'Send to SkyDrive' in Context Menu
Update - Same process works with Google Drive (just use your Google Drive folder instead)
With the new SkyDrive desktop client, I figured it would be great to be able to right click on a file or folder and copy it to the SkyDrive folder from the context menu. Turns out, it's pretty easy to set up and customise.
SkyDrive Updated - Don't Forget to Upgrade your Existing Account
SkyDrive is Microsoft's cloud storage service. If you've signed up to it already, you've had 25gb of free online storage (to store/save documents, files, media etc..). Now, a desktop client is available for Windows and OSX Lion. This is great, because you can now maintain your SkyDrive via Windows Explorer (it's just like any other folder).
KB2669191 does not apply error - Windows Phone SDK
I was trying to install the Windows Phone 7.1.1 SDK on my Win 7 machine but kept getting this error message:
"KB2669191 does not apply, or is blocked by another condition on your computer. Please see go.microsoft.com/fwlink for more details."
Fortunately, there's an easy fix.
Send Webpage from PC to Phone in Seconds
Updated - Alternative code to open the QR Code in a new window/tab
Sometimes you're at a PC and you want to send the current website you're on to your phone. I needed to do that again with a very long address so I figured I'd just solve the problem once and for all. There are various apps and extensions that can do this for you but I wanted to take a DIY approach to solving it - much more fun :). In one click (and one line of JavaScript), the webpage is converted into a QR Code which most smartphones are capable of reading. (Windows Phone has a QR reader built in but if your phone doesn't, there are many free QR reader apps available to download).
TellDJ Rehearsal Version 1.2.1 Released
A few hours ago, I was tweeted about a bug that stopped any custom album or genre pronunciations from saving. This meant that if you edited any of those and tried to save them, they wouldn't persist after the Voice Recognition Lab was closed. I've managed to find a fix and you can now download the update (version 1.2.1) below:
Update if you already have TellDJ Rehearsal installed (don't uninstall current installation)
Full installation if you haven't installed TellDJ Rehearsal before
Apologies for any inconvenience. Please let me know how you're finding the latest version. There have been quite a few changes so it'd great to keep track of how they're affecting your experience.
Thanks!
TellDJ Rehearsal Version 1.2 Released!
As you've probably guessed from the title, version 1.2 has been released. The main new features include the ability to launch albums and genres, as well as being able to delete tracks, artists, albums, and genres from the Voice Recognition Lab (without affecting the actual audio file). There is also a new window that pops up when you update or reset your library which lets you list all words you want removed from the pronunciation.
Albums and Genre Launching Implemented
I've just launched (literally a moment ago) an album on my PC using TellDJ Rehearsal. Feels awesome :) Soon you will be too and, as requested in a comment on another post, genres are also included. The main reason these options weren't included in the initial version was because they were slowing the start up time.
Word Removal Feature Implemented
Whilst I wait for my PC to restart, I figured I'd write a quick post explaining the current development situation. Well, 2 out of the 3 features you guys suggested have been implemented. I've talked about how the delete function will work in that previous link, so I'll explain how the word removal function works. When you click on 'Update' or 'Reset' library, a new window pops up. In this window, you can choose whether or not you want to remove any words from the default pronunciations created. Any words you do want to remove can be added to a list (the list is saved so you don't have to keep typing the words everytime you update or reset the library). For example, here is a list:
Quick Example of the Voice Recognition Lab
I just encoutered some trouble getting an artist to launch and ended up fixing th recognition within a couple seconds, using the Voice Recognition Lab. For those who haven't used it, or want an example of one of the things it can do, I figured I'd write what I did.
I wanted to launch all tracks by Akon, so I said "Artist Akon". Unfortunately, it didn't recognise it and so I opened up the Voice Recognition Lab, went to the 'Test Centre' and tried it there. Sure enough, nothing came up. I then pronounced it 'Ah-kon' (The 'A' being pronounced in the same way as saying 'Apple' in English) and it worked. So, to fix this, I went to the 'Artists' tab, typed in 'Akon' and changed the pronunciation column to 'Aikon' which is more phonetically correct. Clicked Save, fired up TellDJ Rehearsal, said "Artist Akon" (as I'd normally pronounce it) and all his tracks started playing. Simple :)
If you haven't tried out TellDJ Rehearsal yet, click here.
Upcoming in Version 1.2 of TellDJ Rehearsal
I released version 1.1 of TellDJ Rehearsal yesterday and everything seems to be working well. I hope you like the new request methods that was suggested to me on Twitter. I've started using the auto-off feature myself as standard. (Click on the icon then carry on doing what I was doing whilst saying the name of the track). Well, now that 1.1 is out the door, this is what I plan for the next update:
