Hello Mary,
The reason I first went to RSSRadio, is that the Irish national broadcaster,
RTE, on one of its app pages - DocOnOne, (documentaries) - for radio
buffs -recommended it for downloading or listening to their podcasts. Yes,
you can stream them without downloading. This works fine on a very good
connection, of course. It's free, although with advertising. (You can
upgrade it to get rids of ads for about the same price as DownCast.)
It took me a while before I started using RSSRadio, to get used to what it
was telling me in Settings, etc. (It seemd a bit cryptic, if I may put it
thus.) So, in the meantime, I tried out on occasion one or two other podcast
apps, including DownCast, which I still have. I purchased it. I decided
eventually, now that I'm on a new computer and seeing that the wonderful
Juice pod-catcher seems to have had its day, to give my podcast apps a
serious try out, and see how I got on. (There's a setting in RSsRadio to
delete podcasts when listened to.) Mty iPhone 5S is just 16Gb! One of the
things I like about RSSRadio is that you can increase or decrease the speed
gradually, like, 1, 1.2, 1.2, 1.3, etc., etc. - these are givin in
percentage adjustments. The top speed is 2.0, at 100 percent; and when you
add the silence skip feature to that you can end up with a highest speed of
2.5 and/or more. I will point out here, as perhaps I should have done
earlier, that I do have a Braille display; so I can mute the VO speech and
still navigate away and know what I'm doing. Also, I have one podcast set in
DownCast, which app I must load again to play with. It's good, but for me
didn't seem as feature-rich when listening to a podcast as RSSRadio. I was
in touch with the RSsRadio developer, an Englishman, who did test it with
VoiceOver (although he hadn't done so in some time before I contacted him
during the summer).
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Otten
Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 2:40 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Overcast versus downcast
This is the first I ever heard of RSS radio. I just went looking for it on
the app store, but the App Store seems to be having some problems right now.
If you have used this app, and either downcast are overcast, I would be
interested in comparisons and why you think RSS radio is better or worth
looking at. The one thing I don't like about overcast, unless I am missing
something, is that you have to download podcasts in order to listen to them.
Since I have a 32 GB iPhone, which is almost full, this downloading of
podcasts is kind of an issue. I don't want to keep them. I just want to
stream them when I want to hear them and then be done with them. Unlike with
books, where I really do prefer normal speed reading, unless the reader is
really slow, I would appreciate to speed up and cutting out of dead air the
downcast offers. Frankly, I love it when a podcast offers transcript. I can
read them in a fraction of the time it takes to listen to the folks actually
talk. And I get the same information.
Mary
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On Sep 15, 2015, at 8:57 AM, Flor Lynch <[email protected]> wrote:
Has any of you every tried out RSSRadio? It has a lot of good features,
(and is reasonably accessible; totally once you get the hang of it). It
can play files at up to 2.x, and faster with silence skip enabled. It has
some nice graphic equalisation features, including spoken word, vocal
booster, bass, treble, and a number of music settings.
-----Original Message----- From: Feliciano Godoy
Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2015 4:32 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Overcast versus downcast
I prefer the user interface of town cast. I BTW, listen to podcast at a
normal speed.
Regards,
Feliciano
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On Sep 4, 2015, at 6:33 PM, gs <[email protected]> wrote:
I have to say I'm not a huge podcast person. I do like Downcast versus
overcast without too much discussion. Downcast is just more responsive
and feature rich. I have to admit that I didn't know about the 2x vs. 3x
issue. Still, I like Downcast.
On Sep 4, 2015, at 4:14 PM, Woody Anna Dresner <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
I love how good Overcast sounds at fast speeds. The voice boost feature
is good too; on a podcast I listened to recently, the host apologized for
the disparity in volume between himself and whoever he was talking to on
Skype, but I heard no difference thanks to voice boost. As for getting
podcasts into Overcast, I'm pretty sure Downcast has the ability to
export an OPML feed. You can email this to yourself and open the file in
Overcast.
Best,
Anna
On Sep 4, 2015, at 1:20 PM, Merv Keck <[email protected]> wrote:
That has been my experience with both Overcast and downcast as well. The
major advantage with Overcast is the faster speed is better quality.
However, I like the feature set for downcast. I use downcast on my
iPhone exclusively having had exposure to both apps I prefer Downcast.
If I want to take my time and listen to a podcast at normal speed I use
the no frills no thrills basic podcast feature in the apple TV which I
dearly hope they improve with the next generation. The iPhone always
gets my podcasts hours before the apple TV does. Another reason I prefer
downcast.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Cristóbal
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2015 2:05 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Overcast versus downcast
The one advantage I've found with Overcast over Downcast or other
podcasting apps in general is that it can play files at the 3x speed.
Downcast used to be able to do this, but for a while now, once you try
to play something past the 2x speed, the file begins to skip. I've
written the Downcast dev about the skipping issue, but doubt that at
this point it'll ever be addressed.
Other than that, I can't say I'm much of an Overcast fan. There are some
accessibility things I don't like and I find it to be at times sluggish
and limiting. It is true, that Overcast is meant to be a simplified
podcasting app, but I guess I prefer the more detailed settings Downcast
offers.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Jennie Facer
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 10:50 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Overcast versus downcast
Hi all,
I have a couple of questions about the overcast app. I see it is
accessible, but I tried to import my unplayed episodews from Downcast
into Overcast. I followed their instructions but in downcast, there is
no option to import into Overcast. There were a ton of other apps, but
not Overcast. I rebooted my phone thinking maybe it wasn't recognizing
that app. Still no luck.
The other question I ha ve is that is the Overcast app any better than
DownCast or is it just a matter of preference? So far, I like both of
the apps.
Thank you so much!
Jenn and Kumi
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