FreeLists / blindipod / [blindipod] Re: Christmas

["Brian Hartgen" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

As has been stated, it really does depend in what format the spoken word 
material is in.  While the Archos players are very good, assuming you can 
get one, they do not accept Audible content.
The iPod Shuffle has the advantage of being able to play music and Audible 
content.  The Book Courier and the Book Port can also do this, and they have 
the advantage as well of being able to play DAISY content.

Please if you can, try to give us more information about what it is you 
primarily want to hear on the player.

Thank you.

Brian Hartgen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allison and Chip Orange" <acorange@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 1:21 PM
Subject: [blindipod] Re: Christmas


Hi Brian,

I am a person who did receive an Ipod shuffle for Christmas (although a 
little
early, so I've had a few weeks with it).

I'm using JFW 6.2, and the latest Itunes (entirely with the jaws cursor 
only),
and just found your scripts last night (and this list last night).

I found it because I'm considering getting rid of the shuffle and moving to 
some
other portable player with a better Windows software interface.  I decided 
to
see how others were doing with Itunes before I gave up on it.

I've got no particular reason to stick with the shuffle, so I'd appreciate 
your
opinion as to how usable it can be verses buying and using something else
(primarily for audio books, not the random selection of musical tunes).

Just as an example, I've heard of a portable player called the archos, which
even has an optional speech module for its onboard menus, and no need for a
library managing software package like Itunes (evidently one just uses it 
like a
hard drive).

Thanks for your advice and any help,

Chip Orange





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> [mailto:blindipod-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Hartgen
> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 6:45 AM
> To: blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [blindipod] Christmas
>
>
> Hi
>
> First, a very happy Christmas and new year to everyone on the list.
>
> Very briefly, I note that over the last two days we have had
> a sudden influx
> of people subscribing to this list which is good news.  I
> personally know
> quite a number of people in several countries who have
> received iPods or
> similar players for Christmas, and if there is anything we
> can do to provide
> any assistance in getting them up and running over this
> holiday period, I am
> sure collectively there will be someone on this list who can help.
>
> Brian Hartgen
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