[bookport] Re: About CF cards
- From: "Julia Cosgrove (Mrs.)" <j.cosgrove@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 23:15:57 +0100
Hello
Yes, I too would like to see a pronunciation dictionary on the Book Port if it
was possible. I did mention this myself some time ago.
Julia.
>A few days ago someone on the list mentioned that not all CompactFlash cards
>are created equal, and I can attest to this. Though most of my experience has
>been with Freedom Scientific's Pac Mate and Springer Design's Book Courier, I
>quickly learned that the less expensive CF cards on the market aren't always
>bargains. As a matter of fact, the only manufacturer whose cards have given
>me no problem whatsoever is Sandisk. I can live with most of the other
>brands, certainly when working with text-based files which are small and
>rarely give problems, but large transfers from Audible.com really require a
>card whose quality can be counted on. All cards are becoming less expensive
>with the passage of time, but Sandisk products invariably cost just a tad more
>than the competition. In my experience, though, they work better in our
>particular adaptive devices for whatever reason.
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>Maybe the following should be addressed in a separate email, but I'd like to
>see Book Port acquire a pronunciation dictionary. Entries would probably be
>made through the Braille keypad. That might be a huge enhancement to
>undertake, and I don't know if there may even be legal reasons why R.C.
>Systems might not allow their speech synthesizer to be tampered with, but it's
>an idea. The original Road Runner had an option in its transfer software for
>downloading a dictionary, but no mention of this appeared in the User's Guide
>and the concept never got any further than this. Legal considerations? I do
>wonder. Would anyone else like to see a user-definable pronunciation
>dictionary become available for Book Port?
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>David Bennett
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