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Product features
The BookSense DS portable DAISY player features a high quality OLED screen which displays high contrast white text on a black background. Like the original BookSense T50XT this new model provides instant access to a wide variety of information and entertainment, including DAISY books and MP3. It has a built-in text to speech engine which enables a wide range of electronic documents to be easily accessible.
Product details
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DAISY player
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music player
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Audible.co.uk book player (AA and AAX)
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text to speech
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voice recorder
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radio
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4GB internal memory
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the built-in battery provides up to 12 hours continuous use
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built-in speaker, microphone, headphone jack and line-in for external microphones
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supplied with an 8GB SD memory card, mains charger, USB cable, carry bag, lanyard and is only available in white.
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two year warranty.
Text to speech (T T S)
The built-in text to speech program (T T S) reads out your documents using synthetic speech. It has two voices to choose from: Kate and Paul using the voice engine from Neospeech.
The BookSense is compatible with a wide range of document formats including TXT, RTF, DOC, DOCX, HTML, XML, SML, BRL and BRF files. You can adjust the reading speed, skip through the file by screen, paragraph, sentence or word and also have individual words spelt out letter by letter.
Reviews and audio samples
Firmware updates
Occasionally, a new version of the BookSense's internal software (firmware) becomes available. All new BookSense have the latest firmware installed but if you already have one, we recommend you update it with the latest firmware. This will ensure you are getting the most out of your player. The latest firmware is version 2.21.
To update your BookSense, download firmware for your particular BookSense model. Please note there are three different BookSense models, you must download the firmware that corresponds to your BookSense model. Download the BookSense DS firmware (ZIP 14.4MB)(opens new window) and follow the instructions within to update your BookSense DS DAISY player.
Technical specifications
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DAISY formats supported: DAISY 2.0, 2.02 and 3.0 standards. (ANSI/NISO Z39.86 (DAISY 3.0), NLS, Bookshare and NIMAS 1.1)
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Audio formats supported: MP3, MP4, WAV, WMA, WMV, OGG, ASF, FLAC and 3GP
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Audible formate supported: AA and AAX
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Voice recording formats available: MP3 or WAV
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Text to speech formats supported: Microsoft Word (DOC, DOCX), TXT, RTF, HTML, XML, SML, BRL and BRF.
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Product code:
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DD58
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Returns:
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If not suitable return within 30 days in original packaging
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Product instructions (Word, 143.00KB)
Price
£378.00 inc VAT
£315.00 ex VAT
Blind and partially sighted customers will not pay VAT
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