Hi Kim, At the bottom of this email you can find all of Gerald's info and a direct link to this product. You can also order by phone at 1-800-806-1115. I placed a phone order for a few of these players this morning. The direct link is right above Gerald's name. Hope this helps. Take care. > From; Gerald > Well, it turns out that the Coby MP200 MP3 player may be blind accessible > after all. I did a little research, and discovered that the Coby MP200 is > similar in design to the discontinued Creative Zen Stone that caused such > a stir in the blind community when it was first introduced a couple of > years ago. Like the Zen Stone, the Coby MP200, which is about the size of > a pack of chewing gum, has a concentric ring surrounding a Play-Stop/Power > button on its front panel. Pressing and holding it for 5 seconds turns > the unit on. Pressing the top of the ring increases the volume, and > pressing the bottom of the ring decreases the volume. Pressing the right > side of the ring skips to the next track, while pressing and holding it > scans rapidly forward through the current track. Pressing the left side > of the ring skips to the previous track,, while pressing and holding it > scans rapidly backward through the current track. That's it. It has no > display screen or navigation menus to deal with, just a LED power > indicator. Unlike the Zen Stone, the Coby unit has no shuffle play mode, > so you can only listen to tracks in the order they were downloaded, > which, presumably, can be easily accomplished using simple Copy and Pate > command. With 2gb of memory, it has twice the storage capacity of the Zen > Stone, and as an added bonus, it can be used as a flash drive for data > storage. It plugs directly into a USB port, but also includes a separate > USB cable as well as a set of earbuds. It runs on a single replaceable > AAA battery (included) which is said to provide up to 8 hours of playing > time, rather than a sealed, nonreplaceable rechargeable battery, which, > for me, is a big plus. So I went ahead and ordered one from J&R. For ten > bucks with free shipping, how can you go wrong? > > http://www.jr.com/coby/pe/CBY_MP2002G/?JRSource=chemail.bfweekend.11142009 > > Gerald
----- Original Message ----- From: kim kelly To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 8:48 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] More About Coby MP3 Player So, the Coby 200 is user friendly. I wish I had found that litt bugger last june before I got the one I have now. How does one go about getting this little guy? I am interested. I may put a bug in someones ear for a christmas gift. Send me all of the information if you can. Thanks. Kim Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]> To: "blind-computing" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 7:04 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] More About Coby MP3 Player > > Well, it turns out that the Coby MP200 MP3 player may be blind accessible > after all. I did a little research, and discovered that the Coby MP200 is > similar in design to the discontinued Creative Zen Stone that caused such > a stir in the blind community when it was first introduced a couple of > years ago. Like the Zen Stone, the Coby MP200, which is about the size of > a pack of chewing gum, has a concentric ring surrounding a Play-Stop/Power > button on its front panel. Pressing and holding it for 5 seconds turns > the unit on. Pressing the top of the ring increases the volume, and > pressing the bottom of the ring decreases the volume. Pressing the right > side of the ring skips to the next track, while pressing and holding it > scans rapidly forward through the current track. Pressing the left side > of the ring skips to the previous track,, while pressing and holding it > scans rapidly backward through the current track. That's it. It has no > display screen or navigation menus to deal with, just a LED power > indicator. Unlike the Zen Stone, the Coby unit has no shuffle play mode, > so you can only listen to tracks in the order they were downloaded, > which, presumably, can be easily accomplished using simple Copy and Pate > command. With 2gb of memory, it has twice the storage capacity of the Zen > Stone, and as an added bonus, it can be used as a flash drive for data > storage. It plugs directly into a USB port, but also includes a separate > USB cable as well as a set of earbuds. It runs on a single replaceable > AAA battery (included) which is said to provide up to 8 hours of playing > time, rather than a sealed, nonreplaceable rechargeable battery, which, > for me, is a big plus. So I went ahead and ordered one from J&R. For ten > bucks with free shipping, how can you go wrong? > > http://www.jr.com/coby/pe/CBY_MP2002G/?JRSource=chemail.bfweekend.11142009 > > Gerald > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
