[nabs-l] question on Ipods

Chris Nusbaum dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Wed Dec 28 21:09:04 UTC 2011 

In=20which=20generation=20of=20the=20Nano=20did=20they=20start=20that?=20I=
=20thought=20
the=205th=20generation=20was=20the=20last=20new=20Nano=20version.

Chris

Merry=20Christmas=20and=20a=20happy=20and=20prosperous=20new=20year!

"The=20real=20problem=20of=20blindness=20is=20not=20the=20loss=20of=20eyesi=
ght.=20=20The=20
real=20problem=20is=20the=20misunderstanding=20and=20lack=20of=20education=
=20that=20
exists.=20=20If=20a=20blind=20person=20has=20the=20proper=20training=20and=
=20
opportunity,=20blindness=20can=20be=20reduced=20to=20a=20mere=20physical=20=

nuisance."
--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan=20(President,=20National=20Federation=20of=20the=20=
Blind,=20
1968-1986

=20The=20I=20C.A.N.=20=20Foundation=20helps=20blind=20and=20visually=20impa=
ired=20youth=20
in=20Maryland=20say=20"I=20can,"=20by=20empowering=20them=20through=20provi=
ding=20
assistive=20technology=20and=20scholarships=20to=20camps=20and=20convention=
s=20
which=20help=20them=20be=20equal=20with=20their=20sighted=20peers.=20=20For=
=20more=20
information=20about=20the=20Foundation=20and=20to=20support=20our=20work,=20=
visit=20
us=20online=20at=20www.icanfoundation.info!

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Ignasi=20Cambra=20<ignasicambra at gmail.com
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Wed,=2028=20Dec=202011=2021:26:34=20+0100
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20question=20on=20Ipods

Yes,=20the=20interface=20has=20been=20made=20to=20look=20and=20feel=20just=
=20like=20iOS,=20
but
the=20screen=20is=20just=201.5=20inches.

Sent=20from=20my=20iPhone

On=20Dec=2028,=202011,=20at=208:47=20PM,=20Chris=20Nusbaum=20
<dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>=20wrote:

=20So=20it's=20like=20the=20iPod=20Touch=20or=20iPhone.=20=20My=20Nano=20is=
=20a=205th=20
generation.

=20Chris

=20Merry=20Christmas=20and=20a=20happy=20and=20prosperous=20new=20year!

=20"The=20real=20problem=20of=20blindness=20is=20not=20the=20loss=20of=20ey=
esight.=20=20The=20
real=20problem=20is=20the=20misunderstanding=20and=20lack=20of=20education=
=20that=20
exists.=20=20If=20a=20blind=20person=20has=20the=20proper=20training=20and=
=20
opportunity,=20blindness=20can=20be=20reduced=20to=20a=20mere=20physical=20=

nuisance."
=20--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan=20(President,=20National=20Federation=20of=20the=
=20
Blind,=201968-1986

=20The=20I=20C.A.N.=20=20Foundation=20helps=20blind=20and=20visually=20impa=
ired=20youth=20
in=20Maryland=20say=20"I=20can,"=20by=20empowering=20them=20through=20provi=
ding=20
assistive=20technology=20and=20scholarships=20to=20camps=20and=20convention=
s=20
which=20help=20them=20be=20equal=20with=20their=20sighted=20peers.=20=20For=
=20more=20
information=20about=20the=20Foundation=20and=20to=20support=20our=20work,=20=
visit=20
us=20online=20at=20www.icanfoundation.info!

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20Ignasi=20Cambra=20<ignasicambra at gmail.com
=20To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20=

<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Date=20sent:=20Wed,=2028=20Dec=202011=2020:32:52=20+0100
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20question=20on=20Ipods

=20I=20don't=20think=20you=20have=20the=20current=20nano=20model,=20which=20=
does=20have=20a=20
real
=20touch=20screen.=20=20Yours=20is=20one=20of=20the=20older=20ones=20with=20=
a=20click=20
wheel.
=20The=20current=20model=20is=20a=20great=20device,=20which=20you=20mostly=
=20operate=20by
=20flicking=20and=20double=20tapping=20when=20using=20VoiceIver.=20=20Go=20=
to=20a=20store=20
and
=20try=20it.

=20Sent=20from=20my=20iPhone

=20On=20Dec=2028,=202011,=20at=208:22=20PM,=20Chris=20Nusbaum=20
<dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>=20wrote:

=20Hi=20Ashley,

=20Here=20are=20some=20answers=20to=20your=20questions:

=20*=20Memory=20Space:=20That=20Shuffle=20must=20be=20pretty=20old!=20The=20=
newer=20
iPod's=20come=20in=20a=20lot=20bigger=20sizes;=20I=20have=20a=208=20GB=20Na=
no.=20=20There=20are=20
16=20gig=20models=20too.

=20*=20VoiceOver:=20All=20iPods=20after=20the=20Classic=20have=20VoiceOver=
=20built=20
in,=20to=20the=20best=20of=20my=20knowledge.=20=20It=20might=20have=20start=
ed=20with=20the=20
1st=20generation=20Nano,=20though;=20I=20can't=20remember.

