And that's exactly what you don't want <smile>.
On 29/03/2011, at 5:48 AM, Gary Schindler wrote: > I haven't been all that impressed with the Plextalk web radio feature at this > point. it seems to be quite picky what streams it will handle, it does best > with MP3 streams, but haven't had any luck with WMA streams at all. > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan" <grtd...@internode.on.net> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 9:06 AM > Subject: Accessible Internet Radio devices > > >> 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 > > > 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
