I think the stream also supports electronic books. I haven't really used NLS and wonder how many of their titles are availible through bookshare and RFBD. In other words, how much of a disadvantage is it to not have NLS? Can bookshare, RFBD, and others fill the void? Jeff On 12/20/07, Barbara <barbarab65@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The reason that I purchased Book Port instead of another device such as Book > Courier, is because I wanted to be able to read RFB&D books as well as > electronic ones. I rarely read NLS books because it is easier for me to > download Bookshare books and read them either via Kurzweil or with Book > Port. As I understand it, Book Port is the only device that is able to read > RFB&D books as well as electronic ones, and therefore, I hope that APH will > manufacture Book Port II in the near future like they promised. I would hate > to see this wonderful device no longer in existence. > > Barbara > > Yerba Bruja <yerbabruja@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Perhaps no one missed it. I think people are trying to figure out what > other alternatives they can have with bookport or whatever, because there's > a difference between shelling out $395 for a bookport and $1,395 for a > braille plus, in spite of how convenient, versatile and impressive the > latter is. Don't get me wrong. I love both. But I can see why people > would be looking for options involving cost below those of the braille plus > or icon. > > What I would be interested to know is if APH is at any point interested in > developing pc based software capable of reading those nls books. Might be a > less costly alternative, given that there wouldn't be hardware involved. > Not as portable as the bookport or braille plus but... > > Marta > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Curtis Delzer" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:24 PM > Subject: [bookport] Re: future of bookport > > > > you all missed it! Didn't Pam say that another Braille device will soon > > support the NLS format? > > > > Curtis Delzer > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Richard Fiorello" > > To: "bookport" > > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 8:00 AM > > Subject: [bookport] future of bookport > > > > > > Hi; > > While I'm not certain if we can really know about any future releases or > > not, bookport customers are "jumping ship" and going to players that will > > work with nls. As other players are approved more folks may choose to > > seriously look at them. Once the bulk of the market has gone elsewhere it > > might be to little to late to come out with a new and improved bookport. > > At > > the moment, however, I enjoying the good old outdated bookport. > > Richard > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.17.4/1189 - Release Date: > > 12/18/2007 9:40 PM > > > > > > > >