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BookCourier Portable Player
BookCourier is a portable reading device designed specifically for people with
vision and learning disabilities that make reading difficult. BookCourier’s text-to-speech engine
reads text files from a variety of sources, including Kurzweil Educational
Systems,
Bookshare.org (DAISY 3 text), Grade 2 Braille, TNAUK (Talking Newspaper
Association of the United Kingdom), word processors, email packages, and
Internet browsers. BookCourier also plays spoken word MP3 files from providers
such as Audible.com as well as DAISY audio books and NLS download books*. And, when you’ve read
enough, BookCourier will play standard music MP3 files.
BookCourier’s user-friendly interface has fast
forward and reverse controls as well as bookmarks and other smart navigation
controls that allow you to go wherever you want to be in a file. Depending on
the file type and the mark-up provided by the content publisher, you can jump by
time increments or by word, sentence, paragraph, page, section, chapter, or
article. And if you have a question about a feature or a key function,
BookCourier's built-in talking help and talking user guide are immediately
available. BookCourier also has a number of features that allow you to create a
listening environment that's right for you.
BookCourier is battery-powered and supports SD cards (Secure Digital) with up
to 8GB of memory*. The device also has a
plug-and-play USB connection for transferring files from your computer using the
supplied PC software. BookCourier is shipped with earphones and a pocket clip.
* Available in an upcoming release. See the What's New page
for details.
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