[bookport] Re: Victor Reader Stream
- From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 15:05:19 -0500
Well, take a look at the battery life on the Stream as compaired to the Book
Port. You'll recharge the Stream about 4 times to get the battery life of one
set of batteries for the Book Port.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ" <green.russell@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 3:54 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Victor Reader Stream
: Hi Dave
:
: According to the features list it does include a "Built-in human
: sounding text-to-speech (Nuance Vocalizer )" and "Text-to-speech
: allows access to electronic text". I would like to find a copy of the
: user manual to download or someone that has had hands on experience.
:
: Russ
:
:
: On 6/30/07, David Allen <wd8ldy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: > 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 Stream
: >
: >
: > > Hi
: > >
: > > 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/portable_cd_and_flash_player/_details/id_81/victorreader_stream.html
: > >
: > > I wonder if this is why there are a few people currently selling their
: > > booksport.
: > >
: > > Russ
: > >
: > >
: >
: >
: >
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