[bookport] Re: iPod Shuffle
- From: "Otto Zamora" <8zamora@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 15:29:55 -0400
Hi Sandy,
Thanks for letting me know that Sandy.
Amazing that I was given the wrong info by someone who should know, that is
the best buy sales person.
Not surprising however, which just goes to prove once again, that doing some
research before going into a store is a good idea.
Otto
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Sandy Licht
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 12:30 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: iPod Shuffle
You can turn off the Shuffle feature.
At 06:27 PM 7/11/2005, you wrote:
>hi,
>
>I went to best buy where I saw the shuffle as a possible buy for my niece.
>It does seem interesting, accept that according to a sales person, it
>does not have a screen, which kind of leaves the blind and sighted on
>equal footing, but I would still have a problem with just how you find
>the songs you want to hear.
>According to the sales girl, shuffle is always on and cannot be turned off.
>If you want to listen to what you have on the machine, the only way to
>do that is to listen to each start of each file.
>Seems impractical at best, and I for one, have gotten very used to
>putting a card in the book port, and having it tell me not just the
>names of the files, but also the folder names.
>Right now, we use the machine for listening to both music and old radio
>shows, but at some point when time is available, we will join book
>share and audible.
>One of the many reasons we bought this unit is the amount and types of
>files it can handle.
>I still wish that when listening to MP3 files, that the feature which
>keeps track of where you are in a file could be turned off, but never
>the less, it is still the most truly accessible unit out there for the
blind.
>I am told that the book currier will do the same thing, but not having
>one, I cannot speak to that.
>
>Otto
>
>
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>From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of James Nuttall
>Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 12:34 PM
>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bookport] iPod Shuffle
>
>Hello Dan:
>
>I'm interested in what you have heard about the iPod shuffle. I would
>use the 1GB model myself. I like MP3 players and really enjoyed mine
>until my vision no longer allowed me to use it. Since the shuffle
>doesn't have a window I would be interested in what experiences a blind
>person has with the device. Apple makes such a big deal out of the
>random shuffle, which would be no good for books.
>
>Part of what I like about the Book Port is that it announces the files.
>So I can find an easily know where I am at any time. I wonder how
>difficult finding the files on the shuffle would be. The 1GB shuffle
>at $129 is a good buy. Anyone with any real experience with the
>shuffle I'd be glad to hear from you.
>
>It is taking some time but I am getting used to the doubletalk
>synthesizer. The other day I was able to load four books on to my Book
>Port and it only took 3MB. I'm considering getting two gigabyte
>CompactFlash card. So I can load an entire MP3 book at one time. I scan
>a lot of books with Kurzweil and use the Neospeech voices when making
>my mp3 files.
>
>Jim Nuttall -- Michigan
Sandy Licht
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