Indeed. If the aim is simply to access MP3 files and treat the book as a storage device, then folks can simply buy a Zen stone for $40 and enjoy the simplicity of the Zen Stone. The beauty of the Book Port is the transfer software with technology for phrase detection, silence elimination, rate adjustment and Braille translation. These technologies add real value to speech recordings and text files. I have never transferred an audio file without the transfer wizard and don't plan on not doing so as I enjoy the enhanced file access that the transfer wizard encodes with each file. Kelly ----- Original Message ----- From: Irwin Hott To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 3:15 PM Subject: [bookport] Loading MP3 FIles I tend to use the transfer software as most of the MP3 files I have set to transfer at double-speed. Irwin Hott <ishott@xxxxxxxx>