[vicsireland] Re: didgetal radios
- From: "Sandberg, Robert" <robert.sandberg@xxxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 15:28:51 +0100
Hi Susan!
I have the Pure Sonus 1XT, which has a very pleasant speech output. It's a very
good radio made for the bed´room. I say that because of a couple of its
features.
It does work in the Republic. However, it does not have a Text To Speech
synthesizer. It can only speak the station names available in the UK. Here in
the Republic,, or anywhere else, it spells the station's name, I.E. l y r i c f
m. I can only receive R T é stations. The clock is set automatically via the
radio signal. It has to be said, that the clock signal in the Republic for some
reason is a Minute late. The other day I overslept, because the signal
apparently had been deactivated all together. I couldn't get a station nor the
time. This was a temporary glitch, but you may want to rely on an extra alarm
clock if punctuality counts in your job.
The radio itself is easy to handle and fully accessible. It has 2 alarms which
can be set for week days or weekends. It has an optical output for recording
which I haven't tried yet and it has a data input for software updates. So
perhaps when DAB is taken more serious over here, it will be possible to
download local station names to it.
As for the bedroom, I didn't say that because of the sticker that came with it,
saying "Touch my handle to hear me talk". A sticker that now adorns my office
desk.
Yes, a brief touching of the metal handle will tell you the time and 2 brief
taps will tell you the alarm settings. The reason I said it's made for the
bedroom is that the speech output is very low and soft. It's more like a gentle
murmur. Also the sleep mode slowly fades out the sound, so as not to rouse you
from your slumber by switching it off abruptly.
Cheers,
Robbie
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[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Susan Curry
Sent: Freitag, 16. Februar 2007 16:25
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] didgetal radios
hi folks
does any one know of any blind friendly didgetal radios?
susan
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