the plextalk pocket is already nls book supported since version 2.0 of the firmware. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave McElroy WA6BEF" <d...@drakelroy.com> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 9:32 AM Subject: RE: victor Reader Stream V Book Sense
Is it NLS capable yet? Thought they were waiting for that capability. This would take it out of the running if one was going to use it for nls books. -----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Joy Tilton Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 9:51 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: victor Reader Stream V Book Sense I noticed the Plextalk Pocket has been left out in the discussion at hand. <smile> ----- Original Message ----- From: "brandon armstrong" <stunners...@gmail.com> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 7:45 PM Subject: Re: victor Reader Stream V Book Sense > yeah i agre with you on that point. > I have done several podcasts with my booksense xt and transfered the > files to my macbook and uploaded them to my podcast page. > Brandon > On Dec 23, 2009, at 9:32 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: > >> I'm very glad to hear it and to be honest, that wouldn't be all that hard >> I don't reckon <smile>. >> >> I would like to see some sort of voice database feature in these devices, >> some way whereby you could link notes or recordings together, say link a >> telephone number with an address or a name, I should think that such a >> feature would be handy for elderly people who could use these type of >> machines - not just for playing books - but as a type of information >> manager for basic information, The Victor Reader for example uses LINUX >> as its operating system so there's no question about the power the player >> has, its just a question of how to design such a system I outlined. >> >> >> >> brandon armstrong wrote: >>> booksense transfers are much faster to mac and vise versa. >>> Brandon >>> On Dec 23, 2009, at 8:45 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi! >>>> >>>> Okay, I don't have a Book Sense but I do have a Victor reader Stream. >>>> >>>> One thing I like about the Stream is that all prompts and messages are >>>> recorded in human voice rather than having to rely on a software voice >>>> synthesiser so you won't miss any alerts, prompts or errors which >>>> Victor is trying to communicate to you. >>>> >>>> I'm also told that there are some major software upgrades for Victor >>>> coming in the near future, one of which will allow you to store your >>>> recordings in a different format such as wave for transfer straight to >>>> a PC or Mac and that's about time too! and this has been my major gripe >>>> about the player from day one - particularly given that I use a Mac >>>> most of the time and there's no way of converting files from the >>>> Victor's format to something standard with the Mac, this should fix the >>>> problem. >>>> >>>> The other slight annoyance I have with the Victor Reader Stream is its >>>> incredibly slow rate of transfer using USB cable and I'd be interested >>>> to hear an explanation from Humanware as to why this is, I can only >>>> hope that transfer speeds are faster on the Book Sense. 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