David, Basically it's marked-up text--I.E. it uses the Doubletalk speech. -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of David Allen Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 5:24 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: Bookport rocks! Hi Debbie and list: I appreciate your comments. I'm not a bookshare member, but I have a question. When you get the times, is it audio or a text file? I haven't downloaded the bp beta, but I am encouraged by most of what I hear on the list. Cheers, Dave