Besides at the price, one can purchase a couple or more and dedicate certain players to certain media or subject.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kathy Szinnyey Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 5:55 AM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: The Creative Zen Stone MP3 player Yeah, but for a lot of olks, all they want to do is access their books or just have some music to listen to and not have to spend a lot of money or go nuts hoping they don't end up messing with a lot of menus. I know sighted people like this as well! Smile. Peace, Kathy Listen to Kathy and Fred on the Web at http://www.live365.com/stations/cityslackers/ http://www.fredkate.libsyn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael S. Goren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 11:09 AM Subject: Re: The Creative Zen Stone MP3 player > Only problem, is1 gig, now days, that isn't mucyh storage area. > I have more than that on my cell phone. > At 06:01 AM 05/28/2007, you wrote: >>Brian, this sounds like incredibly good news! As a person who works as a >>library assistant, I'm always on the lookout for affordable easy to use >>equipment for us blind folk who want to listen to audible books and music >>without losing our minds! Smile. Much to my beloved husband's annoyance >>(why do you need another one of these?), I will probably buy this and test >>it out at our library. This has got me jazzed, for sure! Until we get >>rid >>of that annoying DRM, this could be the best answer yet! >> >>Peace, >>Kathy >> >> >> >>Listen to Kathy and Fred on the Web at >> >>http://www.live365.com/stations/cityslackers/ >> >>http://www.fredkate.libsyn.com >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Steve Pattison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "PC Audio" <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org>; "Access-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 10:31 PM >>Subject: Fwd: The Creative Zen Stone MP3 player >> >> >> > >> >>From: Brian Hartgen [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >>I wanted to let people know about a very affordable easy to use >> >>portable >> >>media player which Anna told me about and which I have just purchased. >> >>It is called the Zen Stone player from Creative, and it costs 25 pounds >> >>or 40 Us dollars. The player was released on 3 May this year and so is >> >>very new and is available just about everywhere you can think of >> >>including retail outlets and Amazon. >> >> >> >>The player is extremely small indeed and weighs less than one ounce and >> >>has no screen. It has a mode switch on the side (for cycling between >> >>some features such as repeat, play all or shuffle), and a typical >> >>wheel: >> >>up and down for volume, left and right to skip tracks or within a >> >>track, >> >>and play/stop in the centre. The mode switch, if pressed and held, >> >>will >> >>allow you to skip to the next album or folder which is a nice feature. >> >>The Zen Stone can accommodate up to 1 GB of storage. >> >> >> >>The great thing about this player is that no special software is >> >>required to transfer regular WMA or MP3 files to it. You can simply >> >>copy and paste using Windows Explorer. However, there is software >> >>which >> >>can be downloaded called Creative Media Light, which allows you to not >> >>only rip tracks from audio CD, but in addition once the audio >> >>extraction >> >>has taken place, the music is automatically transferred to the player. >> >>So for a person who does not want to get into the business of copying >> >>music to the player, this could be very good. There's a bit of >> >>scripting needing to be done with that, but I intend to issue some free >> >>JAWS scripts for this if I can get that particular item to work. Apart >> >>from that and one or two small issues of labelling buttons which I have >> >>done, the software is quite usable. The good thing about the software >> >>is that when the player is connected to the computer for charging, the >> >>status line will report the percentage of the charging process. >> >> >> >>Now to the final great feature. This player will allow you to play DRM >> >>Windows Media files and Audible content. When playing Audible content >> >>(up to format 3 only), and you stop playing the book and move to >> >>another >> >>folder, your position within the book is retained! I think that the >> >>storage capacity of the player, and the fact that the quality of format >> >>3 is quite listenable, makes the use of this format quite acceptable. >> >> >> >>If anyone would like to know more about the player please let me know. >> >>But if you want something really simple on which to listen to music, >> >>podcasts and particularly Audible books, this is a very inexpensive >> >>option. If it does play DRM content, and I've no reason to doubt the >> >>claims made by the manufacturers, then this kind of player could be the >> >>start of people moving away from the iTunes music store (thank >> >>goodness) >> >>and to other music providers who offer DRM content. >> >> >> >>Brian Hartgen >> >>More information about portable media devices can be obtained from the >> >>Portable Player Portal. 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