[access-uk] Re: What podcasts, streams and radio do blind users here listen to?

  • From: Catherine Turner <catherineturner2007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 21:03:29 +0000

Hi,

I'm not worried/bothered about preloading of streams etc as I think
you've made your case strongly - there is a demand for this, and I
think it's a good thing to have that choice.  I'm a little concerned
that you want the streams to focus on blindness, as it makes me think
"blind people are surely interested in things other than blindness".
Hopefully your questions here are part of some wider research for
choosing streams/podcasts.  I'm sure they are, as you seem to be doing
a lot of careful research, but I just wanted to raise the point that
blind people have interests other than those related to blindness.

Now on to answering your question - how about BBC Ouch.  One I listen
to regularly, and the only podcast I have that's blindness/disability
related.  I do have a lot of feeds disability/blindness related, but
none of the others have regular audio content.

BBC Ouch!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/podcast/

hth,
Catherine

On 2/2/10, Jonathan <digitaltoast@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Iain Lackie wrote:
>
>> As people hear about podcasts and streams, I suspect they will quickly
>> become frustrated at a limited choice.
>
> A good point. Which is why the key words in the original post were "a
> certain amount of pre-configured streams and stations *in addition to*
> its regular functionality".
>
> There's nothing to say the user has to stick with those streams or
> can't delete or change them. Of the target audience, given the choice
> of "would you like a starter selection of preconfigured stations and
> streams from a wide selection like book of the month, BBC listen again
> and RNIB radio, or un-programmed buttons", all opted for the former.
>
> Which is why I'd like to focus more on the topic question. Although
> peripheral comments like yours ARE appreciated, without sounding rude,
> other comments like "I'd rather be shipped off to a suicide clinic
> than buy such a product" aren't really helpful or productive.
>
> For example, I have my own personal views of certain Apple fanatics
> who'll buy anything with an Apple logo and a Ł200 premium slapped on
> it. However, Apple provide a choice just as Linux provides a choice
> and if someone said "Can you recommend some good screen reader
> software for my Mac", I'd offer an opinion on screen reader software
> that I knew of, not their choice of hardware.
>
> That's how we help each other better.
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