[bookport] Re: new bookport sad

  • From: "lana" <lana5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 09:53:48 -0600

Sad to hear the new BP is delayed; because I just heard from my library that
the download program for talkingbooks is starting.  Would prefer bp over
victor reader stream, but am not sure even it has been updated to take them
yet.
Anyone know the latest
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "PAMELA RADER" <PRADER@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 6:47 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Drive and Street Etc.


> Harvey:
>
> Your guess is as good as mine.  It all depends on whether or not we get a
license for a newer Double Talk version.  If not, then we won't.  We'll have
to wait and see, though, because I've yet to get my hands on the Book Port
2, as it has been pushed back.
>
>
>
> Pamela Rader, TECHNICAL SUPPORT
> American Printing House For The Blind
> 1839 Frankfort Ave.
> Louisville, KY  40206
>
> PHONE:  1-800-223-1839, Ext. 307
>
>
> >>> harveywhite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 09/06/07 05:56AM >>>
> I'm sorry to learn that the Book Port speech program cannot be modified by
> the user. There is something depressingly stupid about a program that
could
> read "Drive South King moved to Street Andrews. instead of "Doctor S. King
> moved to Saint Andrews"! The program designer seems to have been obsessed
by
> letter heads.
>
> Okay; it can't be helped. But what about the new Book Port we've been
> promised? I suppose that the company would have taken the opportunity to
> correct the fault - wouldn't they?
>
> Harvey White
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