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The V.Reader Animated E-Book System by VTech is an interactive digital learning toy that encourages young kids ages three to seven years to learn to read and improve their vocabulary and reading skills. This e-reader is designed for younger users and features brightly colored buttons, a large touch screen, and a see-through protective case cover. Use the V.Reader to introduce reading in a fun, dynamic way that will encourage the development of important skills and keep active imaginations engaged.
Kids' E-Book System Designed for Easy, Durable Use
Engineered to encourage the development of important reading skills, the V.Reader is a fun, dynamic learning tool that will keep active minds encouraged and engaged. Designed to withstand regular use and abuse by young users, the V.Reader features a sturdy plastic body with see-through plastic screen cover that easily opens and closes for access to the touch screen and navigational/keyboard buttons.
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 V.Reader is an exciting interactive learning tool for kids. |
Engineered to encourage the development of important reading skills, the V.Reader is a fun, dynamic learning tool that will keep active minds encouraged and engaged. Designed to withstand regular use and abuse by young users, the V.Reader features a sturdy plastic body with see-through plastic screen cover that easily opens and closes for access to the touch screen and navigational/keyboard buttons.
This engaging e-reader also features rounded corners and rubberized plastic on the edges for added protection against dings and bumps. A large speaker on the front projects delightful voices, sounds, and music, and the included V.Reader pen helps users navigate menu options and learning exercises on the touch screen. The headphone jack provides young users with the option of listening to storybook cartridges in private, and the DC power jack allows the use of the V.Reader without batteries. As with other e-readers, new interactive content may be downloaded by parents from the VTech Web site using the included USB cable.
Versatile, Fun Activities for Different Levels of Learning
The V.Reader's interactive storytelling capabilities engage young readers to explore the art of reading while encouraging them to have fun at the same time. Users may choose to enter their name and select an avatar to personalize their V.Reader before their first use. After that, young readers may choose from a variety of activities: users can watch a story, where each line of the story is read aloud and can be followed on the screen; they can play reading games that challenge them to learn more about rhyming, syllables, lowercase and uppercase letters, and reading comprehension; and they can use the dictionary feature that provides a complete list of vocabulary words corresponding to the story.
Older users, over the age of five, may choose from more difficult categories of activities including phonics, vocabulary, and word recognition games. Additionally, by using the provided USB cable to connect the V.Reader to a computer, parents can monitor their child's reading activity and create completion certificates as progress is made.
What's in the Box
V.Reader device, V.Reader pen, V.Reader Storybook cartridge, soft cleaning cloth, USB cable, user's manual.
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Product Description
V-Reader Animated Reading System
Why You'll Love It: The educational games develop vocabulary, writing, and phonetic skills.
Age: 3 to 7 years
Features
Help children discover the joy of reading and improve their imagination with VTech V-Reader Animated E-Book Reading system. Characters like Shrek and Disney Fairies come alive with wonderful animations. As they watch, listen and read the interesting stories and play reading games, children learn to develop their reading skills gradually. From the pre-reader stage, they become more confident readers.
Why You'll Love It: The educational games develop vocabulary, writing, and phonetic skills.
Age: 3 to 7 years
Features
- Story cartridges for 3 to 5 year-olds and 5 to 7 year-olds
- Each story cartridge has a fully narrated and animated story
- Eight reading-skill games and a story dictionary
- Cartridges can be bought separately
- Includes 3 ways to play: watch the story, reading games and story dictionary
- Animated stories with story narration, character voices, vivid graphics
- Reading system has exciting music and sounds
- ~4.3" color touch screen (diagonal measurement)
- Durable design
- USB port and SD memory card slot for expansion
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
94 of 96 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
3 year old and 5 year old love it. Already had to get a replacement though!!
July 24, 2010
By momwith2kids
Durability:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
We got these for our 3 year old and 5 year old in the car. We had them for 4 days. On day 4 my daughter's V-reader would turn on in "engineering mode" and would not load games or anything. We tried calling the company, but they are a Mon-Fri 8-5 customer service. I sent an email that night (Sunday) and had a return email by 8:30 Monday morning with ideas of how to fix it. None of these worked and we had to return it to where we purchased it for a replacement. It's been almost 2 weeks since then and we haven't run into any more problems.
Pros:
1. You can plug headphones in to it
2. My favorite feature is that my 5 year old can use the pen and touch each word in a story and read it word by word - she only needs to touch the words she doesn't know and can read the others on her own. (She tells me that it first reads you the full page and you can then either turn the page or read it word by word by touching each word with the pen).
3. Very easy to navigate - my 3 year old can do it without any assistance.
Cons:
1. It goes through batteries like crazy. You can buy an AC adapter for it, but one is not included.
2. The cartridges are expensive - $20 each.
3. The battery pack is so tight on one that I can barely get the batteries out when I need to. On the other the compartment is so loose that the batteries often get loose causing the reader not to work until I open the battery compartment and fix it for my kids.
