[access-uk] Re: Plextalk Pocket and BBC AudioFactory
- From: Shaun O'Connor <capricorn8159@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 23:50:17 +0000
David, I share your viewpoint there and As i have said elsewhere,. this
is part of a wider problem that has been emerging over time, something
that those thus far unaffected have not taken into account and when if
happens to their near and dear it is they who will be screaming blue
murder due to the lack of appropriate resources..
As I see it accessibility in all its forms should be everyone's concern
simply because disability no matter what shape it may take can befall
anyone at any time.
those who are in a position to do anything about this increasing
inequality would do well to think on that.
Having said that not all is doom and gloom, there are people who
genuinely have the right attitude and they should be applauded.
anyway, I must stop here lest I rant on and on ad nausium. (smile).
On 22/02/2015 22:47, David Griffith wrote:
> I have no issue with them abandoning a format as long as the
> replacement stream is of equivalent value. This they have not bothered
> to do as they clearly just want to bully people away from the format.
> Moving on should not leave people behind who do not have an
> alternative technology currently available.
> The delivery of radio by long wave is far more ancient technology but
> there is no restlessness to abandon this as they would not get away
> with it. It is only our minority status which makes their strategy in
> any sense politically acceptable.
> David Griffith
>
> On 22/02/2015 19:50, Steve Nutt wrote:
>> Hi David,
>>
>> They are not just picking on blind people with their specialist devices
>> though. Windows Media streaming is very old if not ancient tech, and
>> they
>> need to move on I guess.
>>
>> All the best
>>
>> Steve
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of
>> David Griffith
>> Sent: 21 February 2015 21:50
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Plextalk Pocket and BBC AudioFactory
>>
>> Yes it is clear that the BBC want to dissuade people from using these
>> streams. Hence their lack of signposting to these alternative streams
>> and the abandonment of online football and Cricket through these
>> streams, compared to the service provided on the previous Windows Media
>> format.
>>
>> Given that these sports feeds are by far the most popular spoken word
>> radio content the BBC broadcast this seriously affects the credibility
>> of these so called replacement streams. The BBC themselves announce the
>> importance of this coverage for viable radio. during the last Ashes the
>> BBC announced that even on the long wave Radio 4 the radio audience
>> listening to the Ashes Cricket dwarfed any other radio 4 content. They
>> announced this on a Feedback program to explain why it was inconceivable
>> that they could accede to some request from Radio 4 listeners for
>> cricket to be removed and only hosted on Five Live Sports Extra.
>> Apparently it is necessary to protect cricket coverage for the Radio 4
>> Long wave audience but perfectly acceptable to remove it for blind folk
>> using specialist devices.
>>
>> David Griffith
>>
>>
>> On 21/02/2015 18:52, Mike Ray wrote:
>>> But as I said in my original post the shoutcast streams will only be
>>> available for about another year.
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>> On 20/02/2015 09:30, Pele West wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> The Plextalk Pocket will play the BBC Shoutcast streams. I downloaded
>>>> them from the Mikesradioworld website.
>>>>
>>>> Please write to me off-list if you need any more information.
>>>>
>>>> Pele West
>>>>
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