Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation

Technologies Humanware Canada Inc.

United States Library of Congress

Other

Michael Gilbert Katzmann

Joseph A Juratovac

Gregg Charles Vanderheiden

David Paul Kelso

Dominic R Labbé

Robert Edward Fistick

Jean Marie Moss

Frank Kurt Cylke

Gerard M Chevalier

Jeffrey R Held

Gilles Pepin

Alain Paré

Jeffrey Michael Witt

Michael Montfort Moodie

Alice Kathryn Baker

Donald Lee Pieper

Thomas D Haubert

Jeffrey Richard Held

Michael Scott Ulrich

Gilles Pépin

A cartridge for use by print-disabled users to play digital audio content and a player having a receptacle for receiving the cartridge are provided. The cartridge includes a random-access digital storage device storing the digital audio content and having a connector providing access to the digital audio content; and a casing permanently housing the digital storage device and allowing access to the connector of the digital storage device. The casing has a form facilitating handling of the cartridge by the print-disabled users which includes bevelled edges, and has dimensions comparable to dimensions of a standard compact audio cassette. Preferably, the cartridge has a hole extending through the casing at its back end and a sloped surface on the bottom side of the casing at the back end. The receptacle has a form and shape facilitating insertion of the cartridge therein. It has a lower surface defining an elevated ramp along which the cartridge slides as it is inserted into the player.

Digital audio book cartridge and player with manipulation-facilitating features

Player

Cartridge

Growing community of inventors

Washington, DC, United States of America

Michael Gilbert Katzmann