From: Brent Harding <bharding_at_doorpi.net>
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2006 14:58:33 -0600

I think Ipods are the only players that Rockbox even supports that could
play an audible book in their native firmware. A couple Irivers can, but I
think new flash models I haven't heard of. This is according to the audible
device list on their site. I used to subscribe to their service and have a
few books I haven't gotten to yet, guess I haven't taken the time to do the
manual rerecording process or whatever, burn to CD and rip back in.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Verhoeven" <carina.peter_at_gmail.com>
To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 8:10 AM
Subject: Re: using i pod


> 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