Drews Sound

Reading, navigating, and searching through the file. I can’t say I’ve seen this before with this type of speed on windows.

So the ability to record this song so easily really confirms to me that I purchased the right Zoom Essential recorder for me. Below, are two different audios. The first, will be the Overdubs, just as they came out of the Zoom. This one, is not the entire song, but is just to compare to the second audio which is the full mix of the song.

The second audio, is a mix of the song, just how I would normally be able to do this. I was able to grab the individual stems, from the overdubs, so yes, the below is mixed from the same recordings. Let me explain.

When yu overdub with the H1E, what you do is, record your first dub, then as you overdub a second take, the first dub plays back, and in the second recording, is both the playback from recording one, and the new information that you have dubbed in. When you dub the third take, you have takes, 1,2, and 3, together. So what you can do is put say, tracks, 2, and three into Reaper, flip the faze on track three, and you are only left with track 2. You can put tracks 1 and 2 into Reaper, flip faze of track 1, and you are left with track 2. So, you are able to grab each of the stems.

I was able to, as I said above, completely mix the track as I normally would, EQ-ing each of the tracks, compression limiting, autotune on vocs. And you know what? The quality is as good as I would get going through any of my interfaces. This to me is amazing! This little H1-E really stands up as a mighty recorder when used in this way. Audio of full track below mixed.

BTSpeak Firmware release used: 3/20/2024
BTSpeak basic.

Things you will need

BTSpeak Basic or Pro.
iPhone.
Wireless network, (IPhone hotspot unfortunately will not due.)
File Browser iOS Application:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/filebrowser-documents-manager/id364738545
Price: $7.99

setup:

bTSpeak:

verify the bTSpeak is connected to the WiFi network of choice.
To do this.
Enter the Options menu with O chord, (dots 1,3,5 and space).
Braille S, (dots 2,3,4) to navigate to the System submenu.
Braille S, (dots 2,3,4) to navigate to the System Administration subMenu.
Braille W, (Dots 2,4,5,6) to navigate into the “WiFi Administration menu”
braille down arrow, (Dot 4 Chord), to navigate to “Add network”
Braille Enter (Dot 8), to start the process of adding a network.
The BTSpeak will report, ‘Discovering visible WiFi networks”
You will feel several vibrations as network discovery is taking place. You will land in a list of available networks that you may move down (Dot 4 chord) through.
Once you have found your network braille enter, (dot 8.)
You will feel Vibrations and when pressing c Chord, (dots 1,4) the BTspeak will report, “Password”
Braille in your network key and press enter.
The BTSpeak will report “Password”
You may feel several more vibrations as the bTSpeak finalises connecting to the network.
The bTSpeak should report the SSID, Network name and announce, “Connected”
Braille, Enter, (Dot 8) to acknowledge this message and cary on.
You may Braille Z Chord, (1,3,5,6,space) until the BTSpeak reports, “System” and then press T Chord, (2,3,4,5 space) to verify the title of the menu you are now in, “Options Menu”
Enable both File Sharing, and Network File system.
To do this.
If not already there, Enter the Options menu with O chord, (dots 1,3,5 and space).
Braille S, (dots 2,3,4) to navigate to the System submenu.
Braille S, (dots 2,3,4) to navigate to the System Administration subMenu.
Braille (A, Dot 1), to navigate to Advance System Administration submenu.
Braille S, (dots 2,3,4) to navigate to the system services submenu.
braille down arrow, (Dot 4 Chord), to navigate to File Sharing. You will hear the bTSpeak report, “file Sharing is disabled.
Braille Enter (Dot 8), to start the process of enabling File sharing.
The BTSpeak will report, “Enabling File Sharing”
File Shareing will now be started when the device is booted.
Braille Enter (Dot 8), to proceed with the process of enabling File sharing.
The BTSpeak will report, “Shal File Sharing be started right now? default is no.”
Braille, Y, (Dots 1,3,4,5,6) for yes.
Braille, enter (Dot 8)
The BTSpeak will report, “File Sharing has been started.”
Braille, Enter, (Dot 8) to acknowledge this message and cary on.
You will land back in the system services menu, on the option, “File sharing Is Enabled.”
braille down arrow, (Dot 4 Chord), to move to “Network File System is disabled.”
Braille Enter (Dot 8), to proceed with the process of enabling Network file System.
The BTSpeak will report, “Enabling Network File System”.
The BTSpeak will report, “Network File System will now be started when the device is booted”
Braille, Enter, (Dot 8) to acknowledge this message and cary on.
The BTSpeak will report, “Shal Network File System be started right now? default is no.”
Braille, Y, (Dots 1,3,4,5,6) for yes.
Braille, enter (Dot 8)
The BTSpeak will report, “Network File System has been started.”
Braille, Enter, (Dot 8) to acknowledge this message and cary on.
You will land back in the system services menu, on the option, “Network file System Is Enabled.”
I have found that with this current version of software in the bTSpeak it may be best to disable both, File Sharing, and Network file System previous to powering down the unit, as they don’t always load appropriately on future system boot up.
To disable these services, follow the previous steps outlined above. They will take reverse effect, of disabling these services. You will receive one extra prompt, for example:
“File Shairng is running,shal it be stopped? Default is no”.
It is your choice how you choose to proceed, as services will of course be stopped when powering down the unit.

