Hi,
Is there any way we could take advantage of the technology without
putting it in shoes?
On May 27, 2006, at 7:39 AM, Access Curmudgeon wrote:
Last month someone forwarded me a story about how had filed a TTS
patent. My first thought was: Great! Apple is finally get around to
making the iPod work for blind folks!
This isn't the first story I read about this, but it my favorite:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060504-6753.html
Apple files for audio navigation patent, 5/4/2006, by Jeremy Reimer.
Well, a certain blogger had a different take on it:
http://blindconfidential.blogspot.com/2006/05/patently-ridiculous-
apples-ugly-legal.html
I thought the resultant flame wars was mostly just silly. And no one
picked up on the more important (to my mind) aspect that: Hey! Apple
is finally get around to making the iPod work for blind folks!
With this week's story about the hi tech Nike shoes, I am just now
connecting the dots. And I am currently as disappointed with Apple as
I get. This patent is not about adding Rock-Box like features to the
iPod. The patent is about providing one more toy to yuppies with too
much money.
