[icon-discuss] Re: Your Brailleing.stiCon Can be a NOAA Weather Radio
- From: Chase Crispin <chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:26:52 -0500
Thanks! Works well!
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:23:11 -0400, MICHAEL MCCARTY wrote:
>Here's a cool idea. Load the browser of your Braille+/iCon and go to
>http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/streamaudio.htm and look for your city in
>the list of online NOAA stations. When you find it, click on the link
>for your city. If you are prompted to either 1, open the file or 2,
>save the file, choose 1.
>
>The Braille+/iCon will respont that "the file will be open after it has
>been downloaded" and your audio player should load. After a second or
>two the NOAA Weather Station for your area should start playing.
>
>Now this is cool, but lets take this one step further.
>
>Close your audio player and return to the browser.
>
>Click on the same link you were just listening to, but this time choose
>2.
>
>Save the file on your hard drive in whatever folder you wish. Be sure
>to change the filename to reflect something useful that you'll be able
>to find. Many filenames from this site look something like this:
>
>louisville.mp3.m3u
>
>Leave the .m3u on the end of the file, but change the rest to whatever
>you wish.
>
>When you have that done, navigate to the file you saved and click on it.
>
>With any luck, your audio player will load and you should hear the NOAA
>Weather Station for your area. Now, anytime you want weather
>information, its available. Just turn on the wireless and click on
>this file.
>
>I have tested most of these links and have found that the Braille+/iCon
>can play most of them. There are a few that play direct from a
>browser, these will NOT play with the Braille+iCon. Many cities have
>an alternate link, if the first one doesn't work, try this one.
>
>Man this device rocks!
>
>
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