Audio Players for the Vision Impared?

Panz asks: "Over Easter my 86 year-old grandmother asked my parents to help her buy a CD player. Normally, there would just be a technology barrier to overcome. Unfortunately, my grandmother has macular degeneration which prevents her from using traditional consumer electronics. What, if any, low-vision friendly CD/MP3/audio players are available? Is there such a thing on the market?" What CD/MP3 players have interfaces suitable for people who have less-than-stellar eyesight? Features that would be nice to have would be backlit displays, and larger than normal text displays.

Comments

Archos / Rockbox

[ibbey]

The Archos Jukebox Recorder with the Rockbox open-source replacement firmware has several features designed for blind. I haven't used them, so I can't comment, but you might try posting a question on the rockbox list for further details.

DVD player

[cybermace5]

Most DVD players these days will play just about anything, including MP3 CDs and audio CDs. They are also very inexpensive, and tend to have more or less readable large displays, given the fact that they work on a TV.

Remotes

[hswerdfe]

any thng that works with a good remote.

Remotes are Amazing...they are designed so you don't have to look at them you can feel the buttons. and know where to press.

except the pesky EJECT button....which is missing from most remotes.

other than that simple sugestion I am usless to you.

Consider a talking-book player

[Andy_R]

If this is a degenerative condition, you might want to consider products aimed primarily at the blind or partially sighted, such as a talking book player - in Britain these can be bought from the Royal National Institute for the Blind here:http://onlineshop.rnib.org.uk/display_product .asp?prodid=2169