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Resource For Accessible Media Players Launched.
Vision impaired people wanting to know more about the accessibility issues to take into account when using portable media players such as Apple’s iPod have a new online resource with the launch of the Portable Media Player Portal http://www.hartgen.org/portable.html .
The web site gives an overview of issues such as the cost, functions, and accessibility for mass-market media players like Apple’s iPod family and the iriver products from Korea as well as those purpose- built for vision impaired users, such as the BookPort and BookCourier products.
“Products designed for the seeing market can be accessible because there are products available that make them talk. The specialist products have the advantage of being designed for vision impaired people but they have the drawback of high price and limited storage capacity,” Brian Hartgen, technical consultant at T and T Consultancy told E-Access Bulletin. Typically, specialist products provide four gigabytes of storage compared with the 40 or 60 gigabytes available with mass-market products, he said.
However, the accessibility of the iTunes software has been improved for users of Jaws screen readers with the launch of new scripts from T and T Consultancy, enabling easier navigation around the iTunes system, said Hartgen http://www.tandt-consultancy.com/itunesscripts.html .
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