Hi Dane I'm not complaining. I'm just making the point that the RNIB is not selling the full range of available hardware. I will be getting to grips with the review I'm working on later today and doing the audio version. I'll be demonstrating the machine in basic and advanced mode. But as for network access, currently although the BBC iPlayer is supported by this machine, it is not accessible via speech. Hopefully that will be addressed. You can connect the unit to the Internet, USB or over the air to download firmware updates for it. So it is quite versatile in that respect. But the only external media supported is photos which, for obvious reasons, isn't much good for the visually impaired or, as some call us, the visually disfunctional.
All the same, I don't think it would be fair of me not to point out the negatives as well as the positives. Gordon ------------------------------ This message was sent using 100% recycled electrons; via Gordon's iPhone 4S: +44 7907 823 971 ------------------------------ On 19 May 2012, at 03:47, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote: I've decided to go in a completely different direction here. Firstly I hope those of you who buy this recorder are happy with your purchase and there's no reason why you shouldn't be, sound like good machines and we're jealous! those machines are not available in Australia but all is not lost. I've got one of the "Strong" hard drive recorders which connects to the Home network. No, this doesn't give me full control of the machine but it gives me enough to make the machine quite usable. Firstly I can access the machine's hard drive which gives me endless possabilities, I can use my Netbook to play recorded video for example or set the Fritzbox to stream the files from the recorders drive via its own media server. Second to this the "Strong" recorder is compatible with Australia's ICE TV service which is an interactive TV Guide facility. You can for example browse the guide from your iPhone and schedule a programme to either watch or record. ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
