MP3 Players - rockbox
•Rockbox – an open source firmware for some MP3 Players
–Works on many archos, Iriver, Apple Ipods and IAudio players
–Currently in development – not stable on some platforms
–Does not yet work on new generation 80GB Ipods or 8Gb IPod Nannos
•This is a mainstream alternative firmware
•It provides some accessibility because of
–Talking menus in the options screens
–Talking files and folders via audio clips
–Configurable interface – colours/fonts/sizes etc.
•A limitation
–Does not have full TTS capability – requires “talk” clips to speak file and directory names
•PodZilla – porting Linux to the Ipods
–Potential to include flite and have TTS capability