•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