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Help Blind Grandmother with audiobooks? (self.Blind)
submitted 8y ago by onebnikl
My 92 year old grandma has gone mostly blind, she loved reading and I've tried to get her into audio books and she loves them. The only problem is she often falls asleep lisening to them (on CD) and then can't figure out how to find where she left off. She doesn't remember and can't figure out the technology.
Is there a type of mp3 player, cd player, computer that can be programmed to ask every 10 minutes or so "are you still listening?" and then she would have to hit a button for it to keep playing. That way she only ever has to rewind one short section if she falls asleep listening.
Thanks!
Is there a type of mp3 player, cd player, computer that can be programmed to ask every 10 minutes or so "are you still listening?" and then she would have to hit a button for it to keep playing. That way she only ever has to rewind one short section if she falls asleep listening.
Thanks!
bondolo 6 points
Does she live in the United States? If so she could and should get a player from the Library of Congress National Library Service and play books on that. Their player does have a sleep timer function which will shut off the player if she falls asleep. The third party players which play NLS books generally have sleep timers as well. I know that the BookSense, Victor both have the feature.
I believe the players offered by CNIB in Canada and RNIB in the UK are similar.
I believe the players offered by CNIB in Canada and RNIB in the UK are similar.
Unuhi 3 points
NLS has some different models of players.
Sleep button is perfect, and the adjustable speed is really nice feature too.
Humanaware and a few other blind tech companies have book readers with similar features.
But you can look at a few other simple, cheap options too (as money can be an issue).
A basic portable CD player for those audiobooks she can get from a regular library. Most have short chapters so it won't get that lost even if she falls asleep.
A basic walkman type CD player certainly costs less than a new StreamReader or similar as new.
Or import the audiobooks with itunes to her iphone, ipod, ipad, whatever she uses (again, the nice thing: they don't have to be the newest model of everything just fod books), and play them a chapter at a time.
Sleep button is perfect, and the adjustable speed is really nice feature too.
Humanaware and a few other blind tech companies have book readers with similar features.
But you can look at a few other simple, cheap options too (as money can be an issue).
A basic portable CD player for those audiobooks she can get from a regular library. Most have short chapters so it won't get that lost even if she falls asleep.
A basic walkman type CD player certainly costs less than a new StreamReader or similar as new.
Or import the audiobooks with itunes to her iphone, ipod, ipad, whatever she uses (again, the nice thing: they don't have to be the newest model of everything just fod books), and play them a chapter at a time.
aam22 1 points
http://www.loc.gov/nls/
There is a special player for the blind and visually impaired. In the link you will find the info. Everything is free. They will send you the player and books every week.
There is a special player for the blind and visually impaired. In the link you will find the info. Everything is free. They will send you the player and books every week.
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