[access-uk] Re: digital radio
- From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 20:51:40 +0100
Ray, my understanding was that the voice operated in-car dab set were more
voice-driven than prompted and at one time there was a serious move among
manufacturers to explore this route for us and drivers together. But it didn't
ever take off.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ray's Home
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 11:39 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: digital radio
That's certainly true Adrian, re. why update the Sonusradio if no one is
buying
it. Did you see Tristram's suggestion though? He pointed out that Pure
execs
would have done better to adopt the strategy of implementing voice aided
radio
operation for car drivers, thus increasing the marketability of the facility
and getting back the cost of implementing it.
So, is the campaigning arm of RNIB - and they are so keen to tell us they're
a
campaigning org now! - suggesting this to Pure? I hope so.
Ray
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Adrian Higginbotham" <adrian.higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Ray's Home
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
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----- 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
: >
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