Category: accessible Devices
Hey all. I was wondering, does anyone know of an mp3 player that can be easily used easily by blind people? I am hoping to get one for my birthday but do not know what type would be best for me as a blind person.
Regards, Kebab.
I use an Ipod Photo. Great player, although it's been replaced with the Ipod video, which has the same accessibility curve.
i want one also
Any of the iriver flashed based ones work well, and I'm pretty sure the iriver hard disk ones are also accessible.
Unless you'd rather avoid iPods altogether, which some people do, I highly recommend the iPod shuffle. Not a huge amount of storage, but it's tiny and so easy to use. No screen, very simple controls. Really only suitable for music files.
There is one that creative labs makes that is really good too, you might have to get used to the menu, but once that is memorized, you should be fine.
Hey, well, i came across this brilliant web site called www.nextup.com, it does like all sorts of mp3 players, also cd players which have like real sound alike voices, they call it txt aloud, i think it rocks and i really think if any of u guys are thinking about getting mp3 players to check this web site out, it's amazing!!
good luck!
I have a Muvo which I believe is also from Creative Labs. It's very small and only uses a few buttons to navigate from song to song. The only drawback is hat you don't have as much space for music as you might on an ipod, but I really don't mind. Also, many notetakers such as the Braille Note and Pac Mate offer built-in media players that play mp3 files among other things. You can put the files directly on the device or play them off a compact flash card or some other type of storage card. I use my Braille Note to play the music I use for my radio show.
No, this one is not a muvo. This one I saw from creative has a 30gig hard drive in it, way more than any IPod, but yeah, it is pretty nice.
If you want a real, mainstream MP3 player, check out Iriver. I use the iRiver IFP 899. It holds 1G, but it comes with the bells and whistles (Good FM radio, outstanding voice recorder.) It's around 150 US dollars. Now, you can also get larger mp3 players that hold much more music. They use the same software, the Iriver transfer software. The program works well with jaws. I can upload songs using this program...it reads the screen like it would read a menue list. You can also use Windows media player to sink songs to it. All in all, you won't have any accessibility problems...the player itself is real easy to navigate with three buttons on the side and a large "wheel" on the main flat screen. I really like the radio and voice recorder...great stuff.
Not a #$@%ing iPod Nano, that's for sure *grin*.
Na! Nanos are way too small. I've got the 20GB iPod, which you can't get anymore. It's been replaced with the 30GB, but I'd really like the new 60GB iPod with video. I was very unimpressed with the shuffle, btw. It can't hold near enough songs!
I hear that some Archos Jukeboxes, (not sure how small they are though), can be made accessible. the website for the software is www.rockbox.org. If these things are small, and if I can find a local place that sells them or where I can order by mail, I'm thinking of getting one, and the software from Rockbox is free.
The one by creative that I like alot is called the Nomad jukebox, and it's hard drive holds up to 60gb of music.
WEll, the problem with hard drive based players is that they are a lot more sensitive, the hard drives could crash,they are more sensitive to heat/cold, to any shock to the device etc. Flash based player are, in my mind, the way to go and why in the world .. when you go travel, do you need 60gb, you got that at home on the computer and well f4gb players hold aproximately 800 to 1000 songs (assuming an mp3 is 4mb which is reasonable assuming 1mb/minute .. at 128 or 160kbps it's not an unreasonable estimate). What I look for in an mp3 player is portability, being able to wear that mp3 player around your neck, on your arm or in your pocket rather than dragging bulky cds or players around, the nano e.g. is amazingly small and bsically would fit in your wallet, which I think is amazing, I like the Shuffle, I take it when I go to work out and it is perfect for that.
cheers
-B
I have a book courier and an iriver ifp-795. The book courier is nice because it has speech, so it speaks the menus and such. Plus, in addition to mp3s, you can use it for audible books, and text files. The iriver is also easy to use, once you learn to navigate it's menus. I don't use it as much for listening, I mainly use it for portable recording when doing my podcast.
Does anyone have any info on the iriver h320?
hey what's flash referr to in the mp3 players?
Okay guys. I just bought an Iriver h320, and I love it. It's awesome! I can navigate it pretty easily and so far, everything seems to be going well. If you have any questions, private message me or find me online. This thing is awesome! I'm serious!
Hey everyone! I got a Nanopod when it first came out, and it is wickid small!! I need something that has big buttons and is easy to navagate. I might have to look into the Iriver. My friend has one, and is constently sending me files... :) What's the difference between the Irivers? (like some of you are posting like the Iriver 521). What's the difference?
Thanks for the recomendations!
:)
-Amber
The I River and the Arkows line of players are accessible with the rock box software. Also, you can use windows explorer to drag and drop files and view what's currently loaded into your player etc. They are a bit pricey though...
I have an iriver h120, and with the rockbox software it's very accessible. I love it. unfortunately they don't make them anymnore, so the only place youcan get them is on ebay or online, but if you can find one for a reasonable price it's an awesome player if you put rockbox on it.
I would get the Muvo mp3 player.
Question for guitargod(keep crankin those SteelyDan tunes) Do you know if the rockbox softwaer will work on the iriver h10 5gp unit? Thanks.
ok. rdfreak, the difference between the hard disc based players and the flash based ones is taht the hard disc ones have a hard drive in them, and are good for listeing to music and holding data. The flash based ones like the iriver t 10 which is what i use, do not have a hard drive and store their data on a little chip inside the unit, thus iliminating the hard drive noise, but resulting in very limited number of songs that you can put on them. My iriver holds 1 gb of songs, and other things. I don't have ery many osngs, because I use the voice recorder on it, which works great, though its all through theinternal microphone. If you want, I can send you a file to proove it. look at my profile. Anyway, I used to have a few hard drive based players, and they all crashed on me, so I got an i f p 800 but the track adjusting wheele or knob broke on it, so then I got the iriver t10 and i've gotta say that once you remember the menu, its pretty easy to use. Even though its flash based, its a lot more durible, and to some sited people looks like a lighter. lol. its about the size of one to. lol. Anyway, if any of you get an iriver t10, I can show you how to use it.
what else of mp3 players i can use for rock box software? instead of those that have stated here? thanks