[Promotion-technology] stream vs. BookPort+?

[Curtis Chong]

I find that the Book Sense is the best for reading textual documents where synthesized speech is used.

Cordially,

Curtis Chong


-----Original Message-----
>From: Gary Wunder <GWunder at earthlink.net>
>Sent: Oct 21, 2010 9:34 AM
>To: "'Committee on the Promotion, Evaluation and Advancement of Technology'" <promotion-technology at nfbnet.org>
>Subject: Re: [Promotion-technology] stream vs. BookPort+?
>
>Curt, of all your units, which do you find best with Bookshare or other
>text-to-speech needs?
>
> 
>
>-----Original Message-----
>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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