[jaws-uk] Re: Accessible mp3 players
- From: "Scott Wood" <scott.wood@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:42:10 -0000
Hi tristram
When you say Macintosh are you meaning the computer desktop thingy, coz if
you are, then OS10 (known as Tiger) is perfectly accessible as they have
introduced a built in screen reader which by all accounts is very good and
extremely responsive as it is the operating system and not a bolt on like
Jaws.
My wife is talking about getting a Mac and I am very interested in seeing
how it works for me. Ultimately, this has to be the way to go, where the
screen reader is an integral part of the OS and not a piece of software that
is squeezed in. I'd be interested to hear what others might think.
Regards ... Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tristram Llewellyn" <tris-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 9:26 AM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Accessible mp3 players
Thank your lucky stars you are not using a Macintosh at the moment where
currently access is still (to my knowledge) non existant at any price. The
only other
alternative PC wise is Anapod from Red Chair Software but you will still be
spending a similar amount of cash, the current Anapod apppears to have
support for the Shuffle and the Nano.
Regards.
Tristram Llewellyn
Sight and Sound Technology
Technical Support
www.sightandsound.co.uk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Graham Page" <gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 1:08 AM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Accessible mp3 players
not strictly jaws related this one but accessibility of the software is.
With many mp3 players you just put the player into the USB port and it is
seen as another disk drive, no problem.
but I do not know of any way of accessing I-Tunes that comes with the IPod
Shuffle unless you are prepared to pay £30 extra for Brian Hartgen's
scripts.
I know he has to make money and I do not criticise him for charging for
them. Never the less, I don't like the idea of having to buy a screenreader
and then still having to pay more than everyone else just to access an mp3
player. I am not sure if you do absolutely need to use I-tunes or whether
there is a free alternative.
Cheers
Graham.
Graham Page
Mobile: 07753 607980
Fax: 0870 706 2773
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----- Original Message -----
From: Barbara Wilson
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 1:51 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: Accessible mp3 players
Tom
I have just been wondering that myself. Returned one last week because it
proved not very accessible. I have ordered an Apple Shuffle iPod Shuffle
from Amazon. It is rather like those little memory sticks and works the same
way. However, it is only 512 mb in memory size and holds around 120 songs.
Perhaps they will make ones with larger memories in the future. It will do
me however if it is accessible. I ordered it because unlike most others, it
does not have a screen and apparently can be used without even looking at
the thing. It is a fairly basic one I think, play, pause, stop, forward and
back and can be set to play tracks in order or randomly by the slide of a
switch, hence the name "Shuffle." There is no radio or any of the fancy bits
you get with other players, but I think if you just want accessible music on
the go it sounds perfect. Has been dispatched by Amazon today and should
arrive in the next couple of days, so I will post a message on here and let
Members know
how I get on.
Barbara
-----Original Message-----
From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of TOM REID
Sent: 09 January 2006 10:17
To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jaws-uk] Accessible mp3 players
Subject says it all. Any good ones for somebody with no sight?
Tom
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