I beg to differ about Kurzweil, but that is me, smile.
I do love the VR Stream and it looks like a truly cool device.
The Icon is a great little device I have the one from APH, called the
Braille+ which is the same device but with a braille keyboard.
Several of my students use them as back up notetakers.
It is great!
Shelley L. Rhodes M.A., VRT, CTVI
and Guinevere, Golden lady Guide
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Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
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"Courage is not being without fear,
but courage is to go forward in spite of
fear."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Hofstader"
To:
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 7:49 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ot accessible iPods
I think the Vic (Humanware's Victor Reader Stream) is a profoundly
better
solution than any mainstream device with adaptive software added on.
To
those of you who have followed my Blind Confidential blog
(http://www.blindconfidential.blogspot.com) since we started two and a
half
years ago, you will have read my numerous rants against "blind guy
ghetto"
products and my near total endorsement of adaptive technology on
off-the-shelf hardware. Even while working for FS, I would recommend
JAWS
plus Fine Reader or OmniPage instead of OpenBook or K1000 as I feel
strongly
that the economies of scale cause the mainstream products to provide
much
more bang for the buck.
Then came Vic. This little device is hardly larger than a deck of
Poker
playing cards and weighs only a few ounces. It has a tremendously
intuitive UI and plays virtually every file format that I find
interesting
with very good fidelity. It is only $325, which places it around the
middle
of the line on Apple iPod hardware and doesn't require installing any
hacked
software (I think RockBox is really cool but Humanware technical
support
and
other things that come with the Vic are more useful than trying to
revive
Apple hardware/firmware when an update comes out.
I've heard the iCon, a GNU/Linux based notetaker designed for use by
people
with vision impairment, is also very cool but I've never touched one
in
real
life and can't say anything first hand about it.
The Apple iPod is certainly slick and trendy but my sighted wife says
that
the Vic is pretty cool looking as well.
Enjoy,
Cdh
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Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 1:14 AM
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----- Original Message -----
From: "estin"
To: "Bookshare"
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 9:10 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] ot accessible ipods
Just a quick off topic question: What can blind people use for an
accessible ipod? How much did it cost and how were you able to use
it?
Thanks Estin
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