[vicsireland] Re: MP3 player advice wanted
- From: Francis Dunne <francis.dunne@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2011 14:51:34 +0000
I would suggest an ipod touch. with this, she could connect to the
internet via wifi and be able to download audiobooks from say audible.
regards
Francis
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 2:33 PM, Eamonn X. O'Connor <EXOConnor@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> A friend is seeking information on mp3 players. Though partially sighted,
> she’s not particularly interested in accessibility.
>
> Basically, she just wants to be able to download and play audio books, so
> factors such as spoken menus, making recordings, listening to podcasts,
> web radio, listening to or reading text, don’t apply.
>
> She’s currently using audio cds with a portable cd player.
>
> If there was just 1 book on the player at a time, navigation shouldn’t be
> difficult.
>
> Perhaps some of the Creative devices? I assume once a book is downloaded
> to a pc, it’s a simple matter of copying to the Creative player?
>
> Alternatively, I suppose an 8 GB iPod would also do, but you’d have to
> download to iTunes, and transfer from there, I assume?
>
> Are most audiobooks on sites like South Dublin Library and NCBI, MP3or WMA?
>
> Am I right in thinking that portable players won’t play protected WMA?
>
> Are there factors I may have forgotten?
>
> Regards and thanks for all advice.,
>
> Eamonn
>
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