[access-uk] Re: iPod shuffle ready to go?

  • From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 13:42:56 +0100

Steve,

So you're saying the IPOD you have is completely workable for a blind
person?  Now we could be interested.  . . ..

(Sorry I haven't really followed this thread as, so far as I was aware,
nothing was really good;  so if you're saying it works for you then
please confirm whether this is just to put software onto the IPOD, or
can you choose everything you want to play?  If the latter, how much can
you store and please give full details of the IPOD

Thank.



-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Steve Nutt
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 11:00 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: iPod shuffle ready to go?


Hi Tris,

I don't think you need the Itunes software, if you get the Ipod Explorer
from Red Chair software.  It makes the Ipod look just like another
drive.

All the best
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
Of Tristram Llewellyn
Sent: 12 April 2005 16:14
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: iPod shuffle ready to go?


Whilst iPod or iPod mini can come up as an external drive the actual way
it stores and organises it's data is quite another bucket of freshly
mixed mud since it is not human friendly.  For this bit you need iTunes
or Anapod to help you do the organisation for you.

I personally take a dislike to iTunes software but on the other hand
cannot deny the ease of use in that it more or less automates the
process of feeding stuff in to synchronising with the iPod.  Anapod can
deal with the iPod but the experience is not so slick.

Regards.

Tristram Llewellyn
Sight and Sound Technology
Technical Support
www.sightandsound.co.uk

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mel Spooner" <mel.spooner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 3:26 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: iPod shuffle ready to go?


Hi,

I was wondering whether it would be possible to connect the Ipod to the
PC without installing the software, and whether it would appear as a
drive in Explorer.  Then files could just be copied over?  I have done
this with a digital camera and wonder if it would work in the same way.

Mel

Mel Spooner
edIT Help Desk
Nottinghamshire County Council
Tel   0115 854 6116
Email mel.spooner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Tyrer, Jonathan
Sent: 11 April 2005 15:44
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] iPod shuffle ready to go?


There are some people who apparently have no sight and who say they can
use and IPod without any problems.  I looked at one of the click wheel
models and think it would be next to impossible to do.

So, the IPod shuffle seems the most suitable alternative.  Designed
without a screen, with a wheel with fixed functions, it seems perfect.
Plus, it's only £99.99 for a 1Gb version.  Shame the accessories are so
bleeding expensive.

The problem with Ipods isn't really the hardware however.  It's the
ITunes software that can cause you the most trouble.  A lot of people
have reported that it is a swine with screen-readers.  In fact, it is
that bad that it won't even work with Apples new screen-reader they are
bundling with the next release of there operating system.

There is however a solution, Anapod explorer from red chair software.
This now supports the IPod shuffle and gives access to the shuffle like
most other devices in Windows Explorer.

Of course, you have to use another method of getting music onto your PC,
but at least you can now get it onto an IPod and look cool!

Jonathan

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