Thanks for all that, I'm running into one curious problem though. How does one download a show for later viewing, to show up in the downloads section. Just curious. Thanks. On Sep 27, 2013, at 4:19 PM, Steve wrote:
> Yes, it is. Much easier than using the SiriusXm app on the computer. > >>> Here goes what you need to do with the iPhone. First, the method, then a >>> couple caveats. >>> >>> 1. Open Sirius Xm Radio. >>> >>> 2. There are six buttons on the dock area of the app, although only five >>> are visible. They are: Categories, channels, favorites, on-demand, and >>> downloads. If you swipe with three fingers like you were going to a new >>> page, settings will be exposed. > > 3. If you hit categories, the different categories will show up. You can > flick up or down withy your rotor set to headings. Now, you can navigate > the different channel categories by heading. There will be pop, rock, > Hiphop/R&B, Dance/Electronic, Country, Christian, >>> Jazz/Blues/Standards, Classical, Family/Health, Sports, Sports >>> play-by-play, MLB Play-by-Play, Comedy, Howard Stern, Entertainment, >>> News/Public Radio, Politics, Religion, More, >>> Latin, Latin Sports play-by-play. > > 4. In each heading, you can flick right to >>> find the channels in that category. > > 5. If you choose channels, all the channels will be displayed. I think > there you can flick categories by heading. Unfortunately, the channel > numbers or titles don't show, but you can kind of tell where you are by the > song that is playing. The rock category begins with the Elvis chanel. It > goes through all the on-air offerings, then there are on-line only channels > like Dylan Theme-Time Radio, Rock Hall of Fame, some others that I can't > remember, and Tom Petty Radio. Similarly, if you look at the country > heading, below the Bluegrass Junction channel is the Folk Village and Red > White and Booze. > > 6. I wrote a message last week about MySxm. It is kind of accessible. > When you are playing a channel that is customizable, there is a MySxm button > right below the song title that is playing. I think it will only say My > graphic on the iPhone. If you double-tap that, there are three sliders that > you can adjust. The labels usually are to the right of the slider that you > can flick up or down. Example: 60's channel. First slider is > depth/popularity; flicking up from the 50% setting will customize it to play > more popular songs; flicking down will give you more depth or variety. The > next slider is Rock/MoTown. Flicking up for more rock songs; flick down for > more Motown soul. Third slider is Tempo, flick up for more faster songs. > On the 50's channel, the middle slider chooses more rock, or if you flick > down, more DooWop. The second slider on the 70's channel is either more > rock or more disco if you flick down; and the third slider chooses early > 70's if you flick up or more later 70's if you move the percentage below > 50%.\ > >>> NOTES and CAVEATS: >>> >>> 1. The channel numbers are not listed. You will see the song/artist >>> currently playing by each channel. Normally, the on-air channels are >>> listed first, with the internet-only ones at the end. Example: in the >>> pop >>> category, there is channel 2, channel 3, the decades channels, then there >>> is The Love channel just before you get to the Neil Diamond internet-only >>> channel, followed by the limited engagement channels. In the rock >>> heading, they start with Elvis's channel 19 and proceed numerically up >>> except that the New Pink Floyd channel (43) appears after the Bob Dylan >>> Theme-time Radio internet-only channel. >>> >>> Note 2: I haven't been able to figure out, but I think the home >>> broadcast >>> appears first for the different MLB games. >>> >>> Caveat 1: A couple times, when I wasn't playing an Xm show live, I >>> couldn't get the stupid thing to activate the channel categories. After >>> I >>> clicked the >>> Live button, it worked. But, that could be purely circumstantial. >>> >>> Caveat 2: It is hard to locate the exact spot to double-tap with >>> Voiceover off. If for that reason alone, the SpeedDots screen protector >>> is well worth >>> the $7 bucks. I can activate the category view using the methodology >>> above usually on the first try now. >>> >>> Caveat 3: Double-tapping the song artist/title in any of the categories >>> when you have the channel category view switches to that station. The >>> display continues to show all the other channels, so it is a nice way to >>> be able to scan for songs or just to keep up with the artist/title info >>> on >>> your favorite channel. > > I posted this on the sirius xm accessibility list. Not sure how many here > besides Rich and myself use the Sirius XM app on the iPhone, but if you do, > I > just wanted to report that it is pretty accessible. > > Near the top of the screen is a graphic that says My. Double-tapping that > brings up a list of preferences for the channel you're currently listening to. > Not all channels have preferences, though. > > > > On the 60's channel, and the other four channels I checked, though, you have > choices: > > > > On all of the channels that have mysxm capability, the first box you get to > is Depth / Popularity. This is a box you flick up or down to adjust. Higher > values give more popular songs, lower values give more depth i.e. variety. > > > > On the 60's channel, the next box is Rock / Soul: The next flickable box > determines the mix between rock and soul. A higher value is more rock, a > lower > value is more MoTown. On the 50's channel it is more or less DooWop, on the > 70's channel it is more Rock on a higher setting or more disco if you lower > the setting. On Willy's Roadhouse, it is a regional box that gives you more > Texas swing or less Texas swing. > > > > On the 50's and 60's channel, The third box is a tempo box. I didn't play > with this but a lower value will give more slower songs, a higher value gives > livelier songs. On the 70's channel, it is an era select box, where a lower > setting plays more early 70's songs and a higher setting plays more late 70's > 1975-79 songs. > > > > There are different preferences for a lot of the other channels, i.e. Fifties > on 5, 70's on 7, classic vinyl etc. They will have different options. > Typically, > the option to the left of the flickable box is what you will get with a > higher value, and the option to the right is what preference you would select > if you flick the value to a lower amount. > > Take my advice, I don't use it anyway. > > Steve > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin" <robin-mel...@comcast.net> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2013 8:40 AM > Subject: SiriusXM App & iOS > > >> Is it possible for totally blind users of the iPhone to navigate the iOS app >> using VoiceOver? 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