RE: Plextalk Pocket
- From: "Jamie Cuthbertson" <jamie.cuthbertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:49:02 +0100
Hi Penny,
OK, I stand happily corrected!! (Smile)
Jamie
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From: ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Penny Golden
Sent: 28 September 2011 22:37
To: ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Plextalk Pocket
Say, Jamie,
the stream with the new thing can, I believe, be set to record mp3
rather than only that funny odd thing it used to do. so you have
more options with the victor stream now. i may be wrong, for I never
use the victor for recording--or rarely.
But my understanding is that you can record mp3 with it now.
And the plex pocket ought to be head and shoulders above the others
for recording. That is its strong suit. You can even create
audio-CD quality recordings and dump them to a CD.
BestPen.
At 04:13 PM 9/28/2011, you wrote:
>Hi Russ,
>
> Adding to what John has already mentioned about it being very much
>dependent on what you want to use the player for.....
>
> From the perspective of the physical features, I'd say that both the
Pocket
>PTP1 and the BookSense are beautifully portable and fit into a pocket
>easily. The Victor Stream is a bit more squared off and chunky and, whilst
>not unmanageable, a bit more bulky than the other two. The BookSense is,
if
>anything, perhaps a bit better in this regard. The keypads are a matter of
>personal preference but my favourite is certainly the Pocket as the buttons
>are easily located and not too wide. The Stream buttons are easy to find
>but are quite wide. The BookSense has a rather odd keypad with keys being
>alternately higher or lower. Whilst a nice idea, I personally find that
the
>effect of this layout is that I often find it harder to locate specific
keys
>in comparison to the other two players.
>
>As playback devices these players are much of a muchness. On occasion one
>steals a march over the others by bringing in additional formats that can
be
>played but normally the others catch up quite quickly. The BookSense used
>to have quite good features for playing music and allowed selection of
>tracks based on genre, artist etc. The other players are not as good for
>this.
>
>The Pocket is head and shoulders above the other two as a recorder and, in
>my opinion this is the main selling point. The other two do allow
recording
>but the Stream records in its own specific format which needs to be
>converted before using elsewhere. Combined with a good external
microphone,
>the Pocket is an excellent, highly portable and good quality recorder - I
>love it.
>
>The Pocket can now be configured to play internet radio which I don't think
>the others can. The BookSense XT can on the other hand, play FM radio
>stations. I don't think the Stream has either of these facilities.
>
>As notetakers, I think that all three are a bit clunky and, whilst they do
>have this feature, I don't think any of them implement the note facility in
>as slick a manner as other devices such as the Milestone.
>
>I guess that there are other pros and cons, not least the varying costs,
but
>these are the main issues for me.
>
>If you are getting the chance to get a Pocket along with the PRS Pro
>software, it certainly sounds like a good deal.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Jamie
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Russ Kiehne
>Sent: 28 September 2011 17:40
>To: ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Plextalk Pocket
>
>Great, I listened to the FSCast about the Plextalk Pocket with great
>interest. With the Freedom Scientific Special Introductory Offer, I'll be
>ordering one in the next few days? I was wondering how Plextalk pocket
>users like it as compaired to the Victor Reader Stream or Booksense?
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John
>Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 9:13 AM
>To: ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: Plextalk Pocket
>
>As far as I know, it seems to. John
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