My opinion only. The computer voice, especially the acapella voice (sp?) available as a download from Bookshare is great, but navigating around victor soft is a challenge for one used to the ease of the stream. Also, who wants to carry a computer around with them. I have the Book Sense from G W Micro, and like the voice better. Booksense is expensive, and keep a safety pin attached to your lanyard, so you can do the resets which are, all to often necessary, but the voice is better. The speaker is more powerful, too, so less need for externals. ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Lemly To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 7:22 AM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Bookshare Books - Device Listening Survey Hi, I'm new to Bookshare and this list. I must admit that I'm somewhat spoiled when it comes to listening to audiobooks and have gotten too used to very competent audio narrators. I've not done much listening to books in text format on my Stream which is probably why the thought of listening to a long book with the Stream's TTS voice seems daunting at best. What device do most users on this list use when listening to their Bookshare books? I did download the Victor Reader software and the voices on the computer are obviously much better than those on the Stream for listening due to the higher computing muscle but I was just curious what others on this list use? Thanks for any comments. Alan Lemly ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.425 / Virus Database: 270.14.78/2521 - Release Date: 11/23/09 07:52:00