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

[Kestrell]

Thanks, Dan. I'll take another look at the Stream.

Kes

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Burke" <burke.dall at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] What are the cheapest accessible ebook readers?


> 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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