Completely untrue. The touch wheel is *very* easy for a blind person to use. Just more mis-information floating out there in the ether. *wink*
On 21 Dec 2005 at 7:04, ntommy wrote: > But all the ipods that are sold on stores near my town have the damn > touchsensor, which makes it very hard to use the ipod for a blind > user... > > Tom > > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Per > conto di Draconis Entertainment > Inviato: mercoledì 21 dicembre 2005 0.51 > A: [email protected] > Oggetto: Re: audyssey: OT Accessible I Pods > > > Contrary to popular belief, iPods are quite useable by blind users. I > am totally blind and > have no problems using my 40GB iPod. You have to be willing to learn a > couple simple > menus, and that's all. I highly recommend them if you are not opposed > to learning the > menu layout. Every menu item can be set to click as you select it, so > it is a snap to browse > through the options if you know how far to go. iPod is the #1 way I > listen to music, and it > saddens me that so many blind people tend to believe that, since it has > a screen, they can't > use it. If you're too lazy to memorize the menus, or can't for whatever > reason, then that is > one thing...but there is *no* reason that a blind person *cannot* use > the iPod. > > On 20 Dec 2005 at 15:45, Vapour Wiseblood wrote: > > > You're basically stuc with the 1 gb shuffle, as far as I know. > > Unless > > you're planning on buying stuff from ITunes or Audible, don't waste > your > > money. There are plenty of other mp3 players out there. > > > > -Vapour > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "El Eloh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 6:01 PM > > Subject: audyssey: OT Accessible I Pods > > > > > > > Hello, it's almost that time, ya know the big X-Mas and since there > > > isn't > > > really a game I want this year but that new Star Wars game from USA > Games, > > > that isn't out yet I'm going to treat myself to a ipod, does anyone > have > > > or know of one that is accessible? any suggestions? Thanks > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to leave send a blank Email to: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > You can contact the list owners/moderators by Emailing > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > to go nomail send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > change "nomail" to "normal" to resume messages. > > > Yahoo! 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