[access-uk] Re: Fw: Portset media player-was daisy project
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:01:47 +0100
Hi Peter,
I too, heard a demo from Sight Village. I wish they would do an option that
included real video recording though, and not just sound. I know some blind
people prefer sound only, so they don't have to pay for a licence, but it is
so specialist. It would be nice if a blind person could buy one of these,
and share it with the rest of the family too. They could then have just one
accessible freeview box, instead of, in the case of people with sighted
families perhaps, two freeview boxes, just so everyone can get the best out
of the telly. In my view, it would have been better for Portset to have
made two versions of it, so that one could have the choice of real
accessible video recording in a stand alone box. Currently, it is only the
Nebula PC card that gives you this accessibility, and it would have been a
good opportunity here, that I feel, Portset are currently missing. Netgem
too are missing the point of accessible video recording, as they too,
haven't done it. And what about partially sighted people? Do they too want
sound only? Oh well, good ol' Portset.
All the best
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Peter Beasley
Sent: 10 October 2005 21:16
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Fw: Portset media player-was daisy project
I heard this being demonstrated at Sight Village. THey were calling it "the
Portset media centre", and it was due to be released this month.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Spring Flower" <spring.flower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 8:23 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Fw: Portset media player-was daisy project
> Hi
>
> Sent this yesterday but some mail bounced, not sure if this got
> through, any help much appreciated.
>
> Tracey
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Spring Flower" <spring.flower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <vi-genaccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 7:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [access-uk] Portset media player-was daisy project
>
>
>> Hi
>>
>> That reminds me, a friend of mine is considering purchasing the
>> above, think I've got its name right, its a sound receiver for
>> freeview etc, she's wondering if there's a mailing list for this as she
has questions.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Tracey
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Husna Begum" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <vi-genaccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 9:07 AM
>> Subject: [access-uk] daisy project
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I thought I would let every one know that the daisy project from NLB
>>> has concluded. it was interesting reading the report though I was
>>> very surprised to find that out of 400 respondents only 174 bothered
>>> to send back the questionnaires, that's less than 50 percent. I
>>> would have thought this would have been a wonderful opportunity to
>>> let NLB know what people thought during the pilot project before
>>> production began.
>>>
>>> You can read the report here
>>> http://www.nlb-online.org/mod.php?mod=userpage&page_id=460&menu=
>>>
>>> Glad to see NLB recognise the need to improve synthetic voices,
>>> because most of the ones we got in the project were rubbish.
>>>
>>> Husna
>>>
>>>
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