Debbie, to gain access to that site, one must be a beta tester for the nls digital talking book program. I don't know if they're accepting anyone else at this point. The tests are being done with magazines now and have been ongoing since January. I signed up for the program having heard about it on ACB radio about a year ago. Lou ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Crafts" <debbiecrafts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 8:27 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: Feedback on latest Beta > Hello, > 3. The file I tested was the July Issue of U.S. News and World > Report from the NLS DTB test site. The original download was over 200 > > Which site is this and how does one go about getting access to it. Thanks. > -----Original Message----- > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of ptorpey > Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 8:16 PM > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bookport] Feedback on latest Beta > > > I downloaded the latest beta which includes the ability to compress > audio files. What a great feature - After years of listening to books > and magazines at faster speeds, it was really uncomfortable to listen at > "normal" speed. > Anyway, > > 1. This was a very time-consuming process, even on my 2 GHz PC. I > guess this is to be expected, but, its great to have this ability > anyway. > > 2. I tried using the Preview feature in the Bookport Transfer > program. I highlighted the file to be sent and hit Alt + P. The only > thing that happened was that I saw the text of a document I had > previewed many weeks ago. I could not get any audio preview of the file > before downloading to the Bookport. I would like to have been able to > do this in order to see how I liked my choices of compression before > taking the long time needed to convert and download the file. > > 3. The file I tested was the July Issue of U.S. News and World > Report from the NLS DTB test site. The original download was over 200 > MB. I sped the magazine up by a factor of 2.0 and compressed spaces by > 50%. After transfer, the magazine only took up about 79 MB on the > Bookport. Great savings of space! > > 4. Reading on the Bookport seemed to go great. Audio was clear, > navigation through sections worked well, and my place was preserved > after leaving and returning to the magazine. > > All in all, great job! > > Question: You indicated that an upcoming hardware upgrade might include > the ability to vary the speed of audio files dynamically on the Bookport > itself. Is this still in the works (maybe not needed?). Also, if there > is a new hardware upgrade, it would be nice if the audio recording > feature did not change the pitch of the original as it does now. > > > -- Pete > > > > >