Hi: I am also new to the list and am considering purchasing a book courier. One question. Are there any plans for the book courier to support ogg files.? -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Byrne [mailto:k9jau@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]=20 Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 11:52 AM To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 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=20 it. My wife has had a BookPort for a year or so and is also quite pleased=20 with its performance. The Book Courier comes with a larger stock memory card; 128 meg, vs. 64 meg=20 with the BookPort. Many users of both products increase the size of their=20 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=20 exclusively used NLS Braille formatted books and Bookshare formatted=20 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=20 seem to get exceptionally good battery life from alkaline bateries. Many=20 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