The Book Courier

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 2.02 audio files. 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 shipped with a 256 MB flash memory card, but you can swap in cards with up to 4 GB of space. 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.