Does it have radio stations streaming making it true to its name
Or is it just a podcast player? Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 16, 2015, at 12:56 PM, Flor Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > Sent from my iPhone > >> 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 >> For tech tips and updates, >> LIKE www.facebook.com/theblindman12v >> Follow www.twitter.com/theblindman12v >> >>> 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? 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