An audiobook player for the elderly and visually impaired.
About Homer Player Classic
Homer Player Classic is a music & audio app developed by Marcin Simonides.
Download Statistics
Homer Player Classic has been downloaded 19 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 11 times.
User Ratings
Homer Player Classic is rated 4.94 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 84 ratings.
App Information
Homer Player Classic is FREE to download. The APK download size is 2.67 MB. The latest version available is 1.0.10. The last update was on September 2, 2023.
Technical Requirements
Homer Player Classic requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play September 2015.
Description
Homer Player is an audiobook player for the elderly. Its simple user interface makes it easy to operate for seniors and people with poor vision (or both).
Features: - simplicity: just a list of audiobooks and a "start" button, - flip-to-stop: there's no need to press any buttons to pause playback, just put the device face down on a table, - low-vision friendly interface: book titles are read aloud and high contrast, large UI elements are used, - adjust speed: slow down playback for those hard of hearing.
Single application mode (kiosk): With this mode enabled the user cannot exit the application so they don't need to know how to use a tablet. Perfect for building a dedicated audiobook player for your grandparents.
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Recent changes: Updated to support the newest Android versions.
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I have been trialing the Homer Player for an elderly relative in a nursing home. I've been running version 0.6.9 on an old Huawei GS700 phone with Android 4.2. The player has performed extremely well on this phone - I've been able to get more than 20 hrs listening from a single charge and in standby mode the charge lasts seven days. Very impressive! Using just the internal ROM, I was able to load 10 books on to the phone. With a 16 GB SD card loaded, the phone could hold many dozens of books. Full kiosk mode isn't implemented for Android 4.2 but the limited kiosk mode works very well indeed. And turning off the player by simply turning it over is a great idea. Homer is extremely easy to use, and I am greatly looking forward to giving it to my aunt loaded up with books and ready to go. She struggled using a CD/MP3 player to listen to audiobooks. Changing the battery and the disks was a difficult task for her. I am sure she will find listening to books on the Huawei with the Homer player much easier. Kudos to Marcin for developing this player and for all the support he provides to users.
★★★★★Willem Verkist· Nov 23, 2015
Very Promising! For the past week I have been searching for an audiobook reader with a simple interface, suited for the visually impaired. Strangely enough, those readers are NOT designed for what I believed to be the main target group. Even the best one had too many buttons and was not suitable for my mother-in-law. This Homer Player, even in its initial stage and with only a basic start/stop button, is already functional enough so that I am convinced that my relative will be able to handle it. And the Kiosk mode would just be awesome. Kudos, kind regards.
★☆☆☆☆Doomcorner64· Dec 12, 2015
MALWARE!!! THIS APP IS MALWARE, DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT, YOU CANNOT EXIT IT, IT TRAPS YOU
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