Hi RayI've adjusted the subject line to suit this topic more aptly as you hinted (smile).
I think it's a great pity that Pure, and anyone studying what they did with the Sonus, didn't take it further. The voices are very good, my preference being Mr Sonus, and I think they could have done a lot more with their more integrated hi-fi systems where menu access is crucial and only got at by cycling through various modes. While I'm not a lover of their products, apart from the little Move radio which I think is ace, I thought they had tapped into a market that I would have expected to be warmly received.
It's not as if the Sonus was particularly over-priced anyway compared to say the Dualit, which is expensive but oh so superior anyway.
Having used radio all my life, it's not that I want it to tell me every move I make. I just feel that there is a lot of info on the display that I'd like to tap into, like song names and artists, and some of the menu functions.
Oh well, a golden opportunity missed perhaps? Jackie----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 10:40 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Portset.
Jackie, I'm sure I've heard that, indeed, Pure aren't going to update the Sonus. Not only that, but they were disappointed at the low take-up of the Sonus. The same happened I believe with the Netgem Box. I think It isn't just the limitations of the audio tagging idea in these products; it's as much to do with few of us wanting to pay any sort of premium for an accessible product even though that premium is nothing like the stratospheric realms of the Portset. The idea that RNIB and others had of a market willing and ready to buy just didn't hold water. Not that things couldn't have been done differently, and an overlap with the in-car market for this sort of talking DAB product does look like a missed opportunity . What chance of the parallel idea of an interface to take, say, an SD card add-on? Yes, I know these card formats like so many things change, but then so do the product lines of Pure and their likes. I do think this idea should be a goer, but where's the impetus for funding development of some sort of standard? Oh, and what's so wrong with changing the subject lines of threads like this? As so often, we've drifted considerably. Cheers, From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- Jackie Cairns Chris, yes I know it does. But that drives me up the wall because by the time you've got it to spell a line of text, the display has changed. I don't think Pure are going to do anything else to that radio, which is a pity. Like all things that use a tagging system, they outdate very quickly. Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 8:50 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Portset.Hi, the Pure Sonus 1 XT does, but only by pressing and holding theinfobutton, and only then the recorded voice will spell out the textratherthan read it word by word. Wish they'd improve on that, but thereyou go.----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Cairns" <cairnsplace@xxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 1:20 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Portset.Hi Wendy The Netgem box no longer provides accurate channel names of some stations. This is because it was originally tagged to speak certain channel names, and updates have caused its tagging system to go out-of-date. But since I don't watch much TV other than news andsport,it doesn't affect me. I am curious to know, however, whether the Media Centre fromPortset youmention you have lets you find out the name of a song on a DABstationusing the text system. Lots of stations now show the names of thetrackthey are playing, and I wonder if you can find out that info on the Centre? Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy Sharpe" <w.sharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:53 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Portset.I think there were some dots in the URL which should be slashes.Try:http://www.tvhelp.org.uk/audes/equipment/index.html This gives details of TV's with audio description and the LogicandPortset equipment. The Logic is very cheap from Curries, but it doesn'ttalk,so not much use to anyone who can't see the screen. A pity Netgemhavestopped making their set top box. Wendy -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] OnBehalfOf David W Wood Sent: 02 December 2007 12:46 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: Portset. Hi Gordon: The full URL doesn't work, with an audio error message from thepage.Also saying something about one colour to go back, and anothercontinue.www.tvhelp.org.uk/audes does work however. David -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] OnBehalfOf Gordon Keen Sent: 02 December 2007 12:38 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Gordon Keen Subject: [access-uk] Re: Portset. Strange, safari went straight to it and I've just browsed throughthemodels available. World wide weirdness! Cheers G From glorious Devon, England. On 2 Dec 2007, at 12:26, David W Wood wrote:Hi Gordon - this link gives: This page is not available David -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gordon Keen Sent: 02 December 2007 12:16 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Gordon Keen Subject: [access-uk] Re: Portset. Hi For alternatives check out: http://www.tvhelp.org.uk/audes/equipment.index.html Hopefully competition will force down prices in the not toodistantfuture. Cheers G From glorious Devon, England. On 2 Dec 2007, at 11:03, Jackie Cairns wrote: My only comment, and please feel free to jump on me if you want folks (though not literally) (smile), is that it's a rip-off for £620 or whatever it costs. I know it speaks, but £620 for that? Phew! I loved their Talking Teletext unit when I had mine, but that was when there wasn't so much information available elsewhere.CertainFreeview boxes, while they don't provide speech navigation, do offer Audio Description, and there are also lots of DAISY players on themarketto tap into. I just think it's well OTT. Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: sue morgan <mailto:sue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2007 12:35 AM Subject: [access-uk] Portset. Hi list. I've been reading about the Portset Accessible Freeview Receiver and I'm quite interested in it. I'm wondering if anyoneonthis list has one, or knows anything about them. I've listened to the audio demo on the Portset website and it seems very accessible. Any feedback would be grate as I'd love to have an accessible freeview receiver. 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