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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. penis? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    that's what i'm talking 'bout...

  2. You insensitive Claud! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm deaf!

    1. Re:You insensitive Claud! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Don't be a jerk, you could always see iTunes just fine. What next a guy in a wheelchair mad cause an armless guy is given the ability to type. "Word is accessible to armless people, but I can't walk you insensitive claud." Jesus, do you want your own parking space near the front of every store too?

  3. Yeah but what about by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    itunes for the deaf?

    And then there's the apple tax I have to pay on speaker and optical 7.1 audio I don't need. Apple forces me to buy them rather than making it an option.

    Down with apple!

  4. Re:iPod Nano speaks navigation and song titles too by eln · · Score: -1, Troll

    So with the larger text on the iPod Nano you get like, what, 1 letter on the screen at a time?

  5. Indeed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It has come to my aattention, slashdot writer, that you are a gay homosexual. This is true to a 50% degree of certainty or maybe you are a straight heterosexual. In any case, whatever.

  6. SUCK ON A SHIT COATED DICK by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Macs... they are for homos.