hi Carol - thanks for the thought. I did indeed take the 2 pair of headphones I use regularly, and that are good quality. I know what you mean about how they can vary in power, that's why I didn't leave it to chance -
Andy----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Pearson" <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 9:38 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: My experience with the Touch at the Apple store
Andy, I've also found that headphones vary quite a lot in their volume output and how they interact with the various equipment we choose to use them with, so it may be a good idea to take along a selection of the ones you use so that you can test out this way, if you didn't already do this.In addition, there's a small megaphone I gather available and I saw this was a really ridiculous price but worked for many people with hearing difficulties, but I can't for the life of me remember quite where I saw it. It may have been an accessory, or even an app from the store; I'm sorry to be a bit vague about this but know I saw something along those lines.-- Carol P ---- Original Message ---- From: "ANDY COLLINS" <Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 6:40 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: My experience with the Touch at the Apple storeHi Jackie - Do you still have an N82 around anywhere? If so, and it's not too cheeky, I'd really be keen to hear if the same track played on both it and the touch really did pack out more umph on the Touch? When I was in the Apple store, you know how it is, I was trying to have hands on, but the assistant, who was pretty good really, also kept fiddling, and it might just be that between us, we were preventing us hearing the full power of a music track because voice over was also kicking in and out as he was fiddling with it, and that action may well have just affected the VO volume without achieving the max volume for music. Thanks for the offer of your article on a docking station, I'd love to read it, I always appreciate what you have to say, and your experiences. Thanks - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jackie Cairns" <jackie.cairnsplace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 5:33 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: My experience with the Touch at the Apple storeHi Andy Obviously I can't comment on your hearing experience with the iPod Touch. But I would say that it leaves the N82, N86 and anything else I've heard on a mobile for dead. Again though I'm coming from a hearing perspective I do appreciate that. I never wanted an iPhone, so when I got an iPod Touch, Ithought: "Oh my God, how am I going to use this thing". Now, I just love it, and am so enthusiastic about blindpeople using it that I would urge anyone thinking about it to seriously consider making the move. I'vedownloaded quite a lot of apps for mine now, most of which are accessible. Ithink it's an exciting world out there that, till now, we've been unable to tap into. I can tell you that the docking-station I bought for my Nano last year also fits my iPod, and it really does have some clout! I wrote about it in Access IT last autumn, but if you are interested, I could send you it off list as you can adjust bass and treble, and VoiceOver is awesome through it as well as music. Glad you had some hands-on, and hope you decide to go for it if you can. Kind Regards, Jackie Cairns J&M Work-Ability jandm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.work-ability.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ANDY COLLINS Sent: 14 February 2011 16:20 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] My experience with the Touch at the Apple store Hi Debbie and all - Spent some time in my Apple store in Exeter today. My experience with the IPod Touch was varied, bear in mind that sometimes I use hearing aids, and sometimes not, and that my hearing loss is in the higher frequencies. I found the female voice on the touch to be rather thin and tinny in sound, not sure if the tone can be changed, and in quite a noisy environment such as the store, it was quite difficult to hear using my hearing aids. When I tried headphones [I had taken along a pair of in-ear Sennheisers, and another pair of over the ear noisecancelling headphones] I found the voice was clear enough [no hearing aid for this test] but wasdisappointed by the level of music volume for both pairs of headphones, it was ok, but given that my hearing loss is in the high end, I need additional volume to fully appreciate those frequencies, and I like music loud anyway, to get fully absorbed in it. I noticed that the voice over voice did appear to be capable of greater volume than was available for music, and have wondered since getting home, if this could have been because I tried to increase the music volume while voice over was still talking, and thus increased the latter and not the former. This makes my finding inconclusive. What I would say is, that I think if the Touch was put through another system, say a docking system, or home stereo, or even headphones with individual volume control, then there will be enough umph, but maybe by themselves, just with standard headphones, they may well pack less of a punch, but like I said, the voice over was definitely loud and clear enough for me through headphones. I didn't try the ones that come with the Touch, as I find included headphones are usually inferior things anyway, so wanted my own pretty good quality ones. For those familiar with the N82 mobile, I'd say that voice over and music on the Touch, is similar in power to TALKS and music on the N82. For those that haven't had hands on, the Touch is very thin and flat, but bigger than I expected, being larger than the average mobile phones. While there, I took a quick look at the Iphone too, and have to say I didn't really like the feel of it in the hand, this is largerstill than the Touch, and heavier too than many modern mobiles. I didn't feelit felt very natural holding it to the era because of it's broadness in width. In terms of build, it felt like a backwards step to me, basically a rectangular frame around a piece of glass, that felt a bit too long, and a bit too wide in the hand when used as a phone, probably fine for texting etc. All just my opinion and experience today, and not meant to encourage or dissuade. Hope it helps in some way - Andy No virus found in this incoming message. 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