4. The "pen" is not connected to the reader at all and is easily lost. It has a storage space, but is not attached by a string or anything.
Overall we're very happy with the purchase - great alternative to a portable DVD player in the car!
Pros:
1. You can plug headphones in to it
2. My favorite feature is that my 5 year old can use the pen and touch each word in a story and read it word by word - she only needs to touch the words she doesn't know and can read the others on her own. (She tells me that it first reads you the full page and you can then either turn the page or read it word by word by touching each word with the pen).
3. Very easy to navigate - my 3 year old can do it without any assistance.
Cons:
1. It goes through batteries like crazy. You can buy an AC adapter for it, but one is not included.
2. The cartridges are expensive - $20 each.
3. The battery pack is so tight on one that I can barely get the batteries out when I need to. On the other the compartment is so loose that the batteries often get loose causing the reader not to work until I open the battery compartment and fix it for my kids.
4. The "pen" is not connected to the reader at all and is easily lost. It has a storage space, but is not attached by a string or anything.
Overall we're very happy with the purchase - great alternative to a portable DVD player in the car!
72 of 75 people found the following review helpful
By Steph
Durability:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
We tried this item on a demo at a local store. My son loved it because it was just like Mommy's Kindle. We both enjoyed the annimation feature. My son has insisted that I help him ask Santa for this for Christmas this year and two weeks after trying it out is still talking about it.
To address a previous reviewer's concerns, it is animated, but it also shows and highlights the words of the story. Also, unlike with the tag and other reading toys, the page turning option does not appear until the entire passage has been read. I've noticed that this discourages my little button pusher from skipping the reading portion and just looking at the pictures.
I've done some research online about this item , and the Vtech website will soon have an ebook library similar to the Kindle. The website says that many of the books offered there will be free. Considering that the Vreader is expensive itself, having free books offered is definitely welcome.
To address a previous reviewer's concerns, it is animated, but it also shows and highlights the words of the story. Also, unlike with the tag and other reading toys, the page turning option does not appear until the entire passage has been read. I've noticed that this discourages my little button pusher from skipping the reading portion and just looking at the pictures.
I've done some research online about this item , and the Vtech website will soon have an ebook library similar to the Kindle. The website says that many of the books offered there will be free. Considering that the Vreader is expensive itself, having free books offered is definitely welcome.
38 of 40 people found the following review helpful
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Durability:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I am really impressed with this toy. It came today with one cartridge book and computer connection cable. It has a Stylus-type pen, a protective screen and good graphics.
Pros:
1. There are a few interactive parts on the displayed pages, but not so many as to be distracting to my daughter, unlike the TAG LeapFrog® Tag Reading System (16 MB) which has so many things she can select on every page that she never actually makes it through the story.
2. She also loves one of the games that came with it that is akin to Whack-a-mole. She is given a word and must select the missing letters as the moles bring them up out of their holes.
a)In the easy mode, the word continues to be displayed at the top of the screen throughout the attempts and the word is spelled for her.
b)In the medium mode, the preview is removed, but the word is spelled for her once and you move into words greater than three letters.
c)In the hard mode, there are no hints (hangman style). Each level also has cute little extras that pop up either removing points if selected, giving bonuses (a mole with a present) or adding time to the counter (a mole with a clock). She loves to select the rabbit that pops up despite losing points because it makes a funny noise and face.
3. The story goes word-by-word, ensuring that she actually goes through the story as it is on screen instead of just jumping around.
4. Like other Vtech toys, this one looks to incorporate a lot of familiar characters into the available stories. Unfortunately, the site for downloading new stories has not been activated yet. It says there will be some free stories, and basic information is available here: [...]
Cons:
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Pros:
1. There are a few interactive parts on the displayed pages, but not so many as to be distracting to my daughter, unlike the TAG LeapFrog® Tag Reading System (16 MB) which has so many things she can select on every page that she never actually makes it through the story.
2. She also loves one of the games that came with it that is akin to Whack-a-mole. She is given a word and must select the missing letters as the moles bring them up out of their holes.
a)In the easy mode, the word continues to be displayed at the top of the screen throughout the attempts and the word is spelled for her.
b)In the medium mode, the preview is removed, but the word is spelled for her once and you move into words greater than three letters.
c)In the hard mode, there are no hints (hangman style). Each level also has cute little extras that pop up either removing points if selected, giving bonuses (a mole with a present) or adding time to the counter (a mole with a clock). She loves to select the rabbit that pops up despite losing points because it makes a funny noise and face.
3. The story goes word-by-word, ensuring that she actually goes through the story as it is on screen instead of just jumping around.
4. Like other Vtech toys, this one looks to incorporate a lot of familiar characters into the available stories. Unfortunately, the site for downloading new stories has not been activated yet. It says there will be some free stories, and basic information is available here: [...]
