaded the utilitz, but wonder, can zou do a folder conversion as well, or just simple files? Takis
From:
jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io]
On Behalf Of Marie
I have been using this little utility for several months and it is indeed very simple and very useful. Marie
From: Alan Lemly Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 8:38 AM Subject: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi List,
I received an email today from Gizmo's Freeware discussing a handy program that will add context menus to Windows Explorer enabling you to convert farious file formats to other formats when focus is on a file in an Explorer window. I'm pasting the text of the article discussing this free program after my signature. I installed it on my Windows 7 computer running Fusion 2019 and it worked very well to convert an m4a song to mp3 format. I'll admit that I'm a big user of Windows Explorer for file management and if you are too, I think you'll like this utility.
The download link to get it is here:
Alan Lemly
The below article is from this website:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/convert-files-right-click-windows-explorer.htm
Convert Files With A Right Click In Windows Explorer
Last updated by rhiannon on 05. February 2019 - 03:59
File Converter screen shot
There are many file converters available both online and offline, but how about one that works from Windows File Explorer right click (context) menu? File Converter does just that.
File Converter is a free open source Windows program that converts and compresses a variety of file formats from the right click menu in Windows File Explorer. Once installed, it appears in the context (right click) menu. It's very easy to use; right click on a file (or several files) in Windows File Explorer, choose File Converter, and select the file format. A window opens showing the progress of the conversion and closes when it's complete. Converted files are stored in the same folder as the source file and have the same name with a different extension. File Converter won't appear in the context menu if you right click on a file that isn't supported, a nice touch that keeps the context menu less cluttered.
File Converter works with audio, video, image and document files and supports these formats:
Audio Output formats: flac, aac, ogg, mp3, wav Input formats: 3gp, aiff, ape, avi, bik, cda, flac, flv, m4a, mkv, mov, mp3, mp4, oga, ogg, wav, webm, wma, wmv
Video Output formats: webm, mkv, mp4, ogv, avi, gif Input formats: 3gp, avi, bik, flv, gif, m4v, mkv, mp4, mpeg, mov, ogv, webm, wmv
Image Output formats: png, jpg, ico, webp Input formats: bmp, exr, ico, jpg, jpeg, png, psd, svg, tiff, tga, webp, pdf, doc*, docx*, odt*, odp*, ods*, ppt*, pptx*, xls*, xlsx* (Microsoft Office will have to be installed for the Office formats to work)
Document Output format: pdf Input formats: doc*, docx*, odt*, odp*, ods*, ppt*, pptx*, xls*, xlsx*, bmp, exr, ico, jpg, jpeg, png, psd, svg, tiff, tga
File Converter can be customized using the Windows program menu, though the defaults should work well for most people. It's lightweight, fast and quite useful. It runs on Windows Vista / 7 / 8 and 10, and the 32 bit and 64 bit installers (.msi) are clean according to VirusTotal. The source code can be viewed on GitHub .
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Re: switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi Richard/all, I downloaded switch this morning, but I have to admit that I did not succeed in converting. Alkthough it seems I understand what I should do with its structure, I always came up with a message that I have to select files to convert. Since I do not want to bother others, I wonder if there is a quick guide as what to do, or someone could give me some simple steps. When I open output folder, there seems to be an irrelevant window opening and I have to do contrl-tab to get back to the program. I don’t know what I am missing there, but some simple steps would be appreciated. With file convert I had none of these issues. Cheers, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2019 4:19 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi, I just tried out the free version of Switch. It is very easy to use. If you have an iPhone and want to make ringtones, it can convert to .m4r format, along with a bunch of others. It can convert different file types to the one you want at the same time. I just did a quick test with a .wav file and an .m4r file and converted them to mp3 in one step. I do not know what the maximum number of files might be, but it is pretty fast and retains the information you want.
Richard
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Panagiotis Antonopoulos
Hi Mike/all, Is switch better than convert file and in what way? Take care, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Mike B.
I Takis,
There's a sound file converter called, Switch, that works great and is Jaws accessible.
