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Digital Audio Books and Music - Anytime, Anywhere!

The PlexTalk PTR-2, with extensive Daisy playback features and stand-alone recording capability, delivers exceptionally high performance in a battery powered, portable stylish design. It meets any of your personal recording needs such as recording class lectures, meetings, even recording an entire conference proceeding. A built-in microphone and optional external stereo microphone provide recording versatility to handle a variety of situations.

You can record up to 90 hours on a single recordable CD and during the recording create heading and page navigation points for quick and easy navigation later. The PTR-2 also works as a standard external CD-RW drive when attached to a PC with a USB interface. When connected via USB, you can transfer recordings into your PC and then using the included PlexTalk Recording Software edit or reorganize the recordings for easier use later. The PTR-2 is a great tool for both personal and volunteer recording applications at home and school

Here are just a few PlexTalk applications:

General Recorder:

Conferences, lectures, business meetings, church sermons, conference phone calls, concerts and special events

Portable Music Recorder:

MP3 in DAISY format, CD (CD-DA format)

Media conversion:

Analog to digital audio, audio-tape to digital audio and text document to digital audio conversion using the included PRS software

Student or Professional radio broadcast archiving in an accessible DAISY 2.02 format.

Multi-Media Presentations

Volunteer Reading Services

A tool to assist in composing music with digital editing.

Media composition to assist University Disabled Student Services

Portable DAISY 2.0 and 2.02 talking book playback and navigation.

Plays commercial CD's Plays MP3 CDs.

General Features:

Stylish and durable magnesium case.

Tactile markings on buttons

Durable Slot-load CD mechanism

Key describer mode for all buttons and switches

Voice Guided operation

Adjustable playback speed without pitch distortion

Up to 10,000 bookmarks and recorded voice notes

Recorded voice notes / note pad Print manual and recorded instructions in DAISY format

Plays commercial CDs

Daisy 2.02/Daisy 2.0 playback support

Programming will be available to play RFB&D AudioPlusTM books for RFB&D members only – call IRTI to verify availability.

Records on recordable / re-writeable CDs - great for recording lectures!

Voice announce, Clock, calendar and calculator

Includes custom travel case A/C adapter and user replaceable lithium ion rechargeable battery

Includes PlexTalk PRS PC based recording software

Doubles as a portable external 4X CDRW for your PC or laptop Input / Output: Stereo Microphone, Stereo headphone, Stereo Line-input

Built-in speaker and mono-microphone

Compact Flash memory card slot for use with solid-state storage media.

Recording Settings: </B>PCM 44.1 kHz stereo, MP3 128K stereo, MP3 64kpbs, mp3 32kbps, MP3 16kbps

Includes a stereo Line-in patch cord

1 year limited factory warranty

Toll-free line tech support from IRTI.

Attention PC Users. PRS Bonus Software! The PlexTalk PTR-2 includes PC-based audio recording and editing studio software compatible with DAISY talking books.

Software features:

Fully accessible to blind operators

Self-voicing speech, SAPI 4.0 Supports external Microphone and line-input record modes

Import from Digital audio file

Export digital audio file

Dup from audiotape at double tape speed

Create DAISY navigatable text (NCC) in variable font size

Import a text file and convert to MP3 audio with auto phrase detection

Punch edit

Insert edit

Accessible Audio VU meter

Split phrase

Split section

Delete phrase

Join phrase or section

Organize audio media in DAISY format: Heading, phage, phrase and group navigation

Creates DAISY digital Talking books compatible with eClipseReader PC-based talking book reader Compatible MS Windows/98SE, 2000 and XP *CD Recording/Mastering software such as Nero or CD Creator is not included

For more detailed specifications and information about the PTR-2 please visit the PlexTalk America web site.