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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