[Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books

2010-11-11 Thread Moderator
Okay folks, we were hoping this would die out on it's own, but it hasn't, so since the discussion is not relevant to computers, take this off-list. Richard Q. Justice-list moderator blind-computing@jaws-users.com jaws-users-l...@jaws-users.com For answers to frequently asked questions about

Re: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books

2010-11-10 Thread Deanne Miller
:09 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books Hi; I, too, am struggling with which player to buy. I saw the stream once for a short time but I wasn't impressed with the sound; also I didn't like that the volume level, to me, was low. Do you know anymore about the book

Re: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books

2010-11-10 Thread Deanne Miller
It looks like GW Micro makes the BookSense. Deanne - Original Message - From: Ann Marie Medlar amedl...@gmail.com To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 11:29 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books Woh makes Book Sense

Re: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books

2010-11-10 Thread Dan Mccurley
: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books Hi Dan: The BookSense comes in two models, I'm not sure of the prices, but I think the less expensive one is comparable to the VR Stream and the more expensive one is somewhere in the vicinity of $500

Re: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books

2010-11-09 Thread Dan Mccurley
- Original Message - From: Deanne Miller jawsstude...@gmail.com To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 11:57 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books I own the Victor Stream. If I'm not mistaken, the Book Sense uses the Eloquence synthesizer

Re: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books

2010-11-09 Thread Ann Marie Medlar
Woh makes Book Sense? - Original Message - From: Dan Mccurley bearea...@bellsouth.net To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books Hi; I, too, am struggling with which player to buy. I saw

Re: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books

2010-11-09 Thread Maria Campbell
:09 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books Hi; I, too, am struggling with which player to buy. I saw the stream once for a short time but I wasn't impressed with the sound; also I didn't like that the volume level, to me, was low. Do you know anymore about the book

Re: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books

2010-11-09 Thread Don Marang
17, 2010 2:09 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books Hi; I, too, am struggling with which player to buy. I saw the stream once for a short time but I wasn't impressed with the sound; also I didn't like that the volume level, to me, was low. Do you know anymore

Re: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books

2010-11-07 Thread Deanne Miller
loads of books on it. Arianna - Original Message - From: Maria Campbell lucky1i...@sbcglobal.net To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 2:14 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books I hope this isn't off topic, and if it is, I'm sure

Re: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books

2010-11-06 Thread Russ Breitenstein
:14 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books I hope this isn't off topic, and if it is, I'm sure someone will slap my hand. I download books from both Bookshare and the NLS site. I'd like to know which is the best player to listen to both types of books and the best

[Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books

2010-11-05 Thread Maria Campbell
I hope this isn't off topic, and if it is, I'm sure someone will slap my hand. I download books from both Bookshare and the NLS site. I'd like to know which is the best player to listen to both types of books and the best voice for listening pleasure. I believe the BookPort does this, but with

Re: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books

2010-11-05 Thread Arianna
- Original Message - From: Maria Campbell lucky1i...@sbcglobal.net To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 2:14 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Best player for listening to books I hope this isn't off topic, and if it is, I'm sure someone will slap my hand. I download