[bookport] Re: bookport questions

  • From: "Grant Hardy" <granthardy@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 22:52:52 -0700

So youcan copy files to the bookport without the transfer tool, what do you
lose when doing that?
Well, first, with an mp3 file, you only lose the phrase detection that the transfer software can add. So if you're sending an audiobook and want phrases, paragraphs...etc marked up, you'd need to select that appropriate option in the transfer software and have it encode the file for you. Oh, one other point, you can also apply various options such as time compression and pause compression to audiobooks through the transfer software. Obviously if you simply pasted the .mp3 file onto your flash card you would be unable to compress the time or pauses unless you used another application to do that first. But other than that, you can still move through an mp3 file perfectly, set bookmarks, hear an elapsed time...etc. The only other kind of file you can send simply from Windows Explorer is a text file, and you have to paste it into the notes folder. This isn't really recomended for normal reading, I'm just saying you can do it. You will be able to navigate by lines...pages...etc. and set one bookmark. But this is really intended for note-taking.

> Grant, did you do a mainmenu review once about some email protecting
software?
Indeed, I did a review last summer for 0Spam.com. The service has, in my opinion, declined somewhat since the review but it's still definitely usable.

Probably shouldn't ask this, but is there anything the bookcourier can do
that the bookport can't?
All I can think of is that it has a key describer function, but the Book Port has so many great features that it would be hard to impliment a key describer function, and also the manual is so readily accessible. You simply need to press the "help" key to enter and leave the manual.

Grant


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