Hi, A couple of features that don't seem to be in the Stream are support for braille files and the ability to search the text. It would also take a lot to beat the navigation features in audio files on the Book Port. Also, the new Book Port is supposed to support WMA files, including the protected ones. I see no mention of similar support in the Stream documentation. Cheers, Anna -----Original Message----- From: Russ <green.russell@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 10:54 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 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 > > > > > > >