[bksvol-discuss] Re: ot accessible iPods
- From: Natalia Sulca <youngbeautyqueen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 16:15:39 -0400
Rockbox is a jukebox you install on your iPod to make it accessible. It comes
with a voice so a blind person can know what they are doing. It is free. You
can find it at www.rockbox.org. I have an iPod, but I don’t use it simply
because I’m too lazy to install it, haha. My friends that use it have no
problem with it however. Except if you use iTunes, iTunes hides your music
files, so you won’t be able to find them with rockbox at first. Yet there is a
solution to that in the manual somewhere. I’m just happy putting my iPod on
shuffle. It’s like listening to the radio always a surprise! I have a bookport
too, which I only use for books. I have nearly 30 gigs of music, and it would
cost lots of money to buy flash cards with that much space. I’m content with my
iPod.
Nati
Now Reading Club Dead by Charlaine Harris
> Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:00:47 -0700
> From: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ot accessible iPods
>
> Just curious though, what is rockbox for anyway? I have had my
> bookport since 2005, and it plays mp3 and audio books so I've been
> told, and bookshare digital and brf versions of books. It has an alarm
> clock like feature, but still it is ok, every once in a great while
> mine freezes up on me though but other than that, it is ok, especially
> if you're used to hearing synthetic speech, isn't it double talk or
> something?
>
> On 6/9/08, Chela Robles wrote:
>> I have the BookPort from APH, and it is ok, I did find some querks
>> with it just recently though.
>>
>> On 6/9/08, Shelley Rhodes wrote:
>>> I beg to differ about Kurzweil, but that is me, smile.
>>>
>>> I do love the VR Stream and it looks like a truly cool device.
>>>
>>> The Icon is a great little device I have the one from APH, called the
>>> Braille+ which is the same device but with a braille keyboard.
>>>
>>> Several of my students use them as back up notetakers.
>>>
>>> It is great!
>>>
>>> Shelley L. Rhodes M.A., VRT, CTVI
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>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Chris Hofstader"
>>> To:
>>> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 7:49 AM
>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ot accessible iPods
>>>
>>>
>>> I think the Vic (Humanware's Victor Reader Stream) is a profoundly better
>>> solution than any mainstream device with adaptive software added on. To
>>> those of you who have followed my Blind Confidential blog
>>> (http://www.blindconfidential.blogspot.com) since we started two and a
>>> half
>>> years ago, you will have read my numerous rants against "blind guy ghetto"
>>> products and my near total endorsement of adaptive technology on
>>> off-the-shelf hardware. Even while working for FS, I would recommend JAWS
>>> plus Fine Reader or OmniPage instead of OpenBook or K1000 as I feel
>>> strongly
>>> that the economies of scale cause the mainstream products to provide much
>>> more bang for the buck.
>>>
>>> Then came Vic. This little device is hardly larger than a deck of Poker
>>> playing cards and weighs only a few ounces. It has a tremendously
>>> intuitive UI and plays virtually every file format that I find interesting
>>> with very good fidelity. It is only $325, which places it around the
>>> middle
>>> of the line on Apple iPod hardware and doesn't require installing any
>>> hacked
>>> software (I think RockBox is really cool but Humanware technical support
>>> and
>>> other things that come with the Vic are more useful than trying to revive
>>> Apple hardware/firmware when an update comes out.
>>>
>>> I've heard the iCon, a GNU/Linux based notetaker designed for use by
>>> people
>>> with vision impairment, is also very cool but I've never touched one in
>>> real
>>> life and can't say anything first hand about it.
>>>
>>> The Apple iPod is certainly slick and trendy but my sighted wife says that
>>> the Vic is pretty cool looking as well.
>>>
>>> Enjoy,
>>> Cdh
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Riddle
>>> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 1:14 AM
>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ot accessible ipods
>>>
>>> www.rockbox.org
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "estin"
>>> To: "Bookshare"
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 9:10 PM
>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] ot accessible ipods
>>>
>>>
>>>> Just a quick off topic question: What can blind people use for an
>>>> accessible ipod? How much did it cost and how were you able to use it?
>>>> Thanks Estin
>>>> It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid then to open it
>>>> and
>>>
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