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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: using i podRe: using i pod
From: Peter Verhoeven <carina.peter_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 15:10:49 +0100 2006/11/1, Peter Verhoeven <carina.peter_at_gmail.com>: > Hi, > > Can't you get audiobooks from a labrary for the blind? Here in the > Netherlands we have them on CD in Daisy format. I copy all the MP3 > files in a direcotry on my Rockbox enabled Nano, enabled bookmarking > and I never had such a good audiobook listening experience. Thanks > developers of Rockbox, it's realy great! > > I tried listening to audiobooks with the Apple firmware, but after > charging the battery resume didn't work anymore and I have to search > for where I was in the book. > > BTW: I boycot shops like itunes and audible forcing me to use special > software and hardware. > > Peter Verhoeven > > 2006/11/1, Rocker <rocker_at_shaw.ca>: > > Hi Celeste you ask: > > When I spoke with someone at audible.com last week they told me that you > > have to use i-tunes to download audible books. They said that it's not > very > > user > > friendly with JAWS. My blind friends in Phoenix who used to sell adaptive > > technology agreed with that. Does rockbox help with the use of i-tunes or > > is > > there a way to use it successfully? > > > > The short answer iis no. IN fact, you don't need Itunes to use Rockbox. > > You will likely need Itunes to initialize your IPOD however once you > install > > Rockbox you can blow Itunes away. > > Rockgbox will not support audible content. You can read more about .AA & > > MP3 formats at: > > http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/5/103313 > > Thanks > > Your welcome...rocker > > . > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Celeste" <celestew_at_comcast.net> > > To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:03 PM > > Subject: Re: using i pod > > > > > > When I spoke with someone at audible.com last week they told me that you > > have to use i-tunes to download audible books. They said that it's not > very > > user friendly with JAWS. My blind friends in Phoenix who used to sell > > adaptive technology agreed with that. Does rockbox help with the use of > > i-tunes or is there a way to use it successfully? > > > > Thanks. > > > > I hope I'm not asking stupid questions. I just don't want to purchase a > > player and wish later that I had waited or purchased something else. > > > > Thanks again. > > > > Celeste > > > > > Received on 2006-11-01 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |