[nabs-l] question on Ipods
Aubrie Lucas
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Thu Dec 29 04:06:25 UTC 2011
The Sixth Generation. It was released in September of last year.
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It must be. I thought the 5th generation was pretty new, but I guess I was
wrong. What is the latest Nano model?
Chris
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Hi all,
I checked online. The Ipod nano must be a touch screen. Chris, yours with
the touch wheel and buttons must be older.
The description said
Getting where you want to go is simple on iPod nano. The large icons make
scrolling and tapping to get to your favorite music, workout, radio
station, or clock face easy. View icons one at a time, or display four
icons on each screen. And you can change the order of the icons to find
your stuff fast.
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From: Chris Nusbaum
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Good idea.
Chris
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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
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From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
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Date sent: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:41:54 -0500
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Chris,
The way you describe your ipod nano sounds simple. I don't want a touch
screen. So if the newer ipod nanos do that, I'll stick with the shuffle.
You say yours is a fifth generation. I'll see if that is still sold.
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From: Chris Nusbaum
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Hi Ashley,
The Nano keypad is just like the Shuffle then, at least on mine.
Chris
Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year!
"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight. The 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!
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From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
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Date sent: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:29:58 -0500
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Chris,
You must really love music; I'm not sure I need a 8 gb size; maybe four or
six gb would do for me.
Are the buttons on the nano on a keypad? Is it like a phone keypad? On the
shuffle, the buttons are around the circular okay button.
Now that I know you do not have to interact with the screen much and do
gestures, maybe I could learn the nano.
I like the idea of marking it with dots or tape. I've also used the clock
face reference to learn button functions. Yes the ipod shuffle is old.
So next one will be a shuffle or a nano.
Ashley
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From: Chris Nusbaum
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 2:21 PM
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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
Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous new year!
"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight. The 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!
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From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
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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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