did you build the headphone jack and the touch pad or controls for your home
built mp3 player?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gabriel Vega" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 2:33 AM
Subject: Re: iTunes' Inaccessibility and VoiceOver
no, because i don't own an ipod for that exact reason, so i literally
built
my own, and hook it up to the usb and it comes up as an external dirive
and
I load my mp3's on that way.
Gabe Vega
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
the blind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 2:08 AM
Subject: Re: iTunes' Inaccessibility and VoiceOver
Gabe,
You seem to still miss the entire point and we've discussed this in
the past. Its got nothing to do with the music store or playing mp3s.
No dude, its the point, the principle of the matter. Yes your right
the computer is a tool, my Seeing Eye dog is a tool, but obviously
more and so it goes a computer is a tool and more. There's no reason
why a computer just has to be a tool for productivity, it can also
serve as a source of entertainment and that is certainly what Apple
and Microsoft have been telling us for years. The point of Itunes
being accessible is rather simple. If your going to run around
telling everyone how you can make your apps accessible and you
should, then gee wouldn't it make sense to practice what you priech?
Yes there are plenty of alternatives for playing mp3s, but for those
that wish to have one program to purchase and play music not to
mention putting it on an Ipod, well hey, Itunes is it. Yes, there are
ways around some of the issues, but not for accessing the Itunes
music store and if someone wants to spend their money there, they
should have the right. It would be better to look at it from this
prospective with regard to the music store. Lets say there was a
record shop in your neighborhood (anyone remember those) so lets say
there's this shop and you go to purchase the latest of your favorite
group and no one would help you locate that record. Ok, so sure you
might go somewhere else, but perhaps that somewhere else is way out
of your way, I think my point is you'd feel a bit as though your not
having equal and fair access. Ok, a little stretch, but you get the
idea.
So, the point is its a matter of principle and that's what it really
comes down too. Regardless of development time and so on etc. that's
the issue. Does this make sense?
Scott
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On Sep 22, 2006, at 1:22 AM, Gabriel Vega wrote:
> Dude, are you about to cry because you can't buy a song from the
> ITunes
> music store? I did not buy my computer for music, its a tool, not
> an mp3
> player
> Gabe Vega
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