[access-uk] Re: THE BUG
- From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 11:38:21 +0100
No Steve, the recordings are listed in a menu and given as titles the
date and channel from which they originated. Once you've started
playing one you can't then menu down and check out the next. Another
frustration is that you can't fast forward or rewind in recordings. Nor
can you bookmark other than by pausing the playback and going back to it
without, for example, going back to the live radio option.
Cheers now.
Ian
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Sent: 30 March 2005 11:10
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Subject: [access-uk] Re: THE BUG
Hi Ian,
An excellent post. One thing springs to mind though. Is it
easy without sight to step through recordings once you have made them?
For example, can you step through each recording like selecting a
station, or selecting a track on a CD player? I realise you wouldn't
know what the recording was, but could you play a bit of each recording,
then step to the next one without sight?
Thanks again for your thoughts.
All the best
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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ian Macrae
Sent: 30 March 2005 09:34
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] THE BUG
Hi all,
As promised before Easter, here are some thoughts on The
Bug DAB receiver. Note this is not a full review, just some comments
which may help people to decide whether they want to get one. None of
this deals with technical specs or quality of output.
A number of the Bug's basic functions have dedicated
keys and single keystrokes. Spontaneous recording to the SD card, for
example is started and stopped by pressing the "Record" button,
above/right of the main on/off/nav switch. Similarly, pausing the audio
is started and stopped by the large pause button below the on/of/nav
switch. Rewinding the audio for up to five minutes requires a press of
the pause button followed by the bottom left button on the Bug's head
which stands above the body of the radio on a gooseneck stem.
Setting the ten presets follows Usual Pure protocols.
The Bug's head contains six buttons, three down either side. These are
presets 1 to 5 with the bottom right button being a shift. To set
presets 1 to 5, choose the channel and the button you want to pre-set it
too. Press and hold the button for a couple of seconds. If you can see
the screen or are with someone who can, a message is displayed
indicating that the station is stored. For presets 6 to 10, follow the
same procedure holding the shift key and one of the 5 presets down
simultaneously. When the radio is playing, the two sets of presets can
be toggled between using the shift key.
Damon asked whether it is accessible. The answer is
that it's as accessible as most DAB radios. But because it has more
functionality, it's more difficult to use easily with no sight. I've
found that I've used my paltry amount of sight and my LVA more with the
Bug than with any other DAB radio.
As I've said, spontaneous recording to the SD card
couldn't be simpler. But using the timed recording facility is more
complex and difficult. Indeed, I'd say that it's either very difficult
or impossible without one or more of the following: sight of your own,
sighted assistance, or a very good memory. In brief, you have to access
the radio's menus, then find the alarm setting option, find the timed
recording option in the submenu and then follow onscreen prompts to set
your timed recording. I'd be interested to hear whether any totally
blind people have managed to do this. Even using my sight, I've messed
up on a couple of occasions.
To conclude, there's no doubt that having the ability to
record to SD card is a great benefit. Personally I've not used the
rewind or pause facilities that much. It's also worth thinking that
Pure is already developing a personal with Bug functionality and there
are plans for a sonus version of that using the Ivox speech. The main
reasons for going for the Bug now would be that you like it's unusual
and rather whacky design (which I do), or you want to be able to record
to SD card absolutely now. Otherwise, I'd recommend waiting for a Sonus
equivalent which can't be that long coming.
Cheers now.
Ian
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