[bookport] Re: Victor Reader Stream
- From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 21:50:21 -0500
So, the smart consumer lets the other guys buy the first Streams, sits back and
waits 6 months or a year to see where it goes, and then decides which is the
better choice.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Toews" <dogriver@xxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 3:18 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Victor Reader Stream
: Absolutely. So one examines one's options. One examines the benefits of
: the Book Port: clock and alarms; longer battery life; can already handle
: BRF and Word files while any such support, if it happens, will exist in
: the future for the Stream; APH's support is legendary; can currently
: handle Audible files, though support in the Stream has been promised.
: these are the ones that hit me off the top of my head. Then we look at
: the advantages of the Stream: smaller; officialy supports 8GB cards;
: plays OGG Vorbis files; offers speeding up of playback on the fly;
: better recording capability; uses a somewhat simpler keyboard layout and
: includes key describer; can be AC powered; uses USB 2; all supported
: file types can be transfered directly to SD card usinc card reader;
: supports such devices as memory sticks and external hard drives; comes
: with case, belt clip on case and not on unit; is at beginning of
: development cycle, while current Book Port is at the end. Those are the
: ones that occur to me offhand. Two different units, just decide on an
: individual basis which set of benefits is more important to you.
: Competition is a good thing.
:
: Bruce
: On Thu, 5 Jul 2007 15:05:19 -0500, "David Tanner"
: <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
: > 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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