[access-uk] Re: Accessible MP3 players
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:25:18 -0000
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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