Hi Nicky.
Sounds like you went to the wrong place to look at an iPhone grins. I
suggest going to your nearest Apple store. I hear they are very helpful
and will even let you play with one. Some even understand VoiceOver and
how to enable it at least. So try that if you are going down the
iPhone/iPod route. As for me I was shown how to use the device in very
basic English through a Skype call. Since I understood it I went ahead
and got myself the Touch without even seeing one in store.
As far as media players and iTunes, only the iPhone/iPod supports iTunes
directly. If you are going down the MP3 player route, you could convert
your audio to mP3 through iTunes then copy the MP3s to your player.
Just some thoughts.
Chat soon.
Chris Hallsworth
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On 11/06/2011 07:53, Nik wrote:
Hi everyone
thank you for all your help so far
there is alot of good advice
B.J. made a good point re the downloading of songs from itunes - i'd
like to be able to do that, so if i like a certain song, i can just
download it, rather than buying complete albums or CD singles
i wanted to get an ifone once - but was treated with such patronising
tones when i went to curries - i'm very reluctant to go anywhere - as no
one seems to be able to let you just have a go - unless you buy it first
may someone tell me more about the milestone and zenstone?
will they work with itunes and audible
also, is there a piece of software you can buy that allows jaws to use
itunes?
thanks again - from nicki
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Ibrahim Gucukoglu <mailto:ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx>
*To:* access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Saturday, June 11, 2011 4:57 AM
*Subject:* [access-uk] Re: new member with a question
Hi Nicki.
From what you’re describing to us, your presumably used to a push
button rather than a touchscreen experience? If that is the case and
you still want to stick to pushing buttons, you can choose from a
number of devices which will allow you to store and play music and
audible books. I suggest you look at the portable devices the RNIB
have to offer, which include the Milestone and Book sense, both
specialist devices which incorporate many features for music lovers
and book lovers alike. The Book sense is the best of the bunch at
the moment but it comes with a hefty price tag, while the milestone
is a simpler, smaller and more dedicated device for playing music.
If you want to consider an Apple device as some have suggested,
you’ll need to familiarise yourself with a touchscreen interface as
all Apple devices now operate this way.
All the best, Ibrahim.
*From:* Nik <mailto:nickic1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Friday, June 10, 2011 6:01 PM
*To:* access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [access-uk] new member with a question
hi everyone
i joined this list as i think it's going to be the best way to get a
question answered about accessible mp3 players/ipods
I'm off to Australia for 6 weeks in September - and would like to
take alot of music and cd's with me
i currently have 2 olympuses - which i can download audible books on
to - but as yet, have not fathomed out how to put cd's on them
i had an ipod - but its broken - so now i'm hoping to get an
accessible mp3 player/ipod or similar that will hold alot of cd's
and songs approximately 500 plus songs
can anyone advise me on the easiest thing to buy - i am really not
good at learning new technology - i did work out how to do things
with olympus and audible - but only through following the braille
instructions laboriously
thanks in anticipation
from nicki
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