Has a blind person used or had any experience with the iRiver T50 or the iRiver T60? If so, how accessible did you find them? From the review posted at http://www.pocketables.net/2007/05/review_iriver_t.html, I read the following, which makes me wonder how accessible these players are. The reference to a joy stick and a GUI, even though they say it's straightforward, give me pause. It does appear that you can just use Windows Explorer to transfer music, but you may have to use the PC software to switch between MTP and UMS mode. That doesn't seem like a big deal, but I wonder if the PC software is accessible with a screen reader or not.
Controls Navigation on both players is primarily handled by a small joystick on the right side of the display The joystick is unrestricted in its movement and easy to use, but it's a bit wobbly. This makes selecting various options tricky because pressing the center of the joystick straight down requires actual precision. You can't just push the center and expect the system to recognize it as an "OK" or "Enter" command. More often than not, tapping the center of the joystick pushes it slightly to the left, which rewinds a track or takes you to the previous menu option. Navigation would be more accurate if the joystick's movements were limited to just four directions (up, down, left, right). Graphical user interface The T50 and T60 are equipped with yet another GUI not found on any other recent iriver DAP (it's the same one used on the older T10). All that nonsense aside, the T50 and T60's GUI is self-explanatory and easy to use. The main menu is colorful and cute, but the rest of the system isn't really anything to look at. It's all very file-tree and Windows Explorer: plain but functional. Transferring content The T50 and T60 can be formatted to support MTP or UMS/MSC for transferring media with or without the use of software. Drag-and-drop via Windows Explorer can be done in either mode, but other differences exist to make choosing between one or the other pretty crucial. Switching between the two modes requires the use of the supplied Cross Updater software and also deletes all of the content, so it's easier to just choose one and stick to it forever. Keep in mind that you need MSC/UMS to: • Use iriver plus 3 • Supposedly playback podcasts (not sure why iriver says this, as most podcasts are in MP3 format) And you need MTP to: • Use Windows Media Player 11 and other music management software • Playback Audible content Michael Lang wrote: > Bruce, you wrote: > > >> Am I to understand that the Zen Stone can only be recharged by way of >> the USB port? If so, doesn't that cause a little inconvenience? >> > > Yes, if you prefer normal batteries, you might checkout the iRiver T50 > and T60. Not quite as cheap as the Stone, but more powerful and not too > expensive either. > > <*** Michael Lang ***> > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- Christopher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
