[nabs-l] question on Ipods

Wed Dec 28 19:43:52 UTC 2011

So it's like the iPod Touch or iPhone.  My Nano is a 5th 
generation.

Chris

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: Ignasi Cambra <ignasicambra at gmail.com
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<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:32:52 +0100
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] question on Ipods

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

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 28, 2011, at 8:22 PM, Chris Nusbaum 
<dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com> wrote:

 Hi Ashley,

 Here are some answers to your questions:

 * Memory Space: That Shuffle must be pretty old! The newer 
iPod's come in a lot bigger sizes; I have a 8 GB Nano.  There are 
16 gig models too.

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

 * Nano and touch stcreens: I have a Nano, and it is a 
combination of a touch screen and buttons.  However, you can't 
really tell that they are buttons at first because they're not 
very raised, so it looks like a touch screen.  To fix this 
problem, I put Wiki sticks on each button to raise them, and had 
a sighted person help me learn which button did what.  I then 
used the clock-face technique to learn it.  On the Nano, the 
button at: 12 o'clock is the "go forward" button (to go forward a 
track in an album or go to the next song in a playlist, genius 
mix, or when the iPod is in shuffle mode,) 3 o'clock is the 
play/pause button, 6 o'clock is the go back button, and 9 o'clock 
is the menu button (to go to the previous menu.) The button in 
the middle of the circle where all the buttons are is the "OK" or 
"select" button.  If you are hearing a song and you want to know 
the title and artist of the song that is playing, just hit the 
center button and VoiceOver will tell you.  You may have to do 
this twice.  And if you shake the device, it will shuffle the 
songs; this is the "shake to shuffle" feature.  The only time you 
will need to use a touchscreen-like gesture is when you are in a 
menu.  Just a little flick (1 finger) forward will move you to 
the next item in the menu; a flick back will move you to the 
previous item in the menu.  When you get to the item you want, 
hit the center button.

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

 Chris

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real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that 
exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and 
opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical 
nuisance."
 -- Kenneth Jernigan (President, National Federation of the 
Blind, 1968-1986

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

 ----- Original Message -----
 From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
 To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
 Date sent: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:57:32 -0500
 Subject: [nabs-l] question on Ipods

 Hi all,

 What are your experiences with Ipods? Are all now built in with 
that talking speech voice over? I have a small ipod shuffle that 
was a present to me a few years ago.
 What memory sizes do Ipod shuffles come in now? Mine is only 1 
gig, which I
€™m discovering is not big enough!
 I
€™m not interested in a touch screen device because I think it 
would be too easy to press the wrong thing.  Are any ipods screen 
based but not a touch screen? I thought the ipod nano was a touch 
screen, but not sure.

 Anyone used an ipod for books or movies? What is the navigation 
ability with them? By chapter?
 I might get an ipod again  with a bigger memory capacity and 
wondered my options.  I like the shuffle because its small and 
simple to use; few buttons.  So I might stick with that.

 Thanks.
 Ashley
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