Hi,
Not to mention that it can take braille notes and record voice memos.
Rusty
> At 11:17 AM 11/5/2006, Kelly Pierce spake thusly:-
>A couple of weeks ago, I spoke to the director of the RFB studio here in
>Chicago about DAISY players. The studio has an extensive outreach effort
>with folks going to schools and meeting with borrowers throughout the
>Chicago area and Midwest. The Telex Scholar has its buttons arranged in a
>circular manner. Many blind end users I am told do not like it and find it
>troublesome to use. The buttons are not easily identified tactily and they
>have multiple functions. Most blind users prefer units, based on extensive
>interviews with teachers and print-impaired end users, that have a
>telephone-style keypad rather than one arranged in a circle.
>
>For what it is worth, I considered my options this past month in choosing
>one of these units. My CD/Mp3 player no longer played MP3's and appeared on
>its last legs. I had the unit just about 18 months, listening to it about
>15 hours a week. I agonized over the issue because I recognized that the CD
>at this point is a transitional technology. Its days are numbered and I
>don't want to be holding the bag. Also, CD players are mechanical devices
>and may not be as durable as solid state devices with no moving parts. I
>bristled over the prospect of chucking a pricy DAISY player every 18 months.
>
>I ended up choosing the Bookport. To my knowledge it is the only solid
>state device that can play the DAISY CD books from RFB. I believe the
>Bookport will have a longer lifespan than a CD player with none of the
>problems of fingerprints or scratches that plague the use of CD's. Further,
>the Bookport represents a total and complete portable media access device.
>In addition to playing DAISY books, it plays MP3 files and reds text files
>with a built in speech synthesizer.
>
>Wile the Bookport sports a higher price tag than most of the portable DAISY
>CD players, the added durability and functionality turn the price into a
>extremely fair value.
>
>Kelly
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Heewon Chun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
>Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 9:01 PM
>Subject: RFBD CD portable Players and software
>
>
> > Hi all!
> >
> > Which one do you prefer between Telex's Scholar and Victor Reader Vibe?
> > And why?
> >
> > Also, I want to know any feedbacks about the three major software for RFBD
> > CD's, Easy Reader, Victor read and Eclipse Reader.
> >
> > Thanks for your help!
> >
> > Heewon
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