Hi
Many of you might know Pandora, a service where you can get personalized radio stations. I found this service about a few months ago and I love it.
When I first tried this service I noticed that the website is not accessible. I was a bit angry because i thought that I couldn't use Pandora.
Then I installed the app and, horray! Teh app works well with voiceover although there are some accessibility issues. Then I became aware of a program called "Hope". This makes Pandora competely accessible to blind people.
I found out that "hope" cost money, which, unfortunately, I don't have... so i couldn't purchase the program...
As I looked for an accessible alternative, I found this neat thing called "Pianobar". It is a command-line client and works well with jaws.
That was my little explanation on how a blind person could use pandora.
Pandora itself is a huge service that gives you the ability to create personalized radio stations.
For example:
You create a station where Breaking Benjamin is your main artist. When you play this station, you will hear your selected artist and similar artists. You can influence what's being played by giving a thumbs up or a thumbs down to a long you like or dislike.
What I mostly listen to is my "thumbprint". This station takes all thumb-ups and thumb-downs of all your stations and generates your own musical taste.
Pandora can also create stations based on a song or genre.
I now have over 50 stations. BTW, you can have up to 100 stations.
I'm currently using the free ersion of pandora where you get ads and you can only skip 6 times per hour. The full version "Pandora One" lets you skip unlimited times and it removes ads.
If you have any questions regarding pandora or the programs I mensioned you can post in this thread.
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