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["Sue Martin" <smartin27@xxxxxxxxxx>]

My goal with portable players is to be able to manage my music and spoken
word audio and be able to play what I want when I want to play it.  Although
I purchased an iPod Shuffle over a year ago and used it a lot when I first
got it, I find that, now, I almost never use it.  Instead, I use a Book
Port.  You can read about the Book Port at the following location:

http://www.hartgen.org/specialist.html

Yes, the Book Port is pricey but it's almost my favorite gadget.  Books and
music that I purchase from iTunes, I convert with Sound Taxi and play on the
book Port.  Before I discovered Sound Taxi I would burn the books and music
to CD and then rip them back to MP3.  The Book Port will also play books
downloaded from Audible.com as well as read html, txt, doc files and
probably more that I don't know about.  

As for the cost of a specialty player and the iTunes scripts and Sound
taxi...Well, I suppose it's all a matter of what's important to me and how
much frustration and tedium I'm willing to put up with.  To me, it's well
worth the money.  I feel as though I have the most control over my reading
and music listening than I've ever had before.



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From: blindipod-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blindipod-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Chris Hallsworth
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 2:53 PM
To: blindipod@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blindipod] Re: Is J-Tunes really worth $75?

Hannah, I do not recall the Classic being mentioned on Bryan's site, only
the Shuffle, Nano, and other rockbox-compatible players were mentioned. Hope
that helps.

At 19:25 26/12/2007, you wrote:
>hi erick what is  the i pod classick like?
>
>I got a i pod shuffle for christmasAt 03:27 PM 26/12/2007, you wrote:
>>I just received a 160GB iPod Classic for christmas to replace my old 
>>60GB iPod which was having hard drive issues.
>>
>>If a script were like $20 or even $30, I'd definitely pay, but $75 
>>seems kinda ridiculous.  How much does the script help with using the 
>>music store?
>>
>>Also, do most people use Rockbox or just the standard iPod firmware?  
>>I'd like it if I could get speech on the iPod, but I don't know if I 
>>want to mess around with modifying the firmware.  Also, I've heard it 
>>can't play stuff from the iTunes store and audiobooks.
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Eric
>>
>>On Dec 26, 2007 6:32 AM, Hannah Day
>><<mailto:hannahday1989@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>hannahday1989@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>chris
>>
>>When you hae the scrips  installed for use with jaws
>>
>>What you mean it's more accessible can you use the arrow keys
>>
>>And stuff or do you have to use  the jaws curser?
>>
>>I'm new to this i pod family so sorry if i'm asking too much
>>
>>What i pod do you have i have a i pod shuffle
>>
>>At 03:23 AM 26/12/2007, you wrote:
>> >Hi Eric,
>> >I really think that itunes and the scripts are worth it.
>> >I'm downloading a season right now from itunes.
>> >i think itunes and soundtaxi are very important together.
>> >I use the scripts to listen to podcasts, update my ipod, watch and 
>> >purchase movies, songs, and tv shows.
>> >Ii honestly think that they are worth the $$.
>> >Hope that helps.
>> >chris
>> >
>> >
>> >Eric Brinkman wrote:
>> >>So I've been an iPod/iTunes user for over three years now.  I have 
>> >>primarily used the jaws cursor with iTunes.  It's definitely not 
>> >>the most accessible program I've ever used, but it's worked well 
>> >>enough for me.  However, I was always disappointed in the fact that 
>> >>the music store was almost totally inaccessible.  I like the idea 
>> >>of J-Tunes, but paying $75 just for a script is rather steep.  I am 
>> >>curious whether or not others think it's worth the price, and what 
>> >>other visually impaired iPod users use.
>> >>Eric
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >Have a nice day,
>> >Chris
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