Hi,
This is Ren� from Switzerland - I called technical support some minutes ago
and we agreed that I should send this suggestion by email.

I am a totally blind user of the Squeezebox and I'm generally very happy
with it.
Still, I was wondering if there would be any possibility of making the
device a bit more accessible to people without sight.

The most difficult part is the squeezebox's configuration. The problem here
is that in most cases the user does not get any audible feedback on if a
certain operation was successful or not.
Also, there seems to be not always a way of placing the focus on the most
top item of a menu (this seems to work fine once one is connected to a
server though).

Suggestions:
The MOST AWESOME thing that could be done would of course be to make the
Squeezebox talk. One could the just plug in the headphones and the squeezbox
would play small audio files, asking for the requied information and
repeating the data entered by the user. For example, the Squeezebox could
play a file saying "Choose Wireless Network" and then spell the SSID of the
currently selected WLAN. The downside of this would probably be the memory
used for the audio file; on the other hand, since one can compare an MP3
file quite a bit and one could limit the messages to a minimal amount of
info, this might not be such big of a problem.

Another suggestion would at least be to add short sounds / tones to indicate
if something went OK or not. For example, after typing in the name of my
WLAN (SSID), a low tone could indicate that something went wrong (SSID not
found, access dennied or whatever), while a high tone would confirm success.

There would be one more possible solution which I would love to see being
implemented, but don't know if it would be possible at all. It would be the
total configuration over a web interface.
I have this possibility with the VOIP Phone I use.
It means that as soon as the dvice is connected to the network, one can type
in its IP Address and have access to all possible configuration settings. In
the case of my VOIP Phone for example, I can (after logging in with Username
and password) even access the WLAN Settings, change SSID encryption ey etc
and then click the "Apply and restart" button.
This allows me, with some limitations but still, to configure the phone for
the next WLAN I am getting access to. When I am there and then return home,
I just have to re-edit the settings to prepare the phone for my home WLAN.
This is of course not the best solution either, but it would up to a certain
point give me more independence operating and move around with my
Squeezebox.

I might come up with other suggestions but I will stop for now.
I would really appreciate if you could discuss the issue in the developer's
team and I would appreciate even more if we could put any of these plans
into action.

Again: I do love the Squeezebox. There has been awesome work being done
creating and maintaining it - thanks a lot!