tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545834.post113207705583023108..comments2023-06-20T06:46:10.521-05:00Comments on Be the Best You Can Be: iPods for visually impaired usersJGFhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580785981874040314noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8545834.post-1141711960550820172006-03-07T00:12:00.000-06:002006-03-07T00:12:00.000-06:00I wish I had found you when I was desperately tryi...I wish I had found you when I was desperately trying to hack an iPod for my 95-year old sight-impaired Grandma so that I could get podcasts, music and other diversions to her in her last days.<BR/><BR/>I shouted out for ideas, too, even going as far as writing to Apple asking them whether they had suggestions for the sight impaired. <BR/><BR/>Ultimately I ended up adding voice tags to each audio file so that she could use the click wheel to navigate one by one, listening for voice tags to decide what to listen to. That idea came from one of Adam Curry's Daily source code podasts. Somewhat kludgy, but nevertheless effective.<BR/><BR/>Sadly, it was about 10 days after I came up with that workaround that she passed away, but at least she had something to occupy her amazing and formidable mind in those last days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com