I just don't see the point of internal storage when prices on
cards
are dropping like a rock. Mp3 has always been fine for what I
do, and
my icon can record in stereo if I need it. Different strokes I
guess.
My biggest issue with it all is that being third or fourth in a
limited market is going to make it very hard to make any money,
I'd
think. The extra features might sell to some, but for the
people who
just want a book reader, the only things that are going to
convince
them is a lower price or the death of one they already have. I
don't
know if the nls machine will be albe to read e-text, but if it
can, it
will be hard for anybody to beat the price on it.
On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:07:14 -0400, you wrote:
> Eh, Looks like you missed the 1-4 gb of internal storage,
binoral
> internal recording direct to mp3 and wav, and ogg and flac
support.
> Those were the features that cught my eye especially.
> > Best,
> > > erik burggraaf
> A+ sertified technician and user support consultant.
> Phone: 888-255-5194
> Email: [email protected]
> > On 22-Mar-09, at 12:35 PM, Chris Hill wrote:
> > > I must've missed it. I really didn't see anything in the
booksense
> > that the victor stream doesn't do. I personally prefer my
icon. It
> > doesn't play digital nls books as well as the victor, but
being able
> > to get on the web anywhere there is wi-fi to grab the latest
news or a
> > stock quote makes up for that failing. My first victor
stream lasted
> > about six months before it gave up.
> > That seems about par for these sorts of objects, considering
the luck
> > I had with road runner and bookport in the past. I have a
> > two-year-old cell phone, but I can't figure out why it still
works.
> > > > On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 11:41:32 -0400, you wrote:
> > > > > Hum, well for one thing the development on this is
mostly done by
> > > HIMS. I would imagine the decision to make a book reader
probably
> > > rested with them, and that the development of a book
reader is
> > > detracting very little if at all from the development of
window-eyes.
> > > > > > Which leads right in to another thing. GW probably
has to distribute
> > > and support the book sense or risk losing the agreements
they have
> > > with the hardware developer.
> > > > > > And to finish up, the book sense is the best of
these players there
> > > is
> > > on paper. We'll see when the price emerges and we
actually take the
> > > hardware out of the box, but HIMS and gw are developing a
solid rep
> > > for putting the most amount of hardware and the best
quality into
> > > this
> > > stuff. I'm supposed to like humanware because I live in
Canada and
> > > they were first at a lot of this stuff and the peir
pressure is
> > > overwelming, but their hardware is built like junk. Sorry
boys it's
> > > just a fact. Give me a nice plextor book reader any day.
The thing
> > > is, the portable plextalk pocket doesn't compete on
features nearly
> > > as
> > > well as it competes on quality.
> > > > > > I never thought I'd want to own one of these type of
players, but my
> > > mouth is really wattering over the book sense.
> > > > > > Best,
> > > > > > erik burggraaf
> > > A+ sertified technician and user support consultant.
> > > Phone: 888-255-5194
> > > Email: [email protected]
> > > > > > On 22-Mar-09, at 11:29 AM, Chris Hill wrote:
> > > > > > > Phone systems are based on recorded and digitized
human voices.
> > > > They
> > > > have limited vocabularies and require a good bit of
processing > > > > power
> > > > to pull off. If you want your speech to be able to
pronounce any
> > > > word, such systems just don't cut it.
> > > > > > > > Now, why gw-micro would want to jump in and be
the third in the
> > > > market
> > > > of book readers, that one is beyond me. I'd much rather
see bug
> > > > fixes
> > > > in window-eyes.
> > > > > > > > On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 17:01:02 -0600, you wrote:
> > > > > > > > > It's sad when some of the phone auto sestem
sounds better then > > > > > our
> > > > > voices; and yet, they want to charge us so much.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 03/21/2009, Mary Otten wrote:
> > > > > > On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:58:08 -0400, Jeremy Curry
wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Voice Text from Voiceware
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm sorry to hear that. I
don't think any of the so-called high
> > > > > > quality
> > > > > > voices are all they are cracked up to be, and
because they try > > > > > > to
> > > > > > sound
> > > > > > human, when they fall down, they're awful. Maybe its
> > > > > > psychological. But
> > > > > > despite the fact that these voices can sound good
when things > > > > > > are
> > > > > > just
> > > > > > right, that condition seldom prevails, and a wanna-
be human is
> > > > > > much
> > > > > > worse than a more mechanical sounding synthesizer
with known > > > > > > but
> > > > > > consistent flaws. So I'm sorry that there won't be
an > > > > > > alternative
> > > > > > such
> > > > > > as a tripple talk chip or even Eloquence. I know
that the > > > > > > choice
> > > > > > of
> > > > > > speech synthesizers is a personal matter. So I hope
that once > > > > > > this
> > > > > > product is out, some consideration will be given to
adding
> > > > > > alternatives, although obviously, the hardware
approach won't > > > > > > be
> > > > > > possible. Too bad, as hardware like the trippletalk
is still > > > > > > the
> > > > > > snappiest, most responsive speech out there.
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