SiriusXM Internet Radio
Description of App
Now featuring SiriusXM On Demand! With the SiriusXM Internet Radio App, you can listen to what you want, when you want. In addition to live streaming, the SiriusXM Internet Radio App now allows you to listen On Demand to hundreds of shows, including Howard Stern, Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour, Tom Petty’s Buried Treasure, The Opie & Anthony Show, Martha Stewart, Dr. Laura, Bob Edwards, Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo and much more. You can even store select On Demand content for a period of time, allowing for offline listening anywhere, at anytime. Access requires a SiriusXM Internet Radio subscription.
About This Application
• Stream SiriusXM channels live, including channels available only online
• Get On Demand access to our large catalog of content and listen on your schedule
• Store select talk and entertainment content for a period of time for offline listening anywhere, at anytime
• Pause, Fast Forward and Rewind live radio and On Demand content
• Hear shows from the beginning, even if you've just tuned to that channel, with Start Now
• Track your favorite Shows and receive notifications when new episodes are available
• Automatically hear currently playing songs from the beginning when tuning to music channels with TuneStart
Version
Free or Paid
Compatibility
Device(s) App Was Tested On
Accessibility Comments
There are some unlabel buttons but they are easy to figure out in what they do. Some areas are a bit tricky to navigate. There is a great podcast done on this app and I highly recommend in giving it a listen as it will explain in how to use some of those tricky navigations. Plus, it will help you in what buttons you can label to make this easier to use.
Comments
#1 App has major accessibility issues but there is a workaround.
I've been playing some more with this app, and though it has major issues in terms of accessibility, it is still possible to make it work. The biggest problem
is that after you initially select a channel, you are stuck. There is a button on the bottom of the screen to get back to the category view, but you can't
press it while VO is running. This is very inconvenient, but manageable if you have your triple click set to toggle VO. Turn off VO for a second, try
to find and press the category button without speech. This is actually easier than it sounds. The category button is at the very bottom of the screen,
slightly above and left of the home button. immediately turn Vo back on. If you managed to press the correct button, you will now be on the categories
screen. At this point, you can select a new category and channel. Once you do select a new channel, you'll be stuck again, and will have to repeat the
process if you want a change. Far from ideal, but until we get them to fix things, probably the best we've got.
#2 alternative app
Check out MusicDoc. This is an alternative to the native Sirius XM app, and works well with VO. I sent an email to them, but Sirius XM has yet to reply. For now,, sadly, that's my only advice on getting around this.
#3 version 2.02
This new version still presents the same issues found in previous versions. I have not received any replies to my emails from them, so hopefully making this the campaign of the month will get more people to contact them and rectify the lack of accessibility.
#4 Version 2.2.0
The new update has certainly improved in terms of being more accessible. There are still some unlabel buttons but they are easy to determine what they do. So be sure to relabel them using the new IOS 6 relabeling function. Some of the functionality are still a bit quirky so there will be some things you will need to learn. I highly suggest you in listening to the podcast that has been done for this app. It will show you in what to label and how to use some areas that you may not be aware of. It is a great podcast and I learned a great deal from it.
What's New in Version 2.2.0
• SiriusXM On Demand
• Store select shows for offline listening
• Many other enhancements and fixes