The Manager, which is running all the time, acts as a 'launch pad' to start SpeakOn's media tasks.
When the Manager opens, the focus is placed in the Available Media list control which is the only control in this task. You are presented with a list of all available media tasks in SpeakOn.
Media tasks enable you to listen to a variety of media.
The availability of these media tasks depends on the plug-ins you add or remove as explained
here
With all plug-ins added, the following media tasks are available:
CD - Play CD audio music, MP3 and Daisy books.
Music - Play music stored on your computer and create your own playlists.
Podcast - Stream directly or download literally thousands of podcast files available through subject directories on the internet.
Audio Books - Listen to audio and Daisy books stored on your computer.
Text Publications - Listen to publications such as books, newspapers and magazines in epub and plain text formats stored on your computer.
Tunein Radio - Listen to internet radio. You have the choice of over 100,000 stations and shows from the vast Tunein Radio database; you can browse, search and preset stations.
VI Podcast - Stream directly or download podcasts available for the VI community.
VI Radio - Listen to VI community internet radio stations.
RNIB Newsagent eText - Browse, find, download automatically and then read text-based British newspapers, magazines and network guides. (To use this service you must be a subscriber to RNIB Newsagent eText which is available for a modest annual fee.)
RNIB Newsagent Audio - Browse, find and listen to streamed narrated audio British newspapers, magazines and network guides. (To use this service you must be a subscriber to RNIB Newsagent Audio.)
Other Media - you can add here your own media which does not fall under the categories above.
Every media task, as explained later in the manual, always has a Player and Library control.
To start a media task, in the Manager's media list, navigate Up and Down and press Select [Enter] (5); the media task starts with the focus on the Player and the media you listened to in your previous session (if any) is automatically loaded. The task announces that it is ready.
Alternatively, you can start a media task with the focus on the Library by pressing * Select [Ctrl + Enter] (M: Ctrl > Select 5). Later on when you store media in your Favourites directories in the Library, you can start a task with the focus directly on your own media in the Library by pressing Nav [F4] (8 long).
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