zuvembi Wrote: > One of my more clueful coworkers was talking to me about the Squeezebox. > He's especially interested in it because of the ability to control a > stereo component via web browser instead of "memorizing a remote" as he > put it. As you might guess from the thread title, he is completely > blind. > > So that's one good feature the Slimserver has as an Accessability > enabler. > > What other base features or plugins are available that might help him? > > I'm especially wondering if anyone has done any text to speech plugins? > i.e. something like Festival being used between tracks to announce the > next song.
I've been using our remote long enough that I frequently control the squeezebox without looking at the remote or the display. A few things that come to mind: - Once you have a playlist queued up, basic controls are just a matter or remembering where ff/rw/pause/vol keys are. One scenario might be to make one really large playlist, then only enable the up/down and "play" buttons. The playlist can then be navigated by remembering the order of the songs and scrolling up or down to get to where you want (no heirarchy requiring visual feedback to browse). - You may want to disable some other keys such as power - one less state you don't want changing without visual feedback (this can be done easily in Slim_Devices_Remote.ir). - I believe there's a plugin that lets you press and hold a number key to call up a predefined playlist. If there isn't then there should be. :) A text-to-speech plugin that plays through the stereo system for navigating and choosing songs doesn't exist yet. However as you say, a text-to-speech-compatible web skin might be the easiest approach. -- seanadams ------------------------------------------------------------------------ seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21318 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
