Category: Geeks r Us
Forgive me if this is an old chestnut...
Does anyone know of any accessible IPods or MP3 players? I know you can get MP3 players which store 15 odd albums but are there any devices which have a proper storage limit?
Ta
• Archos: Jukebox 5000, 6000, Studio, Recorder, FM Recorder, Recorder V2 and Ondio
• iriver: H100, H300 and H10 series
• Apple: iPod 3rd gen, 4th gen (grayscale and color), 5th/5.5th gen video, 1st gen Nano and Mini 1st/2nd gen (Nano 2nd gen is not supported)
• Cowon: iAudio X5 (including X5V and X5L), M5 (including M5L)
• Toshiba: Gigabeat X and F series (the S model is not supported)
• SanDisk: Sansa E200 series (the R models are not supported)
for more info, go to:
www.rockbox.org
A man walked in to an electronics store one day and asked: "pardon me but would you have any accessible music storage devices on hand?" Okay! really!!!! this is not a jab but in my opinion the most well thought out title for a post. It got my attension because I have never heard of mp3 players refered to in that way. Nice job!!! really!!!!!Harty handshake to that fellow. Now, gotta say this and probably have before but (and I'll try to keep the mac out of this) oops! did I say that? Let's look at the definition of accessible. It seemes to mean different things to different people. To some it has to be able to voice everything: menus, file names, power on and off, everything. To some if it says a few things to give you a clew what's going on that will be enough and to others, a click is there best friend. I offer this thought because when looking for an accessible device, think out of the box a bit. Is there enough information generated from the device that makes it usable and if so is it easy and convenient or difficult and distracting enough that it isn't worth the time to figure it out. I have an IPod 8 gig nano and by my definition it is accessible. Yup, i'm the guy who if I can find a way to use it weather it's clicks, knowing what the default is when turning it on or some method I'll take it over a more expensive self voiceing device. There are 3 things that make an IPod quite usable. 1 clicks can be heard from the extremely small speaker on the unit itself. 2, these clicks can also be turn on so they are heard in the head phones. 3, the menus don't rap around there is a beginning and an end. It is easy to memorize the menu structure and once time is taken to learn it it's just the best. I can change my eq settings, reset the unit, move through songs, artests, and play lists, scrole through a song while it's playing, the list goes on and on. I think the nano's are the best. strong flat small units that do not have hard drives in them and can take much abuse. Now, the next thing: how do you get tunes on to the silly thing since itunes on the PC isn't accessible? (Hmmm, can I say get a Mac here because Itunes is becoming very accessible?) There are a few softwaer packages that will help here. Some like XPlay and others like anapod explorer. Since I have used notmad explorer I would recommend anapod only by experience with that type of softwaaer. This is great for transfering music. Now, downloading, what will work? I enjoy walmart.com and many have recommended emusic. But, how do you unprotect the files? Don't wory, this is legal and all. I use a software called WMA convert and to my surprise and delight I found that it needs to see a valid license on the machine. This is excellent because It means I can use my music the way I want. Also there is a program called note burner which functions as a virtual CD drive which will do the same thing. So, (as he steps off of the soap box) Enjoy your IPod and remember, it's quite accessible.
I just purchased an mp3 player about the size of an ipod shuffle and all it came with was a cord and the unit. Just plug it in, copy your music in mp3 or wma formats and unplug simple as that. It is put out by ZenStone. Works with windows and linux. When plugged in it'll open an explorer window no software required.
I use my Book Courier for MP3 music. With a flash card it holds 2 gig, and it has speech. Mine was about $250 U.S., and I love it!
Ok i will describe an mp3 player and if anyone knows what it is called please tell me so i can buy it. I didn't create another topick since my question feets here i guess.
It is a very simple and small player. My girlfriend has one. It is very small, hasn't got a screen and only has 3 buttons. It has got the length of a memory stick and it is 512 mb if i remember right.
One button is play and stop or if you hold it down it is power on or off. The other two buttons are to go to the next or previous tracks or if you hold them down volume up and down.
That's about it. Nice and simple.
I have got a nokia 6630 which plays mp3s but i can't use it on the plane and because i travel often i need something to listen for the 4 hour flight lol.
I like the mp3 player i described because it doesn't need any additional software to transfer something from the computer. You plug it in and it works. If you know what model it is it would be nice.
You put just one aaa buttery in it i think.
Thanks
is rock box accessible
Hi.
I am answering to myself here but i found whad what is the mp3 player i was talking about. It is called idisgo lite and it is 512 mb. I looked on google about it and it seams to be 1 gb and 2 gb as well. I don't know if they have the same size or accessibility. But i would recoment this mp3 player because it is very easy. For UK users argos have it.
I thought that little thing was called an eye pod shuffle. Just shows how much I know! Hahaha!
The ipod shafle might be simmilar to the one i described. I didn't see an ipod myself so i don't know.
for an interesting presentation on rockbox go to
http://accessibleworld.org/show.php?contentid=43
does anyone here have anything by creative? I want a zen I think but want to make sure it works well.
If I go to Argos to buy an ipod or MP3 player, do you think they'll show me some of them before I buy them, or do I just have to go by the description of the picture in the catalogue the sighted person gives me? I'm thinking of getting an ipod or mp3 player, because I've borrowed my sister's at the minute. She's got an ipod nano, but because it only has a circular thing on the front of it which is all the buttons in one, I wouldn't be able to use it very easily. Also, I've tried to put some music on it for her, but she can't listen to it without plugging it into the computer because my laptop has windows media player and she needs it in itunes to be able to listen to it straight away on her ipod nano.
If I go to Argos to buy an ipod or MP3 player, do you think they'll show me some of them before I buy them, or do I just have to go by the description of the picture in the catalogue the sighted person gives me? I'm thinking of getting an ipod or mp3 player, because I've borrowed my sister's at the minute. She's got an ipod nano, but because it only has a circular thing on the front of it which is all the buttons in one, I wouldn't be able to use it very easily. Also, I've tried to put some music on it for her, but she can't listen to it without plugging it into the computer because my laptop has windows media player and she needs it in itunes to be able to listen to it straight away on her ipod nano.
In answer to someone's question about the creative zen players, I have a Zen Stone which is fabulous. Its very small and light, the downside is that it only holds 1gb of music. There is a Zen Stone Plus, which is a 2 gb player, but that has a screen so presumably a load of inaccessible functionality.
The Zen Stone is easy to use, with buttons to move between tracks and folders, volume up and down and a shuffle mode. Its also cheap, being priced at around £20 to £25.
I am also looking for a mp3 or a ipod, I noticed that the ipod alouds you to lisan to books on it, but looking at my granddaughters it has a screen witch allows you to go threw menus to choose what you want to lisan to. How can I do this myself?
I'm using a Zenstone Plus right now as I write. It's tiny, just a tad bigger than one of those talking calendar watches, it han LCD screen thing about the size of a ten pence piece. The unit itself just plugs in to your computer or laptop with an equally small USB connecter and away you go, once you've installed the player. You don't even need an installation CD, so I'd fully reccomend a Creative Zenstone player. Mine was oo, about £47 all together, from Amazon.
Jen.