Hi. I do not know from experience, but a CD in MP3 format will play on the Bookport. I have heard these things don't really cut the mustard as an MP3 player, but if absolute quality isn't your priority, then it should do the job. (AS far as I know, these are essentially MP3 players with text reading ability too, and I don't think they support many other audio formats, but then, MP3 has become the de facto standard for portable players. As for the hard drive portables, well, some blind people seem to be getting by quite well with some of them, particularly the Archose. I know there is software out there that does allow for speaking navigation of menu systems etc with some of the models, but cannot recall which ones at the moment. HTH. Ray Personal emails: Email me at mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Gallagher" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "access-uk-freelists.org" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 9:37 AM Subject: [access-uk] the book port Hi Ray yes thanks I use a one gig card in my braille note for the gps maps of the uk. ther message I posted about the mp3 player was impressive with regards to the twenty gig storage. I bet though these things are a no go for us totally blind persons? I would love to acquire something like this for Pat's birthday so I could put cd's on it for her. she has a big collection. for example to use it Ray if I get one of Pat's cd's put it on to my pc with cdex then put it on to the book port will Pat be able to operate it as she is not in to pc's at all. It's stupid purchasing one if she cannot use it. thanks for getting back look forward to your reply. thanks. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq