The Sansa players do exactly as advertised.  Once you run the special utility 
which is provided with the unit, it will speak as indicated.

Joe G.

----- Original Message -----
From: Dane Trethowan <[email protected]>
To: Universal Audio! [email protected]
Date: Monday, December 17, 2012 20:46
Subject: Re: the tiny tunes player

>
>
> Hi there and I have no problem with your comments whether they be positive, 
> negative or whatever, so long as we know about the products we buy from those 
> who have them then that's all that can be asked.
> 
> I was most interested in what you had to say as I'm getting a very small MP3 
> player with a TTS engine, think its called a Sansa or something like that and 
> please excuse my spelling if I got the name wrong so I'm wondering if the 
> device I'm getting is the same one of which you speak? Guess I'll find out in 
> a couple of days time <smile>.
> 
> 
> On 18/12/2012, at 12:18 PM, Joe Giovanelli <[email protected]> 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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