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  • Product Description:

    The new portable digital audio book player, BookSense Standard, allows people to access information for education, information, and entertainment. Weighing only four ounces, it is portable and powerful, comfortable to use and easily fits into a shirt pocket, backpack, or purse, so you can take it anywhere.

    The BookSense Standard comes with a 2 GB memory card. This model plays audio files, DAISY content, and reads many different document types. The media player supports a variety of formats, such as MP3, MP4, OGG, WAV, WAX, M4A, and WMA. Use the media player to listen to your music collection, including music downloaded from Apple iTunes. The BookSense plays Daisy Content available from The National Library Service, (NLS BARD) Braille and Audio Reading.

    Outside of all the different books you will have access to, the built-in media player supports a variety of formats, such as MP3, MP4, OGG, WAV, WAX, M4A, and WMA. Support for both OverDrive media and books from Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D) are not yet available but will be soon. Other formats which the BookSense can read are: txt, rtf, doc, docx, html, xml, brl, and brf files and also Microsoft Word 2003 and Word 2007 files.

    A summary of its outstanding features include:

    • Battery operates up to twelve hours on a single charge
    • Built in digital recorder records in .wave or .mp3
    • Built-in announcement of time/date
    • Choice of two voices - (Paul or Kate)
    • Rechargeable, user removable battery
    • Battery operates up to twelve hours on a single charge
    • Onboard 3.5 earphone jack and external microphone jack
    • Sleep timer and Alarm clock
    • User adjustable microphone sensitivity
    • Unit includes standard and mini-USB cables, 2 GB memory card, earphones and AC adapter

    Product Description:

    The new portable digital audio book player, BookSenseXT, allows people to access information for education, information, and entertainment. Weighing only four ounces, it is portable and powerful, comfortable to use and easily fits into a shirt pocket, backpack, or purse, so you can take it anywhere.

    BookSenseXT comes with 4 GB built in memory, an 8 GB memory card, Bluetooth wireless technology and an FM radio. This model plays audio files, DAISY content, and reads many different document types. A slot for Secured-Digital (SD) memory cards, and a built-in digital recorder are standard. The media player supports a variety of formats, such as MP3, MP4, OGG, WAV, WAX, M4A, and WMA. Use the media player to listen to your music collection, including music downloaded from Apple iTunes. Use the BookSenseXT to listen to your favorite radio station, or use your stereo Bluetooth headset to listen to a wide variety of content. The BookSense plays Daisy Content available from The National Library Service, (NLS BARD) Braille and Audio Reading.

    Outside of all the different books you will have access to, the built-in media player supports a variety of formats, such as MP3, MP4, OGG, WAV, WAX, M4A, and WMA. Support for both OverDrive media and books from Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D) are not yet available but will be soon. Other formats which the BookSense can read are: txt, rtf, doc, docx, html, xml, brl, and brf files and also Microsoft Word 2003 and Word 2007 files.

    A summary of its outstanding features include:

    • 4 GB of internal memory
    • Supplied with an 8 GB Secure Digital (SD) Memory card
    • Bluetooth Wireless Technology
    • FM Radio
    • Built in digital recorder records in .wave or .mp3
    • Built-in announcement of time/date
    • Choice of two voices - (Paul or Kate)
    • Rechargeable, user removable battery
    • Battery operates up to twelve hours on a single charge
    • Onboard 3.5 earphone jack and external microphone jack
    • Sleep timer and Alarm clock
    • User adjustable microphone sensitivity
    • Unit includes standard and mini-USB cables, earphones and AC adapter

    Product Description:

    A small portable unit that plays Daisy formatted CDs, standard audio CDs and MP3 CDs. It does not have a numeric keypad. It is designed for individuals who read a book from beginning to end without jumping around. It does remember your last position when the CD is removed from the player. Has headphone jack, I/O port for future enhancements and DC input jack. Headphones and AC adapter included. Can work with 4 AA batteries.

    Product Description:

    This is an affordable digital talking book player. It is the smallest and lowest priced DAISY formatted digital talking book CD player on the market. In addition to playing specially formatted 'Talking Books' CDs it will also accept standard CDs and MP3 CDs, so the user can enjoy music as well as spoken words. Its controls include: volume, variable speed, play, rewind, fast forward, pause, stop, and undo/redo, mark, go to, bookmark, set and page. A USB interface anticipates and upgrades future products. Lightweight headphones are included and a line out for connection to external speakers. Operates on 4 AA batteries or AC adapter (adapter included).

    Product Description:

    An all-in-one entertainment center designed to be totally accessible. It can announce the function of each key and the radio's frequency setting. When listening to Daisy books, in addition to the skip/search and navigation functions, it permits 32 bookmarks, returns to last position on 32 Daisy, MP3 CDs and audio CD. The FM radio stations can be accessed via a numeric pad or 32 presets.

    Product Description:

    The Digital Talking Book Cartridge from independent living aids, LLC is the new medium for playing digital audio books and magazines from the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), a division of the Library of Congress. With the recent launch of the digital playback system and the new state of the art Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) website, patrons can now download books at their leisure in the comfort of their own home. We have designed a special USB cable to make downloading from the new NLS BARD to a cartridge an easy process.

    Features include:

    • intended for use with the NLS talking book player and any authorized compatible digital talking-book player
    • download from BARD website: https://nlsbard.loc.gov/
    • reusable and not write-protected
    • measures 3.75" x 2.25" x .375"
    • OPTIONAL USB cable measures 39.5"
    • holds digital books and magazines that are in these formats:
      • ANSI/NISO Z39.86 2002
      • Daisy 2.0
      • MP3


    Product Description:

    The GH Player 2.0 improves reading productivity for all blind and low vision users, as well as individuals with learning and other print disabilities. This product is a Section 508 and DAISY 2.02, 3.0 compliant software product designed with accessibility as a priority. It provides access to documents, training manuals and publications in both Digital Talking Book and simple text (.txt) file formats. Accessibility features include multiple text-to-speech options, high resolution zooming, contrast enhancement, and synchronized text highlighting. This innovative product permits navigation by page, section, segment or word and for audio books in five different time increments. In addition it offers various playback and speech options, viewing methods, bookmarking, and note taking for a richer reading and learning experience. This GH Player 2.0 is the standard version that includes three Microsoft voices, but is also offered in a premium version, which not only includes the three Microsoft voices, but gives you three additional Scansoft RealSpeak voices as well.


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