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["shermeen khan" <khan3450@xxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

My name's Shermeen, and my boyfriend recommended that I join this list as I 
have some questions pertaining to the accessibility of ipods and other media 
players (for the record, why can't it be called an mp3 player? or is that 
apple's term only?).
I fear that the questions I'm about to ask have probably been asked before, so 
if you'd rather reply to me personally instead of clogging the list, please 
feel free to do so (khan3450@xxxxxx). And I apologize if this is going to sound 
repetitive.
1. I visitted the rockbox website, but unfortunately didn't find much 
information about the accessibility for blind people using ipods. So, are any 
apple ipods currently accessible to the blind? and by accessible, I mean is 
there a voice interface that allows us to navigate/create folders etc?
2. If so, which versions of the ipod are currently accessible?
3. Are there any other media players that you've found to be more accessible 
than the ipod with rockbox or related software? I'm looking for something at 
least 4 gb in size(the bigger the better!). If so, what have you found to work?
4. I haven't found that Itunes is very Jaws-friendly--what other third-party 
software have you found works for you? ideally, I'd like to be able to view the 
songs already on my player so that I don't download (or upload? LOL) the same 
song twice.
LOL I think that's about it for now. Thanks in advance for answering, and 
please feel free to e-mail me off-list to avoid too much list traffic.
Take care,
-Sherm~
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being 
perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.
-Anna Quindlen
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