[Dtb-talk] What are the cheapest accessible ebook readers?

[Kestrell]

Thanks! I'm looking at the page for the BookPort Plus, though, and it's much 
less than I thought it was, only $325 (to use the word only rather loosely), 
so I'm thinking I may go with that, as I loved my old BookPort, which lasted 
me about six years .

Kes

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> Freedom Scientific has a good price on the Plextalk Pocket ($275) till the
> end of the month. They include a piece of DAISY editing software that
> appears to be pretty easy to use. However, I think you have to put up with
> their copy protection scheme on that program. Their July and August 
> podcasts
> give a really good overview.
>
> I think the APH version of the Pocket sells for $300.
>
> My experience with this type of machine is fairly limited. I mostly use 
> the
> NLS digital player for audio and my computer for DAISY text files. I had a
> Victor Stream for a time, but it died. It was good for audio, but not so
> good for text. I would rather hear Eloquence on my netbook than Tom or
> Samantha on the Stream.
>
> I got to play with a BookSense briefly last spring. The voices on it were
> much better than those on the Stream. I can't keep these companies 
> straight
> in my head, but the voice names were something like Paul and Kate. Anyhow, 
> I
> sped them up and the speech was still understandable.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Kestrell
> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 1:52 PM
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> Subject: [Dtb-talk] What are the cheapest accessible ebook readers?
>
> My BookSense just died (it's less than two years old so, needless to say, 
> I
> will not be recommending a BookSense to people).
>
> What do folks recommend as the least expensive accessible ebook reader
> options?
>
> Kes
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