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

[James Aldrich]

Hello!

Doesn't Hymns Inc. out of Texas repaire a Book Sense?  Why can't these be 
fixed?  My wife has one which she is very happy with!

Jim
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
To: "Discussion of Digital Talking Books" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] What are the cheapest accessible ebook readers?


> 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
>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "smokey joe" <smokeyjoe at musfiber.com>
>>To: "'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 2:29 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] What are the cheapest accessible ebook readers?
>
>
>>> 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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