Thanks, this was the sort of response I was hoping to get.
On 29/03/2011, at 2:25 AM, Bud Schwab wrote: > Hi Dane, > > I have the jjSanyo r227 internet radio which I really like and think it's > great. As you say though, it does take a pair of eyes to do any scanning or > searching unfortunately. It has only eight presets, but I have eight of my > favorite station set in them. It's somewhat limited, but if you pick eight > of your favorite ones then it's not so bad. If you get tired of any of the > stations you can have a sighted person help you to scan to find some others. > I've had it for about a year now and have never regretted buying it. > there are a lot of interesting stations out there just for the looking. If > you have any questions please email me. > > Bud > > s At 06:06 AM 3/28/2011, you wrote: >> Hi! >> >> Does anyone manage to use a standard Internet type radio device? by that I >> mean a device which you just purchase from your local Walmart or local >> electronics Retailer? >> >> Obviously the user would have trouble setting the thing up due to the lack >> of speech or other accessibility but just supposing you had someone set the >> radio up to match your wi-fi network and they programmed some presets for >> you, I can't see any reason why you couldn't scroll through those presets up >> and down as you would with some digitally controlled FM radios which have >> been readily available for the last quarter of a century, anyone got any >> views or had any experience with this. >> >> I'm looking at buying a "stand-alone" Internet radio for the kitchen though >> if I can't get one that won't work at all for a person with no vision then I >> won't be too worried, Ootunes on the Iphone and Ipad does a damn good job >> but I don't want to be carrying them around with me everywhere if I can >> avoid it. >> >> I did think about the new Plextalk Pocket which is supposed to have Internet >> Radio accessible on it however I think it will be quite some time before we >> see anything out of that company, unfortunately the whole company's location >> was destroyed in the recent Japan earthquake. >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > Bud Schwab > W 6 Z Y P > Malibu, California > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
