2012.35

Bookport

American Printing House for the Blind

Rectangular black plastic chassis; grid of 6x3 black rubber buttons on top with yellow print symbols, 0-9, A-F, *(asterisk) and #; slot for 256 MB compact flash card on right, card is present; headphone and mini-USB jacks on top; battery compartment for two(2) AA batteries and plastic belt clip on bottom; serial# inside battery compartment, 1010000195.

H-4.875 W-2.75 D-1.125 inches

2003

Louisville, KY

The Bookport digital player was introduced by APH in 2003, with an original catalog price of $395. Owned and used by Dr. Terrie Terlau, Adult Living specialist in the APH Research Department. Purchased by her personally in 2003, as the first or second unit sold. According to Dr. Terlau, she had been using an APH Roadrunner as a book reader prior to her purchase of the Bookport. The Bookport was easier to use, easier to download books off the internet, easier to navigate within a book, handled more file types, used a removable storage medium, and held as many as 50-60 books at once. It also served as an Mp3 player and a no-frills braille notetaker. She replaced it around 2010 with a Braille Plus and a Bookport Plus, both of which had enhanced features and were able to download files wirelessly.