Hi Alasdair.I've been experiencing difficulty getting onto the BBC Listen Again function of your program. I'm a bit confused! Are you telling us that your BBC Listen Again service will no longer be available to us visually impaired people?
?If this is the case, then I'd like to thank you personally for all of your help up to now. I've really enjoyed both your Listen Again and Live Radio programmes, which I have used constantly over the last two years.
At 6pm, I listen to Bryan Burnet on BBC Scotland until 8pm. I then listen to BBC 2's programmes until 10.00 pm when I return again to BBC'sRadio Scotland's Ian Anderson at 10.30 pm show. I've been able to do this for a couple of years now, thanks to you, and I'm getting a bit concerned now that I will not be able to listen to the BBC's radio on my computer from now on. BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio 2 are a huge part of my life and I'd hate to think that I will no longer be able to listen to them. I'm a blind person and TV has little to interest me but your programme which enables me to listen to both Live Radio and Listen Again functions are a very large part of my life now and I'd hate to see these go. without your service, then I'd be really stuck as I cannot think of an accessible alternative for blind people like myself, to Radio broadcasts. If you need disabled people to write to the BBC to support your service, please let me know and I'd be up there supporting you.
As a blind person, I need your Live Radio and Listen Again service as I don't listen or watch TV, so I think that your service is very worth supporting.
Yours sincerely, Andy Logue.. Best wishes. Andy Logue. Please let me know if this is indeed the case----- Original Message ----- From: "Alasdair King" <alasdairking@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 11:49 PMSubject: [access-uk] Re: Accessible BBC Listen Again - problems, change to BBC service, and new program
I'm sorry, I'm not being clear enough: the program called Accessible BBC Listen Again, from the WebbIE website, is no longer working. The BBC Listen Again service is changing but still working. So you are only affected if you use my program. OK, I've now implemented the shortcut keys, forward and backwards buttons, and progress indicator. I still haven't put in the status bar - so it doesn't need an installer - so all the notifications go on the title bar. Obviously that'll change. http://download.webbie.org.uk/test/BBCiPlayerListenAgain.exe Cheers! AlasdairOn Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Andy Collins <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:I've not been following this thread, but have just gone on to the radio2website, and using the links, got to last Thursday's Bob Dylan's 'theme showhappy hour' and was able to "listen again" no problem! - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alasdair King" <alasdairking@xxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2008 10:52 PMSubject: [access-uk] Accessible BBC Listen Again - problems, change to BBCservice, and new program | Dear All, | | The BBC is shifting from its old BBC Listen Again service to the new | iPlayer, which means that the WebbIE Accessible BBC Listen Again | program will stop working. At the time of writing Radio stations 1, 2, | 5 and 1Xtra have completely disappeared from Accessible Listen Again, | the rest will go shortly. | | A chap from the BBC was kind enough to point this out yesterday, so | I've quickly started re-writing the application using some information | provided by the BBC discussion groups and the BBC chap from iPlayer. | It doesn't have all of the old features yet, but it's getting there. | Download from here: | http://download.webbie.org.uk/test/BBCiPlayerListenAgain.exe | | It doesn't require an installer, just download and run. To obviate the | need for an installer it doesn't have a status bar yet. You still need | Real Player or Real Alternative installed. | | Select a TV station from the TV menu (alt and T) or a Radio station | from the Radio menu (alt and R). A list of programmes will appear. | Press return to start playing. Press escape to stop. | | Some programmes don't have Real Audio streams, but still appear in the | list. If one is encountered then your web browser will open on the web | page. This'll happen for every TV programme and some Radio programmes | - I don't know why yet. | | If anyone would like to try it out and let me know your feedback, or | use it if Accessible BBC Listen Again has stopped carrying your | preferred station, then that'd be great. Otherwise there should be a | WebbIE update in the next few weeks with the missing functionality | filled in. Apologies to anyone inconvenienced. On the plus side, it | indexes TV stations and it's faster than the old mechanism. | | Features to add back in before release: | Forward and backward button. | Control keys (numeric keypad, shortcut keys) | Progress indicator. | Status bar. | | I'm not intending to add a volume control. This is because the Real | Player component shares the volume with your screenreader, so it's too | easy for users to turn off the volume on their machines. | | Best wishes, | Alasdair King | | -- | Alasdair King | WebbIE | ** 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-- Alasdair King ** 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 __________ NOD32 3263 (20080711) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
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