[access-uk] Re: Portable players
- From: "Ibrahim Gucukoglu" <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 16:04:25 -0000
Hi Clive.
If you can stretch to £225, you can get the booksense standard which I think
will fulfill all your requirements. I had one for over a year and I had no
complaint with it except possibly that the headphone volume wasn't loud enough
when listening to music as I like mine loud *smile*, but as for functions it
takes an SD card, allows you to use Windows Explorer to copy content on to it,
supports daisy, audible and about a dozen different audio and document formats
and is easy to use with a good speech synthesizer onboard.
Steve Nutt of Computer Room Services sells this as well as the RNIB, though you
will need to invest in a higher capacity memory card as the 2GB one supplied is
only really for beginner users and for more serious users you will want more
storage space.
All the best, Ibrahim.
----- Original Message -----
From: Clive.Lever@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 1:23 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Portable players
Hi all,
I'm now beginning to think that the Apple ITunes programme and IPods may not
be for me. I can't run to a Victor player upwards of £200 at present.
Are there any portable players out there which :
are Easy for a VI person to use;
don't rely on syncing from within complex computer programmes but instead let
you copy and paste mp3 files from your computer to your portable device;
have at least 4gb storage capacity, or play music stored on SD cards.
I've heard it said that all portable players need you to sync from your
computer through ITunes, Windows Media Player or whatever. I've heard other
people say that this is nonsense.
#so, does the device I want actually exist?
Thanks,
Clive
Clive Lever
Diversity Advisor
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Maidstone, ME14 1XQ.
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