[access-uk] Re: Olympus DS-50 Voice Recorder / MP3 player
- From: "Andy Logue" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:57:14 -0000
Hi Kevin.
I agree with you totally. This is a big step forward in accessibility, even
if the Olympus team took a short-cut. Perhaps if it sells in significant
numbers, they will listen to users and develop further the accessibility
element of the device. I'd also like to see it come down in price a bit as
£250 is a bit beyond most vip people who are currently trying to find work
or are undertaking a college course.
Best wishes.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Cussick" <kevin.cussick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 5:55 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Olympus DS-50 Voice Recorder / MP3 player
>I don't have one of the said devices but I heard a review by Michel Lang.
>
> The only thing I will say that they did not make all the menus speak it
> would have been just as easy to make all menus talk I would have thought!!
>
> But I think it's a step in the right direction.
>
> I don't see why blind people should not complain if something is not right
> after all you played good money if manufacturers don't get feedback from
> their users there will not be any improvements. all the best.
> --
> Kevin Cussick
> E-Mail: kevin.cussick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Skype: mm0tmg
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sandra Henshall" <oceania@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 5:12 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Olympus DS-50 Voice Recorder / MP3 player
>
>
> I feel I must join Andy in defence of the Olympus DS50 here. I purchased
> one from Hagger Electronics and am more than satisfied with it. The unit
> is
> about 95 per cent accessible, which is good enough for me. I've also
> purchased a pair of BSM9 binaural microphones and am getting good quality
> recordings. It's easy to convert files from WMA to MP3. As usual, we've
> been ripped off here in Britain on the price but then what's new? I've
> also
> used the recorder as an MP3 player for film sound tracks and audio books
> and
> have no axe to grind with the quality of the playback. It's small and
> inconspicuous when taken outdoors and I think Olympus should be commended
> for making the effort to give us some sort of accessibility. I do wish
> people didn't always look for perfection; it doesn't exist. It seems to
> me
> that whatever a company tries to do to make their products usable by blind
> people, there will always be folks who are just never satisfied. The
> Olympus does exactly what I want and, like Andy, I have no regrets about
> buying one.
>
> Cheers,
> Sandra.
>
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