[Electronics-talk] question about Sirius XM Internet Radio

Wed Jan 4 04:27:21 UTC 2012

would love it please
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Riehl" <realman02 at comcast.net>
To: "'Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances'" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] question about Sirius XM Internet Radio


> Chris, I have a file of the breakout of the XM channel lineup. If anyone
> wants it, please e-mail me off list and I'll send you the file.
> John Riehl
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Chris Nusbaum
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 6:49 PM
> To: Discussion of accessible electronics andappliances
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] question about Sirius XM Internet Radio
>
> I have the Starmate 5 receiver, and I agree with your friend that
> it is pretty usable, as has been said before.  However, there are
> some features to the radios which aren't available to us; reading
> the song title and artist, the channel name and number, and
> reading the call-in number for the channel you are listening to
> (if that channel has one,) as this information is displayed on
> the
> screen of the radio for sighted people.  All the on-screen menus
> and channel look-up features of the radio are also inaccessible.
> There is a work-around to the channel lookup feature, which is to
> go to the program guide channel (channel 184 on Sirius) and
> listening for the channel name and number you want.  However,
> this isn't near as fast as it would be for sighted people to just
> look up the channel in the menu.  For example, one day I couldn't
> remember the channel number of a channel that I wanted to listen
> to, and went to the program guide channel, but had to wait for
> them to go through the whole programming lineup (probably a half
> an hour at least) just to hear the channel number for one
> channel, when I could have been listening to something far more
> interesting! Their Web site isn't accessible either, so they
> leave a lot to be desired for us, and when talking to tech
> support about this issue, it was as if I was talking to myself,
> as the guy was outsourced from India or somewhere and spoke very
> broken English.  So he had no idea what I was talking about.  I
> really hope the NFB acts on that resolution from last year, if we
> haven't done so already, and I just didn't know about it.
>
> Chris
>
> "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
>
> ----- 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 22:17:33 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] question about Sirius XM Internet
> Radio
>
> 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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