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Super interested in something like this. Currently there is no easily operated audiobook player for elderly or people with severe arthritis.

My eventual workaround was cheap bluetooth speaker (because expensive ones did not remember playback position inside a track) and a whole heap of super low capacity usb drives.

[pipes]

https://uk.yotoplay.com/yoto-mini

My wife bought this. I was deeply sceptical. But it's lovely, you can put story cards in it. My 6 year old daughter loves it. And we listen to a daily yoto podcast at dinner every day.

Edited, found link to version we own

[ofrzeta]

Neat. I wonder if the files are stored on that card (and if yes, how) or if it works like the Toniebox where you have some kind of token that triggers a network download.

EDIT: this Reddit thread says it downloads the files. "All the audio files live in the cloud and it gets downloaded to your Yoto when you insert a card in the speaker. This means that you will need WiFi the first time you listen to a card, but should be fine without the next time you want to play the same."

https://www.reddit.com/r/YotoPlayer/comments/1grrl9u/just_le...

The cards have an NFC chip: https://support.yotoplay.com/en-US/what-are-yoto-cards-made-...