Sunday, November 24, 2013

Winamp Is Shutting Down! What Are The Best Accessible Alternatives?

Winamp is a skinnable, multi-format media player and one of the popular music player used by millions in the world. Most Windows users may have used it once or known about it. Winamp can play various types of Audio files including MP3, WAV, AAC and more. It can also play various video formats such as MPG and MP4. Winamp is one of the screen reader accessible multimedia player and it is my favourit music player in Windows.
Winamp is created by Nullsoft, now a subsidiary of AOL. But the sad news is that, This popular and older Media Player that first released in 1997 is going to be shutting down on December 20, 2013 that was announced by AOL on November 20, 2013. Last version of Winamp v5.66 has been released few days ago. There is a roomer around the internet, Microsoft is going to buy Winamp. Winamp lovers can download latest version from here and use for ever without any updates. If you want to try any other accessible and free alternatives for Winamp, then read the list below.

1. VLC Media Player

VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols without external codec or program. VLC Media Player is one of the free and open source media player available that you can customize your own.  VLC is one of the best accessible alternative for Winamp. There are shortcuts for controlling playback and menus are almost accessible with screen readers.
Download VLC Media Player 2.1.1

2. GOM Player

GOM Player is a free media player to download and use. GOM is not only a free media player, it has the ability to play all types of audio and video formats with its built-in support for all the most popular video and audio formats, tons of advanced features, extreme customizability, and the Codec Finder service, GOM Media Player is sure to fulfill all of your playback needs. GOM Player is fully supported with JAWS and NVDA screen readers. Also, GOM player has many keyboard shortcuts for media playback and for its various features.
Download GOM Player 2.2.53.5169
There are many other Media Players available for Windows like Real Player, KM Player etc which are most accessible with screen readers. You may download these  from www.filehippo.com for free.



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