In recent interviews Larry says they hope to price it in the mid 300s.
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I hope it is cheap
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It will play NLS, RFB&D, Audible books, MP3, Wav, Wma, and Ogg files. No
iTunes format files yet and no DRM protected WMA files. It will read txt and
doc files. Docx is coming. The Book Transfer software that comes with Book
Port Plus will handle brf files by translating them to txt but the files
will be handled natively by the unit later. I'm not sure what I have
forgotten and believe it or not I haven't given away all the good stuff that
you will hear in the presentation. Hth
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ill this play nls books
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Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 12:49 PM
Subject: [Announce] Book Port Plus on this week's Main Menu
Coming up on Main Menu for February 27, 2010:
This week we present a Main Menu exclusive! Larry Skutchan of The American
Printing House for the Blind discusses and demonstrates some features of
Book Port Plus, a new product from APH due for release some time in March.
Larry talks about the philosophy behind the design of the product, giving us
a glimpse into the decision-making process. He talks about why some features
are present in the unit, why some features are not yet present, and what we
can expect to see in subsequent updates to the product. Why did APH choose
Vocalizer as the text to speech engine of choice? Why not Eloquence? Is
there a possibility that another text-to-speech engine might be used in the
future? What does APH plan to do with the wireless capabilities of the unit?
Could we actually be able to listen to Internet radio from a Book Port Plus?
How does one navigate menus and change settings on the unit? There is no way
to provide a tutorial on how to use Book Port Plus in just 53 minutes, but I
think Main Menu listeners will find Larry's examples and insights most
fascinating.
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