I didn't realize the shuffle had text-to-speech and worked with digital talking books, does note taking with a braille keyboard, records memos, or supports the interchange of memory cards. >>> coconut@xxxxxxx Thursday, July 07, 2005 9:04:56 PM >>> Everyone who sees my BP thinks it is a television remote from about 1980. When they hear what it does, they mumble something about a Shuffle doing more in 1/10th the space. Beings as I use the BP only for audio because I cannot abide the Doubletalk synth, I agree, but it was a gift, so I use it happily. Dan