Not me. I will never give up library books I have the plex talk and feel that it is totally worth the money and space Sent from my iPhone On Jul 2, 2012, at 9:01 AM, "Kimberly A. Morrow, PhD" <morrowka@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > My feeling is that my needs are outgrowing what the Victor can offer. I'm > also into saving space these days, and I tend to favor simply using an iPod > Touch for everything: recording voice memos, reading Bookshare books with > read2go, and reading newspapers and magazines with NFB Newsline's iPhone app. > Between using only an iPhone and iPod Touch and either a collapsible dog bowl > for the guide dog or a mini-cane when I'm traveling dogless, I'm able to > carry a very small handbag for the first time in my entire life. I'll > sacrifice a bit of convenience for the savings on space. > > Kimberly > > > > > > > Kimberly A. Morrow, PhD > Communications Specialist > Unity > Message of Hope Ministry > 1901 NW Blue Parkway > Unity Village, MO 64065 > Toll Free: 866-421-3066 > Local: 816-251-3588 > M-F, 7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. (CT) > > > www.unity.org > > > -----Original Message----- > From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Robert Beach > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 8:54 AM > To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [real-eyes] Re: blind podcasts > > There are actually four players in the same market: The Victor Reader Stream, > the Plex Talk Pocket, the Book Sense, and the Book Port Plus. For the most > part, they offer the same basic features. The Book Sense recognizes more > formats than the others, but the Pocket and Book Port do a better job of > recording. The Stream uses its own recording format which has to be > converted if you want to use it on any other device. The Book Sense, Pocket, > and Book Port can record in WAV or MP3 format, but the Book Port and Pocket > can also convert to DAISY. > > All four players can play NLS, Learning Ally, and Bookshare books. The > reading voices on the Pocket, Stream and Book Port are the same, but the > reading voices on the Book Sense are different. On the Book Sense, the > reading and navigation voices are the same, but the other three players use > different voices for the navigation than they use for reading. > > I have all four players and to me, they all have a feature or two I like and > a feature or two I do not like. If I'm going to listen to a Bookshare book, > I use the Book Sense because I like the TTS voice on it better. There were > some issues with the earlier release of the firmware that made reading > Bookshare books a bit of a hassle, but the later releases have fixed those > problems. > > If I want to record something, I use the Pocket or the Book Port. I > definitely do not use the stream for that. > > HTH. > > > Robert Lee Beach > Assistive Technology Specialist > Kansas City Kansas Community College > 7250 State Avenue > Kansas City, KS 66112 > 913-288-7671 > rbeach@xxxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Margaret Condy > Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2012 3:37 PM > To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [real-eyes] Re: blind podcasts > > Why do you wish you had gone for the PlexTalk instead of the BookSense? > I have a BookSense and I'm not thrilled with it, but I thought that the > Victor Stream was its direct competitor, not the PlexTalk. > > Margaret, who reads all these postings but almost never comments. > > On 30-Jun-2012 12:16 PM, Mitchell D. Lynn wrote: >> Did the BookSense and wish I had gone for the PlexTalk. >> >> I've looked at the Book Share stuff. Does have a lot of good reads >> there, but don't want to mess with the membership/subscription fees. >> Translated, that means there are still unpossessed Mozart recordings >> with my name on them. And I prefer human readers whenever possible. >> >> > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go > to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go > to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go > to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes > > To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes