Adrian I agree with you about news, which I get through RSS feeds. I have a DAISY player for talking books, and the sound quality is now excellent, heaps better than the old six track tape machines we used to have. I am certainly thinking about getting an MP3 player, either the Book Courier or one of the new ones just coming out. This would allow me to transfer Audible books and take them with me away from the PC. I prefer to use the highest format for Audible books which the Zen Stone doesn't support, and it only has a limited capacity of 1GB. An MP3 player which can take memory cards would accommodate many more books. I am an avid bookworm, so that is why I want one of these gadgets. I also download books from One Word Radio, and these could also go on the player to free up my PC. I expect you are a very busy person, and perhaps at present you don't feel you are missing out, but these gadgets are always there for when you do have a need for them. Wendy -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Adrian Higginbotham Sent: 17 July 2007 09:25 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: book courier, victor stream, milestone?? Following up on karens run down of what she uses the book courier for then: For my part I don't have any of these devices, I listen to audible books and mp3s on either an ipod shuffle or a zen stone, read documents on the PC which I hardly ever do for leisure, I don't currently subscribe to TNAUK because I get all the news and up to date information I could ever want on the web, mostly via rss feeds, and I don't currently use any daisy player. I struggle to think of what benefit any of these devices would bring. It would be nice to read news away from the PC but as it usually takes longer to identify articles I intend to read in full than it does to read them I don't see this happening any time soon. so, what do you listen to on your device, where do you get it from and what are the advantages over alternatives such as the PC, zen stone or such like. what am I missing out on. Adrian Higginbotham Accessibility content manager British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Becta switchboard 02476-416994. Email: Adrian.Higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.becta.org.uk/ BECTA, Millburn Hill Road, Science Park, Coventry, CV4 7JJ -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Karen Burgess Sent: 17 July 2007 00:56 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: book courier, victor stream, milestone?? yes ray, i read audible daizy, TNAUK, listne to mp3s and text files on my courier, so for me it was worht the money. kaz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 11:48 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: book courier, victor stream, milestone?? > One other thing I didn't mention Karen re. the Currier, is that it > does play TNAUK recordings, and to my knowledge - which isn't > exhaustive! - it is the only portable player that does. > > I'd have thought for anyone who's got a Currier, or a Book Port, it is > questionable as to whether it is worth changing players. > > I'm a first time buyer in this field, hence my interest. > > From Ray > I can be contacted off-list at: > mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On > Behalf > Of Karen Burgess > Sent: 16 July 2007 11:30PM > > > hi ray > > i do have a book courier and use it quite a bit especially when > travelling. > when reading the info on the stream i just couldnt' see any advantage > to > what the courier could do which was why i was asking. > > kaz > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 11:21 PM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: book courier, victor stream, milestone?? > > >> Karen, maybe you know all you need to about the Milestone and the > Book >> Currier, but Brian Hartgen's page at: >> >> http://www.hartgen.org/portable.html >> I did post some info here some time ago about the latest firmware >> upgrade for the Milestone which appears to make it a better DAISY >> player than it used to be. >> >> contains a good summary of these players. >> >> No doubt Brian will be reviewing the Victor Stream soon, but in the >> meantime it does strike me that for some the stream's very small > size >> will be attractive. On the features front it can also speed up > DAISY >> books like many of the CD players can. It should also support > Audible >> books in the near future through a firmware upgrade. >> >> If all this wasn't enough there is also now the Vi-Player joining > the >> fray, which Calibre seem to have some association with. This will >> apparantly be demonstrated in the reading room at Sight >> >> Cheers,Village. >> >> >> From Ray >> I can be contacted off-list at: >> mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On >> Behalf >> Of Karen Burgess >> >> >> hi all >> >> i've been reading with interest the information on the lis about the >> new >> victor stream and find myself very confused. 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