[senit] simple switch music ...?

We bought some great switch adapted stuff from Barrie Ellis - www.
oneswitch.org.uk - bubble machine, r/c robot, dice and water pistols. 
He also adapts lots of other stuff, playstation controllers etc. 

Anyone here from the Essex schools, I will be demonstrating these at 
our special schools meet at Southview on 12th Dec.

Mandy

----Original Message----
From: sally.millar at ed.ac.uk
Date: 17/11/2007 16:19
To: <ICTSLS at yahoogroups.com>, <sld-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>, 
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Subj: [senit] simple switch music ...?

Following on from the DVD question - but simpler - I expect that many 
like me are frustrated by the fact that nowadays the trusty 
PowerLink does not work with the fancy new CD players or anything 
that has a  'standby' mode   (but only with old fashioned simple tape 
players or other simple devices that are either OFF or ON). 

What solutions have people found for switch users to play music ?  
(I know you can do a lot on computer but I find this is too 
complicated for most homes and busy classroom assistants - apart from 
being an expensive sledge hammer to crack a nut....)
BTW Has anyone tried these?
on http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/cdspecial/ and 
http://www.oatsoft.org/Software/mymediaplayer-mmp

Is it time we started hassling the suppliers to address this issue, 
for our pupils with the most severe and complex support needs?

Also I am frustrated by the fact that the companies  who used to make 
and sell switch adapted toys and devices (like Liberator) have now 
stopped doing so (fallen foul of  EU safety regulations, again, I 
guess). 
Given that all this was simple many years ago, we seem to be going 
backwards not forwards...sigh....
any ideas?
Sally Millar
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Mandy Griffin
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