[vicsireland] Re: RTE Radio Player
- From: Ciaran Ferry <Ciaran.Ferry@xxxxxx>
- To: "'vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 14:10:53 +0000
Gerry,
Well done on bringing this to the attention of RTé.
Just to let you know - an update to the Radio app appeared on the App store in
recent days which includes tweaks to make it work with the latest version of
Apples IOS operating system. No improvements on the accessibility front
though...
Incidentally ... I just found out that I have been accessing only a small
portion of The RTé News Now app for the past year or so. The only items
accessible to me are the latest top stories. Apparently there are a series of
tabs across the top which list the various categories for which news items are
also available e.g. news, sport, business, entertainment etc.
Another item for you to mention at the next meeting...
The more I see of RTé's products, the more obvious their blatant disregard for
accessibility becomes.
Ciaran
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From: vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerry Ellis
Sent: 29 October 2011 20:47
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] RTE Radio Player
Hi,
As I mentioned previously on this list, I am a member of the RTE Audience
Council. This meets every couple of months and we have an opportunity to meet a
wide variety of RTE staff up to and including the Director General who we met
early in September. We will have a joint meeting with the RTE Board in December.
I have raised the issue of accessibility at every meeting that I attended. I do
not limit this to vision impaired people, but persons with disabilities, older
people and people of limited means. We met on Thursday (Oct. 27th), and I
raised the issue of the inaccessibility of the new Radio Player. I do not
believe that I am breaking any rules on confidentiality to say that I asked the
Council to request RTE to make a statement on the issue. This could then be
circulated to appropriate groups such as the TV Access group. I will not
comment further here until I hear if there is any response to that request. If
a statement is issued I will circulate it via this list.
Take care,
Gerry ellis
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