Sorry to say that GW Micro hardware products are not at all related to
windowEyes; that is, both hardware and software are created by (I think
Korean) company named Hims (I think that's right).
I have owned both the bookSense XT, and the victor reader stream.
I was much happier with the victor, and I was very unhappy with the GW
Micro
support, as well as the quality of the product, for the bookSense.
aside from those major issues, I also found the larger, and better shaped
controls, of the victor made it easier to operate with fewer errors.
I understand one hardware problem with the original XT has now been
fixed:
that is, the radio would not function with the bluetooth headset.
I found however that the bluetooth in general is very problematic.
It should be a minor issue, but I find the belt case for the victor is
much
friendlier, holding the victor upside down, and allowing the flap to
easily
stay out of the way, so that it's easier again to operate; this time
hanging
on your belt.
I have found no real need for the built-in memory of the bookSense; if
you
need more space, buy a bigger SD card, it's much cheaper, and easier to
access.
I don't know what to say about the radio: I don't know all the book
players
so I don't know who (if anyone) offers an accessible radio; maybe this is
something only available in the XT, you can research this if the radio is
important to you.
As far as I know, the bookSense ininnever* delivered on it's promised
access of
protected WMA books, and it frequently hangs on me when playing mp3
books.
If you don't like humanware, then I'd suggest you look into another book
player; I haven't kept up with them, but I seem to recall there are
several
others in this price range, and at least one in a higher range.
hth,
Chip
-----Original Message-----
From: Joseph C. Lininger [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 6:49 PM
To: [email protected]
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.
--
They say god has always been. Linux and I will now disprove that:
$ ar m God
ar: creating God
There you have it. God was created by the ar program. Good news is, God
really does exist!
Joseph C. Lininger, <[email protected]>
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