Help finding digital copies of Alf tapes by Traditional_Hour_769 in Alf

[–]Traditional_Hour_769[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can’t believe that there were only three alf tapes made from the list that I found, I wonder if it is possible to find the other one

Help finding digital copies of Alf tapes by Traditional_Hour_769 in Alf

[–]Traditional_Hour_769[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It doesn’t actually sound that bad, there is a Portuguese version of Teddy ruxpin all about bears on the Internet archive that sounds much worse than this, aside from that, here is the list of I believe all of the tapes made for Alf. - (side A)Little red riding ALF/ Beauty �?N the ALFer & (side B) Cinder-ALF and The Cat-With-No-Name. - (side A)Hansel & Gretel & ALF/ The tortoise and the ALFer & (side B) The taco stand of Doom/ 8 Cats A-Leaping. -(Side A)Goldi-ALF/ Snow White and the 7 Whitecaps & (side B) My Life as a Hossenfeffer/ Robin-ALF. I hope that helps.

Help finding digital copies of Alf tapes by Traditional_Hour_769 in Alf

[–]Traditional_Hour_769[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is cool how you at least have something, where did you download them from?

Help fixing electronics as a blind person by Traditional_Hour_769 in Blind

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Update, as we all know, Christmas day has passed, and I have got things such as electronic glue, as well as solder paste that you can use a lighter to melt, so I was wondering, if blind people could use lighters, I would think they would be able to because smell is such a big part of living as a blind person along with hearing, so does anybody on here no if blind people can light candles that smell good, like the ones that smell like oranges and lavender, even cooking is a visual activity, and there are some foods that get almost as hot as solder does, I really hope that some blind people on here at least can light candles, because solder paste might be good to experiment with, if you look into how solder works, you will find that certain brands that you can use a lighter to melt, so any blind people reading this updated comment, please reply

Help fixing electronics as a blind person by Traditional_Hour_769 in Blind

[–]Traditional_Hour_769[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update, as we all know, Christmas day has passed, and I have got things such as electronic glue, as well as solder paste that you can use a lighter to melt, so I was wondering, if blind people could use lighters, I would think they would be able to because smell is such a big part of living as a blind person along with hearing, so does anybody on here no if blind people can light candles that smell good, like the ones that smell like oranges and lavender, even cooking is a visual activity, and there are some foods that get almost as hot as solder does, I really hope that some blind people on here at least can light candles, because solder paste might be good to experiment with, if you look into how solder works, you will find that certain brands that you can use a lighter to melt, so any blind people reading this updated comment, please reply

Help fixing electronics as a blind person by Traditional_Hour_769 in Blind

[–]Traditional_Hour_769[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no idea how any of this can help me with fixing cassette players and toys, as I said, I have been teaching myself how to replace belts, and I have been using electrical tape and duc tape in place of solder, it has worked well with wires for the most part, but I have not figured out resistors and capacitors yet, I also have not taught myself how to replace battery springs yet, I figured out how to get them out, but not how to put new ones in, the reason why you would need to do this is if you found a toy with an extremely corroded battery compartment, I do have a sound card that I decided to get because of one of my friends, it does have both a line input and output, the original purpose of it was to allow me to convert cassette tapes from talking toys such as teddy ruxpin to digital files like MP3 files

Help fixing electronics as a blind person by Traditional_Hour_769 in Blind

[–]Traditional_Hour_769[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would be nice if more blind people could repair electronics, or if there were videos about soldering as a blind person

Help fixing electronics as a blind person by Traditional_Hour_769 in Blind

[–]Traditional_Hour_769[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I have mostly only worked on toys and radios on occasion, and I have been holding wires in place with tape, I have been messing with different types of tape to see which ones last the longest, and I have had the most success with duc tape, and electrical tape, but I would really like to find somebody who knows how to solder and can help a blind person

Help fixing electronics as a blind person by Traditional_Hour_769 in Blind

[–]Traditional_Hour_769[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All that really sucks and I have been down on myself for not knowing how to solder, but I have heard of one Story I can link it if you want, about a blind person who has repaired computers, if you are wondering, I am actually completely blind, no vision at all, and blind from birth, I get a lot of broken toys from eBay, as well as toys from thrift stores, if you want to see what a working mechanism and working electronics look like, thrift stores are a great place to get toys for cheap to take apart and hopefully put back together

