Nice! am getting one as part of my Christmas Stocking, Merry Christmas to you all by the way and may you all enjoy "Good Audio!" not just over Christmas but well into the New Year.
On 20/12/2012, at 9:49 AM, Joe Giovanelli <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]/>. > 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: grtdane12 Phone +61390058589 fax +61397437954 SMS +61400494862 msn: [email protected] ********** <--- 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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