which audio players do you have in mind?
Real player winamp and windowsmedia player are all perfectly usable with
screenreaders.
depending on the format of the audio file and whether it is streamed or a
single file the student may find it easier to download the file and play it
back in the player of his/her choice. obviously if it's streamed audio this
isn't an option.
personally I prefer winamp (i use it with jaws) but that's not to say it's
any better than the other options.

Adrian Higginbotham,
SURFACE
Salford University, Research Focus on AcCessible Environments.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Chapin" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 7:04 PM
Subject: Audio player


> I'm working with a blind student who's trying to take a language course
that
> involves listening to audio files from a web site.  The audio players and
> browser audio plug-ins that I know all assume you're using a mouse to hit
> control buttons.  Are these accessible from the keyboard or is there a
> particular player we should be loading?
>
> Paul Chapin
> Curricular Computing Specialist
> Amherst College
>