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
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