From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-relay1.uniserve.ca (smtp-relay1j.uniserve.ca [216.210.109.128]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6521110BBF for ; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:43:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from ip-15.53.99.216.dsl-cust.ca.inter.net ([216.99.53.15] helo=peter80061603b) by smtp-relay1.uniserve.ca with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1N2nGz-0001st-Tp for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:43:46 -0700 Message-ID: From: "Peter Tesar" To: Subject: Ipods & Itunes Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:43:43 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5843 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Sender-Info: ptesar@ca.inter.net X-Scanner: OK. Scanned. X-Uniserve-Spam-Score: 0.6 6 (/) X-Uniserve-Spam-Report: Content analysis details: (0.6 points) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message 0.1 RDNS_DYNAMIC Delivered to trusted network by host with dynamic-looking rDNS 0.5 DYN_RDNS_SHORT_HELO_HTML Sent by dynamic rDNS, short HELO, and HTML 0.0 FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK Forged mail pretending to be from MS Outlook Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.12 X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:43:50 -0000 Hi, The Itunes software can be set to convert the downloaded unprotected = files=20 to the MP3 format. You don't need Itunes to download MP3 music and you don't need special=20 softwar to copy (syncronize) the files to the portable device. Windows recognizes a portable device, connected via the USB port, as = another=20 drive letter. You can then use the Windows (or command line) copy = command to=20 transfer files to the drive. I'm not yet a full Linux user but I suspect it can transfer files to a=20 device attached to the USB port. The MP3 player has a folder structure so you can choose to manually put = the=20 files where you want. Personally I have ripped music files from CDs and copied them from vinal = records. These are manually copied to the Olympus DS50 digital recorder. = It=20 plays MP3 and WMA files. The folder structure is limited but I don't = need=20 the many layers of Categorizing. I hope that this helps.