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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: Alternative UI for blind users?RE: Alternative UI for blind users?
From: John covici <covici_at_ccs.covici.com>
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 19:55:40 -0400 Sounds like a great idea to me -- I don't have one of those yet, but I think that would get me to buy one. on Tuesday 05/09/2006 Rick Alfaro(rick.alfaro_at_comcast.net) wrote > I think that is a fabulous idea you have there if it is at all doable. > > > > > > > --Best regards, > > --Rick Alfaro > --rick.alfaro_at_comcast.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se [mailto:rockbox-bounces_at_cool.haxx.se] On > Behalf Of Aman Singer > Sent: Sunday, May 07, 2006 8:50 PM > To: 'Rockbox' > Subject: Alternative UI for blind users? > > Hi, all. > I don't know how difficult this would be to implement. I don't > imagine it would be that hard, as it wouldn't require new drivers/codecs, > but it might be difficult all the same. What I've been having some trouble > with is using the Ipod's wheel as a blind person. I sometimes find myself > overshooting my target and being forced to retreat. I know others have > suggested a click every time the selection is moved, and this sounds like a > good idea. However, I was thinking we could, if possible, have a mode > invoked by pressing a few buttons simultaneously. In this mode, the wheel > would be disabled, and the buttons on the wheel would act as they did on the > Archos recorders. The down button would move down through directories and > menus. The up button would do the opposite. The right button would act as a > select/play button and the left button would act as a back button. The round > button in the middle of the wheel could be left as it is. The menu could be > accessed by holding one button for a time or by the use of two buttons > together, as could other generally used functions. To avoid people asking > "why doesn't my wheel work?", a message could come up every time the wheel > was used "you are in wheel-disabled mode. To return to normal mode press > [whatever the buttons you need to press may be]". > This would have several distinct advantages for blind users, users > who's motor coordination isn't the best, users with MS or some other disease > that hampers feeling in the fingers, users who are using the Ipod through a > thin case or, generally, users who want forceful feedback to selection > requests. The wheel would be eliminated from the equation, which would make > all such uses easier, at least for new users. In the same way, brushing the > wheel, which I've done once or twice, won't be a problem and won't change > the selection. Do any of the developers think this would be doable and > desirable? > Aman > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici covici_at_ccs.covici.comReceived on 2006-05-10 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |