[access-uk] Re: Book Courier v Milestone
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 05:12:31 +0100
Hi Barry,
No, unfortunately, there is not.
All the best
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Barry G
Sent: 24 April 2006 21:51
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Book Courier v Milestone
Hi Steve and James, you were both spot on! Very impressive! Just one more
question, is there any way of speeding up playback - standard speed does my
head in as it is so painfully slo...
Again, many thanks to you both,
Barry G
----- Original Message -----
From: "James O'Dell" <jamesodell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 7:55 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Book Courier v Milestone
> Hi Barry
>
> You need to insert your Daisy CD and then press the "Daisy" button in the
> transfer Tool Main Window, or the "View Local Library" option from the
> Daisy menu. This will cause a list of titles found on the disk (usually
> the one book that is on there) to appear in the list view in the main
> window, then you just press "Transfer". If you get an error when you
> choose "View Local Library", select "Specify Library Location" from the
> Daisy menu and make sure that the path indicated there is pointing to your
> CDRom drive.
>
> Hope it works for you, you won't be disappointed.
>
> James
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barry G" <lister@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 5:35 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Book Courier v Milestone
>
>
>>I see that the BC is supposed to cope with DAISY files and have, before
>>today, never tried to use this feature. Out of interest, I tried to
>>transfer an RNIB talking book CD to my BC but it only seemed to want to
>>take the files as MP3. I see the filter seems to want DAISY2, does anyone
>>know if Talking Books are using DAISY1 or DAISY2? Maybe that's my
>>problem, Are any other UK BC users using it for RNIB talking books?
>>
>> Barry G
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Philip Martin" <p.martin13@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 5:14 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Book Courier v Milestone
>>
>>
>>> HI James,
>>> Most interesting, I am attracted to this unit as I won't need to take
>>> my Victor Reader with me when I am away from home. Do you know typical
>>> battery life for the BC. Also can it be used to record a committee
>>> meeting where everyone is within about 6 feet of unit, no high quality
>>> required just intelligible. I know it does not have a separate mike
>>> input.
>>>
>>> Hope you can help.
>>> Regards
>>> Philip
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "James O'Dell" <jamesodell@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 4:21 PM
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Book Courier v Milestone
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Roger
>>>>
>>>> I'm a Book Courier user and have no practical experience of the
>>>> Milestone. I'm sure Steve or Ian will pick me up on anything I've
>>>> missed, but here are some
>>>> ideas.
>>>>
>>>> Advantages of Book Courier:
>>>>
>>>> 1. The prices of the book Courier and the Milestone are quite close
>>>> (£180
>>>> for a Milestone, £225 for a book Courier or £200 if you have a
>>>> registered
>>>> copy of Kurzweil 1000 version 7 or higher and order from techno-vision
>>>> or
>>>> Computer Room Services). I think TNAUK also have a deal with
>>>> techno-vision
>>>> where you can get a BC for £200 if you currently have a subscription to
>>>> their digital service, since there is a special filter which allows you
>>>> to transfer TNAUK digital files onto the Book Courier.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Book Courier already supports the Daisy format for audio, and does
>>>> it
>>>> very well too, giving you access to all of the book's navigation
>>>> features
>>>> easily and quickly, without having to wait for a CD to spin up, as you
>>>> would
>>>> in a CD-based player. Some of the portable players really seem to
>>>> struggle
>>>> with complex Daisy titles, and some producers are having to issue
>>>> warnings
>>>> to the effect that their material cannot be successfully played on such
>>>> players. meanwhile, the Milestone is promising Daisy support, but
>>>> obviously
>>>> there is a degree of risk involved in buying a milestone before this
>>>> support actually
>>>> arrives, as you don't really know what you're buying :) and whether
>>>> they will keep the development up when they have implemented it.
>>>>
>>>> 3. Book Courier supports files from audible (.com and .co.uk), which
>>>> is the
>>>> world's biggest and best provider of downloadable audio books, and
>>>> which can
>>>> save you a fair bit of cash.
>>>>
>>>> 4. Book Courier comes with twice the storage capacity of the milestone
>>>> (256mb compact flash card), and I think compact flash might be cheaper
>>>> than
>>>> SD in general.
>>>>
>>>> 5. The Big one: Book Courier includes its own built-in text-to-speech
>>>> synthesiser (Doubletalk), which can read text documents you transfer
>>>> onto
>>>> the unit and also speaks all prompts and system information. This
>>>> means you
>>>> don't have to listen to such information at the speed of the
>>>> pre-recorded
>>>> prompts on the milestone. I also believe that filters for file formats
>>>> such
>>>> as word documents and html files are on the way at some point in the
>>>> future.
>>>>
>>>> As you can tell, I like my book courier, but there are a few
>>>> disadvantages
>>>> compared to the milestone:
>>>>
>>>> 1. The milestone is smaller.
>>>>
>>>> 2. Book courier is not directly rechargeable. You can use
>>>> rechargeable
>>>> batteries in the BC, but you would have to purchase a separate charger
>>>> and
>>>> charge your batteries outside of the unit. Springer Design, who make
>>>> the BC, say you will get better results with non-rechargeables, but I
>>>> have just started using rechargeables and have had no problems so far.
>>>>
>>>> 3. If you want to do serious voice-recording, the Milestone might be a
>>>> better option, since I think it saves its voice recordings in mp3,
>>>> rather than wave. Book Courier does have a built-in microphone, but
>>>> creates wave files, which will take up more room on the card.
>>>>
>>>> 4. There is an issue with listening to music on the BC, in that a
>>>> mistake was made in the development phase meaning that the stereo
>>>> channels are reversed (you hear the left channel in the right ear and
>>>> the right channel in the left ear).
>>>>
>>>> 5. Generally, you are expected to use the Book Courier transfer
>>>> software to transfer material to Book Courier, whereas the Milestone
>>>> doesn't require this as far as I know. you can transfer mp3 files to
>>>> BC using Windows explorer, but not audible, text, TNAUK or daisy files.
>>>> This would be a disadvantage if you were planning to use a computer on
>>>> which you are unable to install the software to transfer files.
>>>>
>>>> Hope this helps
>>>>
>>>> James
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "roger.south" <roger.south@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 9:43 AM
>>>> Subject: [access-uk] Book Courier v Milestone
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On another list I'm on several people have shown great interest in the
>>>>> Milestone. I posted saying that the feeling on this list is the BC is
>>>>> the
>>>>> better buy and has more features. I'm now being asked if someone on
>>>>> this
>>>>> list would put a few points together to give reasons as to why that
>>>>> belief
>>>>> is held.
>>>>>
>>>>> Roger
>>>>>
>>>>> Man is the only animal that blushes, or needs to.
>>>>> Mark Twain
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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