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What is the best YouTube player for the blind? (self.Blind)

submitted by turbotub

Hi there, I have a newly blind relative, who said today that the one thing they miss is YouTube! I mean they are a huge music fan so I wanted to ask, who is the best solution for that, a voice controlled YouTube device, whose only purpose is to access YouTube.

I was thinking an iPhone on the wifi network? or the Google version of Alexa?

Thanks a lot

celticfang 1 points 4y ago

I'm gonna be insanely specific here....but I use youtube-viewer and mps-youtube on a Linux machine. I'll add gtk-youtube-viewer to the mix. All work fantastically well and are cross platform for PCs, IIRC they work on Mac/Windows/Linux out of the box and youtube-viewer/mps-youtube are 110% accessible due to being solely text based. Of course, there's drawbacks, but......

HDMILex 1 points 4y ago

Apple Music.

Or Spotify. Both fully accessible (although Spotify's going to shit these days)

KillerLag 1 points 4y ago

Iphone or iPad on wifi should be sufficient. But they would have to learn the basics of how to use VoiceOver and such.

turbotub [OP] 1 points 4y ago

Ok. Any idea if an old generation iphone would do this? Don't wanna spend majorly if possible. thank you sir.

KillerLag 1 points 4y ago

Older iPhone should work, although it depends how old. The newer ones have a more powerful processor and such.

funkymollusk 1 points 4y ago

Definitely an iPhone or iPad, using the included VoiceOver. Your relative should have access to one of these anyway for general internet access and the great accessibility of iOS.

turbotub [OP] 1 points 4y ago

Ok. Any idea if an old generation iphone would do this? Don't wanna spend majorly if possible. thank you sir.

funkymollusk 1 points 4y ago

At this point I wouldn’t get anything older than a 6S/6S+. Maybe a 7/7+ if you’re willing to spend a little more. iPhones before that had 1gb of RAM (6S and newer have 2+), and RAM matters more if VoiceOver is running.
iPads can be cheaper. In that case the iPad Air 2, iPad mini 4, or anything newer is still worth using with VoiceOver.

Laser_Lens_4 1 points 4y ago

Do they have a smartphone? Enable Talkback on Android or voiceover on iOS. They're both easy to learn.
If you want integration with a voice assistant or smart speaker than you want a device like a Chromecast connected to a receiver that can pull just the audio. the Google home hub has a screen built-in though I'm not sure how the accessibility stacks up on smart speakers with screens.

turbotub [OP] 1 points 4y ago

> voiceover on iOS

is it possible to control youtube using voice commands? Like, "Search Eagles greatest hits" etc?

Laser_Lens_4 1 points 4y ago

No. Best you can do is Voice Search. if you want full voice control than you'll need to look at one of the smart speaker options from Google

turbotub [OP] 1 points 4y ago

oh damn, like chromecast and all that hoo-haa?

tj_the_blind_gamer 1 points 4y ago

turbotub [OP] 1 points 4y ago

I will investigate your work!

ObservingFromSafety 1 points 4y ago

u/tj_the_blind_gamer is really an inspiration over on r/CODZombies

Sorry I only read the title, but I'd feel bad taking down this comment. Maybe your relative would enjoy hearing TJ and how he overcomes his lack of site to achieve inconceivable feats.

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