Hey! that's quite interesting. does it have recording and saving functions
also?
Samson.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimi...@verizon.net>
To: "blind-computing" <blind-computing@jaws-users.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 8:34 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] More About Coby MP3 Player
Well, it turns out that the Coby MP200 MP3 player may be blind accessible
after all. I did a little research, and discovered that the Coby MP200 is
similar in design to the discontinued Creative Zen Stone that caused such
a stir in the blind community when it was first introduced a couple of
years ago. Like the Zen Stone, the Coby MP200, which is about the size of
a pack of chewing gum, has a concentric ring surrounding a Play-Stop/Power
button on its front panel. Pressing and holding it for 5 seconds turns
the unit on. Pressing the top of the ring increases the volume, and
pressing the bottom of the ring decreases the volume. Pressing the right
side of the ring skips to the next track, while pressing and holding it
scans rapidly forward through the current track. Pressing the left side
of the ring skips to the previous track,, while pressing and holding it
scans rapidly backward through the current track. That's it. It has no
display screen or navigation menus to dea
l with, just a LED power indicator. Unlike the Zen Stone, the Coby unit
has no shuffle play mode, so you can only listen to tracks in the order
they were downloaded, which, presumably, can be easily accomplished using
simple Copy and Pate command. With 2gb of memory, it has twice the
storage capacity of the Zen Stone, and as an added bonus, it can be used
as a flash drive for data storage. It plugs directly into a USB port, but
also includes a separate USB cable as well as a set of earbuds. It runs
on a single replaceable AAA battery (included) which is said to provide up
to 8 hours of playing time, rather than a sealed, nonreplaceable
rechargeable battery, which, for me, is a big plus. So I went ahead and
ordered one from J&R. For ten bucks with free shipping, how can you go
wrong?
http://www.jr.com/coby/pe/CBY_MP2002G/?JRSource=chemail.bfweekend.11142009
Gerald
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