Thanks Pat. someone said that the alga rhythms in the other product were better just making it better, but courier is cheaper and just sounds like a better player to me. I am excited about getting it. will use it to great advantage. I do lots of lectures to churches libraries, schools, clubs and am always doing research on stuff. I am a retired school teacher now on lecture circuit, so I am excited about this product. Thanks for your comments. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Byrne" <k9jau@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 7:52 AM Subject: [bookcourier] Re: new to the list. > Hi Jim, > > May I make a couple of comments that might help your decision. > I have had a Courier for over a year and have nbeen quite pleased with > it. My wife has had a BookPort for a year or so and is also quite pleased > with its performance. > The Book Courier comes with a larger stock memory card; 128 meg, vs. 64 meg > with the BookPort. Many users of both products increase the size of their > memory cards; ann and I are using the cards that came with the equipment. > The BookPort supports more file types than the Courier. I have about > exclusively used NLS Braille formatted books and Bookshare formatted > documents which I have converted to TXT files and they have served me well. > The Doubletalk synthesizer is common to both products and both products > seem to get exceptionally good battery life from alkaline bateries. Many > users use rechargeable cells to advantage. > I think you will be pleased with whichever player you buy; you will have > millions of great hours listening and will wonder how you did it without!!! > Good luck. > Pat ByrneAt 12:27 AM 12/5/2004 -0800, you wrote: > >Hi listers, > >I am new to this list, and joined to try to learn more about Book courier. I > >am trying to decide which product to get, this one or book port. Any > >comments any of you can give me on this issue will be greatly appreciated. > >What is the difference in the two products, and why do you prefer this over > >Book port? > >Thanks for any comments you have. > >Jim > > >