[OPLINTECH] Recommended WMA players

[Carol Dunn]

I just ordered the Creative Zen Micro, hasn't come in yet. I don't
want to buy batteries, I hate those things, this one has a recharger. I also
got the Belkin
Transmitter so I can listen through the car radio. We
have the new Recorded Books downloadable audios. Seems to work
OK, only plays on .wma files.
http://ww.findlaylibrary.org/audiobooks.htm
Microsoft has a website called Plays For Sure which lists
all the .wma compatible devices.
http://www.playsforsure.com/

Talking about
Books on CD, if you have not listened to The Memory of Running, you
should! It's fantastic and read by the author.......

Regards,
Carol Dunn
Findlay-Hancock County Public Library
206 Broadway
Findlay, Ohio 45840
419-422-1712
dunn@findlaylibrary.org



-----Original Message-----
From: Mann, James H. [mailto:JMann@gcpl.lib.oh.us]
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 5:41 PM
To: yarmando.oplin@gmail.com; oplintech@oplin.org
Subject: RE: [OPLINTECH] Recommended WMA players


You all are so scientific. Here's the deal: at Christmas K-mart had $20
mp3 players. Knowing that that's what my patrons got in their Christmas
stocking I went in quest of a $20 mp3 player. I bought the $29 model
because I had recently proven that my thumb drive was not washable.
For $29 my player works great.

Jim Mann
Technology Coordinator
Greene County Public Library
Xenia Ohio 45385
(937) 376-2996 x210
mailto: jmann@gcpl.lib.oh.us

-----Original Message-----
From: oplintech-admin@oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-admin@oplin.org] On
Behalf Of Don Yarman
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 4:46 PM
To: oplintech@oplin.org
Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Recommended WMA players

Thanks, Jims, for your responses.  Any other Jims wish to
weigh in?

JKENZIG <JKENZIG@cuyahoga.lib.oh.us> wrote:
> You can also use ipods...just burn the book to a cd and then use
itunes to
> put it on the ipod.

What Karen Schneider on her blog called the "how many steps 
do I have to go through and how many laws do I have to break 
to listen to a library audiobook on my non-Windows, Palm- or
Apple-based handheld device" problem.

> Don't forget that Cuyahoga County also has Overdrive.

Yes, and it's very convenient for me to check Cuyahoga County's
collection, and CLEVNET's collection, and Youngstown's
collection, and SEO's collection, and MOLDI's collection, and....

(I know Ohio's libraries are fantastic because of our 
independence and our diversity, and I know that I'm not your 
average library patron, but give me a break).

Again, thanks for the recommendations.  The next trip to
Best Buy, I'm going to try and play with the device long
enough to scope out the file structure.  That seems to be
my big beef with the Creative Nomad Zen devices.

    Your most humble and obedient servant,

                    Don Yarman
                    OPLIN Library Services Manager
                    yarmando@oplin.org

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