[Electronics-talk] Daisy Cd players

[David Andrews]

This is off topic for this list, and not directly 
blindness-related.  We don't know whether or not this program is accessible?

David Andrews, Moderator

At 01:26 AM 12/8/2012, you wrote:
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>30 days -----Original Message----- From: 
>Electronics-talk 
>[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>Behalf Of Ashley Bramlett Sent: Friday, December 
>07, 2012 11:20 PM To: Discussion of accessible 
>electronics and appliances Subject: Re: 
>[Electronics-talk] Daisy Cd players Philip, 
>thanks; interesting you should say this. My 
>victor reader wave's door broke and the door did 
>not  stay closed either; I still used it til it 
>fail completely from age; I simply scotched 
>taped it closed to listen to it. -----Original 
>Message----- From: Philip Blackmer Sent: Friday, 
>December 07, 2012 3:11 PM To: 'Discussion of 
>accessible electronics and appliances' Subject: 
>Re: [Electronics-talk] Daisy Cd players I HAVE 
>ONE I HAVE BEEN CONSIDERING SELLING.  The 
>problem is that the battery compartment door is 
>broken so it doesn't stay closed.  I also need 
>to look for the AC adaptor.  If you are 
>interested I will sell it as is. - Philip 
>Blackmer -----Original Message----- From: 
>Electronics-talk 
>[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>Behalf Of Ashley Bramlett Sent: Thursday, 
>December 06, 2012 1:08 PM To: Discussion of 
>accessible electronics and appliances Subject: 
>Re: [Electronics-talk] Daisy Cd players yes I'd 
>like a cd player. Maybe some websites are 
>selling new ones; the distributers are not 
>making them. -----Original Message----- From: 
>Drew Hunthausen Sent: Thursday, December 06, 
>2012 3:52 PM To: 'Discussion of accessible 
>electronics and appliances' Subject: Re: 
>[Electronics-talk] Daisy Cd players So are you 
>looking for the cd daisy players? I have a Telex 
>Scholar cd player though don't know if they are 
>still making them. Try a search for the telex 
>scholar as I really liked mine when I used it. I 
>do all my stuff from the downloaded files now so 
>don't use my player anymore. -----Original 
>Message----- From: Electronics-talk 
>[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>Behalf Of Ashley Bramlett Sent: Wednesday, 
>December 05, 2012 4:59 PM To: Discussion of 
>accessible electronics and appliances Subject: 
>[Electronics-talk] Daisy Cd players Hi all, Hi 
>all, I thought this was the right list to ask 
>about accessible recorders, cd players and stuff 
>to play books/music. I am still old fashioned; I 
>found it inaccessible to download learning ally 
>books; when they were rfb,  the process was 
>simple, but now its not. Anyway, I love the 
>daisy cds; plain and simple to use. Problem is 
>that Humanware discontinued their nice portable 
>players called the victor reader classic and 
>victor reader wave. So I wanted to know what 
>daisy stand alone cd players exist? There used 
>to be something called plextalk ptr1 and it was 
>written up in the access world magazine. It 
>played and even recorded daisy cds. Now what 
>options are there? Is humanware’s new 
>expensive victor reader stratus the only thing? 
>Does Aph’s book port plus or the milestone 312 
>play cds? If not, which format? Probably only sd 
>cards. I will get a daisy player for christmas 
>and looking for reviews of them to make a decision. Thanks. Ashley