Take care. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2019 2:16 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi all, I am not an expert on audio programs, but did some research on this. I have a folder with archival material from the Smithsonian collection from the former Yugoslavia, Italy and Mexico. I copied it on a different part of the pc. Then I took off three files related to album icons, and asked file converter to convert the mp3. It refused to do so in .wav, because I simply had one file converted to .wav before. So I did this in .ogg. There was no progress bar with the program, but when I hit escape, all files were there, it seems it’s done very quickly, there were about 61 files to convert. The unfortunate thing is that it places the .wav file next to its .mp3 counterpart, so you have to manually delete all .mp3s thereafter. Then I went to the folder and tried groove which is a program I like, despite its mishaps. No play, whereas vlc and windows media player would play the .ogg. So, I removed the one .wav file existing, otherwise file converter would not permit me do a conversion. Once it was taken away, it did convert all files from .ogg into .wav and groove is playing fine, except that it cannot derive the info on artists and song titles. Needless to say, I had again, to manually, delete the .ogg files from the folder. I hope I have not tired you with this, and that it may be useful to others. However, might I ask the more knowledgeable among us, which format is the better quality one, ogg or wav? Cheers, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of JM Casey
There are other tools you could use for batch conversion if you wanted to.
BTW, this seems like a neat utility; maybe I’ll give ita shot.
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Alan Lemly
You cannot use File Converter to select a folder in order to convert all of its files. This makes sense as File Converter is smart enough not to appear when you've highlighted a file it can't convert and the possibility of this happening is much greater in a folder. I tested this by copying 3 mp3 songs to a folder I created and then bringing up that new folder's context menu where File Converter did not appear. On the other hand, if you know all the files in a particular folder are of the same type and convertible by File Converter, you can move to the list of files by pressing the F6 key and then highlighting them all by pressing ctrl + a. Shift F10 will bring up the context menu where File Converter will appear in order to convert multiple files. I would not suggest highlighting files of different types even if they are convertible by File Converter in order to do a multi-conversion since this seems like it might have unintended consequences.
Alan Lemly From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Greetings, This is the first line of the description from the File converter page: File Converter is a very simple tool which allows you to convert and compress one or several file(s) using the context menu in windows explorer.
So, doing “several” files seems standard. How one accomplishes that exactly is likely in the documentation.
HTH, Richard
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Marie
I have only tried with single files. So it could be interesting and I may do a little experimenting with the possibility of converting an entire folder. Thanks for the idea. Marie
From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 12:06 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi Marie-all, I just downloaded the utilitz, but wonder, can zou do a folder conversion as well, or just simple files? Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Marie
I have been using this little utility for several months and it is indeed very simple and very useful. Marie
From: Alan Lemly Sent: Tuesday, February 5, 2019 8:38 AM Subject: [jaws-users] Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi List,
I received an email today from Gizmo's Freeware discussing a handy program that will add context menus to Windows Explorer enabling you to convert farious file formats to other formats when focus is on a file in an Explorer window. I'm pasting the text of the article discussing this free program after my signature. I installed it on my Windows 7 computer running Fusion 2019 and it worked very well to convert an m4a song to mp3 format. I'll admit that I'm a big user of Windows Explorer for file management and if you are too, I think you'll like this utility.
The download link to get it is here:
Alan Lemly
The below article is from this website:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/convert-files-right-click-windows-explorer.htm
Convert Files With A Right Click In Windows Explorer
Last updated by rhiannon on 05. February 2019 - 03:59
File Converter screen shot
There are many file converters available both online and offline, but how about one that works from Windows File Explorer right click (context) menu? File Converter does just that.
File Converter is a free open source Windows program that converts and compresses a variety of file formats from the right click menu in Windows File Explorer. Once installed, it appears in the context (right click) menu. It's very easy to use; right click on a file (or several files) in Windows File Explorer, choose File Converter, and select the file format. A window opens showing the progress of the conversion and closes when it's complete. Converted files are stored in the same folder as the source file and have the same name with a different extension. File Converter won't appear in the context menu if you right click on a file that isn't supported, a nice touch that keeps the context menu less cluttered.
