[Promotion-technology] Fwd: [Mosen Consulting Announcement] Broadcast It - The Definitive Guide to StationPlaylist and JAWS

Sat May 10 21:34:52 UTC 2014

>
>Hi everyone, I'm back to announce the most 
>ambitious Mosen Consulting project yet. A 13 
>hour-long collaboration with Brian Hartgen.
>
>Many blind people love radio. It’s a medium we 
>can enjoy completely and independently. Given 
>how many hours many of us spent listening to it 
>as kids, it’s no wonder radio is a profession many blind people have pursued.
>With good screen reading skills and an 
>accessible broadcast suite, radio is a more 
>viable profession for blind people than ever. It 
>can also be a great hobby. The Internet means 
>that anyone can broadcast to a global audience with only minimal investment.
>There’s no more accessible a broadcast package 
>than the 
><http://stationplaylist.com>StationPlaylist 
>suite of products – Studio, Creator, and 
>Streamer. Whether you need to host a live show, 
>or at the other extreme, completely automate an 
>entire radio station, StationPlaylist can do it 
>for you. Its developers have taken care to 
>ensure the software is accessible out of the 
>box. But radio can get busy. When you’re 
>engaging with your audience via social media, 
>getting some content together for your next 
>voice break, or taking phone calls, every second 
>counts. A sighted person can just glance at the 
>screen to get the information they need about 
>how much time is remaining in the current song 
>and what’s up next, but glancing at the screen 
>isn’t an option when you’re totally blind.
>That’s why the best way to maximise your 
>productivity and efficiency is to use 
>StationPlaylist Studio in conjunction with 
><http://hartgen.org/studio>Brian Hartgen’s 
>scripts for 
><http://freedomscientific.com>Freedom 
>Scientific’s JAWS® screen reading software.
>“Broadcast It” is the definitive guide to the 
>StationPlaylist suite when used with JAWS. At 13 
>hours in length, it’s thorough and 
>comprehensive. It’s produced by Brian Hartgen 
>and Jonathan Mosen, both of whom have had years 
>of experience with the software, and are known 
>for producing high-quality tutorials that make sense of tech topics.
>Having founded <http://acbradio.org>ACB Radio in 
>1999, Jonathan became an early adopter of the 
>StationPlaylist products and encouraged their 
>use by blind broadcasters. He’s subsequently 
>used the tools on Mushroom FM, and on a number 
>of low power FM commercial radio stations in New 
>Zealand which he founded. He continues to use 
>them for his popular weekly radio show, 
><http://mosenexplosion.com>the Mosen Explosion.
>Brian Hartgen began live broadcasting in 2009, 
>used the capabilities of the StationPlaylist 
>suite to the max on Team FM which he co-founded, 
>and has become very familiar with Studio’s 
>feature set through his work on the JAWS 
>scripts. Brian continues to use the 
>StationPlaylist suite on his popular show, 
><http://the-bell.net/brianhartgen>The Music Machine.
>Not only will you hear detailed audio 
>demonstrations and explanations of the rich 
>feature set, you’ll hear first-hand experience 
>and practical advice from people who’ve used 
>those features on a daily basis to run radio stations.
>Whether you’re a seasoned StationPlaylist 
>professional, or you’ve not yet taken the plunge 
>and bought the software, “Broadcast It” is for 
>you. It’s an incredibly powerful suite of 
>products, it makes sense to invest in a 
>definitive audio tutorial to make sure you’re 
>harnessing all that power at your fingertips.
>Want to webcast from your bedroom and sound like 
>you’re in a state-of-the-art studio? Maybe you 
>dream of waking up your audience on that big 
>50,000 watt commercial giant with a polished 
>voice tracked morning drive show. Perhaps you’d 
>like to do some voluntary work at one of the 
>many audio information services around the world 
>that are run with StationPlaylist products. No 
>matter how you broadcast, or why you broadcast, “Broadcast It” has you covered.
>
>Table of Contents
>
>1. Introduction to StationPlaylist Studio
>
>2. Supported audio file formats
>
>3. Installing and activating StationPlaylist Studio
>
>4. Installing and activating the JAWS for 
>Windows script files for StationPlaylist Studio
>
>5. Introducing the StationPlaylist Studio 
>program, including launching and closing down 
>the product, the menus, the Studio help system, 
>and the JAWS script documentation.
>
>6. The basics: getting to grips with playlists, 
>including the concept of the hour marker, 
>playing, stopping and pausing tracks, 
>establishing how much time is left, together 
>with the elapsed time. Also covers live assist, and automation mode.
>
>7. Introducing Studio’s options dialog box, and the General tab.
>
>8. Studios options, Advanced tab.
>
>9. Studio’s options, Advanced tab continued.
