HiTo add my 'personal view' here, I would suggest that Sound Talking have jumped on this particular bandwagon at a very early stage and may live to regret it. I would fully expect the likes of Humanware to come out with internet aware Daisy players including text-to-speech (and of course stereo) at some stage, and I would have thought that such a device would be far better for delivering TNAUK services than the Orion. For a start, a device with text-to-speech would allow those without a computer to access TNAUK's Etext service and thus gain access to the full content of publications. I can see what Sound Talking are trying to do, but Considering the outlay required, this new offering seems very limited in scope and in imagination.
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By the sounds of it, Terry, you're expressing the 'personal view' of a number of people!----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Clasper" <Terry.Clasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <infotech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 9:17 AM Subject: [infotech] Re: Internet Radio I think Iain it's about understand true reality not just one's perception of it! My personal view is that they would have been better leaving the whole internet radio side of things alone and concentrating on the delivery of there own content. This would of saved them a hell of a lot of flack and not caused the potential market confusion which I tink the current product causes. That said of course stereo would sstill be a design must. Anyway that's only my personal view. Terry Clasper. T&T Consultancy Ltd Advantage House T&T Consultancy Ltd Trentham Business Quarter Bellringer Road Trentham Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire ST4 8GB Telephone: 01782644141 fax: 01782 645135 Web Site, www.tandt-consultancy.com NOTICE: The information contained in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this e-mail's content. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and then delete the email and any attachments from your system. T&T Consultancy Ltd have made strenuous efforts to ensure that emails and any attachments generated by its staff are free from viruses. However, it cannot accept any responsibility for any viruses which are transmitted. We therefore recommend you scan all received e-mail messages. Registered in England No. 4098268From: infotech-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[mailto:infotech-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Iain Lackie Sent: 06 May 2008 16:32 To: Infotech Subject: [infotech] Internet Radio Hi I have just been listening to the article on the Orion web box. I was amazed that Ted Davis could be so surprised, nay shocked, when it was suggested that it might be a good idea to have stereo capability. Yes, we know that talking newspapers and talking books are recorded in mono but because a Daisy player of any kind has the potential to play music, it would be unthinkable for such devices not to have stereo capability. Surely the fact that Radios 1, 2 and 3, together with Classic FM and potentially many other music services, is sufficient argument for including stereo capability. If the box were only to provide access to TNAUK (and perhaps RNIB) material, he might have a point. However, given the service he is actually providing, his apparent shock at the suggestion is almost beyond belief. Iain To contact the list owners, please send a message to brian.hartgen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx or terry.clasper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from the list, please send a message to infotech-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribein the subject line.
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