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BookSense
The BookSense players, manfactured by HIMS, play audio books and music files, and provide text-to-speech for education, information, and entertainment. Students can access school textbooks, people in the workplace can stay current with journals or business magazines, and anyone can enjoy newspapers, favorite novels, a bestseller, and even their favorite music.
With a comfortable feel when held in your hand, the BookSense is easy to use for people who are familiar with computers and downloading files. Weighing only four ounces, it is portable and powerful and easily fits into a shirt pocket, backpack, or purse, so you can take it anywhere.
Two models are offered: BookSense and BookSense XT. Both models play audio files, DAISY content, and read documents. Secured-Digital (SD) memory card slot, and built-in digital recorder are all standard features on both the BookSense and BookSense XT.
BookSense
BookSense XT
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 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.
In addition to all of the standard features, the BookSense XT boasts 4 GB of built-in memory, an FM radio, and Bluetooth capability.
You can listen to your favorite book in stereo without the hassle of wires from headphones, however since Bluetooth and FM stations both use a radio signal, you have to use conventional headsets or the built-in speaker with the FM radio.
With the BookSense, you can access digital talking books from providers such as the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), BookShare, and Audible. Access to books from Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D) is coming soon!
BookSense makes it simple by utilizing the USB port to connect to your PC to transfer downloaded books and music directly to the built-in memory on the BookSense XT or to an SD memory card in either model.
The book reader on the BookSense supports several file formats, including txt, rtf, doc, docx, html, xml, brl, and brf. Use this feature to read your Microsoft Word documents, including Word 2003 and Word 2007.
The BookSense is a great tool for computer savvy classroom teachers, students, business professionals, and anyone who enjoys reading and listening to music.
Get the BookSense
BookSense: $349
BookSense XT: $499
BookSense DS: $449
BookSense DS
The BookSense DS is a DAISY player that features an OLED screen. With its built-in text to speech engine, you can access information for education and entertainment. Enjoy newspapers, your favorite novels, even your music collection while checking the status of playback or your place in a menu or file list on the OLED screen.
Easy to check status through the screen... Provides an OLED screen which allows you to check the status of playback or your place in a menu or file list.
Small, light and easy to carry
Compact and lightweight providing portable
use, making it easy to carry wherever you go!
Document reader
Reads text and Braille files: TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX, HTML/XML, SML, BRL, BRF, Bookshare Braille files.
Media playback
Plays several types of audio files; including: MP3, MP4, WAV, WMA, WMV, OGG, ASF, FLAC, 3GP, Audible audio(.aa, .aax).
DAISY content playback
Daisy is a digital book format which includes text, audio or both. It contains special markup for navigating chapters, sections, paragraphs, pages and percent of content. BookSense DS can instantly move to a certain location using this markup, allowing you to navigate books quickly and efficiently. BookSense DS supports all types of DAISY formats: DAISY 2.0/2.02, ANSI/NISO Z39.86 (DAISY 3.0), NIMAS1.1, NLS, RFB&D, Bookshare.org, Serotec(SAMNet).
Convenient reading features
Includes several types of moving features such as reading speed control, bookmark and voice memo, etc.
FM radio
Contains an FM radio with the ability to add up to 6 channel presets.
Several memory types
Supports high capacity SD cards up to 32GB, USB flash drives, USB CD-ROM drives and contains 4GB internal memory.
Recording
Provides a high quality internal microphone to record anything from anywhere in either MP3 or WAV format. Also features a 3.5mm microphone socket enabling you to use an external microphone, external audio sources via line-in, and even records from the FM radio.
Time and date
Check the time and date easily with a dedicated button.
