[access-uk] Re: New Accessible RSS newsreader
- From: "Damon" <damon.rose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 08:02:45 +0100
really? That's fantastic!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 8:00 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: New Accessible RSS newsreader
> Daman. Apparantly, the software has been updated to overcome the XP
problem.
> Ray
>
> Personal emails: Email me at
> mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Damon" <damon.rose@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 5:00 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: New Accessible RSS newsreader
>
>
> > we've talked about this in the last week. A few of us installed the
program
> > but discovered, if I recall, that it doesn't work on XP.
> >
> > Also currently the software is not able to facilitate podcasting.
> >
> > ...Damon
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 8:24 PM
> > Subject: [access-uk] New Accessible RSS newsreader
> >
> >
> >> Hope some here find this useful. Its a modified reposting of a news
item
> > on the TAFN list. TAFN is growing and becoming a very useful source of
help
> > as well as a virtual social group for its users. Their radio links page
is
> > particularly good and often updated.
> >>
> >> HTH.
> >> Ray
> >>
> >> Personal emails: Email me at
> >> mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
> >>
> >> Dear listers, for your information. A great new accessible online news
> > reader program.
> >>
> >> "Accessible RSS 1.4" is a blind-friendly RSS Reader program produced by
> > the same person at Manchester University (Alasdair King) who developed
the
> > "Webbie" alternative web browser.
> >>
> >> For the uninitiated, RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication. It's a
web
> > based information format that provides a convenient way of keeping up to
> > date with the very latest online news via a "feed" of news links. Many
> > mainstream news sources and online publishers (including many British
> > newspapers) provide free RSS news feeds, & one can even go to sites such
as
> > www. feedster. com which offers a searchable index of over 6 million
feeds.
> > Not only is RSS "not going away" but it is growing rapidly across the
> > internet, as an up-to-the-minute news delivery technology, with readers
> > available for almost every operating system, including portable devices.
&
> > at the cutting edge of it is a system called "podcasting" that allows
audio
> > programs to be directly downloaded to MP3 players over the net on an
> > automated basis. It is therefore quite important that there is an
accessible
> > reader program to make RSS directly useful to blind/v i people.
> >>
> >> Which brings me back to Accessible RSS 1.4. This is a convenient and
fully
> > accessible program that is FREE and easy to install, & is a great way to
get
> > started on plugging in to and reading RSS feeds. It comes with a few RSS
> > news feeds pre-configured, including the BBC and The Guardian. & it's
quite
> > easy to add new feeds of your own choice to get the very latest news
from a
> > variety of sources on a whole range of topics. The program loads quicker
> > than most browsers, weighing less than 3 megabytes to download and works
> > well with JAWS, HAL, Windoweyes and Zoomtext.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Once the program is started simply use up/down cursors to browse
> > headlines, and press ENTER on any headline to open the article. And
adding
> > new RSS feeds is about as easy as adding bookmarks to any popular web
> > browser.
> >>
> >> I recommend it!
> >>
> >> Leon Gilbert
> >>
> >> PS: If anyone does download and try it, why not plug in to the
Assistive
> > Technology RSS Feed at ACB Radio, for the latest assistive tech news?
Simply
> > press ALT W then A, name the bookmark, then copy and paste the following
URL
> > into Accessible RSS to do so:-
> >>
> >> http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/xml.php? tablename=news
> >>
> >> If anyone wants help with this program, or some more URL's to great RSS
> > news feeds, please contact me off list, or have a chat with me on
Ventrilo
> > about it.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> UPDATE
> >>
> >> Okay, version 1.4 of this program was proving to be buggy for Windows
XP
> > users. So I contacted the developer Alasdair King, and he's fixed the
bugs
> > and updated it to version 1.5. If anyone has already installed Version
1.4
> > you can overinstall it with version 1.5 and it should solve the problem,
> > twhen you press enter on a headline it should launch the pertaining
article.
> >>
> >> When it works this program is very good indeed! & the download link for
> > the new version is below. All the best - Leon
> >>
> >> http://www.webbie.org.uk/download/AccessibleRSSInstaller.exe
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> The Accessible Friends Network website is at http://www.tafn.org.uk
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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website
> > is at http://www.tafn.org.uk
> >>
> >> TAFN is a group of blind/v i friends, helping each other and any other
> > blind/v i people via the internet with access technology and computer
> > issues. Our members may also have other disabilities and any sighted
members
> > who are related to them, or have specialist technical skills relating to
the
> > purposes of the group are welcome.
> >>
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> >>
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> >>
> >>
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