IPhone Setup: Note, we are assuming you hav Voiceover enabled while performing the below steps.

If you have the File Browser app installed, launch the app. Either by invoking Siri and asking, “open File Browser”,
or perform a three finger pull down under the status bar to invoke Spotlite search. Type, “File browser” and double tap on the application within the results.

When the app pops up for the first time you will land on a “Lets get started” Screen.
This screen will allow you to double tap on, +Add Location.
You will land on the “Connect To?” screen. Find, and double tap on, “Computer/Network drive”.
You will receive an alert: “File Browser would like to find and connect to devices on your local network”. double tap on Allow.
You will then land in an empty list of devices. Find the close button and double tap.

You will then land in File browsers main interface.
flick right, down the screen, until you reach, +Add location. Double tap on this.
The same screen we saw previous will launch.
“Connect To?”
Flick right until you come across, “Computer/Network drive”.
Double tap to invoke.
File browser will report, “scanning now.”
Flick right on the screen until you come across your bTSpeak’s host name.
To find your bTSpeak Host name, within the bTSpeak, navigate to Options, (O, Dots 1,3,5 space Chord),>
System, (S, dots, 2,3,4),>
About This device, (D, dots 1,4,5).
Down arrow (Dot 4 Chord), until you reach HostName and take note of it.
An example hostname may be:
bTSpeak123
Now, back in the File Browser iOS Application,
Double tap to invoke.
You will reach a User Name and Password screen for your BTspeak.
The, “Blank” option will be selected for the username, as well as the password. Leave these set as, “blank” and flick right, untilyou reach the “Save” Button close to the end of the dialogue.
Double tap the save button.
You will land back on the main screen ov the application.
This screen will show all of your locations. When flicking to the right, you should land on your BTSpeaks host name. Double tap on this button to open it’s storage.
at the top of this screen, you should see a heading, that is the same as the host name of your bTSpeak.
As you flick down the screen, you should see the directory listing within your bTspeak.
You may, double tap on, “Home” to enter the main directory used for file storage and brows yrou files.
To the right, as you flick, you will see a menu with the same name as the file or directory. Double tap on this to receive options that you may perform on the selected entry.

Sharing text brailled in on the bTSpeak with other devices
BTSpeak Firmware release used: 3/20/2024
BTSpeak basic.

At this time, you may nnot control your smart phone or other devices from the BTSpeak pirkins style Braille keyboard.
We can now, however, easily share text Brailled in on the bTSpeak with other devices and there apps.
This guide is written, assuming you will be using an iOS device. With this assumption in mind we will be using an iOS Shortcut developed for this task. If you are using Android, or a Windows PC, for example, you can still cary out all the long steps to grab your text over the network.
Things you will need

BTSpeak Basic or Pro.
iPhone.
Wireless network, (IPhone hotspot unfortunately will not due.)
stock iOS Files app.
BTSpeakMessage iOS shortcut shared within this guide.

Things you may want:

GL.iNet GL-AXT1800 (Slate AX) Pocket-Sized Wi-Fi 6 Gigabit Travel Router
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B2J7WSDK?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
This router is powered via UsB C, configurable over Ethernet, and it’s config quite accessible via JAWS screen reader under Windows. There are cheeper options out there, but we know this one works. I have this router configured, without an internet connection but this allows me the WiFi network I need between the BTSpeak and IPhone to cary out this task from anywhere I might be. Note, If you are using an internetless network, you may still send IMessages and or, text messages. Your data connection will be used.

