Mastodawn

My dad is partially sighted with poor motor control. He likes audiobooks but every player I tried had tiny buttons and too many screens.

I’ve now made this one. Two screens, big controls, high contrast.

When I want to send him a new book, I just text him a link — he taps it and the book appears in his library.

It always comes back to the last book he was playing, ready to play again.

The settings are configurable via a link too.

This is very much made for my exact specific needs with him, but it’s open source and free if it helps anyone else.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/easy-audiobook/id6761441597

https://github.com/griches/EasyAudioBook

#iOS
#Accessibility
#Audiobooks
#OpenSource
#AI

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OV Dragonman 18h ago

@gary_bbgames Are you in the US? Are you familiar with National Library Services (NLS) program? It is a FREE program setup to provide players, specially designed for people who cannot otherwise read a book and has the most extensive Library of materials. It is available through agencies in every state. I used to work at one of their branches. https://www.loc.gov/nls

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Gary 16h ago

@ov_dragonman I’m in the UK. We have a similar service but nothing that ticks every single box for him. Along with not being able to see, he has a very short attention span now, or they can’t be administered remotely. I only see him once a month, so being able to do the technical side as well as putting on book for him remotely is a must.

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OV Dragonman

@gary_bbgames Given what you said, I am very glad you are there to help. Although I do no need the service myself, I am very worried that our despot who would be king will shut down the NLS program as what he considers a waste of money. He will try to use that money to continue to try and capture all the world's oil. I only hope all those "hemberders" and diet coke take their toll on him . . . SOON!