[access-uk] Re: Accessible MP3 players
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:31:49 -0000
Hi Peter,
I found mine on Ebay, just before Christmas, but they are quite elusive. At
the time I looked, the one I got was the only rocbox-accessible one on Ebay.
Note, I said at the time I looked. Knowing how vast Ebay is, this suggests
that they are somewhat rare.
All the best
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
Of Peter Logue
Sent: 19 January 2005 17:39
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessible MP3 players
Steve wrote:
The only problem
seems to me to be that there don't seem to be many MP3 players still
available, that can take the Rockbox software.
Steve, As John Gurd states in his ACB radio program, Ebay is a good
source to find one of these MP3 players. You have to search for a specific
player though, because, as you mention, not all will take the rockbox
software. John himself found two on ebay.
Peter
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 12:25 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Accessible MP3 players
> Hi Graham,
>
> As I said in a previous message, but you already know about it, the Book
> Courier is a great MP3 player. But I also have the Archos 20GB Jukebox,
> with the Rockbox software on it (http://www.rockbox.org). The only
problem
> seems to me to be that there don't seem to be many MP3 players still
> available, that can take the Rockbox software. But what I want is an
> accessible WMA player as well, since we do quite a bit of legal
downloading,
> but all of the legal downloads come with DRM (Digital Rights Management)
> licensing, and are of necessity, in WmA format. So my question would be,
> does anyone know of an accessible music player that will not only play
MP3,
> but will also play .WMA files, which include DRM technology? OK, there
are
> ways of converting WMA files to MP3, but all of the programs I have seen
> that do it, reduce the quality, since they take output directly from the
> soundcard, rather than taking the raw digital data.
>
> Thanks for any thoughts on this one.
>
> All the best
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
> Of Graham Lewis
> Sent: 19 January 2005 10:24
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Accessible MP3 players
>
>
> Sorry iof this has been delt with here already and I would be surprised if
> it has not.
>
> How accessible are the mp3 platers that are coming on the market? I have
> yet to get my hands on one but they seem to depend for navigation on an
LCD
> screen. Now I use my non accessible mobile by simply remembering the
> sequence of keystrokes to get what I want. Will this work for me with an
> iPOD or the Sony player that seems to be competing with it?
>
> Any and all thoughts please!
>
> Graham Lewis
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