[real-eyes] Re: blind podcasts
- From: Andrea Breier <abreier@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 09:47:50 -0500
Not me. I will never give up library books I have the plex talk and feel that
it is totally worth the money and space
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On Jul 2, 2012, at 9:01 AM, "Kimberly A. Morrow, PhD"
<morrowka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> My feeling is that my needs are outgrowing what the Victor can offer. I'm
> also into saving space these days, and I tend to favor simply using an iPod
> Touch for everything: recording voice memos, reading Bookshare books with
> read2go, and reading newspapers and magazines with NFB Newsline's iPhone app.
> Between using only an iPhone and iPod Touch and either a collapsible dog bowl
> for the guide dog or a mini-cane when I'm traveling dogless, I'm able to
> carry a very small handbag for the first time in my entire life. I'll
> sacrifice a bit of convenience for the savings on space.
>
> Kimberly
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> Kimberly A. Morrow, PhD
> Communications Specialist
> Unity
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Robert Beach
> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 8:54 AM
> To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: blind podcasts
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> There are actually four players in the same market: The Victor Reader Stream,
> the Plex Talk Pocket, the Book Sense, and the Book Port Plus. For the most
> part, they offer the same basic features. The Book Sense recognizes more
> formats than the others, but the Pocket and Book Port do a better job of
> recording. The Stream uses its own recording format which has to be
> converted if you want to use it on any other device. The Book Sense, Pocket,
> and Book Port can record in WAV or MP3 format, but the Book Port and Pocket
> can also convert to DAISY.
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> All four players can play NLS, Learning Ally, and Bookshare books. The
> reading voices on the Pocket, Stream and Book Port are the same, but the
> reading voices on the Book Sense are different. On the Book Sense, the
> reading and navigation voices are the same, but the other three players use
> different voices for the navigation than they use for reading.
>
> I have all four players and to me, they all have a feature or two I like and
> a feature or two I do not like. If I'm going to listen to a Bookshare book,
> I use the Book Sense because I like the TTS voice on it better. There were
> some issues with the earlier release of the firmware that made reading
> Bookshare books a bit of a hassle, but the later releases have fixed those
> problems.
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> If I want to record something, I use the Pocket or the Book Port. I
> definitely do not use the stream for that.
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> HTH.
>
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> Robert Lee Beach
> Assistive Technology Specialist
> Kansas City Kansas Community College
> 7250 State Avenue
> Kansas City, KS 66112
> 913-288-7671
> rbeach@xxxxxxxxx
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Margaret Condy
> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 3:37 PM
> To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [real-eyes] Re: blind podcasts
>
> Why do you wish you had gone for the PlexTalk instead of the BookSense?
> I have a BookSense and I'm not thrilled with it, but I thought that the
> Victor Stream was its direct competitor, not the PlexTalk.
>
> Margaret, who reads all these postings but almost never comments.
>
> On 30-Jun-2012 12:16 PM, Mitchell D. Lynn wrote:
>> Did the BookSense and wish I had gone for the PlexTalk.
>>
>> I've looked at the Book Share stuff. Does have a lot of good reads
>> there, but don't want to mess with the membership/subscription fees.
>> Translated, that means there are still unpossessed Mozart recordings
>> with my name on them. And I prefer human readers whenever possible.
>>
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