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

[Kestrell]

Mike,

May I ask how long you have had your Stream? I'm concerned about durability.

Kes

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] What are the cheapest accessible ebook readers?


> My vote is still with the Stream though the BookSense has a better TTS 
> engine. The Stream handles books the BookSense  won't.
>
> Mike Freeman
> sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Oct 12, 2011, at 13:01, "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> That is funny in a way as my BookSense is also almost dead after a little 
>> more than two years.  In my
>> case the speaker has partially failed although the rest works all right. 
>> Freedom Scientific has their
>> little reader called the PlexTalk Pocket on sale until the end of October 
>> for $275.  The down side is
>> that I have heard that unit and the Book Port Plus which is built on the 
>> same unit has the shortest
>> battery life.  Also, it has Samantha and Tom as does the Stream which is 
>> the reason I liked the
>> BookSense.
>>
>> You can read about it at
>>
>> http://www.freedomscientific.com/products/fs/plextalk-pocket-product-page.asp
>>
>> It appears to be a good reader, though.  They say ten hours of battery 
>> life, while the BookSense says 12
>> and the Stream says 15.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Steve Jacobson
>>
>> On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:52:09 -0400, Kestrell wrote:
>>
>>> 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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