Audio recorder and player for persons with impaired vision
OwnerGerald W. Peckinventor
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Abstract
A sound recorder and player has a main body that is shaped to be held in the palm of either the right or left hand, with finger grips that associate recorder/player functions with each finger of the hand. A principal tactile feature enables the user to identify quickly the orientation of the device with respect to a person's thumb. The device is compact so as to minimize space requirements for carrying it, and it is rounded both for comfort in the hand and to reduce snagging and potential difficulty in removing it from, or putting it into, a pocket or bag.
Claims16
An audio recorder and player apparatus, comprising:
- a digital audio recording and playback module encased in a shaped container;
- the shaped container comprising
- a spheroidal surface having an equatorial circle;
- at least four nubs;
- each nub having a base intersecting with the surface along the equatorial circle, and a height above the surface;
- the base of each of the at least four nubs being separated from the base of an adjacent nub by a distance;
- control buttons and a speaker positioned on the surface;
- a first nub of the at least four nubs being distinguishable from the other nubs by a covering of mini-nubs over a portion of the surface of the first nub;
- a first nub being defined as one of the two nubs having only one other nub proximate to it, followed by a first space, a second nub, a second space, a third nub, a third space, and a fourth nub.
An audio recorder and player apparatus, comprising:
- a digital audio recording and playback module encased in a spheroidal container;
- the container being made of resilient elastic material, and having:
- a surface;
- a great circle;
- a row of four nubs projecting radially upward from the surface along the great circle with spaces therebetween;
- the nubs each having a nub surface;
- the nub surface of the first nub in the row of four nubs having a different feel from the other nub surfaces;
- a stop button proximate to the first nub along the great circle;
- a second nub proximate to the stop button along the great circle;
- a play button proximate to the second nub along the great circle;
- a third nub proximate to the play button along the great circle;
- a fast forward button proximate to the third nub along the great circle;
- a fourth nub proximate to the fast forward button along the great circle;
- a rewind button proximate to the fourth nub along the great circle;
- a delete button proximate to the rewind button along the great circle;
- a record button proximate to the first nub and opposite the stop button along the great circle;
- a speaker approximately diametrically opposite on the great circle to the play button;
- and
- an electrical port positioned along the great circle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.