That is unless of course you have a RoadRunner.
Believe me, I tried reading ebooks (mostly the Project Gutenberg Stuff, but sometimes the news with AvantGo) but reading on a palmV, a Casiopia, Compaq, and a full width (640 pixels) HP Jornada don't compare to the RoadRunner.
The RoadRunner is a text-to-speech box that you can load a couple of book on (not much in the way of documentation but I have seen that it'll hold 2mb of files).
Basically you can load up a bunch of book on it al listen to them anywhere. I know, books on tape/CD right? Wrong! Books on tape/CD are expensive, abridged, take forever to listen to (set reading speed), and you have to change the CD/tape all the time, (which I have also tried)
My RoadRunner has been in use for over 60 hours without having to change the batteries! By my calculations it's running at 600+ WPM (10x faster than a book on tape). I listen to it everywhere I go and get questions about it all the time. It's the greatest electronic gizmo I've ever bought!
Originally they were really expensive and aparently a new company has started making them and they're really cheap now. I stumbled upon their web-site www.CompanionDevices.com looking to see if there was any up to date info on the unit (I bought my unit off a friend of a blind friend of mine).
In any case, I think it would be cool to see kids running around listening to books rather than that darn Rap music or the Rock and Roll.
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That is unless of course you have a RoadRunner. Believe me, I tried reading ebooks (mostly the Project Gutenberg Stuff, but sometimes the news with AvantGo) but reading on a palmV, a Casiopia, Compaq, and a full width (640 pixels) HP Jornada don't compare to the RoadRunner. The RoadRunner is a text-to-speech box that you can load a couple of book on (not much in the way of documentation but I have seen that it'll hold 2mb of files). Basically you can load up a bunch of book on it al listen to them anywhere. I know, books on tape/CD right? Wrong! Books on tape/CD are expensive, abridged, take forever to listen to (set reading speed), and you have to change the CD/tape all the time, (which I have also tried) My RoadRunner has been in use for over 60 hours without having to change the batteries! By my calculations it's running at 600+ WPM (10x faster than a book on tape). I listen to it everywhere I go and get questions about it all the time. It's the greatest electronic gizmo I've ever bought! Originally they were really expensive and aparently a new company has started making them and they're really cheap now. I stumbled upon their web-site www.CompanionDevices.com looking to see if there was any up to date info on the unit (I bought my unit off a friend of a blind friend of mine). In any case, I think it would be cool to see kids running around listening to books rather than that darn Rap music or the Rock and Roll. -=/ MLFnet /=-