File Converter works with audio, video, image and document files and supports these formats:
Audio Output formats: flac, aac, ogg, mp3, wav Input formats: 3gp, aiff, ape, avi, bik, cda, flac, flv, m4a, mkv, mov, mp3, mp4, oga, ogg, wav, webm, wma, wmv
Video Output formats: webm, mkv, mp4, ogv, avi, gif Input formats: 3gp, avi, bik, flv, gif, m4v, mkv, mp4, mpeg, mov, ogv, webm, wmv
Image Output formats: png, jpg, ico, webp Input formats: bmp, exr, ico, jpg, jpeg, png, psd, svg, tiff, tga, webp, pdf, doc*, docx*, odt*, odp*, ods*, ppt*, pptx*, xls*, xlsx* (Microsoft Office will have to be installed for the Office formats to work)
Document Output format: pdf Input formats: doc*, docx*, odt*, odp*, ods*, ppt*, pptx*, xls*, xlsx*, bmp, exr, ico, jpg, jpeg, png, psd, svg, tiff, tga
File Converter can be customized using the Windows program menu, though the defaults should work well for most people. It's lightweight, fast and quite useful. It runs on Windows Vista / 7 / 8 and 10, and the 32 bit and 64 bit installers (.msi) are clean according to VirusTotal. The source code can be viewed on GitHub .
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Re: facebook page
Kevin <kleeva5@...>
I posted about word press got no response! Everytime I try to write a blog in word press word press says I have no sites and I get a list of prices. Personal, business etc.
E-mail is golden!!!
From: JM Casey
Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2019 8:37 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] facebook page
Hi.
It doesn’t really matter what facebook platform you create it on, though the regular site has more functionality. It has an editor for notes, even, which you can use html in I think. But…I personally would not use facebook at all for the purpose you have in mind. A personal website or blog would seem to be more useful in this respect. Maybe look into wordpress. I am pretty sure some successful blind bloggers have used it.
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Kevin
I want to create a facebook page to put tutorials I Have composed myself or by others about how to do computer things solely with the keyboard. I want to do this because every help article I’ve come across have been aimed at the sighted you know click in the right corner blah blah. Would it be better if I created it in the moble facebook site or the regular site?
E-mail is golden!!!
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Re: facebook page
JM Casey
Hi.
It doesn’t really matter what facebook platform you create it on, though the regular site has more functionality. It has an editor for notes, even, which you can use html in I think. But…I personally would not use facebook at all for the purpose you have in mind. A personal website or blog would seem to be more useful in this respect. Maybe look into wordpress. I am pretty sure some successful blind bloggers have used it.
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Kevin
Sent: February 7, 2019 10:26 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: [jaws-users] facebook page
I want to create a facebook page to put tutorials I Have composed myself or by others about how to do computer things solely with the keyboard. I want to do this because every help article I’ve come across have been aimed at the sighted you know click in the right corner blah blah. Would it be better if I created it in the moble facebook site or the regular site?
E-mail is golden!!!
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facebook page
Kevin <kleeva5@...>
I want to create a facebook page to put tutorials I Have composed myself or by others about how to do computer things solely with the keyboard. I want to do this because every help article I’ve come across have been aimed at the sighted you know click in the right corner blah blah. Would it be better if I created it in the moble facebook site or the regular site?
E-mail is golden!!!
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Re: Email password
Pat Seed
Hi Vicki,
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In my experience, if you see just stars in the password field, you need to enter your password. However, when you see the, circle bullet, and so on, you have probably checked the program to remember your password. Remember password would be one tab over from where the actual password goes, and the box would be checked. Blessings and All the Very Best, Pat (807) 473-0909 .
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From: "Vicki W" <vwherry4@comcast.net> To: <jaws-users-list@groups.io> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2019 11:45 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Email password Just a little piece of info as far as hearing star star star when either knowing when or typing in a password. I often hear, especially with my e-mail client, circle bullet, circle bullet, circle bullet instead of the star.
