[Electronics-talk] setting radios

[Pamela Dominguez]

I think it has wifi, not a radio.  Pam.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ashley Bramlett
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 9:37 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] setting radios

good to know. Does the new vr stream have a radio? I have the older model so
I'm not sure about new features.

-----Original Message----- 
From: David Andrews
Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 9:14 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] setting radios

One of the models of the Book Sense daisy player
from Hims has a radio that speaks
frequencies.  There was the Narrator from Best
Buy, but I don't think it is available any longer.

Dave


>Hi all, Setting up the radio station you want is with buttons on most 
>radios; in the past, you had a tuner knob to set stations and no digital 
>way to program in stations. Its important to see the station to know where 
>you are. Are there talking radios? I know the ipods read you the station 
>frequency you’re at, but other than that, I can’t think of anything 
>accessible. How do you find the stations you want? Just listen? Ocasionally 
>with good light, I can see the number. Otherwise, I have to listen and 
>guess what station I’m at based on the music played and number of times 
>I’ve pressed a button. For instance if I’m at 99.5 and wish to go to 
>98.7, I know I don’t have to press the buttons much to get there, but if 
>I wanted to tune to 88.5, I have a long way to go. For music, I love cds! I 
>find them most accessible as you simply put in your cd and press buttons to 
>go to the track you desire or play it on the pc with something like windows 
>media player, and still select your track or listen straight through. Old 
>fashioned, but I find its most accessible except for the ipod route. Most 
>music services such as rhapsody are not very accessible. Oh, nor is the hd 
>radio real accessible either. So cds, IMO, are one of the best options. 
>Ashley


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