RE: question on MP3 player
Hi Nektarios, glad to hear you got a Rockbox capable player. I too have an h140, and would never go back. The Minx, the Internet radio station that plays all the great love songs. http://www.the-minx.com Jonathan Mosen Blog, podcast and radio show: http://www.MosenExplosion.com Ph: +1-925-566-9265. Mobile/SMS +1-806-252-6671 -Original Message- From: Nektarios Mallas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 27 April 2006 1:40 p.m. To: 'PC audio discussion list. ' Subject: RE: question on MP3 player Hello. I was also researching the topic of mp3 players myself. I have used a creative jukebox in the past but I don't like it at all. The player itself is ok but I hate using horible inaccessible creative software to transfer files and do other things. I ended up buying an iriver h140 and all I have to say is that it is great! I installed the rockbox firmware and I have talking menus, file names etc. It is the best experience I had in my life since I discovered a screen reader exists for my computer years ago. I will never buy a creative or an ipod again. Well, I shouldn't say that. I may investigate buying an ipod in the future when rockbox is working satisfactorily with it. Nektarios. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brandon Hicks Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 1:21 AM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: question on MP3 player hi all, just a comment here. I've used the creative zen. The touchpad is actually quite accessible, and so is the software or at least the version i had. my model, the zen micro 5 gb, would allow you to customize the menus, so provided you have a soft touch, you can mess with the radio and the voice recorder, or you can buy the remote which switches from player to radio with one button. the software is easy, there is actually a place, provided you have windows media 10, in my computer that you can simply paste your mp3/wma files, i'm not sure about plays for sure, and it will send them. even if you don't use the menus, the zen is accessible because a click device similar to the ipod can be enabled with sighted help, so you can hear when you tap any area of the touchpad in any menu. however, i had 3 units and they all had hard drive errors, my friend sent one in and got the other one stolen and another blind friend has hers working for over a year, so i don't know about the quality of the thing itself. hope this helps brandon ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
RE: question on MP3 player
Hello. I was also researching the topic of mp3 players myself. I have used a creative jukebox in the past but I don't like it at all. The player itself is ok but I hate using horible inaccessible creative software to transfer files and do other things. I ended up buying an iriver h140 and all I have to say is that it is great! I installed the rockbox firmware and I have talking menus, file names etc. It is the best experience I had in my life since I discovered a screen reader exists for my computer years ago. I will never buy a creative or an ipod again. Well, I shouldn't say that. I may investigate buying an ipod in the future when rockbox is working satisfactorily with it. Nektarios. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brandon Hicks Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 1:21 AM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: question on MP3 player hi all, just a comment here. I've used the creative zen. The touchpad is actually quite accessible, and so is the software or at least the version i had. my model, the zen micro 5 gb, would allow you to customize the menus, so provided you have a soft touch, you can mess with the radio and the voice recorder, or you can buy the remote which switches from player to radio with one button. the software is easy, there is actually a place, provided you have windows media 10, in my computer that you can simply paste your mp3/wma files, i'm not sure about plays for sure, and it will send them. even if you don't use the menus, the zen is accessible because a click device similar to the ipod can be enabled with sighted help, so you can hear when you tap any area of the touchpad in any menu. however, i had 3 units and they all had hard drive errors, my friend sent one in and got the other one stolen and another blind friend has hers working for over a year, so i don't know about the quality of the thing itself. hope this helps brandon ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
Re: question on MP3 player
hi all, just a comment here. I've used the creative zen. The touchpad is actually quite accessible, and so is the software or at least the version i had. my model, the zen micro 5 gb, would allow you to customize the menus, so provided you have a soft touch, you can mess with the radio and the voice recorder, or you can buy the remote which switches from player to radio with one button. the software is easy, there is actually a place, provided you have windows media 10, in my computer that you can simply paste your mp3/wma files, i'm not sure about plays for sure, and it will send them. even if you don't use the menus, the zen is accessible because a click device similar to the ipod can be enabled with sighted help, so you can hear when you tap any area of the touchpad in any menu. however, i had 3 units and they all had hard drive errors, my friend sent one in and got the other one stolen and another blind friend has hers working for over a year, so i don't know about the quality of the thing itself. hope this helps brandon ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
Re: question on MP3 player
Hi, Kurt! Having gone through this very conversation with myself and others, I've been told the Creative Zen is not blind friendly. I wound up buying an Ilo on Ebay, or you can get one from Walmart, but only from their on-line store. I hope someone can tell me I'm wrong about all this, but that's been my experience. I'm always on the lookout for blind-friendly devices that will play, not just WMA files, but the ones that are marked Plays For Sure, which means they'll also play the WMA Digital Rights Management files! It's a tough world out there in tiny device land! Ick! Kathy Szinnyey [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 10:26 AM Subject: question on MP3 player > Has any body heard of the Creative Zen Neeon 5 GB MP3 Player? Larry S at > blind cool tech had a 1 GB Iloe for about 100. There next most expensive > one was 153. Well, this one the Creative Zen Neeon 5 GB MP3 Player is > 159 for 5 GB. Has anybody used it and is it accessible? I would like to > have that much storage, but don't want to buy it if I can't really use > it. Both play WMA files. Thanks. Kurt > > ___ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.6/324 - Release Date: 4/25/2006 > > ___ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