setup:

bTSpeak:

verify the bTSpeak is connected to the WiFi network of choice.
To do this.
Enter the Options menu with O chord, (dots 1,3,5 and space).
Braille S, (dots 2,3,4) to navigate to the System submenu.
Braille S, (dots 2,3,4) to navigate to the System Administration subMenu.
Braille W, (Dots 2,4,5,6) to navigate into the “WiFi Administration menu”
braille down arrow, (Dot 4 Chord), to navigate to “Add network”
Braille Enter (Dot 8), to start the process of adding a network.
The BTSpeak will report, ‘Discovering visible WiFi networks”
You will feel several vibrations as network discovery is taking place. You will land in a list of available networks that you may move down (Dot 4 chord) through.
Once you have found your network braille enter, (dot 8.)
You will feel Vibrations and when pressing c Chord, (dots 1,4) the BTspeak will report, “Password”
Braille in your network key and press enter.
The BTSpeak will report “Password”
You may feel several more vibrations as the bTSpeak finalises connecting to the network.
The bTSpeak should report the SSID, Network name and announce, “Connected”
Braille, Enter, (Dot 8) to acknowledge this message and cary on.
You may Braille Z Chord, (1,3,5,6,space) until the BTSpeak reports, “System” and then press T Chord, (2,3,4,5 space) to verify the title of the menu you are now in, “Options Menu”
Enable both File Sharing, and Network File system.
To do this.
If not already there, Enter the Options menu with O chord, (dots 1,3,5 and space).
Braille S, (dots 2,3,4) to navigate to the System submenu.
Braille S, (dots 2,3,4) to navigate to the System Administration subMenu.
Braille (A, Dot 1), to navigate to Advance System Administration submenu.
Braille S, (dots 2,3,4) to navigate to the system services submenu.
braille down arrow, (Dot 4 Chord), to navigate to File Sharing. You will hear the bTSpeak report, “file Sharing is disabled.
Braille Enter (Dot 8), to start the process of enabling File sharing.
The BTSpeak will report, “Enabling File Sharing”
File Shareing will now be started when the device is booted.
Braille Enter (Dot 8), to proceed with the process of enabling File sharing.
The BTSpeak will report, “Shal File Sharing be started right now? default is no.”
Braille, Y, (Dots 1,3,4,5,6) for yes.
Braille, enter (Dot 8)
The BTSpeak will report, “File Sharing has been started.”
Braille, Enter, (Dot 8) to acknowledge this message and cary on.
You will land back in the system services menu, on the option, “File sharing Is Enabled.”
braille down arrow, (Dot 4 Chord), to move to “Network File System is disabled.”
Braille Enter (Dot 8), to proceed with the process of enabling Network file System.
The BTSpeak will report, “Enabling Network File System”.
The BTSpeak will report, “Network File System will now be started when the device is booted”
Braille, Enter, (Dot 8) to acknowledge this message and cary on.
The BTSpeak will report, “Shal Network File System be started right now? default is no.”
Braille, Y, (Dots 1,3,4,5,6) for yes.
Braille, enter (Dot 8)
The BTSpeak will report, “Network File System has been started.”
Braille, Enter, (Dot 8) to acknowledge this message and cary on.
You will land back in the system services menu, on the option, “Network file System Is Enabled.”
I have found that with this current version of software in the bTSpeak it may be best to disable both, File Sharing, and Network file System previous to powering down the unit, as they don’t always load appropriately on future system boot up.
To disable these services, follow the previous steps outlined above. They will take reverse effect, of disabling these services. You will receive one extra prompt, for example:
“File Shairng is running,shal it be stopped? Default is no”.
It is your choice how you choose to proceed, as services will of course be stopped when powering down the unit.
IPhone Setup: Note, we are assuming you hav Voiceover enabled while performing the below steps.
Navigate to the Files app, by either invoking Siri and saying “Open files”, or by a three finger pull down, under the status bar on your home screen to invoke the Spotlite search,type “Files”, find the files app, and double tap on the result to open the app.
Once the files app opens,
Place a finger on the bottom of your phones screen on the right side to set focus to the “Brows” tab.
Double tap to invoke.
The IPhone should now report that the “Brows” tab is selected.
verify that close to the top of the screen you have a “brows” heading, and you don’t have a “back” button at the top left.
If you do see a back button double tap it until you see the Browse heading.
Now flick right to land on the “More” button and double tap this button.
You will now land in a context menu. Your focus should be set so that you may flick right until you reach the, “Connect To server” button. If you don’t and are stuck on “Dismiss button scroll around the screen with your finger instead of flicking to find the button.
Double tap on the “Connect To server” button.
You will land in the “Server address” edit field. You want to type:
smb://hostname.local
To find your bTSpeak Host name, navigate to Options, (O, Dots 1,3,5 space Chord),>
System, (S, dots, 2,3,4),>
About This device, (D, dots 1,4,5).
Down arrow (Dot 4 Chord), until you reach HostName and take note of it.
An example hostname may be:
bTSpeak123
the above URL using this example would be: smb://bTspeak123.local
Once you have typed the Address, double tap the connect button, at the top of your screen.
You will be on a “Connect as, screen, Connect as will show as a heading.
you have edit fields for Username and Password on this screen, if you are connecting as a registered user, along with a “Guest” option. Double tap guest, as we will not be entering a username or password at this time.
Double tap the next button, at the top right.
after a moment you should be taken to the BTSpeak as shared storage.
If you can navigate to the “Public” folder and it launches, though it may be empty you should be set to go.
You may not navigate to the Home directory as a guest.
we may not login as a registered user as we do not have credentials for the BTSpeak for sMB sharing.
You may now exit File Browser

You may now want to instal the iOS Shortcut provided, linked to below:
This Shortcut will perform these steps in the background, without you thinking about performing them: Open the AMSG.TXT file over the network from the BTSpeak
copy all text from the AMsG.txt file to your iOS pasteboard.

Installing the iOS Shortcut

If you have never downloaded a shortcut from a third party before, You may have to enable some permissions in iOS settings to add untrusted shortcuts.
I have performed this some time ago, and the below instructions for doing so may or not be accurate. Google may be your friend here.
Navigate to the settings app on your home screen.
Type in, “Shortcuts” into the search field.
Find the Shortcuts option and double tap to open the options.
Double tap, “Enable Allow Untrusted Shortcuts”.
double Tap Allow.
Enter your iPhone passcode to confirm.
Once you have enabled untrusted shortcuts, On your iOS Device, doubletap the below link
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/25a53644a6634878bbff047d8008c185
to start the process of installing BTSpeakMessage.

The shortcuts app should open. at the bottom of the screen, should be an “Add” button. Double tap this.
Adding the shortcut to your home screen for eas of use:
The BTSpeakMessage shortcut should be added. and it should contain two actions. The shortcut may be open. If you find a, bTSpeakMessage, Actions Menu, double tap here to open it’s options.
Double tap on, “Add to home screen.”
You will drop into the Name edit field. bTspeakMessage may be already in this field.
The rest of the screen will contain various colors for icons. don’t worry about this.
Find the “add” button and double tap this to add the shortcut to your home screen. You will be taken to your home screen.
BTSpeak Message will appear on an empty spot on an empty page of the home screen, you may have to search through your apps to find it if focus is not set to the icon.

creating your file
We will use a file called AMSG, to braille into and transport the text between your bTspeak and your iOS device.
The AMSG file name, allows the file to be at, or near the top of your file list.
This file needs to be created in your public directory.
Ultimately, this will need to be a text file, so, we may use the built in braille translater to achieve this.
The ultimate file name will be:
amsg.txt
You may create amsg.brl if you desire to braille in in your chosen translation.
Enter the Options menu with O chord, (dots 1,3,5 and space).
braille, F, (1,2,4) to navigate to your files.
Navigate down the list with (dot4 chord) until you find the, Public, directory and press enter, (dot 8) to navigate to the directory.
press c, (dots 1,4) to create the file.
Enter the file name, for example,
amsg.brl
press enter (dot 8) to create and launch the file in the Editor.
Braille in some text.
Though we may expect the BTSpeak to autosave the file, we need to save it. either with Control S, (Control,dots 1,2,4,6. S, Dots, 2,3,4. or Z chord to save and exit the file, (dots 1,3,5,6 and space).
Now navigate to the options menu, (dots 1,3,5 chord)
F for files, (dots, 1,2,4).
Down arrow, (Dot 4 Chord).
You should land on amsg.brl
Braille T, (dots 2,3,4,5), to enter the translater. The BTSpeak will report,
“Which format would you like to translate the file too”.
Braille T, (Dots, 2,3,4,5) to choose text.
The BTSpeak will report,
“File amsg.txt has been created.”
Press enter to navigate back to files. Note, you must press enter for the file to be created or updated.
When you translate this file in the future, as it will already exist in text format you will recieve the message,
“File ams.txt exists, Overwrite it? default is yes”.
Braill Enter (dot 8), to confirm.
The bTSpeak will report,
“File amsg.txt has been created.
Press enter (dot 8) to accept and cary on. Note: you must press enter for the file to be created or updated.
Now doubletap the BTSpeak Message shortcut to grab the text.
Navigate to the app you want to use the text in on your IPhone.
Spin the rotor to navigate to “edit”, flick down until you reach “Paste” and doubletap.
Check the edit field which has been set to verify the text copied from the iOS Pasteboard.

last night I brought you my unboxing of the unit and today I figured I’d bring you some bite-size chunks of an overview. So you don’t have to listen to one long overview you can quickly find what you’re interested in and listen to something quick. Even if you’re interested in, everything is probably not more than 10 minutes.

