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 > > <--- Uni-Audio At Dane-Trethowan.ationet ---> > > > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > > [email protected] > > > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Uni-Audio forum at > > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/uni-audio/index.html> > > or at the public Mail Archive: > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > > > The Uni-Audio mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > > and worm-free! > > > > Please remember to update your subscription options periodically by > > visiting the list website at: > > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/uni-audio/options/> > > > > This E-Mail forum is hosted on behalf of Dane Trethowan by Mac Access Dot > > Net; The British Mac Accessibility Network; whose website can be found here: > > > > <http://www.mac-access.net> > > > > <--- Uni-Audio ---> > > > > ********** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: greatdane12 > Phone +61390058589 > fax +61397437954 > SMS +61400494862 > msn: [email protected] > > > ********** > > <--- Uni-Audio At Dane-Trethowan.ationet ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Uni-Audio forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/uni-audio/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Uni-Audio mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your subscription options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/uni-audio/options/> > > This E-Mail forum is hosted on behalf of Dane Trethowan by Mac Access Dot > Net; The British Mac Accessibility Network; whose website can be found here: > > <http://www.mac-access.net> > > <--- Uni-Audio ---> <--- Uni-Audio At Dane-Trethowan.Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Uni-Audio forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/uni-audio/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. 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