Hi Tiff, As with anything, I guess it is all just a matter of preference. I am a bit ashamed to admit that the DoubleTalk is my favorite synthesizer. After dealing with a Vert, Echo, Slotbuster, Apollo, and DecTalk, I have grown very accustomed to the Doubletalk and fortunately tend to prefer it. Dave At 11:31 AM 1/24/2005, you wrote: >I have one and enjoy it very much. Once set of double A batteries last more >than sixty hours. It also supports brf daisy two, rtf and a few other >mainstreamed formats. The only thing I don't like is the doubletalk speech, >which I find one of the worst synthesizers made, but the competitor products >use the same synth, so that is not a matter of comparison between them. >If you have any particular questions you can email me at >tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Also, there is a listserve where people are very helpful. If you would like >it's subscribing info I'll look it up. >Tiff > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Scott Duck" <sduck@xxxxxxxxx> >To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 10:21 AM >Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Book Port > > > > I am thinking about getting a Book Port. This is a portable device, >available from APH, for reading txt, html, daisy, Word, wav, mp3, and some >other file formats. Do any of you have a Book Port and what kind of >experience have you had with it? Thanks in advance for the feed back.