However, I have one, and if you put an SD card in it with three or
more gigs of music, the device locks up like a maximum security
prison. It doesn't support nls books, and it doesn't support books
from rfb&d. And, if you contact IRTI, the major US vendor for
this product, they don't even have a clue as to how to operate the
unit.Original Message -----
From: Campbell, Wiley L. (Portland)
To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 11:58 AM
Subject: [bookcourier] Re: new BookCourier
PlexTalk Pocket is made by Plextor / one of the highest quality
producers of major computer components in the world (RW drives
etc.). They have also been awarded the NLS contract to produce the
newest line of book players for the US Library of congress National
Library Service (NLS) program; Arguably the largest such program in
the world. I have a BookCourier and still love the thing for the
double talk voice, but I also have a Plextalk Pocket which I will
begin to rely on as my BC ails. The Plextalk is similar to the
stream but with higher quality audio recording specs, and it’s a
fully functioning DAISY book recording / editing tool. I don’t think
there’s an e-mail group for it yet.
There web
http://www.plextalk.com/in/ptp1/index.html
From: bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
] On Behalf Of Wendy Sharpe
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:27 AM
To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookcourier] Re: new BookCourier
Just because the new version has been scrapped, surely that doesn't
mean our present BookCouriers will not continue to be supported.
Does Springer own this list? Even if they do, couldn't someone else
take it over?
Wendy
From: bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
] On Behalf Of Graham John Lewis [gjl]
Sent: 30 April 2009 12:42
To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookcourier] Re: new BookCourier
Thanks Bud. I guess it is finally time for us all to move on.
Before we all scatter to the four winds, I wonder if it would be a
good idea to start a new maling list (I assume Spronger will close
this one down without warning). We clearly all have a great deal in
common and will all be on the lookout for a reploacement
technology. I sanybody up for this?
Graham
From: bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
] On Behalf Of Bud Kennedy
Sent: 29 April 2009 18:57
To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookcourier] new BookCourier
I had sent a couple of email messages to Springer Design asking
about the timing of availability of the new BookCourier. Since I
had gotten no response to my emails, I decided to call them
directly. Surprise of surprises, somebody actually answered the
phone. I very politely asked about the plans for the release of the
new BookCourier. The response to my query was “the new Bookcourier
has been discontinued.” I asked if anything had been put on the
BookCourier list to that effect, suspecting that I had just missed
the announcement. “No, that hasn’t been done yet,” was the reply.
“Somebody will put a message out as soon as we can. We are pretty
busy around here working on something that’s actually making us some
money.” I have no objection to a company working on things that
make money. Unless the company is being funded by a philanthropic
source, they have to make money so they can pay their employees and
invest in the future of the company. However, I do object to the
fact that the company couldn’t take the ten minutes necessary to
publicly tell those of us who have been waiting for the new Currier
that there wasn’t going to be any. Now, we in waiting can go on to
buy a competitive product on the market. It doesn’t seem to be
asking too much that the potential customers for the new BookCourier
be notified by the company that plans for the new Bookcourier have
been scrapped.
Bud Kennedy
Bkennedy429@xxxxxxxxx
