FreeLists / blindipod / [blindipod] Re: recommendations regarding accessibility of specific ipods.

["Brian Giles" <briangiles7@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Nano might be your best bet as far as current iPods go.  The 30GB which I 
have, and 60GB 5th generation iPods no longer have the option to hear the 
clicker through the headphones.  Apple made it so you can either have it 
play on the iPod itself, or turn it off.  That makes it really hard to use 
my iPod in certain places, like on some busses where it is really hard to 
hear the clicking.  From an accessibility standpoint, I'd say track down a 
4th generation 20GB/40GB iPod if you need a hard drive based one.

Brian


> From: "Ron" <ron.mcewan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: <blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [blindipod] Re: recommendations regarding accessibility of 
> specific ipods.  Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 05:31:28 -0600
>
> Any of the other Ipods use the same interface.  So whichever one you 
> purchase will work the same best I can tell.
>
> I have bought the 1gb nano.  I fgind it mostly accessible after some 
> customization which I needed sighted help from.
>
> All Ipods have a nice feature that makes moving through the menus rather 
> easy, you can turn on a click sound.  This click sounds whenever you move 
> from item to item.
>
> You can also customize what items appear on the mainmenu.  I have taken 
> many of them off and added the audible book selection.
>
> Overall, I find the nano quite usable.  I wish I had know about the click 
> feature a year ago or so and I would have purchased one then.
>
> I did have a shuffle which died and almost bought a creative labs unit 
> until I played with my son's Ipod.
>
> Ron
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Susana Maroder
>   To: blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 5:11 AM
>   Subject: [blindipod] recommendations regarding accessibility of specific 
> ipods.
>
>
>   I used Jaws as my screen reader.  I currently own an Ipod shuffle, which 
> I like, because it is quite accessible to blind users.  However, I am 
> looking to purchase an Ipod with considerably more memory, as the Shuffle's 
> memory, is too small for my needs.  I would therefore like to ask list 
> members, for recommendations on what would be the best Ipod to buy, taking 
> into account accessibility concerns, as well as my need for a larger 
> harddrive.
>
>
>
>   Thanks a million!
>
>
>
>   Susana Maroder
>
>   sleepyhead@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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