A couple of weeks ago, I spoke to the director of the RFB studio here in Chicago about DAISY players. The studio has an extensive outreach effort with folks going to schools and meeting with borrowers throughout the Chicago area and Midwest. The Telex Scholar has its buttons arranged in a circular manner. Many blind end users I am told do not like it and find it troublesome to use. The buttons are not easily identified tactily and they have multiple functions. Most blind users prefer units, based on extensive interviews with teachers and print-impaired end users, that have a telephone-style keypad rather than one arranged in a circle.
For what it is worth, I considered my options this past month in choosing one of these units. My CD/Mp3 player no longer played MP3's and appeared on its last legs. I had the unit just about 18 months, listening to it about 15 hours a week. I agonized over the issue because I recognized that the CD at this point is a transitional technology. Its days are numbered and I don't want to be holding the bag. Also, CD players are mechanical devices and may not be as durable as solid state devices with no moving parts. I bristled over the prospect of chucking a pricy DAISY player every 18 months. I ended up choosing the Bookport. To my knowledge it is the only solid state device that can play the DAISY CD books from RFB. I believe the Bookport will have a longer lifespan than a CD player with none of the problems of fingerprints or scratches that plague the use of CD's. Further, the Bookport represents a total and complete portable media access device. In addition to playing DAISY books, it plays MP3 files and reds text files with a built in speech synthesizer. Wile the Bookport sports a higher price tag than most of the portable DAISY CD players, the added durability and functionality turn the price into a extremely fair value. Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Heewon Chun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 9:01 PM Subject: RFBD CD portable Players and software > Hi all! > > Which one do you prefer between Telex's Scholar and Victor Reader Vibe? > And why? > > Also, I want to know any feedbacks about the three major software for RFBD > CD's, Easy Reader, Victor read and Eclipse Reader. > > Thanks for your help! > > Heewon > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
