I did see QST when I was browsing the site. I've made mp3's out of several
of the books I've barrowed for my own use. I'll be playing many of those on
the stream. I take it, you have the stream? How long have you had it?
----- Original Message -----
From: "don bishop" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: off topic note takers
> The nls digital download site is really great. Many of the books are
> makeovers from casette books, so the quality isn't as great as one might
> like, but those that are recorded digitally in the first place are
> really good. And, they have a lot of magazines up there too including
> qst. You can scroll through the articles by title with the stream as
> well which really makes the magazine usable.
>
> Don
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:42 AM
> Subject: Re: off topic note takers
>
>
>>I ended up ordering one. I'm sure looking forward to listening to
>>digital
>> books. I no longer have to wait for a book to arrive in the mail.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "don bishop" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:33 AM
>> Subject: Re: off topic note takers
>>
>>
>>> Russ,
>>>
>>> The stream works very well for listening to books including nls and
>>> also
>>> books in the standard mp3 format. Also, it makes rather good
>>> recordings
>>> if you need that. It's really not a notetaker, but then what you get
>>> really depends on just what you want to do and how much you're
>>> willing
>>> to spend.
>>>
>>> For the money, I think the stream is a really good machine,
>>> especially
>>> with sdhc card prices getting quite reasonable.
>>>
>>> Don w6smb
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:24 AM
>>> Subject: Re: off topic note takers
>>>
>>>
>>>> The BraillePlus is a little more than I want to spend. I mainly
>>>> want
>>>> to
>>>> listen to digital talking books, music and other books I have in the
>>>> mp3
>>>> format.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:14 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: off topic note takers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> It is nice for what it does, but it is not really a notetaker. It
>>>>> does
>>>>> allow
>>>>> you to make Voice notes, but it is very limited. You need a PC to
>>>>> edit
>>>>> any
>>>>> notes you take. It's plus is that it is a nice portable reader,
>>>>> but
>>>>> I use
>>>>> the
>>>>> BraillePlus almost exclusively for my reading needs now that it has
>>>>> NLS
>>>>> DTB
>>>>> capability as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> Steve
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 1:15 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: off topic note takers
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you think of the Victor Stream?
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:46 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: off topic note takers
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Richard,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I use the BraillePlus and am familiar with both since we are a
>>>>>> dealer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Speaking as an individual, it is one of my favorite pieces of
>>>>>> access
>>>>>> technology. Where else can you get a browser, music player, voice
>>>>>> recorder,
>>>>>> contact manager, word processor, pod catcher, bookreader including
>>>>>> digital
>>>>>> talking books, and more with a 40Gig hard-drive for less than
>>>>>> $1400?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll be happy to answer any questions you might have about either
>>>>>> unit.
>>>>>> They
>>>>>> are functionally identical; just slightly different shapes for the
>>>>>> BP vs
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> Icon, and the Icon does not have separate braille entry keys.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Steve, K8SP
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 10:19 PM
>>>>>> Subject: off topic note takers
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi everyone;
>>>>>> I have been casually looking at notetakers and I'm wondering if
>>>>>> anyone
>>>>>> here
>>>>>> has used the braille plus or icon? The price seems moderately
>>>>>> lower
>>>>>> than
>>>>>> most others but you never know how things really work until you
>>>>>> talk
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> some users. I subscribed to their list but most folks wouldn't be
>>>>>> there
>>>>>> unless they were happy.
>>>>>> Feel free to contact me off list.
>>>>>> Richard
>>>>>>
>>>>>
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