[PLUG] Articles on MP3 player usability?

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

You can buy a 11inch Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ for $160 off Amazon.   64GB of onboard storage.  And you can even use it as an MP3 player

I believe some of these apps also will read the texts.

You also have Speechify, Voice Aloud Reader, and NaturalReader as well as Android's built-in Accessibility Suite.

Most people don't use dedicated mp3 players in any case.  They play MP3's on smartphones.  The only people I know that use dedicated
MP3 players are people doing extremely active outdoor sports like running where every ounce of weight matters.  About the most I can ever tolerate while running is the weight of a smartphone strapped to my arm.   Anything heavier will tend to get thrown off.

Ted

-----Original Message-----
From: PLUG <plug-bounces at lists.pdxlinux.org> On Behalf Of Richard Owlett
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2026 9:50 AM
To: plug at lists.pdxlinux.org
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Articles on MP3 player usability?

On 1/17/26 10:02 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> Richard,
> 
> I think you are going to have a lot of trouble trying to do what you want to do with an mp3 player.  By eschewing a smartphone or table you are really hamstringing yourself.

As a tri-focal wearing octogenarian with additional visual problems I find unusably small screen as a day to day computer. It also lacks a usable keyboard.

> As for Bible study itself, KJV is fine as long as you understand that it's just a translation of translations and isn't the best.

I'm used to KJV. It's comfortable to listen to.

A smartphone would only be marginally usable as a phone. I find I need the handset of a standard desk set for comfortable conversation.