Bug 12306 – Audible feedback during menu navigation to enhance usability for blind people

Bug 12306 - Audible feedback during menu navigation to enhance usability for blind people

Summary:

Audible feedback during menu navigation to enhance usability for blind people

Status:	NEW

Product:	SB Boom
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	UI
Version:	unspecified
Platform:	All All

Importance:	-- minor with 2 votes (vote)
Target Milestone:	8.1.0
Assigned To:	Felix Mueller

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Reported:	2009-06-08 12:32 UTC by John Wiesenmueller
Modified:	2009-06-13 10:20 UTC (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Description John Wiesenmueller 2009-06-08 12:32:01 UTC

Is it possible to give some audible feedback during menu navigation on a Boom? Bug 4240 notes that the SB2/3 cannot produce any sound (excl. test tone). Would it be possible with the Boom hardware? Every simple click or buzz sound as a feedback of an entered command (keypress) could already help visually impaired to navigate in the complex menu structure we already have.

The discussion came up with new blind Boom users:

http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63422

Comment 1 James Richardson 2009-06-08 12:37:07 UTC

SqueezeOS products have this feature, I don't know if IP3K can or not.

Comment 2 John Wiesenmueller 2009-06-13 10:20:37 UTC

I do not have a controller available, but I've tried the Squeezplay to simulate and it "sounds" good. Different sounds if you can move forward/backward or not. This sounds would be a great enhancement for the Boom.

Just to note, I'm not visually impaired, a blind forum member asked me to file this enhancement request.