[Dtb-talk] Reader Reviews?

[Dan Burke]

BookPort Plus, like the Pocket and Stream, uses Nuance Vocalizer for TTS.

Unfortunately.

Otherwise, APH has done a great job re-imagining the user interface
for the BPP.

The Stream, thogh, has better battery life than bookport.
Dan

On 7/16/11, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:
> I note that I forgot to answer your question re NLS and Apple products. The
> answer is that NLS *is* thinking about it but no decisions have been made
> yet.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 8:37 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Reader Reviews?
>
> Hi.
>
> First, while the BookSense has the best voice, it has a few quirks. (1)
> there is no way to enter an arbitrary text search; one must search for the
> word under the cursor. (2) I have found a Bookshare Daisy book that has
> enough mark-up that the BookSense choked on it while the Victor Reader
> Stream processed it just fine albeit after some wait. I should imagine this
> is because the BookSense uses Windows CE whereas the Stream runs under Linux
> which, I would assume, has better memory management/garbage collection. But
> I like both players.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Eric SS
> Sent: Saturday, July 16, 2011 7:21 AM
> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Reader Reviews?
>
>> Mike, thanks. I am leaning toward the Booksense.
>
> BTW, has there been any hint NLS might be considering Apple devices. If
> thath was to  happen and Bookshare ever gets their act together and finishes
> an app, reading would be good.
>
> Thank you, again.
>
> ESS
>
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