[access-uk] Re: Accessible Internet Radio
- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:25:58 -0000
Yes Graham, I'm quite aware the USB machines being tried out could be
engineered and designed to replicate a familiar interface, with bigger
keys too if that's what's found to be required by some people. I
agree too that USB sticks are taken all round, the best of the
portable memory media, the others being too small or lacking
manoeuvrability .
What will be interesting is to see, when these alternatives of solid
state players and radio streaming receivers arrive how the market
responds, although I'm betting that bulk purchasers for these devices
is what the makers will be after. Almost certain that a Lotteries bid
or some sort of Government money will be saught to buy in this new
generation of players.
Speaking purely personally, I often wish that local people could be
persuaded to get a DAISY player as a talking book member, whether or
not they're much into reading audio books. They could just send those
back, but would have a player that many wouldn't have to pay for.
Then again, it maybe that in five years time or so we'll be hearing
talk of the DAISY CD going the way of the Do Do.
Cheers,D
From Ray
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-----Original Message-----
Graham Page
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessible Internet Radio
Hi Ray.
Having played with USB sticks, SD Cards and compact flash cards quite
a lot
I would say that the USB stick probably offers the best solution as it
is
the most rugged device of them all though products like the Victor
Stream
show how easy it can be to mount an SD card in the right way. These
cards
are though probably too small for some and they are easily lost.
Compact
Flash cards are a good size but may need too much pressure to get them
into
position for some with weak hands.
Making a device that truely simulates the cassette with buttons that
do a
similar thing is probably not really that sensible however but
something
that simulates a cd player should be graspable by most I would say.
So, if
you press forward and hole it down the unit would skip through a track
but
if you touch the button once you go to the next track. You can also
then
record to the card directly. Devices such as the Victor stream allow
this
and there is no reason why you can't have a play/pause button, a
record
button, a forward button a back button and a stop button. When
recording
rather than using a new tone index a new track starts. if things
worked
like this you could keep the system of putting a piece of paper or an
elastic band in with the media if you have left a message to be
listened to.
For recording a similar machine with a microphone could be used or
goldwave
or even Audacity could be used on a PC if the user prefers.
Cheers
Graham
Cheers
Graham
Graham Page
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