Hi Hussein What we really need is a radio with built-in TTS. That way, whenever a station becomes available or changes its name, the TTS will inform, as opposed to using a tagging system that pre-programs in the station. The Sonus was a good radio, but this feature of tagging let it down, as with the Netgem Freeview box. I would personally love a standard Internet radio that we weren't going to pay the earth for, which would allow me to navigate the thousands of stations out there using a simplistic menu structure and TTS engine. Jackie Cairns Braille Specialist Email: jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sight and Sound Technology Ltd Welton House North Wing Summerhouse Road Moulton Park Northampton NN3 6WD Tel: 01604 798024 Mob: 07887 883815 www.sightandsound.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hussein Patwa Sent: 30 December 2009 19:30 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: portable wifi internet radio Hi, Not a radio but if you have a phone with WiFi, you could use www.moodio.fm to do the same. Of course you're not going to get the same battery life out of a phone as with a dedicated radio, due to it doing lots of other functions as well, but it's a start. It would be interesting to know what the production costs would be and potential uptake of a small device that essentially has an OS on board (maybe a derivative of Linux) with a light screen reader that could be used to navigate any menus. I'm thinking along the lines of the Nokia N900 but without the phone, etc. Or maybe that's just a crazy idea and we should return to regular programming? _______________________________________ Have a pleasant day, Kind Regards and Best Wishes, Hussein. Hussein Patwa Tel: 0789 47 595 62 (UK) Tel: +44 (0)122 4433 954 (SIP) Skype: patwaspotterfan2 GoogleTalk: thewanderingwriter Web: www.patwanet.co.uk My Blog: http://patwaspotterfan.livejournal.com Find me on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=510013486 Please note: For security reasons calls from witheld numbers may not be connected. Please release your number so it can be viewed prior to calling. Contact your telephone service provider for advice on how to do this if required. All calls may be recorded for fact verification. DISCLAIMER: This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential or sensitive information and are intended solely for the stated recipient(s). 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I gathered the idea was that you setup all your radio stations on the web then somehow, using wifi magic, your station list jumps onto your wifi portable digital radio in the kitchen or by your bedside. And I was kinda hoping that they might be automatically assigned with physical keys at that stage. Have you looked at anything like this? Perhaps the accompanying web portal doesn't do quite what I want it to? I guess that the wep key would have to be input by a sightie come what may but, using the web as a control panel, you could load up the radio with your fave stations easily if someone had the nouse to do this. ...Damon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 11:08 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: portable wifi internet radio > Hi Damon > > It's going to depend on how much sight you have. I can't, for example, > access any of those radios. Unless you have sighted assistance to put > your WiFi key in, then get you to any one of the thousands of stations, > you are stuffed. These radios have so few controls and buttons on them > now that a menu structure is the dreaded swear word I'm afraid! > > > Jackie Cairns > Braille Specialist > Email: jackie.cairns@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sight and Sound Technology Ltd > Welton House North Wing > Summerhouse Road > Moulton Park > Northampton > NN3 6WD > Tel: 01604 798024 > Mob: 07887 883815 > www.sightandsound.co.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf > Of Damon > Sent: 30 December 2009 09:25 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] portable wifi internet radio > > Hi. 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