Category: Geeks r Us
Hi all,
I'm thinking about signing up to have an online subscription to SiriusXm. I'm just wondering how accessible it is with jaws and other screen readers. If anyone has or has had it, could you let me know how accessible it is? Thanks.
When I worked with it for a friend just 2 months ago the online sign up and all were accessible, but not the actual playing of the radio content.
I spoke to a customer service rep about it, and she told me that it was the way it was and would not be changed in the near future.
You can use the radios just fine, just not the online service.
You can check to see if someone has created scripts for it I'd guess.
I recently learned about the XM and other similar radios. My question is, with TuneIn and similar apps, won't those be going away? Or what do they do that TuneIn doesn't?
I'm one of those who compleetely missed the boat on the older technology but just picked things up with the iPhone mainly.
you know that TuneIN has all kinds of stations right? AM/FM and internet too. I wasn't aware that XM stuff was on there too.
The XM radio's that are out there you can only use on the XM platform. That is unless you get something like a cr car radio that is XM r ready, o or a home unit that is the same.
Some receivers they make are XM r ready.
Corse you can also use Roco as th it also has an ap for XM.
Dont think that one is accessible (unoless theres a way r for Roco to speak.)
But my question is, why XM? Why pay for that service? What does that do that all this Internet based stuff doesn't? That is what eludes me.
Just think of it as another option in the world of entertainment.
people like the idea of no camersials in the car, i think that may be a part of it.
XM has specific programming also. Example, if you like Oprah, or maybe you like Baseball, but are not home. XM is satalite, so you can listen to the game anyplace as you drive from any city. That would be handy say if you are a long hall trucker, and traveling on your work day. You are traveling through several cities or radio station areas as a game is playing. You don't want your game dropping in the middle. XM allows that not to happen.
Some auto makers such as General Motors, and Mercedes Beenz give you a year free, and the radio pre installed in your new car, so you want XM.
Maybe you like southern Gospel, or something like this XM might have the exact channel you want. At 8 bucks a month, and as JH says, it just something else available.
There 20-on-20 for instance is a top40 channel that breaks new music and plays music other Mainstream Top40 doesn't.