=20*=20Nano=20and=20touch=20stcreens:=20I=20have=20a=20Nano,=20and=20it=20i=
s=20a=20
combination=20of=20a=20touch=20screen=20and=20buttons.=20=20However,=20you=
=20can't=20
really=20tell=20that=20they=20are=20buttons=20at=20first=20because=20they'r=
e=20not=20
very=20raised,=20so=20it=20looks=20like=20a=20touch=20screen.=20=20To=20fix=
=20this=20
problem,=20I=20put=20Wiki=20sticks=20on=20each=20button=20to=20raise=20them=
,=20and=20had=20
a=20sighted=20person=20help=20me=20learn=20which=20button=20did=20what.=20=
=20I=20then=20
used=20the=20clock-face=20technique=20to=20learn=20it.=20=20On=20the=20Nano=
,=20the=20
button=20at:=2012=20o'clock=20is=20the=20"go=20forward"=20button=20(to=20go=
=20forward=20a=20
track=20in=20an=20album=20or=20go=20to=20the=20next=20song=20in=20a=20playl=
ist,=20genius=20
mix,=20or=20when=20the=20iPod=20is=20in=20shuffle=20mode,)=203=20o'clock=20=
is=20the=20
play/pause=20button,=206=20o'clock=20is=20the=20go=20back=20button,=20and=20=
9=20o'clock=20
is=20the=20menu=20button=20(to=20go=20to=20the=20previous=20menu.)=20The=20=
button=20in=20
the=20middle=20of=20the=20circle=20where=20all=20the=20buttons=20are=20is=20=
the=20"OK"=20or=20
"select"=20button.=20=20If=20you=20are=20hearing=20a=20song=20and=20you=20w=
ant=20to=20know=20
the=20title=20and=20artist=20of=20the=20song=20that=20is=20playing,=20just=
=20hit=20the=20
center=20button=20and=20VoiceOver=20will=20tell=20you.=20=20You=20may=20hav=
e=20to=20do=20
this=20twice.=20=20And=20if=20you=20shake=20the=20device,=20it=20will=20shu=
ffle=20the=20
songs;=20this=20is=20the=20"shake=20to=20shuffle"=20feature.=20=20The=20onl=
y=20time=20you=20
will=20need=20to=20use=20a=20touchscreen-like=20gesture=20is=20when=20you=20=
are=20in=20a=20
menu.=20=20Just=20a=20little=20flick=20(1=20finger)=20forward=20will=20move=
=20you=20to=20
the=20next=20item=20in=20the=20menu;=20a=20flick=20back=20will=20move=20you=
=20to=20the=20
previous=20item=20in=20the=20menu.=20=20When=20you=20get=20to=20the=20item=
=20you=20want,=20
hit=20the=20center=20button.

=20If=20you=20have=20any=20more=20questions=20about=20the=20iPod=20Nano,=20=
please=20let=20
me=20know!=20Hope=20this=20helps!

=20Chris

=20Merry=20Christmas=20and=20a=20happy=20and=20prosperous=20new=20year!

=20"The=20real=20problem=20of=20blindness=20is=20not=20the=20loss=20of=20ey=
esight.=20=20The=20
real=20problem=20is=20the=20misunderstanding=20and=20lack=20of=20education=
=20that=20
exists.=20=20If=20a=20blind=20person=20has=20the=20proper=20training=20and=
=20
opportunity,=20blindness=20can=20be=20reduced=20to=20a=20mere=20physical=20=

nuisance."
=20--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan=20(President,=20National=20Federation=20of=20the=
=20
Blind,=201968-1986

=20The=20I=20C.A.N.=20=20Foundation=20helps=20blind=20and=20visually=20impa=
ired=20youth=20
in=20Maryland=20say=20"I=20can,"=20by=20empowering=20them=20through=20provi=
ding=20
assistive=20technology=20and=20scholarships=20to=20camps=20and=20convention=
s=20
which=20help=20them=20be=20equal=20with=20their=20sighted=20peers.=20=20For=
=20more=20
information=20about=20the=20Foundation=20and=20to=20support=20our=20work,=20=
visit=20
us=20online=20at=20www.icanfoundation.info!

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20"Ashley=20Bramlett"=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net
=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"=
=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Date=20sent:=20Wed,=2028=20Dec=202011=2013:57:32=20-0500
=20Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20question=20on=20Ipods

=20Hi=20all,

=20What=20are=20your=20experiences=20with=20Ipods?=20Are=20all=20now=20buil=
t=20in=20with=20
that=20talking=20speech=20voice=20over?=20I=20have=20a=20small=20ipod=20shu=
ffle=20that=20
was=20a=20present=20to=20me=20a=20few=20years=20ago.
=20What=20memory=20sizes=20do=20Ipod=20shuffles=20come=20in=20now?=20Mine=20=
is=20only=201=20
gig,=20which=20I
=20=80=99m=20discovering=20is=20not=20big=20enough!
=20I
=20=80=99m=20not=20interested=20in=20a=20touch=20screen=20device=20because=
=20I=20think=20it=20
would=20be=20too=20easy=20to=20press=20the=20wrong=20thing.=20=20Are=20any=
=20ipods=20screen=20
based=20but=20not=20a=20touch=20screen?=20I=20thought=20the=20ipod=20nano=20=
was=20a=20touch=20
screen,=20but=20not=20sure.

=20Anyone=20used=20an=20ipod=20for=20books=20or=20movies?=20What=20is=20the=
=20navigation=20
ability=20with=20them?=20By=20chapter?
=20I=20might=20get=20an=20ipod=20again=20=20with=20a=20bigger=20memory=20ca=
pacity=20and=20
wondered=20my=20options.=20=20I=20like=20the=20shuffle=20because=20its=20sm=
all=20and=20
simple=20to=20use;=20few=20buttons.=20=20So=20I=20might=20stick=20with=20th=
at.

=20Thanks.
=20Ashley
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