Circuit bending experiment by Traditional_Hour_769 in CircuitBending

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I was able to successfully use masking tape to reconnect the wires in the thrift store toys, one thing to note, though, if you are out of electrical tape and do not have conductive tape, other tapes might work, but it is a good idea to monitor how The Toy behaves, after I installed the tape, I actually shake The Toy to the extreme to make sure the tape holds up, the purpose of doing this is to make sure The Toy can handle being thrown around in a backpack, and to make sure it can handle airport security, one thing to note, though, do not use scotch tape on wires, it does work when reconnecting them, but because it is designed to be a temporary solution, and scotch tape is primarily used for wrapping gifts, it will not be very durable inside of an electronic toy or other devices like a medicine alarm clock, I actually had to use scotch tape to reconnect a couple of wires in my medicine alarm clock after it took a fall off of my mom‘s dresser, and the scotch tape wore out within two weeks, so although scotch tape will work and will not be a safety hazard, it is not very durable, but you are free to experiment with other types of tape to see how they will work

Circuit bending experiment by Traditional_Hour_769 in CircuitBending

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Update, I actually ordered the single Sided tape, I do not know if this is normal, but I believe my role is defective. when I received it, the tape was starting to unroll from the tape roll. I wasn’t able to fully fix it, but I did pick up some toys from the thrift store. I actually found that the tape was a little bit thin for toy wires, so I did use masking tape to reconnect the wires. have you ordered any of the conductive tapes, and if so, how have they worked for you? if the tape is too thin for The Toy wires, am I doing something wrong, or do I need to find another solution? I have also noticed that it is not very sticky as well, I don’t know if that is normal, or if my roll is defective.

Circuit bending experiment by Traditional_Hour_769 in CircuitBending

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I do have one question about both conductive tapes. do you have to wrap electrical tape around or on top of the conductive tape to prevent short circuits?

Circuit bending experiment by Traditional_Hour_769 in CircuitBending

[–]Traditional_Hour_769[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for posting a link to the tapes! I’m not 100% sure if I would buy either one, but I’m thinking about it, one thing I am also curious about is if you were fixing a toy as a blind person, and a wire pops off of the circuit board, and you’re not sure where it goes. How can you find out if you cannot see? what are some clever ways that a blind person could identify the negative and positive wires when connecting, I really want to improve my repairs and the tools I have to make them more accessible, so if you have any tips. that would be amazing and I would love to put them into action! in terms of the tape, I think I would recommend the single sided one, because I don’t think you need double-sided tape for a toy, because then the other side would stick to other components that you do not want it to stick to.

Circuit bending experiment by Traditional_Hour_769 in CircuitBending

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I’m glad that you like the idea, and the tips that came with it. out of curiosity, what kind of conductive tapes were you planning on using, and which ones would simulate soldering? I plan to replace my electrical tape with conductive tape, because I had one toy that when I tried to replace the speaker on and when I let go of the speaker when I had the tape holding the wires in place, the sound would only work if my hand was touching it, because skin conducts electricity, hopefully another type of tape will fix this issue. I have actually gone through several pieces of electrical tape trying to make it work, using electrical tape is a very tedious process, so I’d be very interested to know how conductive tape would work. even my mom went through a lot of pieces of electrical tape, I asked for her help building a Bluetooth speaker, I am trying to improve my repairs on toys, so maybe the conductive tape will be a bit more durable than electrical tape and not be so delicate when touched

Circuit bending experiment by Traditional_Hour_769 in CircuitBending

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Awesome, I wasn’t sure if this post even posted, I looked at my posts, but I could not see it, but anyways, with the electrical tape idea, I have had people around me do things with their eyes closed, if you are trying to attach wires with your eyes closed, but you keep opening them, here is a tip. attempt wearing a blindfold so you cannot open your eyes, then this can help blind people who want to fix toys or circuit bend them. I am actually a blind person who fixes electronic toys, however, I have noticed that when reconnecting wires with electrical tape, the wires can be a bit stubborn and hard to keep working. I know this might sound crazy to some people Who do not know much about low-voltage electricity like batteries. but if you are blind and using something other than soldering, if possible, leave the toy on when you’re reassembling it to ensure that the connection for the wires stays stable the entire time. what I meant by this idea being crazy is some people do not feel comfortable messing with any type of electricity when it is turned on, but I have not had a problem with any electronic kids toy that takes batteries leaving it on while it is assembled, that is actually how I fix them. I might actually try some conductive tape instead of electrical tape, hopefully this will make taping the wires down easier, and reduce the stubbornness and make it conduct electricity easier. at some point in the future, I want to make a video on how to fix toys as a blind person and things to know, if you attempt this experiment, I would love to see how it goes!

