Rockbox used to help blind Israelis rock out
My friend Lihi, in addition to being a talented singer and music educator, has severe visual impairment. She has a serious love of music and is always excited to share her findings. While she uses assistive magnification software to use her computer, there is no way that most portable electronic devices can display anything at the sizes she requires. With this in mind, I was very excited to discover that she bought a portable media device from the Israeli Center for the Blind (מרכז לעיוור בישראל) which will read her the names of songs so she can browse her music collection.
The kicker is that she bought a custom iAudio X5 which runs Rockbox! How cool is that? Eat your heart out, proprietary manufacturers! Free software sets everyone free, especially those who need freedom the most.
It’s very nice to see Rockbox being able to help people enjoy their music! It’s sad that most manufacturers don’t think of people with disabilities when designing their players.
Free software *does* help set everyone free!
Hello
If you know someone that can help we build our own Free/Open Digital audio player/recorder, please leave a message and join our efforts on:
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/RockboxPlayer
Thank you.