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

[Dan Burke]

Kes,

I have a BookPort Plus, have used the Pocket quite a bit, and the
Stream three years.  The Stream wins on battery  life, durability and
file types - with the softpack installed, you can read epub (without
DRM, of course).

Dan

On 10/12/11, Kestrell <kestrell at panix.com> wrote:
> 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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