These days, it's rare to get surprised in a good way when you buy a product. I was hoping for minimal accessibility with the Squeezebox Boom, and I found a product that surpassed all my expectations.
I was afraid the setup would be difficult for my sighted assistant, after I'd read the quickstart guide. He was done in thirty minutes, and I was on Squeezenetwork, independently setting up all my accounts with the Slimdevices partners. Within the hour, I was adding favorites, and listening to music! :-) I wish all web developers would take their cues from the Squeezenetwork site! It is one of the most accessible sites I've ever found, and of special note is the on-site player. I was able to do things with my Slacker and Pandora stations from the Squeezenetwork site, that I've been unable to do from the original sites! Every button is clearly labeled on the player, so that i can control the Boom from my computer, which is something i could not do with the other wifi radio I own. This weekend, I hope to explore the actual player more, and see if it's going to be accessible without the computer. But even if it isn't, I've learned that I can buy a universal remote, and access all my favorite music that way. So either way, this is the best $300 I've spent in a long time. I think it would be very simple and inexpensive to give the Boom even more accessibility features. If I could make suggestions, I would add; 1. the option for click sounds to the scroll wheel 2. speaking menus where the options are consistent (for example, "home" "now playing" etc.) 3. speaking channel numbers I'll let you know how things are going as they develop. But again, thank you to the developers of the Boom for a wonderful product! -- Jena ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jena's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30672 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63422 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
