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More details regarding my JAWS and Emails
Chris
Hello All,
I am using windows 10 and when using JAWS 2019 I cannot see anything on my braille Focus 80, in any field and when I use the arrow keys, all jaws says is blank. I have just closed 2019 and started 2018 and I see details in all fields, and when I use the arrow keys, jaws reads the information. The email package I am using is the one that came with Windows 10 out of the box. I hope this gives more information to what is wrong with jaws 2019.
Regards
Chris
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Re: Email password
sandy
o wll, guess I'm just one of the not so normal computer users
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From: JM Casey Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2019 10:30 AM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Email password Haha....maybe! I'm just a proponent of doing things quickly with the keyboard. There's no reason a blind person can't be just about as fast as a sighted user on the computer if you master all the things you can do with a keyboard, which are legion. Hunting around for things, hitting keys over and over again to get what you want, all that stuff is totally unnecessary. -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of sandy Sent: February 9, 2019 6:31 AM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Email password omg, another simple person like me -----Original Message----- From: JM Casey Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 1:53 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Email password Hi. Rather than hitting backspace over and over again, why not just hit ctrl-a to select the entire field, and hit the delete key? That will clear everything. -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Steve Sent: February 8, 2019 2:14 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Email password That's normal. In some clients, if you want, there may be a checkbox just past that editing field where you can tell Windows to show you the password as you type. Otherwise, for obvious reasons, it won't show the characters as you type so "over the shoulder" folks can't discern it. If it hasn't already been stated, when re-entering your password, before you start typing or pasting in the password, make certain that the password field is blank. Go to the field, hit the end-key to get to the end of that line, and hit backspace until you don't hear any Star characters. Otherwise, whe you paste it will end up with more characters than your actual password, and it'll be rejected. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn / Lenny" <glennervin@cableone.net> To: <jaws-users-list@groups.io> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2019 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Email password I hear circle bullet when reading one that is already there, but when I
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Using Outlook 365 with JAWS
Ann Byrne
The college uses Outlook 365 for email. When I press the delete key, sometimes the item is deleted and sometimes it isn't. When I press the applications key, sometimes the menu displayed includes delete, but sometimes it is the internet explorer menu showing back, forward, etc. I haven't seen the list of mailboxes anywhere.
The checkbox with the email doesn't show with either JAWS, NVDA, or Narrator. If somebody could give me clues as to how to operate the beast, I would appreciate it. If I could figure out how to access Outlook Light instead of Outlook Obnoxious, that would be even better. Perhaps because it's the college, I don't have that option. thanks, Ann
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Re: Email password
JM Casey
Haha....maybe! I'm just a proponent of doing things quickly with the
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keyboard. There's no reason a blind person can't be just about as fast as a sighted user on the computer if you master all the things you can do with a keyboard, which are legion. Hunting around for things, hitting keys over and over again to get what you want, all that stuff is totally unnecessary.
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From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of sandy Sent: February 9, 2019 6:31 AM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Email password omg, another simple person like me -----Original Message----- From: JM Casey Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 1:53 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Email password Hi. Rather than hitting backspace over and over again, why not just hit ctrl-a to select the entire field, and hit the delete key? That will clear everything. -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Steve Sent: February 8, 2019 2:14 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Email password That's normal. In some clients, if you want, there may be a checkbox just past that editing field where you can tell Windows to show you the password as you type. Otherwise, for obvious reasons, it won't show the characters as you type so "over the shoulder" folks can't discern it. If it hasn't already been stated, when re-entering your password, before you start typing or pasting in the password, make certain that the password field is blank. Go to the field, hit the end-key to get to the end of that line, and hit backspace until you don't hear any Star characters. Otherwise, whe you paste it will end up with more characters than your actual password, and it'll be rejected. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn / Lenny" <glennervin@cableone.net> To: <jaws-users-list@groups.io> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2019 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Email password I hear circle bullet when reading one that is already there, but when I
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Re: switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
JM Casey
Hi.
You can’t improve the quality of an mp3. It doesn’t matter what you do with it. Because mp3 is a lossy compression format, anything that was strippd off the sound data in order to make the mp3 is gone forever. You can encode a .wav file to an .mp3 at a high bit-rate and it will be indistinguishable from the original to the human ear, but once that’s done, any further conversion will cause a reduction in quality.
This is a reason people like to use .flac files. They are still compressed, IE, smaller than .wav files, but they don’t result in any data being stripped from the sound.
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike B.
