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[Woody Anna Dresner <wadresner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Some of you have heard me state for months that I had written a book 
on accessible MP3 players and that it should be out soon. Well, it's 
finally out!!! It's available in braille or as a download for $14 
from National Braille Press at
http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/POCKET.html

This book is both a guide to help you choose a player and 
instructions for using one. The players discussed include: the Zen 
Stone; the iPod Shuffle; larger iPods; players running Rockbox; the 
Olympus DS-30, DS-40, and DS-50; the Victor Stream; the Icon; and 
others. I used the same check list for each player so you can easily 
compare features, and there is a Would I Use It section for each 
player, in which I share my impressions of the player to provide a 
more subjective view. In some cases, I tell you everything you need 
to know in order to use the player, and in others, I tell you enough 
to help you get started, as well as any tips and tricks I learned 
while using the player. The book was originally going to be just a 
buyer's guide, but I had to learn to use all the players in order to 
review them, so I figured I should share what I learned. The book 
also includes brief information about the music playing and book 
reading capabilities of notetakers and cell phones, information about 
how MP3 players organize music, information about where to buy books 
and music online, and a resource list for tutorials and other useful 
information. The complete table of contents is on the page I linked 
to above. I will post updated information regarding the players in 
this book on my NBP Updates blog at
http://nbpupdates.wordpress.com

All the best,
Anna

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