Only problem, is1 gig, now days, that isn't mucyh storage area. I have more than that on my cell phone. At 06:01 AM 05/28/2007, you wrote: >Brian, this sounds like incredibly good news! As a person who works as a >library assistant, I'm always on the lookout for affordable easy to use >equipment for us blind folk who want to listen to audible books and music >without losing our minds! Smile. Much to my beloved husband's annoyance >(why do you need another one of these?), I will probably buy this and test >it out at our library. This has got me jazzed, for sure! Until we get rid >of that annoying DRM, this could be the best answer yet! > >Peace, >Kathy > > > >Listen to Kathy and Fred on the Web at > >http://www.live365.com/stations/cityslackers/ > >http://www.fredkate.libsyn.com > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Steve Pattison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "PC Audio" <[email protected]>; "Access-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 10:31 PM >Subject: Fwd: The Creative Zen Stone MP3 player > > > > > >>From: Brian Hartgen [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>I wanted to let people know about a very affordable easy to use portable > >>media player which Anna told me about and which I have just purchased. > >>It is called the Zen Stone player from Creative, and it costs 25 pounds > >>or 40 Us dollars. The player was released on 3 May this year and so is > >>very new and is available just about everywhere you can think of > >>including retail outlets and Amazon. > >> > >>The player is extremely small indeed and weighs less than one ounce and > >>has no screen. It has a mode switch on the side (for cycling between > >>some features such as repeat, play all or shuffle), and a typical wheel: > >>up and down for volume, left and right to skip tracks or within a track, > >>and play/stop in the centre. The mode switch, if pressed and held, will > >>allow you to skip to the next album or folder which is a nice feature. > >>The Zen Stone can accommodate up to 1 GB of storage. > >> > >>The great thing about this player is that no special software is > >>required to transfer regular WMA or MP3 files to it. You can simply > >>copy and paste using Windows Explorer. However, there is software which > >>can be downloaded called Creative Media Light, which allows you to not > >>only rip tracks from audio CD, but in addition once the audio extraction > >>has taken place, the music is automatically transferred to the player. > >>So for a person who does not want to get into the business of copying > >>music to the player, this could be very good. There's a bit of > >>scripting needing to be done with that, but I intend to issue some free > >>JAWS scripts for this if I can get that particular item to work. Apart > >>from that and one or two small issues of labelling buttons which I have > >>done, the software is quite usable. The good thing about the software > >>is that when the player is connected to the computer for charging, the > >>status line will report the percentage of the charging process. > >> > >>Now to the final great feature. This player will allow you to play DRM > >>Windows Media files and Audible content. When playing Audible content > >>(up to format 3 only), and you stop playing the book and move to another > >>folder, your position within the book is retained! I think that the > >>storage capacity of the player, and the fact that the quality of format > >>3 is quite listenable, makes the use of this format quite acceptable. > >> > >>If anyone would like to know more about the player please let me know. > >>But if you want something really simple on which to listen to music, > >>podcasts and particularly Audible books, this is a very inexpensive > >>option. If it does play DRM content, and I've no reason to doubt the > >>claims made by the manufacturers, then this kind of player could be the > >>start of people moving away from the iTunes music store (thank goodness) > >>and to other music providers who offer DRM content. > >> > >>Brian Hartgen > >>More information about portable media devices can be obtained from the > >>Portable Player Portal. Please visit > >>www.hartgen.org > >>and choose the Portable Player Portal link. > >> > >>E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>SKYPE: brianhartgen > >>PHONE (UK): 0208-133-7186 > >>PHONE (US): 213-985-3581 > > > > Regards Steve > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Skype: steve1963 > > MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > > http://www.pc-audio.org > > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.0/819 - Release Date: 5/26/2007 > > 10:47 AM > > > > > > >Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >http://www.pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >__________ NOD32 2293 (20070527) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >http://www.eset.com
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