[access-uk] Re: Solutionsradio (another cassette replacement)
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:31:06 -0000
Hi Wendy,
The prices you are seeing are based on a one of situation.
Be assured that if an organisation started talking numbers
of units, the price per unit would drop considerably.
Likewise, a deal can or could be reached with an ISP to
provide an organisation with multiple connections for its
members at wholesale prices.
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wendy Sharpe
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 4:38 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Solutionsradio (another cassette
replacement)
Ray
I have just been exploring the Solutions Radio site and then
listened to the
Soundings feature.
It all sounds very interesting, but it occurs to me that
there is rather a
lot of expense involved. If a talking newspaper, for
example, wanted to
give this to all its members, at £300 a unit this would come
out very dear.
Any member who did not already have a broadband connection
would need to set
one up, and it seems to me that you can only do that if you
have a computer.
Many people might not fancy shelling out more cash for a
broadband
connection. The radio can use a dial-up connection, but we
all know how
slow that can be, and when it comes to streaming audio you
often get lots of
pauses in transmission.
The Soundings feature showed the radio set up with lots of
choices, which is
great, but many of them would need to be paid for, such as
talking
newspapers from TNAUK.
When you consider how cheaply you can still buy a cassette
recorder and
tapes, or a CD player and CD's, I think this option might be
rather
financially daunting. I hate to pour cold water over any
development which
could improve the quality of life for many people, and I may
be missing
something here, but the cost would seem to me to prohibit
widespread use of
this device. On the other hand, people in Holland seem to
have gone for it
in a big way.
Wendy
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Ray's Home
Sent: 07 November 2007 15:16
To: VI-Genaccess@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Access-Uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Solutionsradio (another cassette
replacement)
Funny that nearly everyone missed this at Sight Village
earlier this
year.
It is a completely accessible internet 'radio' but without
the
computer! So, it'll receive streaming audio from stations
and
services you select via a nice menu system that breaks
things down
into genres and individual services. Bit pricy at around
£3.00, but
RNIB and TNs are said to be interested. (It would pay RnIB
to
distribute this sort of device at a subsidy, I think, as it
obviously
avoids costs of posting out stuff. (No, not just referring
to actual
postage costs.)
Seems Americans are interested too, and I believe it has
been bought
by an Alaskan organisation.
there is book marking and some fast forward and rewind
capability.
Only two things I'd say thus far.
1. No connectivity mentioned to the outside world.
2. No in-built recording facility, though easy enough to go
back and
just stream again.
This does seem a much better solution to cassette
replacement for TNs
and the like. (People could still send in contributions via
whatever
means they want.)
More info.
http://www.solutionsradio.nl/index.php?newlang=english
Soundings magazine download feature:
http://www.soundings.org/select/soundings-webbox.mp3
Cheers,
From Ray
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