I have an I pod and I will be the first to tell you that is totally NOT blind friendly. If you are slightly visually impaired, you won't have much luck either. The letters are small and do not have the capability of being enlarged to any degry.
I will also give you a warning about I Tunes. If you buy a song and copy it to a cd, and to your I Pod and you try to copy it again, it won't let you. It only lets you copy it two or three times , then you are out of luck. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dale Leavens Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 10:38 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Looking for better understanding of MP3 players. I am considering the IPod Touch. When ever I think I understand these devices I discover there is something I didn't quite get. Mostly I dislike complication and those learning curves. I just listened to that podcast on the Shuffle, of course she was using a Mac. OK. We don't have access to NLS so at this point at least being able to play their books isn't an issue although some day it may be, I assume the IPod won't play those, Yes/No Can I move things like WW4B magazines onto a Touch and read them as I presently do using the cd and with my Victor Reader? that is can I just push the disk across to the Touch and listen to the MP3s that way? Janet and I sometimes travel, often have long waits in bus, train or air terminals, recently there were 14 hour bus rides. Is it practical or even possible to use more than one Bluetooth headphone or maybe two wired headphones though I don't much like the thought of all that spaghetti. Now batteries. They claim up to 30 hours of listening but much less using Bluetooth. There are additional battery packs I gather, is carrying spares practical? Would I need additional batteries for the Bluetooth devices? Can I change batteries in Bluetooth devices like that? Does one need to use that ITunes software to properly load and manipulate the Touch? I ask because it doesn't sound all that friendly even when used on the Mac and I am not about to buy a Mac. If I buy music from the ITunes store can I put it onto CD for my disk changer as well as my IPod? I am also contemplating the iPhone but truly, the data plans here are outrageous and I can't figure out what sort of data usage I might require. If I understand it correctly the iPhone is really an IPod Touch with a telephone and camera included for another three hundred bucks. Those of you handy people with the appropriate techie handiness are implored to make me understand why or why I might be bothered to figure this stuff out. Remember, I am not that interested in wearing out the seat of my trousers screwing about with the thing to listen to the Black Eyed Peas <GRIN> I am not that sort of handyperson, I am more into hammers and mallets and pry bars. thanks. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
