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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 3 Nov 2012 05:14:48 -0700
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Re: Victor Reader Stream replacement
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I don't know about the book port, but if size or I should say small size 
isn't imortant, take a look at the book port dt or desktop.  THe text to 
speech in that thing is great.  I hope it gets approved for nls soon.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


BTW, I also own a stream and a booksense and the book sense voice is 
much much better.  On 
Fri, 2 Nov 2012, Steve wrote:

> The BookSense from HIMS has better text-to-speech voices than the Victor
> Reader Stream, records in different formats and different mp3 bitrates, and
> has a clock.
>
> There is also the new Bookport.  I don't know what it uses for
> text-to-speech voices, but I can definitely say that the Booksense is much
> more tolerable than the Victor Reader Stream.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vin Santis" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 11:08 AM
> 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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