Hi Mike, Whatever we use the unit for, in my point of view, this is a great unit, and I for one am glad that someone put it together. Otto -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Massey Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 9:11 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] How to you use your book port? Preferring human narration to synthetic speech Hi. Since these threads have generated in my opinion a bit of overwhelming list traffic, I thought I'd combine my responses into one message. I so far have used the book port to listen to some web braille books and magazines. I briefly signed up for audible books but my economic circumstances do not permit me to stick with audible as much as I enjoy it. The same goes for book share. I have heard a couple of mp3's on the book port and I thought they sounded wonderful. I did not compres the files because I wanted to hear the song in its normal pitch. I prefer human narration when the narrator is good and that is of course to each one's preference. I did read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer from the book port CD but a human narrator pronouncing the dialect is much better than a synthesizer trying to pronounce it. Give me Burt Blackwell or Jim Walton any time. Or even my 8th grade English teacher for that matter. I do not speed books up very often. Most of the narrators from the major studios read fast enough for me. Mike