I see they've not changed anything since I contacted them a year or
two ago about the same thing. I'd purchased a victor reader stream
for 50 bucks from a local store that happened to have it on the shelf
(they didn't know what it was) It didn't work, so I called, and was
told the same thing, since it's more than 2 versions old, they
couldn't fix it, but could sell me a new one for the aforementioned
$175. Needless to say, I declined the offer, and had fun taking it
apart to see what was wrong with it. Must have been a circuit board,
because I couldn't find anything at all broken on it. <sigh>.
And, this is precisely why I refuse to purchase adaptive equipment at
the vastly inflated prices it's sold for, because when it breaks,
you're at the mercy of the company that made the silly thing, and
they often refuse to fix it.
So, I say, commercial products where possible, and Apple has done the
blind//vi market a tremendous favor making their products accessible,
because it means we can now use the same devices our sighted
acquaintenances use, and for no additional cost.
And, apple doesn't usually tell you they won't fix something because
it's more than 2 models out of date.
I don't know off hand what the name of it is, but there is a daisy
reading app for the ipod, a quick search of the app store should turn
up a few.
You should have no trouble importing your daisy books into your ipod
(come to think of it, I believe itunes has *some* daisy support,
though not to the degree you'd get with a dedicated reader.
I'd search for you, but my ipod is dead as a doornail at the moment,
and it takes it a while to realize it's plugged in and give me the
signal it's charging. :)
But, anyway, hope this helps anyway.
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