Yes, test 7 will do the trick. >>> paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Friday, July 09, 2004 2:49:25 PM >>> Hi, Larry. Which firmware beta is this one? I think I have seven. At 7/9/2004, you wrote: >There is a new beta available. If you already downloaded a beta, you = will =3D >get notified when you start Book Port Transfer. If you have not been = beta =3D >testing and you wish to try this out, you must have the beta firmware, = =3D >too. The beta firmware is at www.aph.org/beta/bpfw_beta.exe and the new = =3D >software is at www.aph.org/beta/bp_beta.exe. > > >Here are the details about this new revision of the software: > >If the Send Audio Files as Music option is not checked, the Options = dialog =3D >offers some advanced functionality that let you alter the speed of the = =3D >audio file's playback. These functions are accessed with the Audio =3D >Options button. > >Audio Options > >Experienced audio listeners will quickly desire a means of speeding up = the =3D >playback of spoken word audio content. Since there is not a way to =3D >perform this speedup with commands on the Book Port device, the transfer = =3D >software offers a method of using your PC to perform the speedup then =3D >sends that reduced file to the device. There are two settings you can = use =3D >to both reduce the size of an audio file and make the listening experience= =3D >less time-consuming. > >The audio compression settings currently work with all audio files except = =3D >those from audible.com. > >Time Compression >The Compress Time checkbox determines whether or not Book Port Transfer = =3D >attempts to alter your file to make listening faster. If this control is = =3D >checked, the Advanced Audio Options dialog contains a Time Compression = =3D >Speed edit box where you may enter a number between 1 and 3 to specify = how =3D >fast the playback speed should occur. The values you enter in this =3D >control dictate the aggressiveness of the software's time compression =3D >routines. Using a value of 1.5, for example, makes the resulting file = =3D >flay at a 50% increase in the rate of speech. The number 2 specifies =3D >double the rate, and 3 specifies a rate three times normal. > >Compress Pauses > >The pause compression features of the transfer software provide a =3D >convenient means of reducing the amount of space between sentences, =3D >sections, and other divisions in the audio. If the Compress Pauses =3D >checkbox is checked, the software eliminates a percentage of any pause it = =3D >finds that is longer than a minimum pause length that you specify. > >The Compress By edit box lets you type a percentage value the software = =3D >uses to reduce pause lengths. If you entered 50 in this box, the = software =3D >reduces the length of each pause it finds by 50 percent. > >The Ignore Pauses Less Than control lets you enter a value in milliseconds= =3D >the software uses as a minimum pause length. If any pause the program = =3D >finds is less than this length, the software ignores that pause. > >Previewing the Effects of Compression > >Once you have set advanced audio options, you may wish to preview the = file =3D >before sending it to the device. The Preview window plays the file with = =3D >the new time compression settings. Unfortunately, the preview window = does =3D >not currently offer a means of testing the pause compression setting.=3D20=