[Electronics-Talk] music apps and radio

[Tracy Carcione]

I didn't like the TuneIn ads either, so I paid the one-time fee to stop
them.  Note sure if that option is still available, but, when I did it,
there was the free version, the one-time payment, and the subscription,
and I picked one-time payment.  I don't get all the extra stuff on the
premium version, but I don't get ads, and that's good enough for me.
Tracy

> Ashley,
> I use the Humanware devices, the Trek and Stream, and the Internet radio a
> whole lot. You need to know the station call letters or maybe the city
> will
> help you find it.
>
> But do remember also that those Humanware Favorites list a lot of
> stations,
> too. I have found quite a number of them to be among my favorites.
> I am amazed how much I enjoy the CBC and the BBC, who each have several
> stations with a lot of content.
>
> I enjoy being able to record the internet radio using the humanware
> devices.
> That is handy, and you can pile up quite a bit of great stuff.
>
> I also am a happy user of the Tune-in app on my smartphone.
> I cannot say it as easy to do as a visually impaired person, as using the
> no
> vision needed keypad operation of the Humanware Oo tunes device.
> But Tune In, it has a huge amount of stations and podcasts.
> I don't like the ads, but oh well. They pop up and you have to find the X
> and close the ad to get to the screen. But you get used to it.
> I generally find stations by using the Search feature at the top of the
> app.
> After I find the station I press the Heart and that saves it as a
> Favorite,
> then there is a row of my Favorites, which you can swipe left and right
> and
> then tap on the one that you want to play.
>
> Something else that is different when using Tune-in. When you pause a
> stream, you can return to it later, and it will resume, whereas on our
> Humanware devices, it is only a live real time stream.
>
> The premium service for Tune In might be a good deal, certainly a lot more
> content, sports events and so on. And of course it would be nice not to
> have
> to deal with the pop up ads.
>
> If you like alternative and eclectic music on a community radio station, I
> might suggest, as a totally shameless personal plug, to tune in to our
> KGLT-FM station in Bozeman, Montana, where I host a weekly program called
> Americana Backroads, Saturdays Noon to 3 p.m. Mountain time. There are
> about
> 80 or so independent programmers, changing shifts about every 3 hours.
>
> Happy streaming!
> Rik James
> www.kglt.net
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Electronics-Talk <electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of
> Ashley Bramlett via Electronics-Talk
> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2019 3:43 PM
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> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] music apps and radio
>
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I sent some follow up questions to Tracy only and meant for the whole
> list.
>
> Here it is again with a few more questions.
>
> I plan to buy an ipad mini; Tracy said her ipod touch is good. But for me
> that is so small making the touch screen buttons more close together and
> cluttered and with low vision I prefer a slightly larger screen but also
> something very portable.
> Tracy, you experience mirrors that of other blind users though; they like
> ipod touches and iphones.
>
> I also own a VR trek recently acquired so this gives me access to oo tunes
> but I did notice it has no fm radio where you can browse frequencies. The
> older Braille Notes have fm radios and not sure about the new Humanware
> tablet notetaker; I believe its just internet radio now.
>
> So my questions.
>
> What is on the Tune-In app? Do you have favorite features?
> Can siri open the app and/or go to specific stations?
> I saw it and noticed it has a favorites list a and browse feature.
> I'm sure there is more that I'm not sure of especially since I am not
> great
> with exploring a touch screen. Although, I've gotten better at
> systematically touching it with a finger for exploration.
> On this app, how do you find stations you want?
> Does it have many stations from large cities such as Greenville SC and NC?
> Does it include stations of classical music, oldies, and religious music?
>
> Is oo tunes an app too?
> Does it have more or different features than tune-in?
>
> What features do you get when creating a free account?
>
> For those of you who paid some, what features are on that?
> Also, how do you find podcasts and what podcasts do you like?
> My friend said you can get books too on tune-in if you subscribe to it.
> If you have experience with this let me know such as what types of books
> it
> has.
>
> If you have experiences with other apps such as Pandora or freegal let me
> know.
> Its my experience that Pandora is not real accessible on a pc. Not sure
> about tune-in though.
>
> Is radio.com still not real accessible?
>
> For portable radios with frequency browsing, I have found that a portable
> radio with a traditional tuner works although I cannot read the screen
> showing the frequency I'm on.
> Another option is the VR trek if I have access to wifi and know what
> station
> I want.
> The other option is my old BrailleNote which has a fm radio as part of the
> media player.
> Another option is the Echo I have acquired recently but I  think the
> drawback here is you have to know what specific frequency you want. Amazon
> music has some general stations of certain genres, but they seem to play
> many songs I do not like.
>
> Wouldn't it be nice to have a radio which talks so you know where you are
> always?
> Thanks,
> Ashley
>
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