[bookcourier] Re: BETTER VOICES?
- From: Ted Shelly <tshelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 20:30:47 -0400
I believe they will be Daisy, but that they will be distributed on a special
kind of memory card, different from what the Bookcourier uses. It would be
nice to just plug them into the BC, but I don't think they will be
compatible.
They may also be making them available for download on the Web, which will
be good for Bookcourier users. They haven't released all the details since
they won't be going to the new format for a couple of years yet.
Ted
-----Original Message-----
From: bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James O'Dell
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 9:24 AM
To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookcourier] Re: BETTER VOICES?
Hi Ted
This won't affect me because I'm outside the US, but out of interest, what
format are Library of Congress going to be using for their talking books?
Are they not going with some form of Daisy?
James
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Shelly" <tshelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 5:42 PM
Subject: [bookcourier] Re: BETTER VOICES?
> Ben,
>
> Yes, it has indeed been a topic for some time. I'm quite used to
> double-talk now and favor it because I can always understand what is being
> said. I liken it to haveing a friend who is foreign-born with a thick
> accent. At first you can't understand a word they say, but over time you
> get used to his way of speaking and can understand him perfectly. He
> hasn't
> lost his accent - you've just trained your ear.
>
> Not that there aren't some better voices around. It might take a hardware
> upgrade to get the BC to have new voices available. I expect we'll see a
> whole new BC in the next couple of years with lots of new features like
> multiple voice synths, USB 2 support (for faster transfers) and maybe
> compatibility with the new Library of Congress electronic talking book
> format.
>
> You can do the text-to-mp3 conversion, but you lose word-by-word
> navigation
> and spelling features.
>
> Hope you enjoy your BC - I couldn't live without mine!
>
> Ted
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bennie and
> Catherine
> van Rensburg
> Sent: Saturday, April 29, 2006 9:05 AM
> To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookcourier] BETTER VOICES?
>
>
> Hallo There!
>
> I've only been using Book Courier for a month and have found it to be a
> most
> useful piece of electronics. Previously, when I travelled, I couldn't
> read
> any books, as a laptop was almost as much trouble to carry around as a
> desktop!
>
> I bought my Book Courier with open eyes, as it were, having listened to
> Exact Pete on-line. However, I still found it amazing that Springer isn't
> using a better voice. To my mind, there is so much better available now.
> I
> put this point to support, suggesting Eloquence or IBM Read. They told
> me,
> in a very courteous reply, that this issue had been discussed often before
> on the list and that there were as many preferences as there were voices.
> So I apologise if I'm introducing a hackneyed subject, but don't you guys
> think there's something better out there than Double-Talk?
>
> Regards.
>
> Bennie
>
>
> Ben and Catherine van Rensburg
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