[access-uk] Re: Some advice required on players for audible content
- From: "Adrian Higginbotham" <adrian.higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:53:55 -0000
I'd go for the ipod shuffle especially as it has come down in price over
the last 6 months or so and is more competatively priced than similar
capacity players. Ideal for book listening at home and on occasional
trips of a few days. Not suited to keeping large archives of music for
constant availability when out and about.
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Personally I find the jaws scripts for itunes acceptible and anapod a
bit of a fiddle in that it doesn't support all formats of audible file
and I experienced some problems with it not recognising when I added new
content. It can also be less efficient at book marking so that you can
restart listening where you left off although there are works around for
this they require you editing the properties of each file before loading
on to the shuffle.
Adrian Higginbotham
Project manager, Standards
British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA
Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Becta switchboard 02476-416994.
Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Web: http://www.becta.org.uk/
BECTA, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ=20
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of James O'Dell
Sent: 18 January 2007 16:04
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Some advice required on players for audible
content
hi Alex
The milestone will not play audible content. There is always the IPod
shuffle, which is accessible since it has no screen, but you would need
to buy either the ITunes accessible Interface for JAWS - which is more
trouble than it's worth, or Anopod Explorer to be able to transfer your
content to it,since you can't do it using Audible Manager. I use a Book
Courier and would recommend you save up for one, it is one of the best
mp3 and audible players around and can also play Daisy talking books.
James
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Alexander Shannon" <alexacts2v4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 3:50 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Some advice required on players for audible content
> Hi all,
>
> I know I said all my audible problems were solved, and yes they are,
in
> that, I can play audible content on my PC.
>
> However, playing the content on my PC is Ok if I am listening while=20
> working
> on something else, but sitting say for four hours in front of my PC to
> listen to a book, seems too long, and anyway I don't think my
soundcard=20
> can
> easily cope with Jaws running through it at the same time as other
audio,
> even though the machine is running windows XP.
>
> My questions are basically the following:
>
> 1. , does anyone know if the milestone player from the RNIB will play
> audible content.
>
> 2. If the answer to question 1 is no then should I consider a book=20
> courier
> or is there another similar model of accessible MP3 player that will
play
> audible content that I should consider, preferably one that is less of
a
> price than the milestone?
>
> Thank you in advance for any answers to the above questions.
>
>
> Alexander Shannon
>
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