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[Merrill Louise <merrill.louise@xxxxxxxxx>]

The iPod shuffle is also very, very light and easy to carry around. It
comes with a lanyard to hang around your neck. It also has no moving
parts internally whereas the larger, hard disk players do and these
need some care. The real question, I'm coming to believe about all
these different players/recorders is, how are you going to use them.
If you are going to throw some music and/or books on them, take a
listen, and then move onto something else, the lower storage and
therefore cheaper models are all you need. If you want to carry a
library around you and only add to it, you need something with lots
and lots of storage and therefore your investment will be much
greater. If I lost my shuffle I would be annoyed and sad, but I would
and could simply replace it and go on. If I lost my library of music,
that would be a disaster! ~Merrill

On 2/2/06, Barbara Wilson <barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It was the Ipod Shuffle Michael. Can't remember off the top of my head, but
> it cost around L64 which is good in my book.
>
> Barbara
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindipod-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:blindipod-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Michael Brown
> Sent: 02 February 2006 17:15
> To: blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [blindipod] Re: CHOOSING AN IPOD
>
>
> Hi Barbara,
>
> When you say you purchased the shuffle from Amazon, do you mean the Apple
> I-pod shuffle, or if not, which model of shuffle are you referring to?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael Brown.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barbara Wilson" <barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 10:03 PM
> Subject: [blindipod] Re: CHOOSING AN IPOD
>
>
> > Carol
> >
> > I am fairly new to Ipods, but here's what I've found.
> >
> > I bought my Shuffle from amazon.co.uk from where you will get a good spec.
> > I
> > also got one free when I signed up for membership of audible.co.uk at L9
> > something a month, so now I have two!
> >
> > I've just loaded some music onto mine using Itunes with the addition of
> > Brian's excellent JAWS Scripts and my 512 mb is currently holding 148
> > songs,
> > well over the estimated 120 it is said to hold. The is a switch at the
> > back
> > of the Shuffle which can be slid between Off, Play in order or Play
> > Randomly
> > (Shuffle), so the tracks can be played in order.
> >
> > I have only ever used the Shuffle and the fact that it does not have a
> > screen means you don't need to be able to see to use it. There are
> > probably
> > more sophisticated models on the market, but for listening to music or MP3
> > books, I've found the Shuffle suits my every need and it's well priced as
> > well
> >
> > Hope this info is of some help.
> >
> > Barbara
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: blindipod-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:blindipod-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Carol Pearson
> > Sent: 01 February 2006 21:57
> > To: blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [blindipod] CHOOSING AN IPOD
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm a newby around here too and really, apart from the use of our Book
> > Courier, I have no ipod experience or that of RockBox or Itunes.
> >
> > So, first things first.  What's the choice of ipods currently out there
> > which work pretty well, with the additional software, for totally blind
> > people?
> >
> > Referring specifically to the Shuffle, I notice it only appears to hold
> > 2GB which my husband doesn't think is enough for what he wants.  Is this
> > right?  I was looking for a spec for the Shuffle today but didn't find
> > this in the short time I had available.  If anyone has the complete spec
> > to hand, I'd like to see it, please, or be directed to it.
> >
> > From what I did see, the "Shuffle" does what it says - play items in
> > random.  Does this mean, if you want to play items in some sort of
> > order, this is more difficult to achieve for us?
> >
> > Finally, do you have any recommendations where the Shuffle can be
> > viewed?  (Felt?)
> >
> > Cheers and thanks for any answers you can give to this lot.
> >
> > No doubt there will be more questions to come.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Carol
> > carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
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