Sent: February 9, 2019 8:07 AM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi Takis,
After you have a file or files selected in the, List View, tab to the, Output Format combobox, arrow up / down to highlight the format you want to convert the file / files to, now tab 1 time to the, Options...button, and press the spacebar to open. In here you will tab through to make settings changes like Mono or stereo, bit rate, Encoding, Channels etc..., after you make your settings tab to the, Okay, and pres the spacebar. Now tab to the, Convert button, press the spacebar and Switch will do its thing.
As far as better sound between WAV & FLAC, FLAC will have a better sound but, FLAC files use a lot of space and unless you have excellent hearing you probably wouldn't be able to hear the difference between the two.
----- Original Message ----- From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 11:24 PM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
This is very useful Mike and very comprehensive. It explains all my issues. Just one thing. I will usually wish to convert from .mp3 to .wav or .flac, so, how can I find recommended encoder settings for these choices? Also, which is better quality, .wav, or .flac? Thank you very much, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Mike B.
Hi Takis,
Below are steps that I just typed up. What i do first is put any files that
Take Care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- 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 .
Download File Converter
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Re: switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
JM Casey
That’s not a comparison that takes into account the bit-rate of the mp3 though. 1 MB for 1 minute is probably about a 128kb MP3 – not a high quality one (256 KB or higher). 44100 is the sampling rate, a different thing entirely. See this table for calculations: http://audioconexus.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/4000028754-audio-record-time-and-file-size-calculations
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Richard Turner
Sent: February 9, 2019 10:53 AM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
One more little thing about sizes of files. Comparing all formats as stereo, 44,000 KBPS which is generally considered about CD quality: MP3 takes approximately 1 MB per minute, FLAC, about 5 MB per minute, WAV, about 10 MB per minute.
HTH, Richard
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Mike B.
Hi Again Takis,
I made a mistake in my last post about the size of WAV & FLAC files. WAV files are typically about twice as large as FLAC files. If you do a search regarding the 2 file formats you will get very good information about them. Sorry about the misinformation.
----- Original Message ----- From: Mike B. Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2019 5:06 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi Takis,
After you have a file or files selected in the, List View, tab to the, Output Format combobox, arrow up / down to highlight the format you want to convert the file / files to, now tab 1 time to the, Options...button, and press the spacebar to open. In here you will tab through to make settings changes like Mono or stereo, bit rate, Encoding, Channels etc..., after you make your settings tab to the, Okay, and pres the spacebar. Now tab to the, Convert button, press the spacebar and Switch will do its thing.
As far as better sound between WAV & FLAC, FLAC will have a better sound but, FLAC files use a lot of space and unless you have excellent hearing you probably wouldn't be able to hear the difference between the two.
----- Original Message ----- From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 11:24 PM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
This is very useful Mike and very comprehensive. It explains all my issues. Just one thing. I will usually wish to convert from .mp3 to .wav or .flac, so, how can I find recommended encoder settings for these choices? Also, which is better quality, .wav, or .flac? Thank you very much, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Mike B.
Hi Takis,
Below are steps that I just typed up. What i do first is put any files that
Take Care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- 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: switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Richard Turner
One more little thing about sizes of files. Comparing all formats as stereo, 44,000 KBPS which is generally considered about CD quality: MP3 takes approximately 1 MB per minute, FLAC, about 5 MB per minute, WAV, about 10 MB per minute.
HTH, Richard
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io>
On Behalf Of Mike B.
Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2019 5:55 AM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi Again Takis,
I made a mistake in my last post about the size of WAV & FLAC files. WAV files are typically about twice as large as FLAC files. If you do a search regarding the 2 file formats you will get very good information about them. Sorry about the misinformation.
----- Original Message ----- From: Mike B. Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2019 5:06 AM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hi Takis,
After you have a file or files selected in the, List View, tab to the, Output Format combobox, arrow up / down to highlight the format you want to convert the file / files to, now tab 1 time to the, Options...button, and press the spacebar to open. In here you will tab through to make settings changes like Mono or stereo, bit rate, Encoding, Channels etc..., after you make your settings tab to the, Okay, and pres the spacebar. Now tab to the, Convert button, press the spacebar and Switch will do its thing.
As far as better sound between WAV & FLAC, FLAC will have a better sound but, FLAC files use a lot of space and unless you have excellent hearing you probably wouldn't be able to hear the difference between the two.
----- Original Message ----- From: Panagiotis Antonopoulos Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 11:24 PM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
This is very useful Mike and very comprehensive. It explains all my issues. Just one thing. I will usually wish to convert from .mp3 to .wav or .flac, so, how can I find recommended encoder settings for these choices? Also, which is better quality, .wav, or .flac? Thank you very much, Takis
From:
jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io]
On Behalf Of Mike B.
