No pine smelling air at South Lake Tahoe. Its like a small city up here now. Wall to wall people.
If they had any decent shows, I’d like it but as you know, no lounge acts any more. South Shore Room used to have big name acts 7-nights a week. Now just hit and miss with Rock bands that I mostly have never heard of and don’t want to see.
We’ve been scouting out camping sites for us and for Molly. My great nieces are camping near Markleyville so we decided to take a drive up to see where they are camping. We asked friends to come along and they wanted to stay over night so here we are. Actually South Lake Tahoe is just slightly an hour from our house so if they had any decent shows, we’d come up more often but they don’t.
I might have been here once maybe 15 years ago, but maybe not. If not, then its been maybe before I moved to LA so probably 40 years.
We recorded Molly’s first LP when she was 6 up here. Skeetz Herfut lived up here and had a recording studio. He played in the big orchestra in the show room at Harrah’s. So we used his studio and he played on some the LP. He was a great player. Use to work with Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey among others.
So you use Jaws? I used Window-Eyes.
How do you like Jaws? I’ve heard bad things about it and about the company who owns it. But of course that was from Window-Eyes users.
So, Rehab didn’t insist on you being trained for something else? They just bought that stuff for you?
When I went through Rehab for the training for BEP, they bought me a Perkins Braille. I had one but now I have a 2nd. I sent one back to Perkins to get some TLC. Now I should send the other one there as it would be great to have two of them working when I am handling net control and taking traffic both.
I think they bought me a calculator which is long gone. But that was some 30 years ago.
Gonna take a shower, have breakfast, check out and drive over to see my great nieces at their camp site and then probably go home to 100 Deg temp. It was 90 up here yesterday. Hot for Lake Tahoe but better than 100 in the valley.
73 –Bob
From: Jim Gammon
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 12:07 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: OT pocket recorders
Hi Bob, I haven't been to Tahoe for so many years I can't
remember when, holds no appeal for me other than the hopefully
still clean pine scented air.
Regarding rehab, I went to them after retiring and got them to
buy me the Plextalk, a copy of Jaws, and the Apex NoteTaker that
just got sick on me and lost its braille display. I just told
them I needed equipment for my music and keeping track of my
expenses and such. Have no idea if they are still as generous.
The VR stream is a very cool device but in recording mode, I
think the Plextalk is still better, but I haven't really tested
out the Stream capabilities because the first version was really
bad at recording. The new version can record using 44.1 16 bit
wave sampling so it should be better than it was before. 73, Jim
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Robert Ringwald <[log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date sent: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 22:40:29 -0700
>Subject: Re: OT pocket recorders
>Hi,
>Writing this from South Lake Tahoe. Man the area sure has built
up since =
>the last time I was here, probably 15 years ago.=20
>I hate all the noise and cig smoke in the Casinos. I like to
play B J =
>but I don=E2=80=99t like to lose money so I rarely gamble.
I=E2=80=99ve =
>done 10 Jazz cruises and I think I lost $20 one time.=20
>Your device sounds great but too much dough.=20
>BTW- I have a Book Sence I think it is called. I never could
figure out =
>how to use it. I=E2=80=99ve been thinking about selling it and
buying a =
>Victor stream. That way you could teach me how to use it.=20
>Also, do you use Echo Link? If so maybe you could teach me how to
use it =
>also. Years ago I used it but I know it has changed a whole lot
since =
>then.=20
>Did you go to Rehab to really get trained for something? Or did
you go =
>just so they would buy you that recorder?=20
>-Bob
>From: Jim Gammon=20
>Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 11:49 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: OT pocket recorders
>Bob, it's not much larger than a cell phone. I got it about 4=20
>years ago when I retired and I don't know who sells them
because=20
>I got it from Rehab. You could look it up on Amazon or google
I=20
>bet and I think they cost around $350 or did then, but not
sure=20
>of the cost. All the buttons have speech output so it's easy
to=20
>set up your recording mode, get a pretty good idea if your
level=20
>is correct, get file lengths and battery status and much more.
=20
>Am listening now on 7.189 if you want to try that, Jim WA6EKS
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: Robert Ringwald <[log in to unmask]
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Date sent: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 11:43:54 -0700
>>Subject: Re: OT pocket recorders
>>Is it large?=3D20
>>Is it complicated?
>>Do you have to look at a menu?
>>How much is it?
>>Where did you get it?
>>-Bob
>>From: Jim Gammon=3D20
>>Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 11:39 AM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: OT pocket recorders
>>I have been very happy with the pocket Plextalk recorder but=3D20
>>wouldn't recommend it for recording voice reminders though
you=3D20
>>can use it's voice note feature for that. It is also a
pretty=3D20
>>good unit for recording live music because it can use the 44.1=20
>16=3D20
>>bit stereo mode producing wav files that you can edit on
your=3D20
>>computer. I'm sure that other units like the Edi-role and=20
>Zoom=3D20
>>might have better pre-amp's but the Pocket Plextalk does alright.
=20
>=3D20
>>Jim WA6EKS
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: Robert Ringwald <[log in to unmask]
>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>Date sent: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 11:25:01 -0700
>>>Subject: Re: OT, looking for a new pocket sized voice recorder
>>>I also need one. The only ones I=3D3DE2=3D3D80=3D3D99ve found
lately=20
>use=3D20
>>menus that =3D3D
>>>I cannot read.=3D3D20
>>>Or a very simple 3-button one that was not good. Got it from=20
>the=3D20
>>Braille =3D3D
>>>Institute in Los Angeles. Very unsatisfactory.=3D3D20
>>>-Bob Ringwald K6YBV
>>>From: Bob, K8LR=3D3D20
>>>Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2014 11:00 AM
>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>Subject: OT, looking for a new pocket sized voice recorder
>>>Hi,
>>>I know that I could use a smart phone, aa VR stream, or a=3D20
>>plextalk, but =3D3D
>>>I'm=3D3D20
>>>looking for a pocket sized digital recorder that will let me=3D20
>>append to =3D3D
>>>an=3D3D20
>>>existing message without having to go in to a menu. I=20
>currently=3D20
>>have an =3D3D
>>>old=3D3D20
>>>sony b5 or something like that, but its about ready to kick=20
>the=3D20
>>bucket. =3D3D
>>>Any=3D3D20
>>>ideas for a replacement?
>>>Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
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