I hadn’t heard or found a lot of audio to look at what the unit has to offer before making the purchase so I’m glad to offer that.

I figured the best thing to do is to update this post as I have new findings instead of making a bunch of new ones so that’s what I’ll do. I left the. BTSpeak sleeping for just around eight hours today and the battery drop from 100 to 50%. That is not bad. I hear there is to be an upgrade coming out soon and I will post audio of the upgrade process when the upgrade is available to me.

my case came today. Beware of the ships from outside the country, link below. It is a case for a mobile phone so to speak, but you can put pretty much anything you want in it. The dimensions are pretty close to the. BTSpeak. you cannot use the unit when it is in the case, of course. Open the mouth of the case wide before inserting the unit or removing the unit so as not to brush the keyboard. There is an Intral pocket which I have put some USB-C headphones and outer pocket where I put a USB-C charging cable.

https://a.co/d/d05J8vd

speaking of USB-C headphones, the Apple EarPods that are USB-C version work really well! They don’t block out what you’re listening to from the outside so if you’re in a class or meeting, you will still be able to hear the presentation, but you were also able to easily hear your speach from the BTSpeak. they are pretty cheap/inexpensive and lightweight. Of course the unit ships with a USB-C two, 3.5 inch adapter but if you don’t want to have an extra adapter on a pair of headphones, these are a great suggestion.

Apple EarPods Headphones with… https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHXC5ZDX?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

now let’s dive into some audio examples, that may be used for training and or understanding the unit before you may get one.

Lets first look at an orientation of the unit see audio below.

Lets look at the manual upgrade process of the BTSpeak, upgrading from the March 5 software version, to the March 20 Software Upgrade.

Lets next look at how easy it is to obtain context sensitive help in the unit.

Will dive into a couple of applications and show the speed of the processor in the unit.

let’s take a look at getting connected to Wi-Fi and dictionary application.

let’s take a look at using text brailed into the BTSpeak on other devices. Current implementation of the feature made possible by Drew Weber.

BTSpeak! New Feature: Sharing text, Brailled into the BTSpeak with your iOS device!

here’s how we may use FileBrowser on iOS to gain access to the BTSpeak directory and file structure.

bTSpeak Networking Using File Browser client on iOS to brows BTspeak Directory Structure

let’s take a look at review mode, how it works in the operating system, and dive into a website in Lynx browser.

May 2024 update: introduces more synthesizers, and voices! audio demo below.

finally enclosing out this post, let’s take a look at a few things that are similar between the BTSpeak of now, and Braille N Speak Of Past.

if you remember the braille N speak of old, you fell in love with it and have missed it for years? Me too!! We now have an updated model, complete with USB-C port and microSD storage. The all new. BTSpeak from Blazie Technologies is now shipping. Mine just came today and I want to give you a quick look at an unboxing and quick demo of the unit.

just several months ago, the ability to use Apple Music as the music source for DJay was introduced. This opens up a lot of doors for a lot of people! In the audio below, I showcase how to manually Crossfade music at the point in the song that you choose versus allowing the Apple Music standalone app or djay for that matter to choose Crossfade points.

I never seen one of these things before. it looks like a big piece of steel or metal. All solid. Makes a very interesting bell type sound.

This is 5 tracks or, overdubs I believe. Mustang intoo eighth inch male, to, 2 xlr, into 2 Fantom blockers, into another patch cable 2 xlr, that terminates in another eighth inch male. Wow. All that just to block power from getting to the Mustang from the recorder. The cable is a bit bulky but, it sounds real good. Not a lot of noise from the several overdubs. I was sitting on my couch and just recording in, not even in the mind set of being in studio, just jamming. It felt very stress free for me. After I was done with guitars, I went into the Laundry room and banged on the washer for the drums. It’s not perfect, but, then

again, though, it’s not supposed to be. It’s a jam, and getting down an Idea. So easy to do, and fun, and not a lot of setup work.

you’ll have to grab the Mr. cry baby used, but you can grab the JHS Pedals 3 Series Octave Reverb (3SOR)   , from Amazon. JHS Pedals 3 Series Octave Reverb… https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BG6BSL8B?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share