Re: Audio-book related topic on today's cartoon strip "Zits"

Both my big i-pod (15 Gb gen 4) and my i-pod shuffle would allow me to 
back track indefinitely to catch up on the plot of an audiobook. Very 
useful.  The big i-pod also has a screen that allows you to see what you 
are looking at.  When I was doing a podcast of my own (for an audio 
presentation of Heart of Hythea) it was a simple matter to embed title 
and chapter information with I-Tunes.  Suzanne

Jon Jermey wrote:
>
> This illustrates one of the many problems for those of us who use MP3
> players to listen to something other than simple music tracks. In my
> case it is old radio programs, but the same applies to audiobooks:
>
> - Not enough space is provided for meaningful names
> - User should be able to set a default for 'Delete this as soon as I've
> heard it'
> - Many players still won't resume from the middle of a track (and none
> will automatically backtrack, say, 20 seconds so you can remind yourself
> where the plot is up to).
> - MP3 tags don't allow for listing multiple performers, producers,
> directors, authors or -- in the case of narrated books -- a 'Reader' tag.
> - Most software won't allow the user to skip, say, 30 seconds forwards
> to jump over advertisements or boring passages.
> - Shuffling algorithms are far too simple -- there's no way I can say,
> for instance: 'Play one Jack Benny followed by one Calling All
> Detectives followed by one randomly selected track from elsewhere, then
> repeat until all tracks are used up.'
>
> It may be that audiobook and podcast fans will find themselves in future
> buying different devices to those who just want to listen to music.
>
> Jon.
>


--Heart of Hythea by Suzanne Francis is available now from
www.mushroom-ebooks.com/authors/francis_suzanne/heartofhythea.html
and the Amazon.com Kindle Bookstore.



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