[Electronics-talk] question about Sirius XM Internet Radio

[cheez]

A friend has the Starmate 4, bought at Radio Shack 4 years ago.  He is total 
and says it's pretty friendly.
Vince

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 7:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] question about Sirius XM Internet Radio


> Most of the satellite radio receivers are usable, that is you can move 
> from channel to channel, go directly to a channel, and the like.  However 
> many of the features of the radios are not available to us.  Each channel 
> gives its number and name, each song and band are named, and some 
> receivers have features to group things by genre etc.  There also may be 
> menu-based settings for tone etc., which are not accessible.  I do not 
> know of any satellite radio that turns the info on the display screen of 
> the unit into speech or Braille.
>
> So, as I say they are usable, but not completely accessible.
>
> Dave
>
> At 07:31 PM 1/2/2012, you wrote:
>>The receivers themselves are pretty accessible, I was asking about 
>>Internet radio.
>>
>>Chris
>>
>>Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year!
>>
>>"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The real 
>>problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that exists.  If a 
>>blind person has the proper training and opportunity, blindness can be 
>>reduced to a mere physical nuisance."
>>-- Kenneth Jernigan (President, National Federation of the Blind, 
>>1968-1986
>>
>>The I C.A.N.  Foundation helps blind and visually impaired youth in 
>>Maryland say "I can," by empowering them through providing assistive 
>>technology and scholarships to camps and conventions which help them be 
>>equal with their sighted peers.  For more information about the Foundation 
>>and to support our work, visit us online at www.icanfoundation.info!
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "cheez" <cheez at cox.net
>>To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and 
>>appliances"<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>>Date sent: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 18:13:02 -0700
>>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] question about Sirius XM Internet Radio
>>
>>At that time, I was told it was.  I don't know about now.
>>The one thing I found annoying was, each time I signed in, I'd have to 
>>enter
>>the code of a captcha.  And since I had no one sighted around to read it 
>>to
>>me, That made me decide to forget it.  The verbal code never worked for me
>>either.
>>Again.  That was 3 years ago.  I haven't tried since so it may be 
>>different
>>now.
>>I have a friend that just got a sat radio for Christmas that is pretty
>>accessible.  I'll ask him what the model is and share.
>>Vince
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
>>To: "Discussion of accessible electronics andappliances"
>><electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>>Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 11:31 AM
>>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] question about Sirius XM Internet Radio
>>
>>
>>Hi Vince,
>>
>>So the app is accessible?
>>
>>Chris
>>
>>Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year!
>>
>>"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The real
>>problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that exists.  If a
>>blind person has the proper training and opportunity, blindness can be
>>reduced to a mere physical nuisance."
>>-- Kenneth Jernigan (President, National Federation of the Blind,
>>1968-1986
>>
>>The I C.A.N.  Foundation helps blind and visually impaired youth in
>>Maryland say "I can," by empowering them through providing assistive
>>technology and scholarships to camps and conventions which help them be
>>equal with their sighted peers.  For more information about the Foundation
>>and to support our work, visit us online at www.icanfoundation.info!
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "cheez" <cheez at cox.net
>>To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and
>>appliances"<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>>Date sent: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 10:08:24 -0700
>>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] question about Sirius XM Internet Radio
>>
>>I tried subscribing about 3 years ago and I had trouble getting it to work
>>for me.  I was also disappointed when I found out that some shows weren't
>>available online.  So I canceled and asked for a refund--which they said
>>wasn't refundable.
>>Hopefully they've changed.  I think most folks are using iPhones and other
>>cellphones to listen to sat radio now.
>>Vince
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "John Riehl" <realman02 at comcast.net
>>To: "'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'"
>><electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>>Sent: Monday, January 02, 2012 10:01 AM
>>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] question about Sirius XM Internet Radio
>>
>>
>>Chris, it's very nice to meet you.  Welcome to the list!
>>I'm also interested in the question of XM on-line accessibility.
>>
>>I have never heard of Sirius XM Streamer, so I'd love to hear some
>>comments
>>on its accessibility.
>>Again, welcome to the List, Chris -- and Happy New Year!
>>  John
>>
>>John Riehl
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chris Nusbaum
>>Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 1:54 PM
>>To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>>Subject: [Electronics-talk] question about Sirius XM Internet Radio
>>
>>Hi everyone,
>>
>>First of all, I want to wish everyone on this list a very happy
>>new year and say that I am new to this list! I'm 14 years old and
>>am in 8th grade in public school here in Maryland.  You have
>>probably seen me on other NFB lists, the NABS (National
>>Association of Blind Students) or Blind Talk list, as I'm very
>>active in the Federation.  With that said, I have a question
>>about Sirius XM Internet radio and accessibility.  Has anyone
>>found a work-around to using Sirius XM's online radio service
>>with JAWS? It seems to be inaccessible to me, at least the one on
>>siriusxm.com.  I have heard about a program called Sirius XM
>>Streamer which makes the internet stream accessible.  But how
>>does it work? Thanks for any help!
>>
>>Chris
>>
>>Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year!
>
>
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