Belated congratulations from me on all the good work that lead to the
current release. it was a pleasure testing the beta versions. Aside from
all the good practical features, the excellent battery management by Book
Port goes far beyond any other player of whatever type that I have used in
recent years.
Harry
----- Original Message -----
From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <Bpannounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 12:01 PM
Subject: [bookport] Book Port 2.2 Released
We are very pleased to announce that Book Port 2.2 has been released.
To get these updates, start the transfer software with your Book Port connected to the USB port and your system connected to the internet.
If the update does not start automatically, go the the Advanced section of the Options dialog and press the Firmware and Software update buttons.
The following enhancements and corrections were made to Book Port, Book Port Transfer software, and the documentation.
Version 2.2, March 2006
* Adds additional levels of navigation for Digital talking Books. Earlier versions supported level 1 and any other level. Now, the navigation commands move to levels 1-5 then to any level. * Eliminates the restrictions on the size of audio files you may send to the device. Earlier versions of the firmware supported a maximum file size of 256 MB. There are several Digital Talking Books that exceed this size, however, and this version removes this restriction. * Raises the maximum flash card size from 2 GB to 4 GB. * Increases the maximum text file size from 4 MB to 16 MB. * Adds alarm capabilities. * Adds the Next Alarm and Back Alarm commands to move from alarm to alarm. * Adds the Enable Alarms option to the Settings menu. * Adds the Disable Alarm command. * Adds the Delete Alarm command. * Adds the Swap File command. * Adds the Move File command to move a file from one folder to another. * Returns the name of the file to the information you get with the Statistics command. * Enhances the feedback for the Spell Word command. Now, the unit announces punctuation and capitalization as it spells the word. * Changes the behavior of the Send Text as Line Oriented control, so when this box is checked, Book Port Transfer no longer places sentence marks at sentence breaks. * No longer uses mp3 id3 tags as the title of the file. * Changes the bahavior of the Read key. Now, reading resumes at the word on which you stopped. Previous versions always started back at the beginning of the sentence. * Adds support for high-bit fraction symbols. * Corrects the problem of the reading pointer falling behind when you stop. This is a function within the software, so you will need to resend any file that exhibits his behavior. * Corrects the problem where the manual did not get updated on the unit if the user required a full install. * Corrects the problem where new beta testers could not participate in the beta test process. * Adds support for Daisy books with multiple skipped pages. * Corrects some problems with the "Go To Page" command on some Daisy books. * Removes the Fix File System errors button from the software and stops checking on firmware updates. (This function does not work with fat32 file systems.) * Adds the Program Temporary Folder control that lets you specify where temporary files get stored. * Increases the speed at which mp3 files get encoded. * Corrects the problem of having a note with a blank line as the first line of the file. * Added the ability to set bookmarks in unindexed audio files. The resolution is one second, so if you try to set a bookmark within one second of an existing bookmark, the command will actually clear the existing bookmark. * Alters the way the folder name is announced when attempting to read files in an empty folder. Before, the unit provided the short name and the entire path, now, the firmware announces only the name of the empty folder. * Provides extended statistics on a file when the user presses the 8 key regardless of whether the file had been played or not. This corrects a longstanding issue that required you to have pressed the play key at least once before you could obtain statistics. * Changes the beeps to spoken announcements when the user sets or clears a bookmark. * Adds the command "Announce Elapsed Time." This is accessed with the 5 key in both idle and reading mode for audio files. * Changes the behavior of the To and From Notes Command. Now, you do not need to close the note before issueing the command. * Adds the Lock and Unlock command while in the notetaker. * Announces the folder's name when the folder is empty. * Adds the Power move commands to unindexed mp3 files. * Adds the announcement of elapsed time in status for unindexed mp3 files. * Bug fix: If the user tries to lock a file in an empty folder, the unit doesn't say that there are no files to lock. * Bug fix: unindexed mp3 files were improperly locked.
