FreeLists / blindipod / [blindipod] Re: new to the list, and questions

["Scott Erichsen" <pianoman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

ITunes works with JAWS scripts available from TandT-consultancy.
www.tandt-consultancy.com

The IPod shuffle is accessible meaning, it is useable by a blind person, but 
it does not speak.
It has only one control so to speak, it's a wheel that you press different 
parts of it. E.G. the top to play a track, the bottom to stop left and right 
go through a track. etc.

The best player I'd highly recommend if you want voice feedback and folder 
navigation is the IRiver H340 player.
If you use rockbox on it, it will speak file and folder names and will speak 
the menues. Installing rockbox is not for the faint hearted, but it is 
manageable and if you want pretty my full access to a player then get the 
IRiver H340.
GOod luck.
Anyone who would like to add more? or have I answered accurately enough for 
you?
Cheers,
Scott
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "shermeen khan" <khan3450@xxxxxx>
To: <blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 6:10 PM
Subject: [blindipod] new to the list, and questions


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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