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

[Steve Jacobson]

You probably have figured this out but I know some others who liked their old BookPorts were 
disappointed that the BookPort Plus has different voices, being Samantha and Tom like the PlexTalk 
Pocket and the Stream.  However, APH has their own voice that is used for the menus, but that is a 
different voice than the text-to-speech voices.  I think it is a good unit in terms of features, though, 
as is the PlexTalk Pocket.  I am not sure I am going to give up on the BookSense, though, I may just buy 
another one.  .

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:47:15 -0400, Kestrell wrote:

>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-----
>> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Kestrell
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 1:52 PM
>> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
>> 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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