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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. What about deaf users? by barfy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I think if they could bring Itunes for the Deaf, that would be rad! (Waving my hands in mime excitement)

  2. Would be way more impressive... by sleeponthemic · · Score: 1, Redundant

    If this update made it accessible to the deaf.

    *ducks*

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    I record my sleeptalking
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