Tom, There is a bigger difference than that.
The Kindle offers books and possibly other content not necessarily available to the Victor Stream. The publishing industry haven't learned from the recording industry. Those who refuse to read history appear once more to have to repeat it. They really think that people would prefer to hear a recorded version of a synthetic reader while riding in their car than purchase the recorded version read by an expressive capable reader. Just like they are all busy photocopying books at the library rather than purchase them. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Fowle To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 2:34 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Kindle 2 petition It's an interesting situation here, cause the Kindle 2 costs $350.00 or so and thus is price competative with really accessible devices like the Victor Stream and the newere PlexTalk pocket. of course those require usb download from a computer, but provide access to a large variety of books in non-proprietary formats. The kindel is WYFI and thus provides instant gratification, or nearly. Even presuming the Kindle were made entirely accessible via speech, It may be a tossup which would really provide the best bang for the buck. And, of course, you pay for each book with the Kindle. As a total bat, it seems silly to spend lots on the fancy Kindle display, although if they had large fonts, low vision folks might find it very helpfull. A rare situation in which it might turn out that devices made for the bat market could actually be price competative with "visie' market stuff. Tom Fowle [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
