[bookport] Pamela RE: : Re: Sending Text Files as Audio
- From: "PAMELA RADER" <PRADER@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:33:13 -0400
Pete:
I was merely trying to suggest something to try, because I know that
when sending other audio files that take a long time to process, they
are temporarily stored on the hard drive, while they are processed and I
have seen some cases where the hard drive was getting full and it
actually slowed down the time it took to do the processing. I know the
Sapi voices take a little time, but not quite that long.
As far as the sending process is concerned, I understand where you're
coming from, but the programmers tell me it is not possible to convert,
prior to connecting the Book Port.
Pamela Rader, TECHNICAL SUPPORT
American Printing House For The Blind
1839 Frankfort Ave.
Louisville, KY 40206
PHONE: 1-800-223-1839, Ext. 307
>>> ptorpey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 10/10/06 08:21AM >>>
Pamela,
I don't think disk space is the problem - There are many, many
gigabytes out
there! I think these voices from RealSpeak just take a long time to
process. They do sound good, however.
The reason I was interested interested in this was because I have an
older
neighbor who has recently started having difficulty reading printed
material. Now, I've been blind for a long time and am used to
synthesized
speech. When the neighbor started having difficulty reading printed
material, I had her try out my bookport. Well, unless one is used to
synthesized speech, DoubleTalk can be a bit difficult to understand,
even at
it's slowest rates.
So, I thought I would experiment with the RealSpeak voices to see if
she
could understand those. These voices are a lot more understandable
and
might present another options for people like her.
Anyway, let me know if you find out anything or if there is another way
of
processing this stuff without the Bookport connected. If this works,
I
would have her get a Bookport and download the vast amount of material
from
Bookshare.
Thanks.
-- Pete
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 08:44:07 -0400
From: "PAMELA RADER" <PRADER@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [bookport] Re: Sending Text Files as Audio
Peter:
I will discuss it with programming and see what I can find out. I
would think it should transfer a lot faster than 1 hour. One thing I
can think of is that if your hard drive is nearly full to capacity,
then
that would slow things down. Try deleting any Temporary Internet
files
or anything else you don't need and see if that helps.
I'll let you know if I find out anything else. Since Larry also
monitors the list, I'm sure he will have something else to add, when
time permits.
Pamela Rader, TECHNICAL SUPPORT
American Printing House For The Blind
1839 Frankfort Ave.
Louisville, KY 40206
PHONE: 1-800-223-1839, Ext. 307
>>> ptorpey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 10/08/06 12:39AM >>>
I using the Bookport feature to send a book in text format to the
Bookport
as an audio file so that the Bookport can read the book in a
high-quality
SAPI5 voice.
This is taking a long, long time (as might be expected). Not only
does
this
tie up the Bookport for quite some time, but I know that the Bookport
batteries drain when it is connected to the USB port.
Is there a way of using the Bookport queuing system to pre-process the
text-formatted book into an audio format before connecting the
Bookport? In
this way I would only have to tie up my comuter for the transfer time
and
not the entire processing time to transform the book from text to
audio.
Thanks.
-- Pete (still waiting after 1 hour on a 2.6 GHz machine!)
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