[Electronics-Talk] Accessible MP3 Player

Fri Nov 23 04:02:14 UTC 2018

I'm not familiar with the MP3 player being discussed here, but I had a 
tiny unit from Creative Labs that had no display and only buttons. I 
remember you could also skip from folder to folder, so if you had your 
music organized by albums or even artist and then albums, you could skip 
around fairly quickly. Obviously, once you get to tens of thousands of 
songs this won't be efficient, but it's the exact same interface a 
sighted person would have, so I would say this makes it accessible. I 
also remember the iPod Shuffle, which also had no display. None of these 
MP3 players were marketed to the blind, and as I said above, since we 
had the exact same interface any sighted person would have used then I 
think it does make it accessible although maybe not efficient for a 
blind or a sighted user.

On 11/22/18 9:30 PM, Christopher Gilland via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> No, I didn't misunderstand, but you said that unit was accessible. I'm 
> just not sure how when you have over 35,000 mp3's on a micro SD card, 
> it could be considered accessible, when you can't browse for the song 
> your looking for with any type of method more than hitting buttons for 
> next and previous songs. If I hit play at song 15, and need to get to 
> song 2900, do you have any clue how long that would take hititng next 
> next next next next next next next next next next, ahim, you get the 
> idea.
>
>
> I appreciate the info. Don't misinterpret what I'm saying. I'm just 
> trying to understand how this is being classified as accessible, so I 
> can better see your logic. Is it because of the fact it has physical 
> push buttons and not a touch screen?
>
>
> Chris.
>
>
>
> On 11/21/2018 11:44 AM, Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>>
>> I think you misunderstood.  The MP3 player I mentioned is a 
>> non-talking, no frills, cheapo model that a number of merchants sell 
>> on EBay for about $1. These units can only handle micro SD cards up 
>> to 8gb.  Someone else mentioned the talking MP3 player with Drop Box 
>> that Laz sells on his Accessible Electronics site, but I am not 
>> familiar with this unit, although I think the largest capacity SD 
>> card it can handle is 64 gb.  Maybe Laz can chime in and provide 
>> additional information. I am not aware of any accessible MP3 players 
>> that can accommodate 128 gb micro SD cards.
>>
>> Gerald
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Gilland via 
>> Electronics-Talk
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 10:51 AM
>> To: Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk
>> Cc: Christopher Gilland
>> Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] Accessible MP3 Player
>>
>> Gerald,
>>
>>
>> I have a micro SD card with almost 100GB of music. This amounts to just
>> over about 35 to 40 thousand songs, as the card is a 128GB. So yeah,
>> it's almost completely full. Anyway, will this player allow you to
>> browse by artist, song, or album? Also, you say it's accessible. How's
>> the speech in it? Is it pretty natural sounding?
>>
>>
>> Chris.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/21/2018 07:15 AM, Gerald Levy via Electronics-Talk wrote:
>>>
>>> If you can live without shuffle or random play mode, you can pick up 
>>> a totally accessible MP3 player on EBay forabout a buck.  No 
>>> kidding.  I have four of them.  It is about the size of a matchbook, 
>>> and has only a large, round play/stop button surrounded by a 
>>> concentric ring for up/down volume and left/right skip.  The right 
>>> side has a slide on/off swich and a 3.5 headphone jack.  The left 
>>> side has a port for connecting a micro USB cable and a slot for a 
>>> micro SD card,which you must buy separately for about $4. Of course, 
>>> you supply your own earbuds or headphones.  And it runs on a 
>>> rechargeable lithium ion battery whichprovides about 4 hours of 
>>> playing time.  If you absolutely must have shuffle mode, you will 
>>> have to pay much more for an accessible MP3 player with this 
>>> feature.  Below, is a link to one such MP3 player on EBay:
>>>
>>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-7-Colors-Mirror-Clip-USB-Digital-Mp3-Music-Player-Support-8GB-SD-TF-Card/382635468749?epid=8014445496&hash=item5916d9e7cd:g:3DYAAOSwcT5b8Qqj:rk:3:pf:0 
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Gerald
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Nicole Torcolini via Electronics-Talk
>>> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2018 9:43 PM
>>> To: electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
>>> Cc: Nicole Torcolini
>>> Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Accessible MP3 Player
>>>
>>>            I have a Victor Stream, but I don't use any of the functions
>>> other than the MP3 player. What is a good accessible MP3 player? It 
>>> must be
>>> able to play from a USB thumb drive and have a shuffle/random mode. 
>>> Other
>>> than that, it does not need to be able to do anything else.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Nicole
>>>
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