[Electronics-talk] Talking Digital AM / FM HD Radio

[Ray Foret Jr]

I cannot help but wonder if this is the answer to the difficulty that Best Buy had when they lost their manufacture of this radio back some time ago.  INdeed, it was only a month or two after I purchased my Narrator radio that this happened.  What I am really curious about is this.  What accessibility will we have in this new radio that we did not have in the short lived Narrator radio?  Will the third time be the charm, so to speak?  Seems worth at least a look.  IF this radio uses TTS rather than recorded voices, I can see how improvements could be made to it’s accessibility.


Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in!

Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user!

On Dec 20, 2013, at 3:39 AM, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:

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>> 
>> Bill, thank you for this information.
>> Robin East
>> 
>> From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List [mailto:VICUG-L at LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG] On Behalf Of Bill Pasco
>> Sent: December 17, 2013 6:07 PM
>> To: VICUG-L at LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG
>> Subject: [VICUG-L] Talking Digital AM / FM HD Radio
>> 
>> A little birdie has allowed us to release the following information:
>> 
>> The new talking HD FM radio we've hinted about is due to be introduced officially to the market during the C.E.S. (Consumer Electronic Show) in Las Vegas January 8th. The radio has a form factor nearly identical to that of the Narrator. The features are also similar with some enhancements.  The radio will be manufactured and sold by Audio Vox. For the general public, the radio will sell for $149, however, those with vision impairments will be allowed to use a special coupon code which will reduce the price to $99. The radio will be initially available from the Audio Vox web site <http://www.audiovox.com>http://www.audiovox.com. I'm sure Sun Sounds will be selling them also. The radio is a stereo AM/ FM HD radio with tactile buttons, a large print display, snooze / alarm / clock,  presets, scan up and down, manual tuning, Auxiliary input, headphone jack. The radio announces the buttons pushed, as well as the results of a button push. For instance, it announces the name and frequency of stations as you tune. Or, it announces when you switch from FM to AM to Auxiliary.
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