[access-uk] Re: Ipod or mp3 recommendations please
- From: "Andy Collins" <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:32:06 +0100
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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