we want an accessible ipod.

Johnnie Apple Seed

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From: "lazzaro" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Accessible iPOd?]


If you want an accessible MP3 playyer, you might want to look at the
BookPort from American Printing House for the Blind, www.aph.org  It's
fully speech accessible, and uses compact flash memory cards, and is
around $300 I believe.


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From: * EASI: Equal Access to Software & Information
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kerri A. Hicks
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2004 9:03 AM
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Subject: FW: [Fwd: Accessible iPOd?]


I asked a friend to pass along your iPod question to someone at Apple,
who replied this morning. Hope this helps.

"When I was working WWDC 2002, I helped out a blind developer and iPod
user. We discussed various ways the iPod could work better for him.

He listened to it on the train going to work. Because the train is a
noisy environment, he had to hold it up to his ear to hear the clicks.
He had memorized the screens. In the most recent iPods, the clicks can
also be heard through the earbuds. One reason this was added was to aid
visually impaired users.

We also discussed several ways the iPod could speak the current
selection. For static selections, like "playlists" and "settings", an
MP3 file with the spoken word in each language could be compiled into
the software.

Songs names and such are harder. The iPod doesn't really have enough
processor power to speak the names in real time. But iTunes could
preprocess the names, artists, etc, and add them as an ID3 tag. I don't
know if this will ever actually happen."



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Subject: Accessible iPOd?
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 18:51:55 -0400
From: Alan Cantor <[log in to unmask]>
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I received this message from a music-loving colleague today... Any
ideas?

> any info you might have on whether the iPod can be adapted or has been

> adapted for blind people? saw one and loved it but thought it would be

> impossible to use. any thoughts?




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