[Trainer-Talk] Question: Plextalk or Victor Stream

[David Goldfield]

I agree with all of Dean's comments. The APH Bookport Plus is 
essentially a Plextalk Pocket with some clever modifications to the 
Plextalk software. The Plextalk Pocket uses one of the older Nuance 
voices, whereas the Bookport Plus uses human narration for its various 
prompts. The BPP also has a few additional commands which make 
navigating through books and audio a tad more intuitive. The 
Plextalk/BPP has incredible recording capabilities, but the Stream, at 
least the next gen model, allows for downloading of content from 
services such as BARD and Bookshare.

However, bear in mind that Plextalk produces a few other players beside 
the Pocket and it's possible that some of the newer Plextalk units may 
have features found in the Stream, such as a device which I believe is 
called the Plextalk Lineo.


           David Goldfield,
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On 2/10/2017 11:09 AM, dean martineau via Trainer-Talk wrote:
> Hello. The device in question is the Plextalk. Another candidate is the Book Port Plus from APH. Generally, the Stream is a better DAISY Player and has more features. The only advantage I can see for the Plextalk or Book Port, which are nearly the same unit, is that the Plextalk-based devices are really good recorders, and the Stream is not. If you want to buy a Plextalk-based device, I would buy the Book Port Plus because it is a better player than the Plextalk.
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> On Feb 10, 2017, at 10:53 AM, J Acheson via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Curious: what are the pros and cons of the Blackstock and the Victor Stream? I am not so familiar with the former and need to make an informed decision for a student.
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