>
>10. Studio’s options, Event Times tab.
>
>11. Studio’s options, Folder Locations tab.
>
>12. Studio’s options, the Input tab.
>
>13. Studio’s options, the Output tab, the 
>Plug-ins tab, the Listener Stats tab, and the Now Playing tab.
>
>14. Studio’s options, the Now Playing tab continued.
>
>15. Studio’s options, the Time and Temperature 
>tab, the Track Info and Logging tab, the 
>Keyboard Controls tab, and the Communications tab.
>
>16. The importance of file tagging, and an 
>introduction to the Track Properties dialog box.
>
>17. Using the Insert Track dialog box and searching for songs.
>
>18. The Insert Tracks dialog box and searching for songs continued.
>
>19. Customising the speech and Braille output from JAWS for Windows
>
>20. Managing playlists in-depth, including 
>saving and loading playlists, changing 
>categories, moving and deleting items, checking 
>and unchecking multiple items, replace with same 
>artist, finding a song, randomising, set temporary cue.
>
>21. Bookmarking, request notifications, and global keystrokes.
>
>22. Customising the scripts through the Adjust JAWS Options dialog box.
>
>23. All about time, including automatic warning 
>of track endings, hearing the current time, the 
>global timer features, and keystrokes to 
>establish time functions relative to Studio.
>
>24. The carts.
>
>25. The Preview Player.
>
>26. Marking song introductions using the Track Tool.
>
>27. The Track Tool, including setting the Segway and cue points.
>
>28. The Track Properties dialog box in-depth.
>
>29. The advantages of using Studio with and without a mixer.
>
>30. Using Studio stand-alone.
>
>31. Using Studio stand-alone continued.
>
>32. Using Studio in conjunction with a hardware mixer.
>
>33. Customising StationPlaylist Streamer and Studio’s meta data options.
>
>34. Using the SPL Encoder for Internet streaming.
>
>35. The Song Requester script.
>
>36. The Studio Monitor.
>
>37. Using StationPlaylist Creator part one, 
>including creating categories, spot groups, 
>rotations, schedules, artist and title separation, and options.
>
>38. Using Creator part two, including break 
>notes, relaying another stream, and logging.
>
>39. Voice tracking and the Playlist Editor.
>
>40. Conclusion.
>
>Format and Pricing Options
>
>“Broadcast It” can be purchased securely through 
>Pay Pal. If you don’t have a Pay Pal account, no 
>problem. Pay Pal will guide you through making 
>the purchase through them with any major credit card.
>After you purchase, you’ll receive instant 
>confirmation via Pay Pal, who will email you a 
>receipt. Later, we’ll email you and let you know 
>how to get your copy of the tutorial. Please 
>note that this is not an automated process, so 
>allow at least 12 hours for delivery. Usually, 
>the time will be far less than that. Don’t 
>forget to check your junk mail or spam folder, 
>since sometimes our confirmation emails can end up there.
>It’s important that you keep your receipt in a 
>safe place as your proof of purchase. If you 
>lose the tutorial and want it again in future, 
>we’ll be unable to provide it without you forwarding the receipt to us.
>“Broadcast It” is available in either DAISY or 
>MP3 format. The MP3 version has each of the 40 
>chapters in its own MP3 file. Files are all 
>clearly tagged and numbered in sequential order, 
>making it a snap to import the book into tools 
>like Voice Dream Reader, or for burning onto CD for safekeeping.
>The DAISY audio version is also ideal for 
>playing in Voice Dream Reader, and many hardware 
>and software digital talking book players. DAISY 
>means it’s easy to set bookmarks in the book to 
>come back to things you want to check out again.
>The free FSReader that comes with JAWS will also 
>play the DAISY version of the tutorial. FSReader 
>is an ideal tool to use if you want to follow 
>along with the tutorial on your PC. It’s 
>universally accessible play/pause feature means 
>you can pause the tutorial without leaving the 
>StationPlaylist application you’re in.
>You may wish to own both the DAISY and the MP3 
>versions of the book. If that’s the case, we’re 
>offering a package deal where you can obtain both versions at a discount.
>If you don’t own the StationPlaylist scripts for 
>JAWS, we’re pleased to offer them at the time 
>you purchase the tutorial for an additional $15. 
>That’s $10 off the normal purchase price.
>The tutorial is $60 for one format, and $90 for both.
>Please visit the Mosen Consulting Store for more 
>info, or 
><http://mosen.org/index.php/broadcast-it-the-definitive-guide-to-stationplaylist-studio-and-jaws-for-windows/>here's 
>the link to its page in the Store.
>All the best.
>
>Jonathan Mosen
>Mosen Consulting
>Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training
><http://Mosen.org>http://Mosen.org
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