steve if you are soliciting this information you should forward it on to sam if not let him spread the word. chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Pattison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "GUI Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "PC-Audio" <[email protected]>; "vip-l" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2008 11:55 PM Subject: Fwd: Accessible Devices Opportunity To Have Input On The Design ofNewRadio
> If you have any features you'd like included in this radio please make > sure you send your messages to sam at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and not > to me. Thanks, Steve. > > From: "Sam Ward" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: Mike's Mess List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi there folks, > > So often when we buy a portable radio and CD player these days, we > find that we can only use some of the options that are available and the > others require at least some vision to use. > > Well, a friend of mine is in a rather unique position, and here's what > he writes. > > Hi Sam, > > Right now, I'd like to tell you about a couple projects I'm involved in. > > The Best Buy electronics retail chain is teaming up with an electronics > manufacturer to offer a blind-friendly radio. It's just in the planning > stages > right now. I have a contact who is involved in the talks between Best > Buy and the > manufacturer. > > My friend would like to know the top ten things we as blind persons > would > like to see in a radio. The first thing I said was to have a num pad on > the > remote so we could put in a frequency. I'd also like to see a button > that returns > all the menus and mode buttons to some pre-determined default settings > so we > wouldn't get lost in the menus and sub menus. If the unit is going to > have a multi-cd > changer, I'd like it to give an audible signal when the cd tray I select > is empty > rather than automatically finding the next loaded one. > > As you know, I have exactly two blind friends. But you seem to know > quite a few folks, one way or another. Would you mind asking as many > people as you > can what they'd like to see in a blind-friendly radio and then send the > information to me? > > I will pass it along to my friend and we will actually have some say > in the design and features set rather than having the sighted design it > for us, not > knowing at all what we need or what would be helpful. If you're on any > blindness-related lists where the question would be appropriate, feel > free to post the > question there and forward the info to me. > > Regards Steve > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Windows Live Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype: steve1963 > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
