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Sony ICF-SW12S Compact travel World Band Receiver
Sony (
07 July, 2003 )
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Just what I was looking for  |
As I travel a lot and like to listen to world service I was looking for a small portable radio, with a built in alarm clock but which also received short wave. Thats easier said than done as radios seem to have gone out of fashion and everyone seems to sell gadgets with too many features. This radio fitted my requirements perfectly, its lightweight, tiny, folds in 2 so is more resistant to falling on the floor, has a little snooze light so you can check the time in the dark and gets excellent short wave reception. You dont even have to change the time as you tell it the time zone and the time adujsts automatically. What I really liked is that everything is manual, no annoying electronic features that take you 4 hours reading the manual. The sound quality is also very good for such a small device and certainly sufficent for world service, though probably not for someone who really wants to focus on music. I bought this for a studying holiday in Rome and it really served its purpose of allowing me to listen to the local radio and foreign stations, it now travels with me everywhere. The only negative point I can think of is that the noise of the alarm is very irritating but then perhaps its supposed to be.
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It works! |
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Purely speculative purchase. Normally I rely on magazine reviews, but for this price I thought Id take a chance, not really expecting much. However its a terrific program. Works exactly as described. Couple of features worthy of special mention. Firstly you dont have to enter every character on the keyboard, the program makes a guess based on the characters you do give it. Secondly you can edit every aspect of each letter which means you can get it just right (no pun intended), or indeed improve your own handwriting.
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Nifty program for creating a font from your handwriting |
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Impressive piece of software. Installed quickly in Windows ME. First step is to print out some templates on your printer, and then handwrite out each letter of the alphabet one at a time. Next step is to scan the templates in - and the program automatically creates a font of the letters you have written. Some letters then need minor adjustment (up, down, larger, smaller). This is pretty straightforward to do. Net result: almost immediately, I had a font that let me type an alarmingly accurate copy of my handwriting.
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