[Electronics-talk] New Accessible HD Radios

[Pamela Dominguez]

I didn't see anything in the message except the subjectline and the message 
footers.  Pam.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ray Foret Jr via Electronics-talk
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 8:48 AM
To: Andrews, David B (DEED) ; Electronics Talk List
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] New Accessible HD Radios

I was able to read the site quite well using my Mac.  Looks interesting.  I 
already see two models in which I might perhaps be very interested.  Thanks 
for this.


Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray

Still a happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user!

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

> On Feb 24, 2015, at 4:29 PM, Andrews, David B (DEED) via Electronics-talk 
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> The following article was in Radio World yesterday.  It looks like 
> iBiquity Digital might finally be getting behind some radios that the 
> blind and visually impaired can use. One of them is the old Narrator I 
> think, others new.
>
> The web site is http://www.sparcradio.com
>
> I had some problems reading the site with JAWS, but was able to do it with 
> NVDA and Window-Eyes.  I have written iBiquity about this.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
>
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> IBiquity Digital has now launched a line of private-label receivers to be 
> sold online. I had reported earlier the company intended to do so.
> Called "Sparc," the products include a mix of tabletop, boombox and 
> portable AM/FM/HD Radio tuners.
> The HD Radio tech developer is working with its Asian suppliers on the 
> line, which is meant to beef up the number of product in the marketplace.
> While HD Radio receivers are proliferating in new cars and the aftermarket 
> receiver world, engineers and other station personnel have been asking 
> Radio World and other industry experts why there seem to be fewer 
> tabletop, boombox and portable radios on the market these days. We've 
> reported that's because fewer consumer electronic devices in general 
> include AM/FM or HD Radio now. That trend is being driven by younger 
> consumers, who aren't walking into brick and mortar retailers asking for 
> radios.
> The upshot is radio is more likely to be an app on a multifunction device, 
> for example, we've been reporting for a while.
> Asked about this trend during a recent interview, iBiquity President/CEO 
> Bob Struble confirmed retail shelf space being devoted to radio products 
> at consumer electronics brick and mortar retailers "is not what it once 
> was." As an example, he said, there used to be two aisles devoted to radio 
> products at retailers like Best Buy. "Now that's about two feet."
> That's why iBiquity has brought more manufacturers into its fold. We 
> reported from CES that two makers of European DAB tabletops and portables, 
> Roberts Radio and View Quest, are bringing out HD Radio products.
> And now iBiquity has launched the Sparc product line, which Struble 
> describes as "affordable."
> Six tuners are described on the Sparc<http://www.sparcradio.com> website. 
> The tabletops include the SPARC SHD-T750, a follow-on to the Narrator 
> AM/FM HD Radio including voice prompts for the visually impaired, the 
> Sparc SHD-BT1, a Bluetooth unit featuring a wood cabinet; and the boombox 
> Sparc SHDTR10.
> Three portables appear on the site: the Sparc SHD-TX2, which incorporates 
> emergency alerts; the pocket-sized Sparc SHD-P360; and the Sparc 
> SHD-TR05R, which includes support in English, Spanish, French and 
> Portuguese.
> Three models are 
> available<http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=SPARC+Radio> 
> now.
>
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