[access-uk] Re: Four apps for iPod Touch/iPhone to recommend
- From: "Jim Williams" <jwbr33694@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:31:02 -0000
Hi List,
Whether this has a bearing on this subject I'm not sure. In
the past I had to pay a fee of about £40 per year to get
access to live sports commentaries over the Internet but I
stopped subscribing when my local BBC radio extended their
coverage of live football commentaries on FM and DAB.
Perhaps WFTB will not, or cannot, afford to pay such fees.
Just my thoughts.
Jim Williams
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Iain Lackie
Sent: 18 January 2011 11:28
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Four apps for iPod Touch/iPhone to
recommend
I wonder if the Wireless for the blind people are aware of
this anomaly. It
seems to me that many of their potential Sonata customers
would want access
to the kind of material to which access is not allowed.
Iain
-----Original Message-----
From: Jackie Cairns
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 11:23 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Four apps for iPod Touch/iPhone to
recommend
Hi John
I doubt there is anything Wireless For The Blind can do
about the blocking
of certain content as it comes down to streaming rights. I
was all set to
listen to the match this morning when it suddenly went off.
So I got out my
iPod Touch and went straight to my favourites list in the
radio app, and hey
presto! I don't know what difference this is to listening to
it on the
Sonata in respect of the way it works, but someone else may
know the answer
to that.
I could spend a lot of time browsing the App Store in the
iPod Touch and
would love to get lots of different programs. When they are
practically
free, it's ok to risk it, but I would want a bit more
recommendation of the
more expensive purchases before going ahead.
While you are listening to say birdsong or a radio
programme, VoiceOver also
gives you other info like the DJ, song, name of bird, family
from which it
comes ... It's amazing.
If anyone knows of other useful apps, please share them as I
will do if I
find any that work with VoiceOver and may be of use.
Kind Regards,
Jackie Cairns
J&M Work-Ability
jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.work-ability.co.uk
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
john gallagher
Sent: 18 January 2011 11:03
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Four apps for iPod Touch/iPhone to
recommend
hi jackie this is one of my great anoying things about the
sonata you cannot
get the sport on it. my friend and i are in touch with the
wireless for the
blind to see if anything can be done about it. it is a real
shame the
i-phone does not run flash as i could get the sheffield
wednesday commentary
from where i get it on the pc but you have to give apple
great
congratulations on voice over and because it is a main
stream device things
are so so much cheaper the aps for example when you look at
the new braille
sense on hand which is small braille and really very good if
you then
connect a braille device to the i-phone you vitually have
the same for so so
much cheaper. will be glad when the kindle app will become
accessible on the
i-phone though it may take some time.
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Date: Tuesday, 18 Jan 2011 10.21.29
Subject: [access-uk] Four apps for iPod Touch/iPhone to
recommend
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0
0 My Apple keyboard arrived yesterday, and pairing it with
my iPod Touch was
0 extremely straightforward. So I decided to visit the App
Store and, for
59p 0 each, I bought four applications that work with
VoiceOver. They are
the 0 World Fact Book 2011, a dictionary and thesaurus, Tune
In Radio and, 0
probably my favourite, Birds of Britain. The latter is an
amazing little 0
program if you love bird sound and details. Not only can
you play the song,
0 but you can listen to VoiceOver provide a description of
their size,
colour, 0 family, time of year etc. There is also a
favourites button to
use where 0 you can add a library of your favourite birds to
it.
0
0 Tune In Radio is great. Similarly, there is a bookmark
facility where you
0 can make a list of the stations you wish to add. Because
I love tennis,
and 0 the Australian Open is on at the moment, I have great
difficulty
getting it 0 on DAB as we have such a diabolical signal in
these parts. So
when I tuned 0 in using the Sonata at 8,00 this morning, a
message said that
restricted 0 rights prevented coverage. I find this often
happens at
weekends when 0 football matches are in progress too. So I
tuned my iPod to
Sports Extra 0 and, low and behold, got the tennis on live.
0
0 All the above apps work with VoiceOver. I don't use my
keyboard for 0
everything, mainly when I get into tricky areas that need a
bit of typing.
0 Mostly, I use my fingers and have got used to doing so
now.
0
0 Just thought I'd pass on the info.
0
0 Kind Regards,
0
0 Jackie Cairns
0 J&More Work-Ability
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