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Software Update Makes iTunes Accessible To Blind Users

Posted by timothy on from the rockbox-already-has-voice-guidance-note dept.

rickthewizkid writes "Recent updates to the iTunes software allow blind users to access the program without assistance. From the article: 'The new software — which transforms the written information on an iTunes-linked computer screen into speech or Braille — stemmed from an agreement between Apple, the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer company, the National Federation of the Blind and Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley.'" It's not just the actual iTunes app, though; the article notes that this update makes iTunes U useable as well.

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  1. The MUTE button!? by Speare · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did they add the Dock Menu's MUTE option back into the thing? Seriously, WTF did they remove the mute option in a recent update? I'm playin' my tunes or watching a video, I don't want to go find and PAUSE it, I just want to kill the sound for a sec. while I listen to something else briefly.

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  2. FAIL: Timothy knows nothing about usabilty by gnugnugnu · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    First lesson of usability, learn how to spell it.
    Usability.
    Usable.

    Sure useable is in the dictionary but so is dumbass.