[bookport] Re: How do you use your Book Port?
- From: "Joni Colver" <joni.colver@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 13:23:35 -0500
Jim I still have the original 64 MB compactflash card that came with my Book
Port a year ago. If I ever decide to try Audible books or MP3 I would
probably buy a larger card but I don't need one at the moment.
Chris the brf and Daisy files from bookshare work great with the Book Port.
The brf files work just like Web Braille. The daisy books unpack into
multiple files which is why I like the brf files generally. I get most of
my books from bookshare. I have around 200 on my computer now waiting for
transfer to Book Port and the majority are bookshare books, with a few Web
Braille books mixed in.
Joni
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Hill" <hillco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 11:25 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: How do you use you Book Port?
I don't know why people are buying the big cards. I suspect most of
them have never had a flash card go flaky or they'd be more careful
about investing in them. I figure they'll always get cheaper, so even
though one would be nice, no reason to hurry.
I scan many of my books, and get others off of web braille. Last I
heard you had to use either braille or daisy for bookshare, and they
didn't seem to have much I wanted anyway. Braille wouldn't be bad,
but daisy text is a solution looking for a non-existent problem and
inconvenient to boot.
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 08:59:12 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
>Hi everyone:
>Sound pretty much like most people use their Book Port to do
text-to-speech. I'm trying the text-to-speech more often now. I like the
fact that you can easily move files quickly to the Book Port. If most
people who've responded use text-to-speech, wire so many people purchasing
large 2GB and 4GB CompactFlash cards?
>Audible and other audio books don't seem to be used that much.
>Here's one more question.
>Where do most people get their books for reading? Bookshare?
>thanks -- Jim Nuttall
>
>Richard Ring <ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I have read audible books with my Bookport, however the majority of the
time I use text-to-speech.
>I can speed that up, and for that reason, I tend to prefer synthesized
speech.
>Weird, eh?
>I listen at least a couple of hours a day, much more on weekends.
>I have listened to music, and probably will again, but it is not my primary
reason for having a Bookport.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of James Nuttall
>Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 8:50 AM
>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bookport] How do you use you Book Port?
>
>
>So far most of the time I use my Book Port for reading audio MP3 books. I
was wondering if people could give me feedback on the following questions.
>
>What percent of the time do you listen to audio books?
>
>What percent of the time do you use text-to-speech to listen to books or
materials?
>
>But percent of the time do you listen to music MP3's?
>
>How often do you use your Book Port?
>
>Thanks for the feedback -- Jim -- Michigan
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