Saturday, February 10, 2007

Audio Bible

I've run into a situation a couple of times now where I wanted to help someone find a audio bible but the person don't own a computer or portable MP3 player. MP3 Bibles are cheap or free and often contain extra resources such as sermons. I think they are a great resource, but in some cases the person can't use them because he or she doesn't have a player. Alternatively, you can find audio bibles on audio CD. They take up 64+ CD's and generally cost over $60. Isn't there something in between?

Options

  1. Check to see if the person has a DVD player and if it plays MP3 CD's - maybe this would work in some situations
  2. Determine if there is a cheap portable MP3 player <$35 Which can hold the MP3 Bible contents generally <>
  3. Use a CD Duplicator to create the 64 + CD's from a burned copy of an the MP3 bible. 64 Audio CD's themselves will cost less than $10 the problem is how long it will take to make 1) the initial burned copy and 2) the additional copies + labels. A couple of audio bibles I've seen allow you to make unlimited copies for non-commercial use, for the others just purchase an additional copy and package it with each set of CD's.
Find someone who already sells a combo of any of the above options for a reasonable price.

Update. E-bay has some cheap used (eg here, here) CD/MP3 player combos which could be bought for $15-$25 including shipping.

1 comment:

  1. How larger is an MP3 encoded audio bible? You should be able to get away with 64kbps for spoken word recordings, hence a good deal of compression. Off brand MP3 players can be had in 1GB capacity for less than $35 now (see amazon or your favorite etailer). I'm almost certain I've seen MP3 bibles far smaller than that. Some research would hopefully determine a reliable off brand.

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