[Electronics-talk] talking am/fm radios

Sat Feb 18 12:10:26 UTC 2012

It seems to me that if this radio responds to voice commands, then it could 
be inadvertently activated by speech from a TV in the room.  Is there any 
way to set the Moshi radio to respond only to commands from a real person 
and not by speech from a TV? And is there any way to hear the time 
announcement by just pressing a button instead of speaking a command?  When 
I'm half asleep in the middle of the night, the last thing I want to do is 
yell at a clock radio to find out the current time.

Gerald

Gerald

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Blume" <blume246 at verizon.net>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 3:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] talking am/fm radios

> Hi,
> No, the Maarshie will not read out the Radio stations as you go up and 
> down
> the dial.
> I believe that this Radio was not made for the Blind but as a Novelty for
> the Sighted Consumer such  as other talking items.
> It is a solid unit and has a good sound.
> If you can find this Radio at Amazon or another place at a good price it
> should do most of the things that you would like a Talking Radio to do for
> you.
> Remember if a Talking Unit comes factory equipped to talk most of the
> functions it should be a better unit then a unit that is adapted to talk
> because the Company has the secrets of the internal software.
> If a Company makes the buttons and switches with raised dots and different
> shaped buttons this is also useful for the blind.
> From, Tom
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]On Behalf Of Drew Hunthausen
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 11:34 PM
> To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] talking am/fm radios
>
>
> Does the bar which you use to go up and down radio stations speak out the
> stations so you know what you are selecting? Thanks
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Blume
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 4:44 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] talking am/fm radios
>
> Hi,
> Yes, on the Marshie Clock Radio, there are 4 pre set buttons and a bar 
> type
> lever to scan up and down the AM or FM.
> Some of the buttons has a raise dot on them and it has two alarms.
> It also has a sleep mode with three types of sounds, such as the Ocean and
> you can set the timer for 15 to 60 min.
> The nice part of this Radio is that you can plug your MP3 player or a CD
> player into the jack and use the Radio as the sound source.
> From the cross the room you can say:
> Hello Marshie, it will say say a command and you can say time, radio and 
> set
> the alarms.
> It's very small and the speakers are on the sides and face left and right.
> The volume is a rocker type lever.
> and the command button is a long bar with a raise line where you can touch
> and say your commands.
> It also has 2 AA batteries for a back up so if you lose power during the
> night.
> Its about 6 inches square with the buttons on top and fairly spaced apart.
> The sound is very good.
> The two alarms are good for week days and the weekend.
> From, Tom
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]On Behalf Of Drew Hunthausen
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 5:07 PM
> To: 'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] talking am/fm radios
>
>
> Tom,
> On this clock/radio can you change the radio stations independently also?
> Thanks
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Blume
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 11:58 AM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] talking am/fm radios
>
> Hi,
> The Blind Mice Mart at www.blindmicemart.com, has several talking Clock
> Radios and over $75.00 there is free shipping and part of the funds goes 
> to
> College scholarships.
> I have the Marshie  Clock Radio and it sounds very good it is small and 
> has
> several different sounds to put you to sleep at anytime of the day.
>
> you just talk to it, or press the button on top to say a command.
>
> It also has a jack where you can plug an external device and you can play 
> it
> through the Radio.
> You can push the button on top to say a command or just say, Hello Marshie
> and ask her the time or tell her to turn the Radio on or other commands.
> From, Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]On Behalf Of Drew Hunthausen
> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 2:38 PM
> To: electronics list
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] talking am/fm radios
>
>
> Dear list,
>
> I'm looking for a simple am/fm talking radio which is fully functional
> without eyesite. Thanks for suggestions
>
>
>
>
>
> Drew Hunthausen 714 296-7111
>
>
>
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