Chase: The Bookcourier is very similar to BP
except that it doesn't have the braille keyboare
features of the Bookport. Below the *, 0, and #
keys is one row instead of the bookport's a,b,c,
d,e, and f keys. The only other difference to my knowledge
is that in the courier's settings menu you can
independently set the volume for the menu and the
speaker volume so that you don't blast yourself
into the middle of next year when listening to mp3 books.
Someone mentioned that the Braille Plus was way better than the BP;
it's also about 3 times as expensive. Anyway,
hope that helps!
Deb Mayne
On 2/11/08, chase crispin <chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The bookport is a wonderful device!
> The braille Plus is about 1000 times better, but the Bookport is the best
> accessible
> notetaker and MP 3 player in existence.
> I don't think the upgrade will be on the bookport, because they
have already
> promised us the
> bookport 2, and I don't think they want to add anything for fear of not
> getting it done.
> Can someone tell me what the book courier is, what it does, and how does it
> compare to the
> bookport?
> Thanks!
>
> Chase
>
>
>
> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:50:00 -0500, Deborah Mayne wrote:
>
>
> >Hi List!
> >
> >I agree 1000%. I LOVE! my current bookport. I've
> >not had the best of luck with Victor products, &
> >I'll not bore you again with my views on those
> >loathsome non-userfriendly batteries! As for
> >competing products, I understand that the Springer
> >BookCourier is still in producion. I heard that
> >the bookcourier is being substantially upgraded as of the
> >start of 2008. It had most of the BP's functions
> >with the exception of the braille notes function.
> >So, if you want to avoid victor, check out
> >bookcourier.
> >
> >Speakig of which, does anybody know if the
> >upgrades planned for bookcourier would be
> >possible for BP? Thanks!
> >
> >Deb Mayne
> >
> >On 2/7/08, constantine (on laptop) <tcwood12@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>I guess the victor reader stream could, but stil, I love this thing, and
> >>I
> >>like the fact I can listen to books at very high speed of speech, and I
> >>like
> >>the doubletalk voice, too. Its light, its, well, I just like it. I don't
> >>care that its USB 1.1, because i only transfer text files, hardly ever
> >>audio. I like the batterylife, too. The victor stream can never match
> >>this
> >>little unit, and it doesn't have replaceable batteries, (AA), which
> >>really
> >>buggs me.
> >>
> >>
> >><h> Have a good day from Tyler C. Wood! </h>
> >>
> >>contact details:
> >>
> >>email: tcwood12@xxxxxxx
> >>msn: the_conman283@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >>skype: the_conman283
> >>
> >>system details:
> >>Hp pavillion dv5220CA notebook pc
> >>AMD Tourin 64 2.0 GHZ, 1024 mb DDR ram, Fujitsu 100 gb 4500 RPM HDD
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: Larry Stevens
> >>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 5:49 PM
> >>Subject: [bookport] Discontinue Bookport?
> >>
> >>
> >>Book Port is probably the best accessibility device for low vision and
> >>blind people. Why may it be discontinued? Is there a competitive product
> >>to
> >>fill in?
> >>
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