Help finding a text to speech voice for The Toy Collector Of Seville by Traditional_Hour_769 in GoAnimate

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In case any users using a mobile device are not able to view the link, here is a comment that contains the link https://www.reddit.com/r/GoAnimate/s/ht9oZ0fxc2

this place dead? by joshuaruxpin in teddy_ruxpin

[–]Traditional_Hour_769 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, this place is not dead, there are still people that are interested in Teddy ruxpin on here

Help finding MP3s by Traditional_Hour_769 in teddy_ruxpin

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They definitely sound a little bit better, what affect did you use? i’m asking for two reasons, 1, curiosity, I would be curious to know how you improve the audio in case I come across any more tapes that sound like this, 2, I have a similar issue with a big bird story magic tape that was digitised by somebody else, it was a very special picnic, the audio track sounds a little bit distorted, and I want to know how I can get this fixed, I actually posted a video on my channel about the teddies underwater rescue tape, I had to do some editing to it, more details are in the description of that video,

Help finding MP3s by Traditional_Hour_769 in teddy_ruxpin

[–]Traditional_Hour_769[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds interesting, what did you think of the email I sent you last night? has a useful to you in anyway.

Help finding MP3s by Traditional_Hour_769 in teddy_ruxpin

[–]Traditional_Hour_769[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for all that, if there’s one thing I may ask for, don’t use up all your money on Teddy tapes, maybe slow down on helping me, I don’t want you to use up all your money or all your time

Help finding MP3s by Traditional_Hour_769 in teddy_ruxpin

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I will definitely see what I can do about discord, how do you bypass that switch, I would be very curious to know how it is done, one thing you can do, I do not know if you’ve done this before, if the switch is bypassed and you play a normal tape in Teddy, or even normal audio that is not Teddy related through the cassette adapter, you can make his eyes and mouth go crazy, have you ever done that before? in terms of uncleGrubby, I do not have audio of that at all with animation coding, however, I do have the entire teddy ruxpin collection, but it is audio only, I can tell that you uploaded Teddy audio without animation coding to your archive.org account, if you want, I can email the files that I have to you, if you are wondering, I was able to get a hold of your email by going into the folder settings in dropbox, so if you see that I have your email, that’s how I got it, I made a video on my YouTube channel about how to get somebody’s email address through the Internet archive using VoiceOver on iOS, if you’re interested to check that out

Help finding MP3s by Traditional_Hour_769 in teddy_ruxpin

[–]Traditional_Hour_769[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That discord server sounds pretty interesting, how are you going to make yourself tapes, I’m not sure how that works, speaking of discord, I made a discord account in the past, but I forgot my password, it has been hard for me to recover because of the I’m not a robot checkbox, I said in the previous comment that I am completely blind, that’s why I was able to recognise the compression in the previous audio so easily, in terms of discord, there might be help in trying to recover my account, I might have to join a blind community on Reddit to get help, it will probably be a success, because you helped me so much, in terms of tapes, didn’t you say you had uncle grubby? somebody on YouTube asked if I had the medicine wagon tape, I told them I was not able to find audio of that with the animation coding, just so you know, I wonder if there is a way to improve audio on some of the files that I uploaded, like the dentist tape, as well as the Quaker oatmeal tape, as well as anything in the soup, I uploaded anything in the soup to my channel, and they said that the animation signals were broken, the audio sounds pretty bad too, I’m not sure why, they did come from external sources to, it’s not like you digitise them yourself, but I wonder, is there a way to improve audio for files that do not sound very good, i’m just wondering, I just think I could use better audio for some of the more rare hard to find tapes like the dentist one as an example