Buddy,

I'm leaning toward the BookSense and it does have usb 2.0.

Can you explain more clearly why you recommend the standard over the xt?

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From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: Braille Plus is still better!!


> If you expect to pay a lot of money and actually have up-to-date
> hardware, I reckon you'd better look elsewhere than the blindy
> products, because you generally aren't gonna get that. Get yourself a
> $400 or less netbook with your screen reader of choice and a braille
> display (yeah, unfortunately those aren't very mainstream).
> Fortunately System Access is supporting a couple more displays, so
> you're not locked into the big boys if you don't wanna be. Of course,
> there's always the Mac. ...
>
> All that said, none of these will read NLS books. If you just want
> something to read books, I reckon any of the portable book players
> will do nicely; I really do like my BookSense a lot. Save yourself a
> couple bucks (and, by many accounts, several headaches) and get the
> standard version instead of the XT, though.
>
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