Funny that nearly everyone missed this at Sight Village earlier this
year.
It is a completely accessible internet 'radio' but without the
computer! So, it'll receive streaming audio from stations and
services you select via a nice menu system that breaks things down
into genres and individual services. Bit pricy at around £3.00, but
RNIB and TNs are said to be interested. (It would pay RnIB to
distribute this sort of device at a subsidy, I think, as it obviously
avoids costs of posting out stuff. (No, not just referring to actual
postage costs.)
Seems Americans are interested too, and I believe it has been bought
by an Alaskan organisation.
there is book marking and some fast forward and rewind capability.
Only two things I'd say thus far.
1. No connectivity mentioned to the outside world.
2. No in-built recording facility, though easy enough to go back and
just stream again.
This does seem a much better solution to cassette replacement for TNs
and the like. (People could still send in contributions via whatever
means they want.)
More info.
http://www.solutionsradio.nl/index.php?newlang=english
Soundings magazine download feature:
http://www.soundings.org/select/soundings-webbox.mp3
Cheers,
From Ray
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