+09: iPod Question: New subscriber John Turley from Glasgow writes: "I am looking for some help concerning the Apple iPod. Less than a year ago I could see the screen. Now I cannot, due to further deterioration in sight. My question is, is there a way that the iPod screen information can be made audible so that it can be accessible to someone like me who has sight loss? I would appreciate any feedback you could provide."
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source: E-Access Bulletin of September 07
Na edição de Outubro do EAccess as respostas fizeram-se sentir e há respostas para o problema.
+09: Sound Advice: There have been several responses to John Turley's request for help accessing his Apple iPod.
He wanted to know if on-screen information could be made audible.
Rich Caloggero, Accessibility Researcher with the National Center for Accessible Media suggests he should download 'Rockbox': http://www.rockbox.org/
Rich says: "This is "firmware," essentially system software, which you can load onto your player. It makes the menus and controls talk. I haven't got an mp3 player, so have no first hand experience with this, but have heard good things about it."
The Rockbox software will run on a wide range of players including most iPods: a full list is on the home page of its website.
- Akbar Currim from Bombay, India also offered advice on Rockbox including an online talk: "Archives for the Tech Talk training on Rockbox, the open source firmware system that makes many off-the- shelf mp3 players accessible, on podcasting, on Windows Vista and many others are now available. See: http://accessibleworld.org/show.php?contentid=43 ."
And Anna Dresner from the US, an author who has written about media player accessibility was another recommending RockBox, and also writes:
"There is also a program called VoiceBox that finds the files on your player and generates voice clips so that Rockbox can speak file and folder names. The software is still under development, so it's not always as stable as you would wish, but it can be a good option if you don't mind that sort of thing. Check out Brian Hartgen's Portable Players Portal at http://www.hartgen.org for more information."
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