Good point. Thanks for explaining it for me.

Fortunately, my friend does not have that problem. I'll tell her to buy a Rio
Forge.

-barry
--- In audible@yahoogroups.com, Barry <barryem@...> wrote:
>
>
> A number of the members of this group are blind and I don't usually remember
which are which so when I think of it while discussing a player I try to mention
whether I think it's accessible to them.
>
> Barry
>
>
> --- On Wed, 7/15/09, Barry Margolius <bfm@...> wrote:
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> > From: Barry Margolius <bfm@...>
> > Subject: [audible] Re: AAA Battery Player?
> > To: audible@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 12:57 PM
> > Thanks for the recommendation. 
> > I'm pretty sure my friend will be getting a Rio Forge. 
> > I do have one question: what do you mean by "accessable" in
> > your first sentence?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -barry
> >
> > --- In audible@yahoogroups.com,
> > Barry <barryem@> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > There's the Rio Forge at:
> > > http://system.s2gstore.com/site/RioAudio/RIO-28260105R.htm
> > > or
> > > http://tinyurl.com/35bj89
> > >
> > > I'm not sure this player will be accessable if that's
> > an issue.  It's probably not.  If that's not an
> > issue this is probably the best player ever made for
> > audiobooks.  It works with Audible and Overdrive and
> > NetLibrary and all subscription services.  It's great
> > with MP3 audiobooks. It has more audiobook related features
> > than any player.  It's resume is very stable.  It
> > has bookmarks.  It even remembers it's place if the
> > battery dies.
> > >
> > > It gets a little more battery life from an AAA battery
> > than the Zen Nano.
> > >
> > > It's only got 128 meg of memory on-board but with the
> > addition of a 2 gig SD card it becomes a 2 gig player. 
> > I never bother with the on-board memory.
> > >
> > > I see that Audible no longer lists it in the device
> > center but if you go to their help section and type in Rio
> > Forge it takes you to everything you need.  I still use
> > mine at times and I have the latest Audible software.
> > >
> > > If your friend gets it it may or may not come with the
> > latest firmware update, which can be found easily by
> > googling "Rio Forge firmware".  That firmware adds a
> > number of new and very nice features.  They released it
> > long after the player was no longer being made.
> > >
> > > This is a refurbished player, not a new one, but this
> > is being sold by an authorized dealer.  I've bought a
> > few from them and so have a number of other people, at my
> > suggestion.  One person got a bad one and they replaced
> > it.
> > >
> > > Barry
> > >
> > > --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Barry Margolius <bfm@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Barry Margolius <bfm@>
> > > > Subject: [audible] AAA Battery Player?
> > > > To: audible@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:32 PM
> > > > Are there any AA or AAA players still
> > > > available new?  My friend who loves her Zen Nano
> > needs
> > > > a new player and prefers not to go the eBay
> > route.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > >
> > > > -barry
> > > >
> > > >
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