Or if he wants a desktop player, they both use Acapela tts.  He can get a 
victor reader stratus or book port dt.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Steve Dresser
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 9:17 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream replacement

Vin,

You might take a look at the Book Sense from Hims (www.hims-inc.com). It
uses the Kate and Paul voices which, in my opinion, are somewhat better than
the ones in the Stream.  Keep in mind, though, that because all the portable
readers have limited RAM, the TTS voices they use will not be as good as
those in software such as Openbook.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vin Santis" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 11:08
Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream replacement


> Hi,
>
> My stream is getting old and  I'm more than tired  with its voices.  I've
> tried downloading  from Book Share in mp 3 and they consistently fail on
> me.
> I need suggestion on a new reader with  voices similar to what I have in
> Open Book and Zoom Text.
> Thanks,
> Vince Santis, N1VS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Howard Kaufman
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 7:19 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Victor Reader Stream voices
>
> I hate those voices to!  What I do, is open the file I want to read on the
> stream in k1000.  Then I select the voice and speed I like to  listen to.
> Then I create mp3 files, and make a folder in the $vr music folder.  Then
> I
> listen to my book on the stream with the voices I like.
> Their are other programs that will convert text to mp3 audio files if you
> don't have k1000.
>
> You could use your screen reader and goldwave if necessary.
>
> Its one of the reasons why I won't mind finding an excuse to replace my
> stream.
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