[access-uk] Re: Ipod or mp3 recommendations please

Andy.
absolutely mate. You will probably have to purchase another couple of chargers at least and perhaps five or six Remote Controls just to get started!
I've loads of these laying about and to be honest Andy, I don't know what they are forany more. I recently purchased a new sound card for my computer, the Soundblaster Platinum, and guess what? Yes, yet another blasted remote, hahaha.
I simply take the batteries and place them in a box. This box has about 15 remotes now, hahaha. What a waste! 

.

Andy.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 4:32 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ipod or mp3 recommendations please




Hi all -

Thanks to all that gave me feedback regarding the Zenstone players, and to
Andy for his offer. I understand they can be charged using a USB cable, am I 
right to think that the cable will be unique to the Zen Stone? I find that
the minin USB cables I have for 2 mobile phones are quite different, and not 
interchangeable! I'm wondering then if I want to charge the Zen Stone away
from a PC, if I'll have to buy yet another wall plug to mini USB cable; seem 
to be aquiring quite a lot of these things recently <smile> -

Andy
----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 1:18 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ipod or mp3 recommendations please


| Hi Andy.
|
| I own five Zenstone mp3 players. I've distributed them amongst friends in 
| my community, mostly elderly, and furnish them with books, movies and
music,
| and everyone finks them fantastic.
|
|
| I'm actually listening to a book at this moment, which I started last
night.
| Occasionally, I have to turn the device off, to attend to other things,
but
| when I return, often after a couple of ours, the book or movie is opened
at
| the space in which I closed it.
|
|
|
| There are a couple of Zenstone players. I have four 1 gb players and one 
2
| gb player, which happens to have two little round speakers on it.  This
cost
| about £39 and the 1 GB cost about £29, but all are fabulous machines.  I
can
| send you one to try out for a week or so if you are afraid to make a
| purchase, so Andy just let me know and I'd be pleased to let you have a go 
| with one.
| I'd recommend the Zenstone as it's so simple and of course all you need to 
| do to charge it up is plug it into your computer.
| A few weeks ago Steve advised me that his personal MP3 player had 30 gb of 
| memory and although I felt a little jealous, I realized that his device
was
| probably much more bulky and required batteries, whereas the Zenstone is
as
| small as a slice of chocolate.
|
| you can even pick them up second hand on the Re-Cycle list, as I've done
in
| the past, for about £15.00, so I'd really recommend you look at this
player
| and give it a go.  I'm sure you will not be disappointed.
|
| Very best wishes.
|
| Andy.
|
|
|
|
|
| The ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
| To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 8:21 PM
| Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ipod or mp3 recommendations please
|
|
| > Hi Steve - so then, is it only the Ipods with Itunes that retains the
| > place
| > in mp3 files? Are there really no small alternatives? -
| >
| > Andy
| > ----- Original Message ----- | > From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
| > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| > Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 8:04 PM
| > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ipod or mp3 recommendations please
| >
| >
| > | Hi Andy,
| > |
| > | No, they won't retain their place as far as I know.
| > |
| > | All the best
| > |
| > | Steve
| > |
| > | -----Original Message-----
| > | From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf
| > Of
| > | Andy Collins
| > | Sent: Thursday 28 August 2008 18:49
| > | To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ipod or mp3 recommendations please
| > |
| > | Hi Steve - She won't be using Audible, but books already converted in 
to
| > MP3
| > |
| > | format -
| > |
| > | Andy
| > | ----- Original Message ----- | > | From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
| > | To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| > | Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 4:41 PM
| > | Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ipod or mp3 recommendations please
| > |
| > |
| > || Hi Andy,
| > ||
| > || The Zenstone doesn't have a screen, but the Zen does.
| > ||
| > || They don't remember your place in a track, but they do in an audio
book
| > | from
| > || Audible.
| > ||
| > || Yes, standard Mini USB to USB lead will do it, and you can just copy 
| > and
| > || paste.  That's just one thing I hate about Ipods, proprietory
databases
| > to
| > || import your files to, rather than just playing what's there.
| > ||
| > || All the best
| > ||
| > || Steve
| > ||
| > || -----Original Message-----
| > || From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
| > Behalf
| > | Of
| > || Andy Collins
| > || Sent: Thursday 28 August 2008 14:34
| > || To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > || Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ipod or mp3 recommendations please
| > ||
| > || Hi Steve - Sounds like the Zenstone is more the thing then; 2
questions
| > || about them if I may: Do they have a screen for a sighted user? and
will
| > | they
| > ||
| > || remember the position in an a book or music track? Oh, can't count
can
| > I,
| > || here's a third question! Can they just be hooked up via USB cable to 
a
| > PC
| > || for file transfer? -
| > ||
| > || Andy
| > || ----- Original Message ----- | > || From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
| > || To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| > || Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 1:04 PM
| > || Subject: [access-uk] Re: Ipod or mp3 recommendations please
| > ||
| > ||
| > ||| Hi Andy,
| > |||
| > ||| I would not recommend Ipods personally, since everything relies on
| > | Itunes.
| > ||| You can't even copy MP3 files straight to the device without Itunes. 
| > I
| > ||| would recommend something like the Creative Zen 16 or 32GB. Or even 
| > the
| > ||| Zenstone if you want smaller. These players are very simple in that 
| > you
| > || can
| > ||| just copy and paste files to them, and they will show up.  I don't
see
| > | the
| > ||| attraction in Ipods at all, when there are much nicer devices.
| > |||
| > ||| All the best
| > |||
| > ||| Steve
| > |||
| > ||| -----Original Message-----
| > ||| From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
| > Behalf
| > || Of
| > ||| Andy Collins
| > ||| Sent: Thursday 28 August 2008 11:49
| > ||| To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > ||| Subject: [access-uk] Ipod or mp3 recommendations please
| > |||
| > ||| Hi all -
| > |||
| > ||| I'm buying a gift for somebody sighted, and need some advice. I'm
| > looking
| > ||| for an easy to use MP3 player, it doesn't need huge capacity as it
is
| > || mainly
| > |||
| > ||| for listening to books, and there fore must be able to retain it's
| > place
| > ||| when turned off; it must also have USB connectivity for loading
books
| > on
| > || to
| > ||| it from a PC. Portability is important, so something like an Ipod.
Any
| > ||| suggestion please? -
| > |||
| > ||| Andy
| > |||
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