[senit] Re: [sld-forum] switch activated music

You've got me thinking now... I thought there used to be a switch-latch

I suppose you could always regress to tapes... you can get a ghetto-blaster
with CD and tape player to record them if you haven't got any in a shoe box
somewhere (next to your old flip-flops!). (-;

Cheers.

Simon

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[mailto:senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of sally millar
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Subject: RE: [senit] Re: [sld-forum] switch activated music

Yes, well...
The point is, that  there are lots of different uses for switch control of a
CD player or other music device, Many of you engineery and ICT folk are
thinking of the relatively cognitively able but physically challenged user
who wants to have full control of their music and therefore wants to stop
and start music and also hop forward or back through tracks etc.
independently.  That's certainly one important set of  functions.
And yes, all possible solutions for that scenario are gratefully received,
as many parents, family and respite carers etc. may not find it easy to buy
/ tackle full on computer and EV set ups.

But what I'm looking for  - ie the timed play - is for a completely
different kind of user, ie the person with profound and complex learning
difficulties and possibly additional physical and/or visual disabilities
who needs to learn basic cause and effect (and who happens to be motivated
more by their favourite music than anything else).  Quite simply, it used to
be easy and relatively cheap to get immediate motivating auditory feedback
from a switch press with a PowerLink and a tape recorder and now it is
inordinately difficult because of the way modern CD players work.
Interesting how technology marches on.....
Sally Millar

>You've got me thinking now... I thought there used to be a switch-latch 
>timer that had an 'edge' mode - i.e. it sent a pulse when you pressed 
>OR released a switch... If there was, this would mean you could use a 
>switch-latch timer plugged into this box, plugged into a GEWA Prog (to 
>send play/pause at the beginning and end of a timer period)...
>
>Perhaps the box doesn't exist though, and it is just a box I assumed 
>exists or once made!
>
>Er, well, i've been no use at all, unless anyone can find the source of 
>the magic box... (or, like David says, you can get someone (your 
>friendly AT team maybe) to make one for you)...
>
>I'm not sure i'd suggest this activity in many 'real life' places 
>though - isn't it really infuriating if your CD player keeps turning 
>off every 20 secs?!! Isn't is a better motivation (in non-supported 
>environments) to give control over next track and/or on/off...
>
>Cheers.
> 
>Simon
> 
>Senior Clinical Scientist
>Assistive Technology Team
>www.barnsleyrd.nhs.uk
> 
>simon.judge at nhs.net
>01226 432159
> 
>Dept of Medical Physics
>Barnsley District General Hospital Foundation Trust Gawber Road 
>Barnsley
>S75 2EP
> 
>
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>[mailto:senit-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of sally millar
>Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 10:20 AM
>To: ICTSLS at yahoogroups.com; senit at lists.becta.org.uk
>Subject: [senit] Re: [sld-forum] switch activated music
>
>thanks for all your replies . To clarify, I am looking for a way of 
>doing what the powerlink does - ie. carefully calibrated TIMED play of 
>a CD or other mains device  ie hit switch, CD plays IMMEDIATELY (if 
>not, cause and effect is not established) for, say 12 seconds, then 
>stops. Hit switch again, plays 12 secs then stops again.
>
>The Liberator switch adapted CD does not do this - it only switches on
>(slowly)  or off. I do have a Big Jack as well but as far as I can see 
>it only switches or or off and cannot do 'timed' either.
>
>So it's going to have to be a computer then.....thanks for your 
>pointers on this.
>
>But couldn't somebody invent a doodah that just allowed you to switch a 
>CD or  ipod or MP3 player off /on with an adjustable timer, without the 
>computer in between - for home use/day care/ respite care etc and all 
>the many real life  places where nobody has/can work a computer????
>
>Sally
>
>******
>
>
>
>>Hi Sally,
>>Approx 2 years I purchased a switch adapted CD player/radio from
Liberator.
>
>>It can be used with any type of simple switch in CD or radio mode.The 
>>switch simply plugs into the side of the machine and then you select 
>>either CD or radio. This allows the pupil to start/stop the music in 
>>his/her own time. I think this type of CD is still available.
> >
>>Kim Hopkinson- Jack Tizard School
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>
>
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