Jan,
I think I forgot to respond to this. The best place to go and try out an
iPod Touch is probably a local Apple store. Many of the employees know a
bit about VoiceOver and so they should know enough to enable it and show
you some basic gestures.
David Goldfield
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On 11/18/2015 9:51 AM, Jan Lattuca wrote:
David, thanks so much for this helpful answer. Any thoughts as to how
I could try out the iPad touch before buying it and then wishing I
hadn't?
I'm going to call a Denver friend about this, too, because I think she
may have one.
Jan
On 11/16/15, David Goldfield <disciple1211@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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Your question may generate a lot of opinions but what you should do depends
on what type of challenges you want to give yourself as far as how much new
technology you want to tackle. Your simplest, though not cheapest solution
is to get the new next generation Victor Stream. The keyboard layout is
similar to your old Stream and the buttons on the new model should behave
the same as they did on the old one, meaning you'd have very little as far
as new functions to learn. You'd also have the benefits of being able to
directly download books from NLS and Bookshare without the need to connect
the Stream to a computer, although that capability still exists if you find
that simpler. It can also download content from NFB Newsline. The volume
should also be a bit louder, an annoyance I found with the old Stream which
I actually have in my lab, and you'd have better voices from a Capella.
The Plextalk Lineo Pocket has many of the same features but you'd have to
learn a totally different interface.
I said that getting a new Stream was your simplest solution but not the
cheapest. The most inexpensive solution is to spend $199 on an iPod Touch.
As this unit is essentially an iPhone minus the actual phone, you have the
capability to download and play books from BARD, Bookshare, Learning Ally,
Gutenberg as well as using all of the other apps you've been hearing about
on the iPhone, with the exception of GPS apps which need a cellular
connection for them to be truly effective. This is your most inexpensive and
flexible option but it would mean learning how to use a touch screen, which
is obviously a very different interface from your older Stream.
David Goldfield
Assistive Technology Specialist
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On Nov 14, 2015, at 8:04 PM, Jan Lattuca <jrlattuca@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:You are invited to visit the moderator's Web site at WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info
Hi, all. My first-generation Victor finally died. Any opinions as to
whether I should replace it with a new Victor or change to something
else, such as one of the Plextalk, models?
Jan
On 11/10/15, David Goldfield <david.goldfield@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:You are invited to visit the moderator's Web site at
It would seem that there's a new DAISY player in town from the Plextalk
folks called the Linio Pocket. The Plextalk Linio came out several years
ago and took advantage of the DAISY online protocol, which allows users
to directly download books from services like BARD and Bookshare. Most
of the newer players can do this, such as the next-gen Victor Stream and
the new Blaze products from Hims. The newly announced Linio Pocket has
this capability. It also has 12 gb of internal RAM, although not all of
that is accessible to the user. It comes with a 4 GB SD card, has direct
downloading capabilities, and includes reminders and I believe an alarm
clock. A Capela speech voices are included, although the announcement
didn't say which voices you get or if more are available. Pricing was
not announced and the Plextalk Web site included a rather badly
translated FAQ which I'll bet was originally written in Japanese. Since
Freedom Scientific distributes the older Plextalk Pocket I'm wondering
if they will be carrying the new Linio Pocket as well; their Web site,
so far, doesn't mention the new player. Since the older Plextalk Pocket
has the ability to wirelessly download podcasts and can connect to
Internet radio stations I hoped we might see book downloading
capabilities come to that device but this is probably not likely. As I
find out more I'll let you know.
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