[bookport] Bible Courier - Re: Re: bible on BP

  • From: Chipmunks <chipmunks@xxxxxxx>
  • To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 09:05:17 +0200

What you want is probably a Bible Courier. This is the same hardware basically as the Bookport and Book Courier but specialized for Bible Access. it is available for US$75.00 plus shipping from 

http://www.users.qwest.net/~lbea/
AS you will see, this is much cheaper than the Bookport. TWhere the BP is a genral reading device for multiple e-text and audio book formats, the BBible Courier is a talking Bible exclusively. It comes preloaded with the Bible translation of your choice (about 10 different versions to choose from) and does allow Book, Chapter and verse navigation. This is audio only and talks with the Doubletalk TTS chip. It allows spelling of words and adjustment of voice, volume and speech rate. 

I have had my Bible Courier for half a year and really love it.
I do agree that a portable Braille device would be preferable but they are out of reach of most of us. 

hth

Doris





At 11:56 PM 5/30/2007 -0400, you wrote:


This is the right group.
First, not knowing your situation, I would say that a device with a Braille display would help more, such as the BrailleNote (www.braillenote.com), BrailleSense (www.gwmicro.com), APH Icon (www.aph.org) or some such device. If all you are looking for is audio, an EBook will not give you that; it is just text. You will want to put the entire thing on the BP, but as far as precise navigation to chapter and verse goes it will be hard. I have no problem accessing the bible on my BrailleNote, and if I want a passage read to me I just tell the BN to read it. If I want to read out loud I can look at the Braille display. The problem is that refreshable (electronic) Braille is extremely expensive, but (in my opinion) very well worth it. Sorry I could not give you a more helpful answer, but, in short, I feel that the BP will not satisfy the needs of your church member. I wish you and him the best in this. 

Have a great day,
Alex


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rufus Uulf" <ruulf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Thu, 31 May 2007 13:16:12 +1000
Subject: [bookport] bible on BP



To the members of bookport freelist





I apologize for bursting in on your conversation but would

appreciate some

advice before purchasing a bookport.



We are a small church in country Australia and one of our members

is a

visually impaired gifted person whom we wish to train as a

pastor.


He needs to have the same ease of access to the full bible as the

rest of us

here do.



Do you believe bookport will provide that for him?



That is, can he go to any verse or chapter in the bible at the

press of a

couple of buttons?



We will order the bookport from the USA but where do we go for

the correct

format of bible?



Will all audio bibles give him equal flexibility as he searches

for chapter

and verse?



I gather there is a big difference between an e-book and an audio

book.




If I have addressed the wrong group, I apologize and would

appreciate it if

you could direct me to the correct group.





Rufus U








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