[bksvol-discuss] Re: Screenreaders
- From: "Tiffany H. Jessen" <tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2004 20:54:46 -0500
Also if you only wanted to read brf files, and were willing to use
doubletalk speech instead of the braille display, there are much smaller and
portable devices like the Book Port and Book Carrior. They both also support
a lot of other formats including rtf, txt, html, doc, as well as audio
formats like mp3 and wav
However, if your purpose is to edit, and not just read files, this will not
do. I only mention them because they are significantly less money, have
longer battery life, and are much smaller and portable.
Just an idea..
Tiffany
----- Original Message -----
From: "David" <davidc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 8:14 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Screenreaders
> Given your criteria, if all I wanted was to read brf books, and nothing
> else, I would go with the bookworm unless 8 braille cells bothered me. The
> Bookworm is just an ascii book reader. With only 8 braille cells, it is
less
> expensive than any of the other options, and much less prone to any sort
of
> crashes. Also, I believe you get much better battery life than any of the
> other options.
>
> My second choice would be the older braille lite 40 since the platform is
> much more stable than almost anything else.
>
> I too upgraded to a melinium unit and downgraded back to my braille lite
40
> after 30 days of dealing with the bugs. I did not upgrade again until the
> second generation of the PacMates.
>
> If you really want to evaluate the PacMate vs the Braille Note, sign up
for
> both mailing lists and read the messages. This will tell you more about
> overall stability, what problems each is really having, and what options
are
> available and planned. The PacMate mailing list can be subscribed to at
>
> www.pacmategear.com
>
> and the Braille Note list can be found, I think, at
>
> www.pulsedata.com
>
> As for GPS, the Destinator package is now in beta testing for the PacMate
> and will hopefully be out next month. Of course, any product which is not
> actually available yet is still vaporware. However, at a total cost of
> between $400 and $600, it is less than half the price of any other option
> available when it is actually released.
>
> Another problem with the PacMate is there is no auto scroll feature for
just
> braille. There is a way around this, but I would prefer the auto-scroll;
> just as many braille users. That said, the wizwheels are really useful.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of siss52
> Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 4:30 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Screenreaders
>
>
> Wow! We sure got a lot of feedback on this one. My head is spinning!
> <smile>
>
> Question for David:
>
> What I want is a setup which could store maybe a whole book if I am
goinnng
> someplace to visit family, but light enough so it would be no problem to
> just get it out and read. e.g., I could download a BRF file from Web
> Braille or Bookshare. If you just wanted that and noot all this other
stuff
> you talked about would you still choose Packmate? i.e., if you were a
> Braille only user?
>
> Sue
>
>
>
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