Re: the tiny tunes player

2012-12-19 Thread Chris H 
Glad you agree with me and although I won't take up on any of your Mp3 
players, judging by the Tech Talk presentation you did months ago they 
all sound good and you certainly help those who just need a basic Mp3 
player that talks. No gimmiks, no middle men, no unrealistic claims, 
brilliant job and keep up the good work.



Christopher Hallsworth

On 18/12/2012 22:53, Laz Mesa wrote:

I tried to warn folks about this player months ago by responding to
any emails that I saw regarding this con.  There were many
exaggerations and misrepresentations in these emails and even on their
site itself.  IN fact, if you go to their site today, you'll see that
they claim 70 hours of battery life!  i think most of us know that
this is a wild exaggeration to say the least.  they also still claim
that it's the only MP3 player which you don't have to look at the
screen to use, it's the first MP3 player that talks, etc.

I feel sorry for all of those who fell for this con job.  All I can
say is that I tried to shed some light on it months ago.  I'm not even
going to try to promote my own Talking MP3 Players in this message,
just that i feel very sorry for those who got ripped off.

Happy holidays everyone!

Laz

From: Chris H 
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Oh what a con this sounds like! I really hate it when companies do this,
market a product that's claimed to be the first of its kind, only to be
let down by stupid gimmiks and worst of all no way to get a refund. How
disgusting! Think I will stick with my iPhone and Pc/Mac for playing music.


Christopher Hallsworth



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Re: the tiny tunes player

2012-12-18 Thread Laz Mesa 
I tried to warn folks about this player months ago by responding to
any emails that I saw regarding this con.  There were many
exaggerations and misrepresentations in these emails and even on their
site itself.  IN fact, if you go to their site today, you'll see that
they claim 70 hours of battery life!  i think most of us know that
this is a wild exaggeration to say the least.  they also still claim
that it's the only MP3 player which you don't have to look at the
screen to use, it's the first MP3 player that talks, etc.

I feel sorry for all of those who fell for this con job.  All I can
say is that I tried to shed some light on it months ago.  I'm not even
going to try to promote my own Talking MP3 Players in this message,
just that i feel very sorry for those who got ripped off.

Happy holidays everyone!

Laz

From: Chris H 
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Subject: Re: the tiny tunes player
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Oh what a con this sounds like! I really hate it when companies do this,
market a product that's claimed to be the first of its kind, only to be
let down by stupid gimmiks and worst of all no way to get a refund. How
disgusting! Think I will stick with my iPhone and Pc/Mac for playing music.


Christopher Hallsworth

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Re: the tiny tunes player

2012-12-18 Thread Chris H 
Oh what a con this sounds like! I really hate it when companies do this, 
market a product that's claimed to be the first of its kind, only to be 
let down by stupid gimmiks and worst of all no way to get a refund. How 
disgusting! Think I will stick with my iPhone and Pc/Mac for playing music.



Christopher Hallsworth

On 18/12/2012 01:18, Joe Giovanelli wrote:

Hello,

You may have heard about an MP 3 player called Tiny Tunes.  It claims to have 
an excellent TTS engine which will speak menu choices, folder names and titles. 
 It is supposed to read textfiles, making it suitable for reading books.  It 
has an FM radio.

I was not able to hear even one FM station.  I checked with a friend who just 
received his unit, and he could not hear any signals!

The speech is about the worst I've in my 30 years of using computers.

Both navigation and responses are at best uncertain.   After one places a few 
MP 3 folders on the device, it quits responding, running the batteries down.

It's easy to get it work again.  Just remove the folders.

It's available from the Braille Super Store.  I suggest that you go to that 
site and search for the company's product return policy.  Among the horrors 
you'll find in it is that no producted is warranted.  One can never get money 
back in the event that a product is defective.

I'm quite disappointed that such a product exists.  I strongly suggest that you 
should consider not ordering it.

I dislike writing negative comments.  I do so now only because I don't want 
people to buy this device with no good recourse in the likely event that this 
product will not meet your expectations.

Joe Giovanelli
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Re: tiny tunes player

2012-12-17 Thread Don Ball 

you could buy a rockbox player and add a large memory card for that price.
YOu could by one from las mesa but you could buy one from amazon and rockbox 
it yourself.


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Subject: tiny tunes player



Hello, Everybody,

You may have heard about a rather small player called "Tiny Tunes."  It 
claims to have an excellent TTS engine, which means that it will read 
textfiles.  It plays various audio formats.   The instructions tell us 
that it will read folder names.  Navigation is accoplished with a minimum 
number of controls.  Its 75 dollar price sounds great!


I strongly suggest that you do not obtain one.  The speech is some of the 
worst I have heard in my 30 years of computer use.  I was not able to 
receive any FM stations on its radio.  I could write a long treatise on 
what this unit should do as opposed to what it really does, but I won't. 
Suffice it to say that navigation and response are erratic.  When a few 
folders are loaded on to the device, it will likely quit responding, 
leading to running down its battery.


I truly dislike writing negative things, but I have to do so in this case.

If you go to the Braille Super Store website, be sure to look for the 
company's return policy.  Among many unbblievable things, you'll read that 
none of its products are warrantied.  It gets worse from there.


Joe Giovanelli

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tiny tunes player

2012-12-17 Thread Joe Giovanelli 
Hello, Everybody,

You may have heard about a rather small player called "Tiny Tunes."  It claims 
to have an excellent TTS engine, which means that it will read textfiles.  It 
plays various audio formats.   The instructions tell us that it will read 
folder names.  Navigation is accoplished with a minimum number of controls.  
Its 75 dollar price sounds great!

I strongly suggest that you do not obtain one.  The speech is some of the worst 
I have heard in my 30 years of computer use.  I was not able to receive any FM 
stations on its radio.  I could write a long treatise on what this unit should 
do as opposed to what it really does, but I won't.  Suffice it to say that 
navigation and response are erratic.  When a few folders are loaded on to the 
device, it will likely quit responding, leading to running down its battery.

I truly dislike writing negative things, but I have to do so in this case.

If you go to the Braille Super Store website, be sure to look for the company's 
return policy.  Among many unbblievable things, you'll read that none of its 
products are warrantied.  It gets worse from there.

Joe Giovanelli

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