Adrian, the situation as I understand it is not that Pure is reluctant to record new voice tags for the Sonus, its that they're not prepared to invest in pushing the iVox speech out into the rest of their product range. This is a big shame as it would make their P2000 personal, for example, entirely usable. And they certainly had plans to put speech on that shelved following the relative lack of take-up in the market of the sonus. Cheers now. Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: Adrian Higginbotham To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 11:10 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: digital radio It is but my understanding is that until it is more vommercially successful they are not keen to commit resources to updating the product EG recording new voice tags. That was the message last november anyway. Bit of a chicken and egg obviously in as far as if it isn't updated why would people buy it... Adrian Higginbotham Accessibility and inclusion adviser British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Internal extension #2287 Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.becta.org.uk/ BECTA, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ray's Home Sent: 15 April 2006 12:39 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: digital radio Just to come in on this briefly, I think the Sonus radio maybe USB updatable, so its possible that Pure could provide updates of new voice samples for the newer stations. Steve or someone might tell us. Ray Personal emails: Email me at mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Damon" <damon.rose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> : so what about the ones it doesn't know? I'm guessing that, being voice : samples, it must have been recorded in advance before the machine was : manufactured. But it must have to spell out the names of the newer radio : stations recently added, like Chill or Virgin Radio Extreme, for instance? : : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Iain Lackie" <ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> : : : > The ones it knows, it speaks. : > : > Iain. : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: "Damon" <damon.rose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> : > : > : > am I right in thinking that the pure radio doesn't speak out the name of : > the : > radio stations in full but spells it out letter by letter? If so, isn't : > that : > a less than satisfactory user experience? : > : > Thanks : > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq