Homer Player

An audio book player for the elderly and visually impaired.

Go to the project website or watch the video.

Project Ended

This project is no longer being maintained. See homerplayer2 for the successor of this app.

Project Goal

Turn a regular Android tablet into a dedicated audio book player that can be easily used by visually impaired and the elderly.

Assumptions

• used at home,
• focused on audio book playback, not music,
• controlled with imprecise gestures and subject to accidental touch,
• the user can see something but isn't able to make out letters or small UI controls,
• only a single function of the device (runs in kiosk-like mode, no access to other applications).

Status

The main functionality has been implemented and the app is available in the Play Store.

See the website for details on the main features.

Contributions

Translations (incl. Play Store description): Antoine Guillien, Naomi Gumpel, Vasiliy Petviashvili, Stefan Rotermund, Magdalena Wodyńska.

Contact

[email protected]

License

Copyright (c) 2015 Marcin Simonides Licensed under the MIT license.