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Re: Email password
Glenn / Lenny
I hear circle bullet when reading one that is already there, but when I
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From: "Vicki W" <vwherry4@comcast.net> To: <jaws-users-list@groups.io> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2019 10:45 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Email password Just a little piece of info as far as hearing star star star when either knowing when or typing in a password. I often hear, especially with my e-mail client, circle bullet, circle bullet, circle bullet instead of the star. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn / Lenny" <glennervin@cableone.net> To: <jaws-users-list@groups.io> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2019 7:03 PM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Email password Fred,
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Re: just one website
Flor Lynch
It talks and reads normally to me, using IE on Windows7, and JAWS2019 (though not latest version). Close any other programs running, if you can.
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From: Miriam Vieni Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2019 7:58 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] just one website Try going to https://consortiumnews.com/ And see if you can get it to talk to you. It has the right date, but the content won't talk. Miriam -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Mr.Ed Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2019 1:40 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] just one website Must be something wrong with this site. I tried opening it with IE and there is nothing there. Mr. Ed -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On BehalfOf Russ Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2019 8:10 AM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] just one website On the following site with firefox, I get the message no links on this page With internet explorer, nothing happens http://www.dxtools.com/ -----Original Message----- From: JM CaseySent: Saturday, February 2, 2019 12:56 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] just one website It could mean anything. Try with a different browser or screen-reader and see if you get the same result. And by "different screen-reader", that could mean a differetn JAWS version that you might happen to have on your computer. If you exhaust all possibilities, maybe you could contact the site developers and see what, if any, changes have been made to the site recently that might have impacted your experience. Another thing you could try is using google to get to a specific page on that site. Some sites have a weird "entry" screen; maybe yours has introduced something like that which you are not able to bypass in the normal way. Google could help with that. -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf OfMiriam Vieni Sent: February 2, 2019 9:42 AM To: jaws users list <jaws-users-list@groups.io> Subject: [jaws-users] just one website What does it mean when Jaws is working fine with all the websites I go to, but for this one website which I visit regularly, It appears not to be working? I go to the site and Jaws tells me I'm there, but it doesn't then tell me that I'm really there and able to move to where I want to go. I have Magic way high up and only enough vision left to tell that if I use the keys, things are happening, so I think that the website is up and running. But I can't get it to talk. Everything else is fine. This just started happening yesterday. I've been reading stuff on it every day before that. Miriam
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Re: how to get the Nathan compact voice back installed
Flor Lynch
How about listening at quite high speed? Some of those voices have rather too much inflection for that, or they sound like they're labouring to keep up. Every voice has its pronunciation quirks, and it can depend on how often you come across words/symbols that have them.
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From: John Gassman Sent: Monday, February 04, 2019 11:59 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] how to get the Nathan compact voice back installed I used to use Eloquence at work for almost 12 years. I started using AVA at home and really liked her sound so I switched at work and now would not go back to Eloquence mainly because AVA is so easy to use for an eight hour day. Eloquence might be the best synthesizer for pronouncing words but its also the most robotic and I would prefer not to listen to that for eight hours. But as is the case with most things, it comes down to user choice. John At 03:45 PM 2/4/2019, you wrote: I find the premium versions have more inflection, making them sound too sing song. Having used synthesized speech for so many years, the "more natural" sounding voices can get annoying to me and seem to make some words harder to catch. JAWS Certified, 2014. http://www.FreedomScientific.com/Certification
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Re: JAWS 2019: quit without prompt is gone
David Ferrin
The prefered practice is to top post your messages.
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Jason White via Groups.Io" <jason=jasonjgw.net@groups.io> Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2019 9:24 AM To: <jaws-users-list@groups.io> Subject: Re: [jaws-users] JAWS 2019: quit without prompt is gone CJ &AA MAY <chrisalismay@gmail.com> wrote: Whilst we are on this topic, I notice that now, more often or not, when Yes, if the file is saved to OneDrive or Onedrive for Business. You can just type Alt-F4 to close Microsoft Word, and all of the changes are retained. This is documented by Microsoft. Explicit save commands are not needed anymore when editing a file on OneDrive/OneDrive for Business. This should also perform much better in saving recent changes after a crash.
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