[bookshare-discuss] Re: Experiment
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:02:47 -0700
Hi, Roger, I have a suggestion but don't know if it's feasible: Inform
the requestee (me) the download is ready via a sound with a notice about
the approximate time of how long the packaging takes. Being told
something will take "several moments" might work if the file is short,
but not when it isn't. I think the engineering folks will be having a
lot of fun with this one. Regards, Kim Friedman.
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Loran Bailey [mailto:rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 6:38 AM
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Experiment
Omnibus implies to me that it is a long book. That may not be the case,
but if it is you might have chosen a shorter one to experiment with. It
takes long enough to convert as it is, but I would expect that a longer
book would take even longer. When you submit your request for conversion
I think the page you get telling you to wait is misleading. It says it
will take a few moments. The one I tried out took about fifteen hours
and it was a relatively short book. Once I got it properly loaded into
my DTBM the machine told me that the playing time was over eight hours.
That is short, as books go. Greg Kearney in Australia said his first try
took over twenty-four hours to convert. To me a few moments implies that
I may as well sit there and wait, not having time to go on to something
else. Actually, those few moments tend to stretch into the next day if
not longer.
On 3/30/2012 5:49 AM, Kim Friedman wrote:
> Hi, I decided I'd try getting a book from Bookshare as an mp3
> download. I want to know how the book reads, so I decided to get a
> book I proofread for Bookshare. I have the raw scan and the completed
> copy I proofread so I'll let you know if I like the voice, etc.
> Regards, Kim Friedman. P.S.: The book in question is an omnibus
> entitled Jack of Kinrowan by Charles De Lint. It was a fun read to
> work on. K.
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