Support and General Use > User Interface and Voice
which ipod for blind person
nls:
Except the h3xx which doesn't have a joystick, but buttons instead. I find it quite easy to feel the buttons through my jeans pocket and skip tracks/change volume/power on/power off without taking the device out. The only bad thing I have to say about it is that it is too large, but if that is not a problem... (it is smaller than the archos devices supported by rockbox).
However it is quite hard to find and probably almost impossible to find new.
Llorean:
While I haven't tested the voice support on the Toshiba Gigabeat, the rest of Rockbox's functionality seems to be very consistent now. Voice functionality should be at the same level it is for all the 'new' players.
For tactile feedback, there is a 'touch-sensitive' cross on the front of the device, but a light touch will not trigger it (at least on mine) so it's very easy to feel where your finger is before putting pressure, and the buttons on the side are just regular buttons.
As well, because USB mode works within Rockbox on the Gigabeat, the experience of using it is more consistent.
And with the iPods, plugging it in (or turning it on) while Hold is on can boot you into the retail firmware, which could cause some difficulty for blind users.
GodEater:
I tried the voice menu system out on my gigabeat yesterday - all seemed to work very well.
I can't seem to make the voice directories work though - although I may have done something screwy when generating the _dirname.talk files...
nlehman:
--- Quote from: GodEater on February 03, 2007, 11:04:19 AM ---I tried the voice menu system out on my gigabeat yesterday - all seemed to work very well.
I can't seem to make the voice directories work though - although I may have done something screwy when generating the _dirname.talk files...
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Great news! Should I worry about the voice directories?
GodEater:
--- Quote from: nlehman on February 03, 2007, 08:16:02 PM ---Great news! Should I worry about the voice directories?
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I'm not sure - I noticed a similar problem with my H140 a while back after using Voicebox (the .vbs script that someone wrote to automatically generate the _dirname.talk files across the filesystem) but since I'm not blind - it wasn't a show stopper for me.
I'll play with it a bit today and see if I can make it work properly - and then get back to you.
EDIT
[glowing with embarassment]They weren't working because I hadn't turned the feature on[/glowing with embarassment]
So - ahem - to recap - voice works absolutely fine on the gigabeat. And it's a very well polished and fine player in all other regards. It craps all over the iPod in terms of battery life and performance - and IMHO would make a fine DAP for your customers. Just make sure you get either F or X series - the S isn't supported.
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