[bookport] Re: Book port Speech
- From: "Hope Hein" <hmhein@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:24:26 -0400
Thank you James.
I will call them today. I love the Bookport and hate to be with out it for any
length of time but at the same time it needs to work to its ability.
Hope
-----Original Message-----
.From: "James Nuttall"<jnuttallphd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
.Sent: 9/17/06 2:01:28 PM
.To: "bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"<bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
.Subject: [bookport] Re: Book port Speech
.
.Hello Hope:
.It sounds as though you may need to return your Book Port. So APH can take a
look at it to determine if the hardware is not functioning properly. You
should not be getting this kind of static.
.James Nuttall -- Michigan
.
.Hope Hein <hmhein@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hi all!
.I am not complaining. I love the Bookport. However, I am having some
difficulty with quite a bit of static when listening and also when recording.
.
.I tried new ear buds and they helped a little at first. It seems that the more
I use it the more static I get. It sounds like I am listening to a radio
station that does not come in clearly.
.Mind you, I am not complaining. I am happy with the transfer software and the
portability. I have no trouble with Doubletalk it works well. I have changed
the frequency and voices. The static is now occurring when I listen to audio
MP3'S.
.
.Any advise would be appreciated.
.Hope
.
.-----Original Message-----
..From: "James Dean"
.
..Sent: 9/17/06 2:42:28 AM
..To: "bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
..Subject: [bookport] Re: Book port Speech
..
..Skip is horrid! My friend Amanda likes him, though. She adjusts the pitch
..and frequency all the way up. It has a hell of a lot of inflection, but my
..dear sweet Perfect Paul (LOL) left at default except rate which is changed
..to 6 is my prefference. I got my book port in 2004,...I think. The School
..for the blind here in TN started giving them to students like myself, and
..they were a really big hit. I love mine! I use rechargeable alcoline (is
..that how you spell that?) batteries bought from Radio shack. They work
..wonderfully!
..
..
..James
..
..
..MSN/Windows Messenger: jamesdean504@xxxxxxxxxxx Yahoo ID/Ham Radio Callsign:
..kg4rdf Skype: semajd AIM: tootiki
..----- Original Message -----
..From: "Littlekat10"
.
..To:
..Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 5:28 PM
..Subject: [bookport] Re: Book port Speech
..
..
..> June says she likes Skip the best of the voices. I haven't heard Skippy
..> actually, just Paul and Pete and they are both pretty good.
..>
..> Littlekat
..> ----- Original Message -----
..> From: "Hope Hein"
..> To:
..> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 2:51 PM
..> Subject: [bookport] Re: Book port Speech
..>
..>
..> Good point!
..>
..> Smile.
..> Hope
..>
..> -----Original Message-----
..> .From: "Walt Smith"
..> .Sent: 9/14/06 11:59:15 AM
..> .To: "bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
..> .Subject: [bookport] Re: Book port Speech
..> .
..> .The present synth (which, after a relatively brief period of adjustment,
..> I
..> .find perfectly adequate) has two very distinct advantages:
..> .
..> .* It is small, allowing for installation in a device with relatively
..> limited
..> .software and hardware space.
..> .
..> .* I strongly suspect that it's also inexpensive, helping keep the cost
..> down.
..> .
..> .Almost any of the newer software-only synthesizers will violate both of
..> .these requirements. The AT&T synthesizer is out because of the huge
..> amount
..> .of space it takes up. Eloquence doesn't use quite as much, but I suspect
..> .that the licensing costs would be prohibitive. I very seriously doubt
..> that
..> .there are a fraction as many Book Ports out there as copies of JAWS.
..> .
..> .Arguing over synthesizers is nothing but a religious discussion. No
..> .synthesizer is superior or inferior--it's only superior or inferior to
..> the
..> .person listening to it. By spending some time with the voice, rate,
..> pitch,
..> .and frequency settings, I've been able to find a voice that is perfectly
..> .acceptable to me. Over the years, I've also learned that a lot of
..> .dissatisfaction with a given synthesizer is based on the fact that the
..> user
..> .has never varied the settings that are defaulted to and this is a serious
..> .mistake. I don't know how many people I've heard on the various
..> JAWS-related
..> .lists cry and whine about how incredibly bad Eloquence is only to have
..> them
..> .admit that they've _never_ made any attempt at all to change the pitch or
..> .rate that are set by JAWS by default.
..> .
..> .----- Original Message -----
..> .From: "Milano Hyacinthe"
..> .To:
..> .Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 11:47 AM
..> .Subject: [bookport] Book port Speech
..> .
..> .
..> .The Bookport is a great device but it doesn't have a great sounding voice
..> .synthesizer. I think that's a pore design for a reading device. I think
..> that
..> .the APH engineers should work on a more realistic voice synth for the
..> .Bookport. Due to the fact that realistic synths are not as expensive as
..> .before and are more easier to implement. Almost all new devices that are
..> .develop now a days contain some great sounding voice synth. For instance,
..> .the Eloquence voice synth software and the ATT Real speak software are
..> some
..> .great voice synthesizers. I possess a Pacmate and a Voicemate and these
..> .devices contain some nice sounding speech.
..> .
..> .
..> .Milano Hyacinthe
..> .
..> .
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