No. The BP 2 can not be trade up to, and we also don't know what the price for the BP 2 will be.
Bruce -- Bruce Toews Skype ID: o.canada E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: DogRiver@xxxxxxxx LiveJournal: http://brucetola.livejournal.com Radio Show and Podcast: http://www.totw.net Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com On Sat, 30 Jun 2007, louis scrivani wrote:
Since the bp will eventually have a internal speaker. Will they be offering trade ins or refurbishing of the older units. ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Alfaro To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 4:31 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: Victor Reader Stream David, It does handle text as it has a built-in TTS engine, specifically, Nuance Vocalizer or something to that affect. Another plus for the BP2 however which I forgot to mention in my last post is the note taker feature which I intend to really put to use now that the BP2 will have a built-in speaker. --Warmest regards, --Rick Alfaro --rick.alfaro@xxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Allen Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 4:16 AM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: Victor Reader Stream Hi Russ and list! Far as I can see from what I've read, the only advantage it offers is a speaker. That only for the things the two devices handle in common. It doesn't handle text, Word, HTML BRF or other non-Daisy marked files except for Audible, which I believe it plans to support. I think they felt they needed to have something for these conventions to keep their name out there and that's what they've thrown together. It may be available now, but not many Daisy books are, regardless of what device you choose. Cheers, Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ" <green.russell@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 7:27 PM Subject: [bookport] Victor Reader StreamHi Has anyone tried the new Victor Reader Stream which at least based on its features list is a strong competitor to the Bookport? The advantages it offers that interest me are a built-in speaker and variable speed control on audio files. The features description on the website is poorly done so I am not sure of many basic features but it appears to have everything expected in the Bookport 2 and more and it is available now.http://www.humanware.com/en-shared_content/products/digital_talking_books/po rtable_cd_and_flash_player/_details/id_81/victorreader_stream.htmlI wonder if this is why there are a few people currently selling their booksport. Russ
