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

[David Andrews]

HD Radios are still being made -- although most are car 
radios.  Information has gone around that there will be a new 
accessible HD radio early next year, 2014.

Dave

At 08:32 AM 12/23/2013, you wrote:
>A friend of mine says she can't find any hd radios anymore, whether 
>they are talking or not.  She thought they had stopped making them 
>altogether.  Pam.
>
>-----Original Message----- From: Ashley Bramlett
>Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 10:42 PM
>To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Talking Digital AM / FM HD Radio
>
>great question. What more accessibility is there in the new radio versus the
>now discontinued Narrator.
>
>-----Original Message----- From: Ray Foret Jr
>Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 6:00 AM
>To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
>Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Talking Digital AM / FM HD Radio
>
>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:
>
>>
>>>
>>>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.
>>_