Both the Streams work well - I think that the internet options on the 
Stream are extremely well thought out and implemented.  My kids 
bought me an iPod Touch for my birthday and I have both the Kindle 
and NLS apps. on it.  Both are easy and work very well.  The KNFB 
reader is like any OCR app.  You have to be steady and patient and 
you will get decent results.
I have an A P H Bookport Plus which I will be selling soon.  Not 
really using it and I never got the hang of the Internet 
feature.  And you can really have too many readers!
Pat, K9JAUAt 09:06 AM 12/5/2015, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have a VR Stream second gen and I love it.  It is much louder than my
>Nexus 6 phone and easier to use.
>
>Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
>
>On 12/5/2015 9:26 AM, Butch Bussen wrote:
> > You are right, but that assumes you can get use to the touch screens on
> > these devices, and I never have, just not comfortable.  I need keys or
> > buttons.  Some day I'm going to take my IPod out and blow it away with
> > my judge.  Question is should I use a 45 hollow point or 410.
> > 73
> > Butch
> > WA0VJR
> > Node 3148
> > Wallace, ks.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 4
> > Dec 2015, Russ Kiehne wrote:
> >
> >> In my case, I'm using an ipad mini first generation.  It does 
> everything the
> >> Blaze will do minus the ocr.  It has more volume, better sound 
> than my first
> >> generation Stream, plextalk pocket and Booksense standard.  Much better
> >> battery life than my specialized devices.  It does everything a 
> Stream will
> >> do and a lot more.  You can buy a 6th generation ipod touch and 
> KNFB reader
> >> and do everything a Blaze will do and a lot more for half the price of the
> >> Blaze.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Jordan Gallacher
> >> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2015 7:04 AM
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Re: Blaze ET
> >>
> >> The Hims Inc. book players are far better than the Stream.  First and
> >> foremost, the Stream does not get loud enough to be able to be heard well
> >> without using earbuds or external speakers.  That was and still 
> is the main
> >> reason I will not go near the Stream unless this has been fixed recently,
> >> and I don't know about it.  The one product I have of HumanWare's started
> >> having problems very early after I got it, and HumanWare would not help me
> >> figure out the problem nor take it in to be looked at even though at the
> >> time, there was still plenty of warranty left on it.  Hims Inc. has always
> >> been helpful, and my BookCense is still working as well as it 
> did almost six
> >> years ago when I purchased it, and I am planning on purchasing a Blaze at
> >> some point when money allows.
> >> Jordan
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> >> On Behalf Of Russ Kiehne
> >> Sent: Friday, December 4, 2015 8:53 AM
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Re: Blaze ET
> >>
> >> Here are some things to be aware  of about the Blaze.  internet radio and
> >> downloading podcasts work very much like the bookport plus and plextalk
> >> pocket.
> >> The Stream has a much better implementation of internet radio 
> and podcasts.
> >> I
> >> feel that the Stream has a better way of organizing it's content.
> >> At this point in time, the Blaze won't play content from 
> Audible.  Learning
> >> Ally has no plans at this point in time to support playback of 
> there content
> >> on the Blaze.  The Blaze doesn't have NFB Newsline like the Stream.
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Jim Gammon
> >> Sent: Friday, December 04, 2015 1:45 AM
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Blaze ET
> >>
> >> Hi list, just wondering if any of you have experience with the 
> Blaze ET unit
> >> that has OCR built in as well as a host of other ways to read stuff?
> >> Thanks, Jim WA6EKS
> >>
> >>