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["shermeen khan" <khan3450@xxxxxx>]

I'm in canada, and have looked for the Iriver h340 at Future Shop, but it 
doesn't seem as though they have it. Does anyone know where I might find one?
I'm so excited about actually being able to use it!!
-Shermeen~

-----Original Message-----
From: "kevin cussick" <mm0tmg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:27:31 +0100
Subject: [blindipod] Re: IRiver's WAS-new to the list, and questions

Hi Tracy,

You can still get the Iriver 320 and 340 at the moment advanced mp3 players 
still do them as far as I'm aware.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spring.flower" <spring.flower@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 1:31 PM
Subject: [blindipod] Re: IRiver's WAS-new to the list, and questions


> haven't all of the IRiver's been discontinued now? the ones that take 
> Rockbox any how?
>
> Tracey
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Scott Erichsen" <pianoman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:27 AM
> Subject: [blindipod] Re: new to the list, and questions
>
>
>> 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.
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