I prefer it to other things out there as well. Like with all screen reading
or character recognition, there will always be a few mispronunciations.
But,
on the Book Sense, the voices are pleasant to listen to. I use mine for
hours daily and have really been pleased with it.
While I make strong suggestions about the speech engine, overall, I think
it
is the most comfortable out there for a device this size and of this
complexity.
Frankly, I am fairly impressed with the Sense products overall. I just
upgraded my Voice Sense to include Sense Nav which I am trying to learn to
use. While I have had other GPS products which have been a real
disappointment, I think I have the right software option on a good piece
of
computer equipment which will be stable enough to do the job and yet small
enough to be carried easily. I know that is slightly off topic for this
list, but I think we are dealing with good products here and very much
appreciate that.
Dianne
-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Kiehne [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 7:50 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [GW-Booksense] Re: book sense requesting opinions
I do really like the tts on the booksense. That is one of the reasons I
bought it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Missy Hoppe" <[email protected]>
To: "Booksense Support" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 2:40 PM
Subject: Re: [GW-Booksense] Re: book sense requesting opinions
I totally agree with you on this.
I'd much rather have the best reading device possible, and to me, the
booksense is that player. Yes, I wish the volume on nls and RFBD books
could
be made louder, but apart from that, I have absolutely no complaints with
my
booksense.
I've never put any music into the booksense, and have no plans to ever do
so. When I'm on the go, I'm most likely going to want to hear a book
anyway,
and if I really want music, I could use the radio on the booksense, or
listen to a song on my cell phone.
Missy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dianne B. Phelps" <[email protected]>
To: "'EVAN REESE'" <[email protected]>; "'GW-micro'"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2010 4:59 PM
Subject: RE: [GW-Booksense] Re: book sense requesting opinions
From a theoretical standpoint, I don't know how these book readers can be
expected to be music players as well. I think we are all expecting far too
much of this one player, and I wou8ld rather have memory and resources
directed simply to book reading as in Book Share books with the TTS system
or the recorded book features. I'lll go else where for music. I know
people
are trying to carry less, but why do we have to carry all aspects of
entertainment with us at all times anyway?
Here, I just want the best book reader I can have! Music, which is also
important to me, I'll get from a player which makes music its priority
because I want the best I can hear when I listen to music as well. My
music
player, chances are, isn't going to be a good book reader.
Dianne
-----Original Message-----
From: EVAN REESE [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 5:07 PM
To: GW-micro
Subject: [GW-Booksense] Re: book sense requesting opinions
I've been reading RFB&D books on my Book Sense Standard model since
support
was added in January. It works great. The only two minor things are that
for
books beyond a certain length,, because they design their books to fit on
CD's, more than one folder is used, one for each CD of the book; so you
can't navigate throughout a large book the way you can with an NLS book.
Also, you need to actually go into the folder where each RFB&D book is
stored before you can play it. Other than those minor issues, it really
works very well. (I think they could notch up the top reading speed a bit,
too, but it's fine for me most of the time. And many people have asked for
a
bit more volume for NLS and RFB&D books. This can be an issue for some
books
when using it on speakers, but I tend to use headphones most of the time,
so
while there are occasions when I would like some more volume, it's not a
major problem for me.)
I think the Book Sense has some weaknesses as a portable music player,
although I still use it quite a bit for that as well. But if your main
interest is in audio books, particularly RFB&D, I don't think you can go
wrong.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph C. Lininger" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 6:49 PM
Subject: book sense requesting opinions
Howdy folks,
I've been considering purchasing a digital book reader. I am wary of
Humanware products for a couple of reasons, which I don't feel it
necessary to go into here. I was thinking of purchasing a book sense,
since I own several GW Micro products and have been happy with just
about all of them. I have Window-Eyes, a Voice sense, and a Sync
Braille. The Voice Sense I don't really use because it doesn't meet all
of my portable computing needs, but I've played with it anyway and its a
nice device in spite of that.
I need something that is portable and can read rfb&d (this is an
absolute requirement, not a maybe). I see from the web site that the
book sense products now do support RFB&D. Do all models support that?
And can anyone tell me there experiences using this product? I need to
make my dicision soon, so any feedback any of you can give on the book
sense line of products would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
--
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