[access-uk] Re: Talking Book Platers

Roger,
          My bookcourier keeps m sane on my twice weekly 4hr (on a good =
week) train journey.  Beware the train and station announcements though.  =
I have several times been deep into a book while everybody else trouped =
off to a different platform and on one occassion stayed on a train whose =
destination had changed while everybody else got off.



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>>> roger.south@xxxxxxxxxx 11/08/04 01:58pm >>>
Hi Marie

Somehow I got the idea you liked it a little. LOL Seriously with a =
talking=20
book say a RNIB one could I install it in the Book Courier, how big a =
memory=20
and what voice would read it to me, the Book Courier synth or the reader =
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the original disk?

Roger

Sex on television can't hurt you... unless you fall off.


----- Original Message -----=20
From: "marie baisez" <m.baisez@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 9:58 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Talking Book Platers


> I'll amend that, you can store and read text, mp3, audible and bookshare,=

> tnauk  and soon daisy files in the courier it's very easy to use, is =
meant
> to be carried about having a lock keys feature and keypad help always at
> hand
> It plays music in stereo and the headphones provided give quite a decent
> sound. Now that memory cards are easily available in different sizes =
it=20
> can
> serve as an mp3 player, its firmware is updated all the time and can =
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> done
> very easily.
> Just love the thing!...
>
> Marie.
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "roger south" <roger.south@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 10:04 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Talking Book Platers
>
>
>> Hi All
>>
>> Last night came back from a weekend away and a horrendous train journey
>> both
>> ways. It has convinced me I need to buy a talking book player for that
>> sort
>> of situation. I had a look on the net late last night and all I =
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>> find
>> were CD players. Is there such a thing as a small portable machine =
where
>> the
>> book can be downloaded into the memory. The ability to store MP3 music =
as
>> well would help. The problem is my hearing loss tends to make machines
>> that
>> rely on speech synthesisers out of the question for me so I think that
>> eliminates the Book Courier. Does anyone know it the jukeboxes like=20
>> Archos
>> or iPod would suit my purposes?
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Roger
>>
>> Sex on television can't hurt you... unless you fall off.
>>
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