PlexTalk Pocket versus Victor Reader Stream

This is a comparison of two DAISY players on the market, the PlexTalk Pocket by PlexTalk & the Victor Reader Stream by HumanWare

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• PlexTalk
• Pocket
• HumanWare
• Victor
• Reader
• Stream
• DAISY
• Books
• MP3
• Audio

[mailworld]

oh now I want the plextalk pocket rather than the victor stream. now there is app for daisy reader but don't know will work with bard book or not

[rml695]

@mailworld iPod reader? No idea with BARD.

[Lachlant1984]

I believe in this video you mentioined that the VR Stream doesn't play OGG Vorbis files, it actually does, in answer to your question about what operating system the Stream is based on, I believe it runs Linux. About the pre-loaded audio book devices you mentioned at the start of the video, I believe the product is called PlayAway.

[rml695]

Thanks for the info. :) I remember doing a review of the Play-Away...i think last summer (summer of 08).

[zkrisher]

How does the iPod Touch do at playing audiobooks.

The library for the blind over simply uses MP3 rather than DAISY.

Do you need a dedicated device just for audiobooks or would your IPod Touch do well enough just for that?

Is there a DAISY player that could run on a new IPod Touch with voiceover?

Code Factory has a DAISY player that world with it's Mobile Speak software.

[rml695]

I'm aware of Mobile DAISY. The iPod Touch can handle MP3 and Audible books ONLY! No DAISY support exists at this time that I'm aware of.

[gallagher123123]

I have the book port plus and the victor reader stream. As you know the book port plus is a lot like the plextalk pocket. I agree with the video.

[Lachlant1984]

@zkrisher There are various DAISY player apps for the iPod Touch/iPhone/iPad, but I don't know what they're called. 

[Lachlant1984]

It works very well with 32 GN SD cards, it's a little bit sluggish though when navigating from book to book, when you select the music bookshelf the unit can take at least 20 seconds to calculate the large amount of music in the music folder, so it often says "Please wait" when I access the music bookshelf, but other than that it works very well.

[ilovenbcnews]

thats interesting .... i thought the stream only had a 16gb capability.

[Lachlant1984]

I wouldn't be surprised if we see an app for the iPod Touch/iPhone that provides support for DAISY will full navigation, and possibly text search features, someone will come out with something in the future I suspect, if they don't then I'll be very surprised.

[jls1114]

as far as ipod touch goes to the person who asked if the ppid touch was gd enough for us for reading books. it does nto have the type of naviagation that we have so its nto as good even if it did support daisy