[bookport] Re: Book port voice quality
- From: "PAMELA RADER" <PRADER@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:24:08 -0400
They are MP3 files.
Pamela Rader, TECHNICAL SUPPORT
American Printing House For The Blind
1839 Frankfort Ave.
Louisville, KY 40206
PHONE: 1-800-223-1839, Ext. 307
>>> simon4599@xxxxxxxxx 08/30/07 10:19AM >>>
The reason I recommend Kurzweil's audio system is that, 1, it has superior
quality to that of the book port, and 2, it can use dectalk, or IBM ViaVoice
if need be. The trouble with the bookport's system is that it uses Wave
files, which are much larger than a standard mp3 file. The kurzweil is
capible of creating smaller mp3 files that are better quality than the wave
files that the transfer software creates. I am hoping this gets resolved in
the future though.
Simon
----- Original Message -----
From: "PAMELA RADER" <PRADER@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 9:16 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Book port voice quality
> Hi Nancy:
>
> If you go to the Options menu in Book Port Transfer, and tab down to the
> Synthesize Speech button, it'll open up a dialog box and it will show you
> the speech available on your system that Book Port can use. Once in
> there, you can select a voice, rate and volume and click the OK button.
> Once you've customized that option, you can select a file in the Look in
> box, but instead of pressing Enter, or Send to send, you would hit alt e
> or tab down to the Send Audio button. At that point, the transfer program
> will convert the text into audio, based on the selection you've made. You
> can do this with your Book share books or any file that uses the Book Port
> synthesizer. Just remember that converting does take longer, so the
> sending process won't be as fast as it is with the Send button.
>
>
>
> Pamela Rader, TECHNICAL SUPPORT
> American Printing House For The Blind
> 1839 Frankfort Ave.
> Louisville, KY 40206
>
> PHONE: 1-800-223-1839, Ext. 307
>
>
>>>> girlyscream@xxxxxxxxxxx 08/29/07 08:51PM >>>
> Rick,
>
> You said, "Also the BP transfer software can do this for free providing
> you
> have other SAPI voices on the system." How can I tell if I have a SAPI
> voice on the system...by system, do you mean on my computer?
>
> Thanks,
> Nancy
>
> girlyscream@xxxxxxxxxxx The reason I recommend Kurzweil's audio system is
> that, 1, it has superior quality to that of the book port, and 2, it can
> use dectalk, or IBM ViaVoice if need be. The trouble with the bookport
> transfer software is that it uses Wave files, which are much larger than a
> standard mp3 file. The kurzweil is capible of creating smaller mp3 files
> that are better quality than the wave files that the transfer software
> creates. I am hoping this gets resolved in the future though.
Simon
----- Original Message -----
From: "PAMELA RADER" <PRADER@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 9:16 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Book port voice quality
> Hi Nancy:
>
> If you go to the Options menu in Book Port Transfer, and tab down to the
> Synthesize Speech button, it'll open up a dialog box and it will show you
> the speech available on your system that Book Port can use. Once in
> there, you can select a voice, rate and volume and click the OK button.
> Once you've customized that option, you can select a file in the Look in
> box, but instead of pressing Enter, or Send to send, you would hit alt e
> or tab down to the Send Audio button. At that point, the transfer program
> will convert the text into audio, based on the selection you've made. You
> can do this with your Book share books or any file that uses the Book Port
> synthesizer. Just remember that converting does take longer, so the
> sending process won't be as fast as it is with the Send button.
>
>
>
> Pamela Rader, TECHNICAL SUPPORT
> American Printing House For The Blind
> 1839 Frankfort Ave.
> Louisville, KY 40206
>
> PHONE: 1-800-223-1839, Ext. 307
>
>
>>>> girlyscream@xxxxxxxxxxx 08/29/07 08:51PM >>>
> Rick,
>
> You said, "Also the BP transfer software can do this for free providing
> you
> have other SAPI voices on the system." How can I tell if I have a SAPI
> voice on the system...by system, do you mean on my computer?
>
> Thanks,
> Nancy
>
> girlyscream@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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