[Electronics-talk] Sirius-XM Radios

[Rob Tabor]

Good morning colleagues,

I have experienced the Sirius XM app to be very screen reader friendly with voiceOver on the iPhone. This has not always been the case with previous versions of the app which had unlabeled tab controls at the bottom of the screen. But several months ago the app underwent an extreme makeover and now all of the controls are accessible. On a personal note, my favorite way to locate a channel is to use the search feature which works very efficiently. The search feature is especially useful when locating a special event such as a football or basketball game.

As two extra costs, I am not aware of any at this time. The app is a free download and all one needs to do to access it is to Sirius XM subscription. 

Unfortunately, audio streaming on the Sirius XM website, which in times past was accessible with jaws, is no longer accessible, thanks to Adobe Flash, that terrible browser plug-in that every screen reader user loves to hate. Postings on this and possibly other user groups and forums documents that several of our colleagues have attempted to raise thye web accessibility concern with Sirius XM corporate headquarters, but to no avail. As the venerable Walter Cronkite used to say at the close of his newscast on CBS, "and that's the way it is."

HTH and best regards,
Rob Taber and guide Kane brought Raúl III 



> On Nov 15, 2015, at 8:13 PM, Jim Shaffer via Electronics-talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> How accessible is the Sirius/XM app on the IPhone.  I've heard it's not very useable, but haven't tried it myself.  Doesn't it cost an additional $2 per month or something like that?
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> Jim Shaffer
> -----Original Message----- From: James Aldrich via Electronics-talk
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> Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Sirius-XM Radios
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> Hi Patrick and all,
> 
> I listen to satellite radio on my IPhone and other I devices.  I use the Siriusxm app or an app called radium.  If their app is available on android, it may speak through talk back.  Someone more familiar with android than myself could address this better.  Years ago Sirius had a receiver which had talking features but this isn't made any more.  The IPhone is best for sirius xm since one can listen from anywhere!  Voiceover does the speaking on the IPhone.
> 
> Jim
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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>> On Nov 14, 2015, at 1:33 PM, Patrick Johnson via Electronics-talk <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> With all the recent discuss of accessible HD radios I want to ask
>> about accessible Sirius-XM radios for the home.
>> 
>> Any suggestions on ones with speech output?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Patrick
>> 
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