Cons:
1.... Read more ›
31 of 37 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Last minute rush to market product? Great potential, but needs a lot of work!
November 13, 2010
Amazon Verified Purchase
Durability:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Educational:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Fun:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Purchased the Vtech V.Reader for granddaughters 5th birthday. She missed the cut-off date for kindergarten; is attending preschool. She has enjoyed it, but it does not seem to have staying power.
One reviewer mentioned trying it at the store. She did that, but 5 minutes at the store with a brand new toy is very different from having it at home.
One of the games has the child fill in missing letters for words (sort of like whack a mole - select the mole with the correct letter). The first (easy) level, they give you the letters. When you complete this level correctly, they automatically bump you up to the next level - where the missing letters are not shown. You can press the help button to show the letters (faintly), but granddaughter does not want to have to ask for help for each word. She would like to play the easy level some more - perhaps with longer words - but there is no option to do this. There was a very pained "OH NO!" when the game pushed her into the medium level without asking her.
The "books" are VERY SHORT. The animations you can click on are very minimal.
Went to download the six "free" books for registering - I would NOT pay $5.00 for those "books" (the rate after your free 6). There were 18 titles: 8 were for ages 3-5, 3 were for ages 4-6, and 7 were for ages 5-7. These books were all first available around Nov. 1, 2010. There were I believe 4 Sesame Street books that were $10 and not available for free downloading.
Grandaughter is computer literate and can find her way around several children's web sites (pbs kids for one). This product seems very simple and more appropriate for smart 3 year olds than a 5 year old. She plays with it for 15-20 minutes or so, but then is very bored.... Read more ›
One reviewer mentioned trying it at the store. She did that, but 5 minutes at the store with a brand new toy is very different from having it at home.
One of the games has the child fill in missing letters for words (sort of like whack a mole - select the mole with the correct letter). The first (easy) level, they give you the letters. When you complete this level correctly, they automatically bump you up to the next level - where the missing letters are not shown. You can press the help button to show the letters (faintly), but granddaughter does not want to have to ask for help for each word. She would like to play the easy level some more - perhaps with longer words - but there is no option to do this. There was a very pained "OH NO!" when the game pushed her into the medium level without asking her.
The "books" are VERY SHORT. The animations you can click on are very minimal.
Went to download the six "free" books for registering - I would NOT pay $5.00 for those "books" (the rate after your free 6). There were 18 titles: 8 were for ages 3-5, 3 were for ages 4-6, and 7 were for ages 5-7. These books were all first available around Nov. 1, 2010. There were I believe 4 Sesame Street books that were $10 and not available for free downloading.
Grandaughter is computer literate and can find her way around several children's web sites (pbs kids for one). This product seems very simple and more appropriate for smart 3 year olds than a 5 year old. She plays with it for 15-20 minutes or so, but then is very bored.... Read more ›
Most Recent Customer Reviews
1.0 out of 5 stars
Too Many Problems, on our third device
Within a couple of weeks of receiving this toy for Christmas, the screen went blue. We tried everything, including resetting it and removing the batteries; nothing worked. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mike from Utah
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must have!!!
My parents got my daughter and my niece these for Christmas. My daughter is practically glued to it! She loves all the games and stories. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Isabella
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great for beginner reader
This is great for my son who is beginning to read in kindergarten. Also, my 3 year old likes to use it too. Read more
Published 16 months ago by momof3
2.0 out of 5 stars
An "Okay Toy", non-durable...
I acquired the V.Reader eight months to the day and I must say I'm utterly disappointed with this item.
Undoubtedly, the V.Reader is a magnificent educational novelty. Read more
Undoubtedly, the V.Reader is a magnificent educational novelty. Read more
Published 18 months ago by RahulC
3.0 out of 5 stars
Eats Batteries
We have only had this for a couple days and can say it's a mixed bag. For starters, this toy eats batteries. Read more
Published 18 months ago by M. Geragosian
5.0 out of 5 stars
INTERNATIONAL BUYERS BEWARE: The difference between V.Reader and...
V.Reader...Storio... these product names are used interchangeably but there is a difference between them. And a BIG one, too. I ordered the v.reader with a 4. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Taigiseadh
5.0 out of 5 stars
Cannot live without!
My daughter loves this thing like crazy. She even sleeps with it. We've used it about half a year or more and it's still going strong, even after being dropped repeatedly. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Krigs
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Product
I purchased this product for my 4 year old, he loves it, i would highly recommend it to anyone. I have never had a problem with it all, although i lost the pen to it, but that was... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Carrie Green
4.0 out of 5 stars
My son loves it.
I've had this V-Reader for over a year now, when my son turned 3, and the only problem I've had is the battery life. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Cee-Cee
5.0 out of 5 stars
Kids Love it
My kids both got one for their 4th and 5th birthdays they get to play with them for about 3 minutes a day, although they don't usually play with them that long. Read more
Published 19 months ago by mark
