[Promotion-technology] stream vs. BookPort+?

[Gary Wunder]

Curt, of all your units, which do you find best with Bookshare or other
text-to-speech needs?

 

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From: promotion-technology-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:promotion-technology-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Curtis Chong
Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 9:19 AM
To: Committee on the Promotion, Evaluation and Advancement of Technology
Subject: Re: [Promotion-technology] stream vs. BookPort+?

Greetings:

I have both a Victor Reader Stream and the Book Port Plus.  The $299 price
on the Book Port Plus is still in effect.

>From my perspective, both of these machines are great for reading NLS books
from BARD and books from Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic.  If I may
say so, the Book Port Plus tends to have a better class of audio recorder as
compared to the Stream; it has the ability to record either through a
microphone or from the line out of a cassette deck or other analog audio
device.  Also, the Book Port Plus has a speaker that is slightly louder than
the Stream; I use it to read books on the way to work every day without
benefit of ear buds<smile>.

My only real complaint about the Book Port Plus has to do with how it
handles music and audio books that are, in actuality, MP3 files.  As of
right now, it treats both music files and audio MP3 book files identically
and does not recognize or honor any folder trees in music files that you may
have created to better organize your music.  Other than that, I find the
Book Port Plus to be quite comparable with the Victor Reader Stream and, in
some cases, better.

Cordially,

Curtis Chong




-----Original Message-----
>From: Ed Meskys <edmeskys at roadrunner.com>
>Sent: Oct 21, 2010 6:17 AM
>To: bardtalk <bardtalk at yahoogroups.com>, nhblind-talk 
><nhblind-talk at listserv.icors.org>, nfb-promotion/evaluation technology 
>list <promotion-technology at nfbnet.org>
>Subject: [Promotion-technology] stream vs. BookPort+?
>
>I love my digital player and download many books and some magazines 
>from BARD, but I want to buy a smaller machine for use while traveling. 
>For five years I used my original BookPort to download and read 
>BookShare titles, but want advice on buying the new BookPort+ vs. a 
>Victor Stream. Are there any opinions? Was the July $300 price for the 
>BookPort+ a convention special, or is that still the current price? Is
there a third machine I should consider?
>
>Thanks, Ed Meskys
>edmeskys at roadrunner dot com
>
>
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