Hi Takis,
Below are steps that I just typed up. What i do first is put any files that
Take Care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- 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: switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Thanks Humberto and Richard for your detailed knowledge. These files were originally in mp3, and I meant to improve their quality, just as it happens with some audio cds that used to be difficult to convert. Thanks a lot, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Humberto Rodriguez
Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2019 2:22 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hello Takis:
Once the audio file was compressed as MP3, converting it to .wav or any other format will not improve its quality, it cannot ever go back to what it was prior to converting to mp3, all the subsequent conversion does is increase the size of the file without improving the sound.
Humberto
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Panagiotis Antonopoulos
This is very useful Mike and very comprehensive. It explains all my issues. Just one thing. I will usually wish to convert from .mp3 to .wav or .flac, so, how can I find recommended encoder settings for these choices? Also, which is better quality, .wav, or .flac? Thank you very much, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Mike B.
Hi Takis,
Below are steps that I just typed up. What i do first is put any files that
Take Care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- 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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Mike B. <mike9902@...>
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Hi Humberto & Richard,
Thank you very much both for the explanation of the WAV &
FLAC differences.
Take Care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool.
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Turner
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2019 4:55 AM
Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right
click from Windows Explorer i believe
HUMBERTO is correct. You would need the source to have wav or FLAC to give you
the sound quality you are looking for. If they are high quality MP3, just leave
them be and you will save a lot of disc space.
MP3 files
are roughly one tenth the size of WAV files and according to the below
information FLAC is about half the size of WAV.
FLAC vs WAV
Size FLAC format has compression built-in,
so FLAC files are usually half
the sizethe WAV files with the same content, but
this compression does not affect the quality of the
sound. WAV is better, because it supports 32 bit and up to 4.3
Mhz sampling as well as multi-channel audio. Richard
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Mike B. <mike9902@...>
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Hi Again Takis,
I made a mistake in my last post about the size of WAV &
FLAC files. WAV files are typically about twice as large as FLAC
files. If you do a search regarding the 2 file formats you will get very
good information about them. Sorry about the
misinformation.
Take Care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike B.
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2019 5:06 AM
Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right
click from Windows Explorer Hi Takis,
After you have a file or files selected in the, List View, tab
to the, Output Format combobox, arrow up / down to highlight the format you want
to convert the file / files to, now tab 1 time to the, Options...button, and
press the spacebar to open. In here you will tab through to make settings
changes like Mono or stereo, bit rate, Encoding, Channels etc..., after you make
your settings tab to the, Okay, and pres the spacebar. Now tab to the,
Convert button, press the spacebar and Switch will do its thing.
As far as better sound between WAV & FLAC, FLAC will have
a better sound but, FLAC files use a lot of space and unless you have excellent
hearing you probably wouldn't be able to hear the difference between the
two.
Take Care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message -----
From: Panagiotis
Antonopoulos
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right
click from Windows Explorer This is very useful Mike and very comprehensive. It explains all my issues. Just one thing. I will usually wish to convert from .mp3 to .wav or .flac, so, how can I find recommended encoder settings for these choices? Also, which is better quality, .wav, or .flac? Thank you very much, Takis
From:
jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of
Mike B.
Hi Takis,
Below are steps
that I just typed up. What i do first is put any files that
Take Care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- 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: switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Mike B. <mike9902@...>
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
Hi Takis,
After you have a file or files selected in the, List View, tab
to the, Output Format combobox, arrow up / down to highlight the format you want
to convert the file / files to, now tab 1 time to the, Options...button, and
press the spacebar to open. In here you will tab through to make settings
changes like Mono or stereo, bit rate, Encoding, Channels etc..., after you make
your settings tab to the, Okay, and pres the spacebar. Now tab to the,
Convert button, press the spacebar and Switch will do its thing.
As far as better sound between WAV & FLAC, FLAC will have
a better sound but, FLAC files use a lot of space and unless you have excellent
hearing you probably wouldn't be able to hear the difference between the
two.
Take Care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool.
----- Original Message -----
From: Panagiotis
Antonopoulos
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right
click from Windows Explorer This is very useful Mike and very comprehensive. It explains all my issues. Just one thing. I will usually wish to convert from .mp3 to .wav or .flac, so, how can I find recommended encoder settings for these choices? Also, which is better quality, .wav, or .flac? Thank you very much, Takis
From:
jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of
Mike B.
