Hardware Playback Tools

The BookSense DS is the choice for educators, students, people with neuropathy, and any blind or visually impaired person who wants to easily access music, books and documents. The BookSense DS is easy to carry and easy to handle. BookSense supports DAISY 2.0/2.02, ANSI/NISO Z39.86 (DAISY 3.0), NIMAS1.1 as well as NLS, Bookshare.org, Serotec(SAMNet), RFB&D, EPUB and Open Library content.

The Braille Sense OnHand is the smallest and lightest Braille notetaker offering a crisp and responsive 18 cell refreshable Braille display. The Braille Sense OnHand is also the first Braille notetaker to boast a built-in digital compass and GPS receiver making it an ideal way-finding and orientation solution. Boost your productivity, stay connected and travel with confidence using the portable yet powerful Braille Sense OnHand. The Braille Sense OnHand gives you the ability to play music, read DAISY books, record meetings directly in MP3 format and listen to the FM radio. More information is available on the BrailleSense OnHand page.

The Intel Reader, about the size of a paperback book, converts printed text to digital text, and then reads it aloud to the user.

The Milestone 312 from Bones GmbH is the smallest MP3/DAISY Player/voice recorder on the market. Functionalities include audio books player, MP3/AAC player, voice recorder, FM tuner/recorder, alarm clock and RFID tag reader, all integrated into 50 grams, in the size of a credit card.

Milestone 312 uses the MP3/AAC/WMA decoder software from DSP Spirit, providing excellent sound quality. It is very configurable to support a variety of reading and listening needs. Functions not used, not purchased or not desired can be disabled/enabled.

DAISY: This pocket-size device provides full access to heading levels, page numbers, phrases, etc. It also supports bookmark setting and switch between books on the memory card.

MP3: The Milestone 312 provides accessible MP3 navigation, supported by audible prompts. Folder names can be tagged with recorded voice.

Voice Recorder: The Milestone's small internal speaker produces crisp, clear audio even in noisy environments. The RFID tag reader allows users to tag and identify daily living objects such as medications, CD's, and food labels.

Milestone 312 has 1 Gigabyte internal memory plus an SD card interface for up to 32 Gigabytes storage. Both work in parallel and are fully accessible via USB connection - no software needs to be installed.

For more information, please visit the official website for Milestone 312 DAISY Player/Recorder.

The DM-5 is a state-of-the-art voice recorder. With linear PCM, MP3 and WMA compatibility, the DM-5 is ideal for anyone who needs crystal-clear sound anytime, anywhere - from business professionals and journalists to photographers, students, the visually impaired and print disabled. CD-quality multi-format playback and recording combined with sophisticated features like Voice Guidance, Voice Commands, Text to Speech and DAISY 2.02 playback make DM-5 the choice for discerning users.

The PLEXTALK Pocket PTP1 is a lightweight, pocket-sized, DAISY-compliant music, voice, and book player/recorder that reaches a new level of mobility and offers ease of use for business, education and leisure. It is a true crossover media player/recorder which contains a host of applications and which also comes with extensive features that support complete accessibility for people with sight problems or learning difficulties. Although this tiny player/recorder is only 55mm X 112mm X 16mm (2.2in X 4.4in X 0.6in) in size, it supports both DAISY 2.02 and DAISY 3 playback, records DAISY 2.02 and has recording time capacity of 120 hours. Multiple audio playback formats are also supported. Starting with Version 2.00, PLEXTALK Pocket supports DAISY books provided by major library services and content providers (NLS, RFB&D®, Bookshare.org in the U.S.), etc. PLEXTALK Pocket features the world’s first wireless LAN function as a dedicated DAISY digital book player. Users can share books or files between their computer and the PLEXTALK Pocket via wireless LAN at home or office without using a USB cable.

PTN 2 Cross, reliable and high-quality DAISY player allows you to read various contents on CD, SD card and USB.

Simple, easy navigation through novels, magazines and other leisure books. Simple and friendly, Victor Reader ClassicX is ideal for your favorite leisure reading, best-sellers, novels, magazines etc. It offers basic navigation features like browsing the table of contents, skipping from section to section or from page to page.

For more information, please visit the official website for Victor Reader ClassicX.

Stratus12 models have telephone-style number pad for navigation to specific pages.They play DAISY 2.0 and 2.02 content and MP3 files.

The Stream is HumanWare's most portable, powerful DAISY/NISO and MP3 player. It is a hand-held (117 x 66 x 22mm) player using an SD flash memory card for storing content. It connects to computers as a USB device to transfer book and music files. The Stream also has an embedded text-to-speech capability to play text only or synchronized full text/full audio DAISY books, simple text and html files. Variable speed playback is supported for all recorded and text formats. Other advanced DAISY features including Go To Page, Go To Heading, simple bookmarks, highlight bookmarks, and processing skippable elements. It also built-in voice recording capability for recording voice notes, audio bookmarks, etc.

Highlighted features:

• Multi-level bookshelf navigation for other books, podcasts, as well as text and multi-level folder navigation within music files.
• Music can be organized by levels such as genre, artist, and album and users can navigate at those levels to more quickly find desired music. Random play can be turned on or off with a single key press like many commercial MP3 players.
• Users can enter words to search for in text files or text-only DAISY books.
• Users have the ability to create nested folders on the Other Books, Podcast, and Text File bookshelves that were introduced in version 3.0. Now extended to include the multi-level Talking Books bookshelf. Victor Reader Stream users can now optionally create nested folders within the $VRDTB bookshelf folder and navigate the structure while browsing the Talking Books bookshelf.
• Stream 3.1 will allow you to copy DAISY books from USB flash media such as flash memory sticks or the NLS cartridges used by the NLS library in the USA and the AFWA library in Western Australia. Each USB flash book must be in its own folder. When you attach a cartridge or flash media the Stream will automatically start playing the first DAISY book on the media. Once the book is playing you can optionally press key 3 to copy it to the Talking Books bookshelf of your SD card.

For full details and the most recent news on the Stream, visit the VictorReader Stream page on the HumanWare site.

For more information, please visit the official website for Victor Reader Stream.