[Electronics-talk] Wow! $10 MP3 Player Really Is Accessible

[Gerald Levy]

I am very happy with this little gizmo.  It is simple to use and has 
surprisingly good sound quality.  Using it requires no learning curve or 
sighted assistance.  Filling it with music is as easy  as copying and 
pasting the MP3 files stored in the My Music folder.  The five buttons have 
a nice tactile feel.  And I really like the fact that it can be plugged 
directly into a USB port without a cable, and runs on a single , easily 
replaceable AAA battery.  So what if it doesn't have a shuffle play mode or 
voice recorder?  For only ten bucks, it is truly a great bargain.

Gerald
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sandra Merrell" <sandra.merrell at cox.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Wow! $10 MP3 Player Really Is Accessible


> Hi there,
> How are you liking your Coby? I think my husband is going to order me one.
> Sandra
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net>
> To: "Electronics Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, November 28, 2009 7:04 PM
> Subject: [Electronics-talk] Wow! $10 MP3 Player Really Is Accessible
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>>
>> I just received my Coby MP200 MP3 player from J&R, and it is truly simple 
>> and totally blind accessible.  On top of the unit is the earphone jack 
>> into which you plug the included earbuds.  The front panel has 5 discrete 
>> buttons arranged in a vertical column.  From top to bottom, the buttons 
>> are skip forward, play/pause/power, skip backward, volume up and volume 
>> down.  Pressing and holding the second button from the top for 5 seconds 
>> turns the unit on, and pressing and holding it again for 5 seconds turns 
>> it off.  That's all there is to it.  The bottom of the unit has a USB 
>> connector that plugs directly into a USB port, although a separate USB 
>> cable is also included.  You just plug it into your PC and copy and paste 
>> the MP3 files you want to download.  Just install the included AAA 
>> battery and you're good to go.  The sound quality is surprisingly good, 
>> at least using a better pair of earbuds than the included ones.  There is 
>> absolutely no learning curve, and no sighted assistance is required to 
>> use it.  The included software, which I have not tried yet, is fully JAWS 
>> accessible.  With 2gb of memory, it can hold up to 1,000 songs.  This is 
>> probably the best blind accessible MP3 deal ever.  It is still available 
>> from J&R for $10 with free shipping, but they probably won't last much 
>> longer at that price.  They make wonderful stocking stuffers.  The 
>> hardest part of using this gizmo is getting it out of the plastic blister 
>> pack which requires a heavy duty scissors to cut open.
>>
>> http://www.jr.com/coby/pe/CBY_MP2002G/
>>
>>    Gerald
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