Hi Takis,
Below are steps
that I just typed up. What i do first is put any files that
Take Care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- 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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Richard Turner
i believe HUMBERTO is correct. You would need the source to have wav or FLAC to give you the sound quality you are looking for. If they are high quality MP3, just leave them be and you will save a lot of disc space.
MP3 files are roughly one tenth the size of WAV files and according to the below information FLAC is about half the size of WAV.
FLAC vs WAV Size
FLAC format has compression built-in, so FLAC files are usually half the sizethe WAV files
with the same content, but this compression does not affect the quality of the sound. WAV is better, because it supports 32 bit and up to 4.3 Mhz sampling as well as multi-channel audio.
Richard The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any." -- Alice Walker
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Sadam Ahmed
No problems Kurt. Happy computing.
On 2/9/2019 11:30 PM, Kurt Miller
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FaceTime, iMessage & email: sadam@... Ping Me On Facebook: Sadam Ahmed On Facebook
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Kurt Miller
Sadam, Thank you very much. Worked like a charm. Kurt
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Sadam Ahmed
Sent: Friday, February 8, 2019 8:31 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Changing the F keys to work without the FN key
Hi Kurt, Try Fn+Escape That does the trick on my Dell XpS 13. Let us know how you go please. Yours sincerely,
On 2/9/2019 10:49 AM, Kurt Miller wrote:
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Re: switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
Hello Takis:
Once the audio file was compressed as MP3, converting it to .wav or any other format will not improve its quality, it cannot ever go back to what it was prior to converting to mp3, all the subsequent conversion does is increase the size of the file without improving the sound.
Humberto
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Panagiotis Antonopoulos
Sent: Saturday, February 9, 2019 2:25 AM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] switch - was Convert files with a right click from Windows Explorer
This is very useful Mike and very comprehensive. It explains all my issues. Just one thing. I will usually wish to convert from .mp3 to .wav or .flac, so, how can I find recommended encoder settings for these choices? Also, which is better quality, .wav, or .flac? Thank you very much, Takis
From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups.io] On Behalf Of Mike B.
Hi Takis,
Below are steps that I just typed up. What i do first is put any files that
Take Care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- 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: Turning off narrator
Fred Adams
Mike, thanks much, I will give
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From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups .io] On Behalf Of Mike B. Sent: Friday, February 8, 2019 9:32 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Turning off narrator Hi Fred, Can you, Alt + Tab, to find the Narrator Settings window? If you can, down arrow to, General , change how Narrator starts...button, and press the spacebar. Now tab and check or uncheck the options as to how you want them. If Jaws is getting in the way try the following. Press, Insert + 3, on the number row, this is the pass through keystroke, and press, Insert + F4, to turn off Jaws. Once you have Jaws turned off it might be easier to find the Narrator settings window. Take Care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Fred Adams <mailto:hamshack@tampabay.rr.c om> To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 5:51 PM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Turning off narrator When I boot up the computer narrator doubles with jaws and when I shut down the computer narrator doubles with jaws. So far I have only heard narrator with bootup and shutdown. -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups .io] On Behalf Of Mike B. Sent: Friday, February 8, 2019 6:45 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Turning off narrator Hi Fred, Is Narrator starting when the computer starts? Take Care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Fred Adams <mailto:hamshack@tampabay.rr.c om> To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 2:14 PM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Turning off narrator Mike thanks much but that does not turn it off as I have tried several times. -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups .io] On Behalf Of Mike B. Sent: Friday, February 8, 2019 4:12 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Turning off narrator Hi Fred, Try the keystroke, Control, Windows key + Enter. This keystroke is a toggle so it'll turn Narrator on & off. Take Care. Mike. Sent from my iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Fred Adams <mailto:hamshack@tampabay.rr.c om> To: Jaws-users group <mailto:jaws-users-list@groups .io> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 1:01 PM Subject: [jaws-users] Turning off narrator I am using W 10, jaws 2019 and chrome browser and can not find way to turn off narrator. About 10 days ago I had a computer crash that took out everything pretty much except some files and folders. With Microsoft handicap help I have about 75 percent back to normal. In helping me the technician used narrator and NVDA but failed to turn off narrator after finishing. When I boot up or shutdown the computer narrator doubles with jaws and I can not find setting to turn off narrator. If someone could tell me how to do this I would greatly appreciate it. I have gone through the Ease of access settings but found nothing. I never use narrator so I am not very familiar with it. Will appreciate any help. Thanks much, FRED C. ADAMS W4HC US ARMY ABN RETIRED ETERNITY A VERY LONG TIME
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Help required with JAWS and Emails
Chris
Hello all,
I don’t know what I may or may not have done. But I have just noticed that while I am writing an email, I see nothing on my braille display, this is in the address field and also the body of the message. I am sorry if this is the wrong list to ask but I am literally in the dark here!
Regards
Chris
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Re: Email password
sandy
omg, another simple person like me
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From: JM Casey Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 1:53 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Email password Hi. Rather than hitting backspace over and over again, why not just hit ctrl-a to select the entire field, and hit the delete key? That will clear everything. -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Steve Sent: February 8, 2019 2:14 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Email password That's normal. In some clients, if you want, there may be a checkbox just past that editing field where you can tell Windows to show you the password as you type. Otherwise, for obvious reasons, it won't show the characters as you type so "over the shoulder" folks can't discern it. If it hasn't already been stated, when re-entering your password, before you start typing or pasting in the password, make certain that the password field is blank. Go to the field, hit the end-key to get to the end of that line, and hit backspace until you don't hear any Star characters. Otherwise, whe you paste it will end up with more characters than your actual password, and it'll be rejected. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn / Lenny" <glennervin@cableone.net> To: <jaws-users-list@groups.io> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2019 9:47 PM Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Email password I hear circle bullet when reading one that is already there, but when I
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Re: Email password
sandy
don't put more in to his question than he asked
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From: JM Casey Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2019 12:24 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Email password Sighted people don't see the passwords, they see symbols filling in the spaces as they type. The whole idea is that your password shouldn't be displayed. -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Fred Adams Sent: February 7, 2019 7:31 AM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Email password I know my password but how to enter it without sight has been my problem. Some of the emails on the list has given me a better understanding. Thanks for your response. -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list@groups.io [mailto:jaws-users-list@groups .io] On Behalf Of JM Casey Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2019 7:43 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Email password Hi. Of course it is possible, but -- you'd have to know your password to begin with in order to type it in. If you don't know your password, what you can do about it would depend on your e-mail provider. If you use your ISP's e-mail service, they probably will be able to give it to you if you supply them with all your correct information (they usually ask for your full name, address, phone number, or any other information you might have associated with the account). If you use gmail, I don't really know what recovery options they have, but if you use an Android phone they probably associate it with your Google account and will send you a code to verify on your phone. I don't really know what you are asking though; the part about a blind person typing in the password confused me. -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Fred Adams Sent: February 6, 2019 7:30 PM To: Jaws-users group <jaws-users-list@groups.io> Subject: [jaws-users] Email password Using W 10 and jaws 2019 and I have lost my email password several times and my wife has been available to restore it. She said that she always checks the checkmark for saving the password. My question is , is it possible for a blind person to type the password back in getting each number or character in its proper place? I have tried several times but computer does not accept it. I hope I have made sense of this. Thanks much, FRED C. ADAMS W4HC US ARMY ABN RETIRED ETERNITY A VERY LONG TIME
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Re: Email password
sandy
it's very simple, the site that he enters his password on won't except the correct letters he puts in, I have the same problem on my banks website. it must have something to do with jaws. hope someone can give us the answer
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From: JM Casey Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2019 6:43 PM To: jaws-users-list@groups.io Subject: Re: [jaws-users] Email password Hi. Of course it is possible, but -- you'd have to know your password to begin with in order to type it in. If you don't know your password, what you can do about it would depend on your e-mail provider. If you use your ISP's e-mail service, they probably will be able to give it to you if you supply them with all your correct information (they usually ask for your full name, address, phone number, or any other information you might have associated with the account). If you use gmail, I don't really know what recovery options they have, but if you use an Android phone they probably associate it with your Google account and will send you a code to verify on your phone. I don't really know what you are asking though; the part about a blind person typing in the password confused me. -----Original Message----- From: jaws-users-list@groups.io <jaws-users-list@groups.io> On Behalf Of Fred Adams Sent: February 6, 2019 7:30 PM To: Jaws-users group <jaws-users-list@groups.io> Subject: [jaws-users] Email password Using W 10 and jaws 2019 and I have lost my email password several times and my wife has been available to restore it. She said that she always checks the checkmark for saving the password. My question is , is it possible for a blind person to type the password back in getting each number or character in its proper place? I have tried several times but computer does not accept it. I hope I have made sense of this. Thanks much, FRED C. ADAMS W4HC US ARMY ABN RETIRED ETERNITY A VERY LONG TIME
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