[bookport] Re: Book port, boadt anchor.

  • From: "Sharon" <scfinchum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:29:50 -0400

May I start by saying that I have only heard 2 demonstrations of the Stream 
and may be jumping to conclusions. Having said that, I read many books from 
Book Share with the synthesizer and, even though I started out not liking 
Double Talk, I liked the synthetic speech on the Stream even less. Also, if 
I understood the demo correctly, you must set up the folders on the cards 
for the Stream in advance of placing files on them. It sounds more 
complicated than the BookPort with less functionality. I too am disappointed 
with the delay of the BookPort 2. Since I have been putting off buying 
anything else while waiting for the B P 2, I wish that we had some idea 
whether we are talking: weeks, months, or a year or more. However, I too 
appreciate APH being up front with us. I have used Talking Books since 1950 
and have never had a more reliable player than the Book Port. In my 
experience, it is unheard of for any producer to keep releasing new features 
without additional cost until there is simply no more room for expansion. 
After the recent cut in the budget for NLS, the distribution of players from 
that source will be slowed down considerably. For that reason, I hope that 
they work out something with other players soon. I wonder why the only 
company approved is in Canada rather than the United States.

There's my 2 cents worth again.

Make it a great one

Sharon

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