Well, what it was designed for and what it will do are different
questions than what NLS is committing and willing to support.
I for one have no problems funding the NLS, the Talking Books program
and the move to a digital format. As a US tax payer though, I would not
be happy having my tax dollars spent to pay for and support a music or
MP3 player for the blind. blind consumers, like everyone else, have
other options for music and MP3 players. If this needs to be subsidized
for the blind then I think that would fall under a different program.
The NLS also needs to travel a thin line here. I doubt very much their
funding from Congress included any kind of development or support for a
generic MP3 player. I'd hate to have this funding jeopardized because
the general public found out it was being used to fund the development
and support of high quality MP3 players for the blind.
Remember too that the patrons of the NLS service with computers and the
desire to play MP3's are a minority of their overall patron population.
I think the NLS official "no support" statement for anything other than
an NLS book an an NLS cartridge is appropriate. Since, as far as I can
tell, they aren't prohibiting anyone from using a flash drive, or
playing MP3's on the player, there's nothing wrong with users sharing
this information and their findings.
I agree the player seems to be able to handle music and was made with
high quality audio components, but I'm not sure that still isn't
appreciated when listening to spoken recordings. I prefer listening to
the same book on my DTBM over my booksense, and I assume this is in part
due to the better sound quality. I believe the NLS also has music and
other recordings in their collection. I also wouldn't be surprised if
this was in part to anticipate the availability of multimedia content
(voice with music) in the future. A book on Mozart that also included
some performances for example.
--
Christopher
chalt...@gmail.com
On 3/25/2010 11:48 AM, Joe wrote:
Here's something to think about. If the NLS players weren't made to also play
music, they probably wouldn't have designed the headphone Jack and amp to play
stereo. Also, the audio quality of that speaker is clearly designed for
something bordering on hi fidelity. The base response of that player is far
superior to anything you would need for the spoken word.The frequency response
goes above and below the voice range. Its far superior to the plex talk and
other player recorders that are ridiculously over priced for what they are.
I'll. bet if we could buy this player, it would cost at least $300
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