Nolan: Was this a particularly large book? It isn't supposed to truncate like that. I need to get this to happen here so we can fix it. Were you using a slow speed? Rob Meredith >>> Nolan.Crabb@xxxxxxxxxx 04/05/06 09:41AM >>> Well, I've given the new send audio feature a good workout, and I've decided that it has a place among those who truly hate the DoubleTalk speech. I'm not one of those, so it's back to the old, tried and true way of reading braille and text for me. I found, in using VW Kate, that my book would be significantly truncated--to the tune of say 10 to 12 percent of the book getting lopped off. Nothing worse than being right near the suspenseful ending of the book only to have the Book Port solemnly announce, "End of (title)." I knew that book was no way over...it just couldn't end the way it was ending! So I re-transferred it using the regular non-audio method, and sure enough, I got the end and all was well--both with the characters in the book and consequently with me. :-) So I suspect I have a setting somewhere that's causing VW Kate to maliciously truncate my books. Otherwise, she did a nice job. There were no artifacts that I could hear in the MP3 encoding, and the ability to pick the speed before the transfer is, of course, a must-have. The volume of the recording was excellent, and the frequency response was nice across the board as far as I'm concerned. The S sounds indeed sounded like S rather than F and so forth. It was a lot of fun to read that way, and if I can figure out how to end that truncation thing, I might try it again someday. But I use DoubleTalk at work and at home on my PCs in both locations, so I'm enough of a fan that going back to it for text files really makes sense. Again, please don't misinterpret this as criticism. I can see how the ability to pick other voices to read text has its place among many, many users. I just won't be one of them. I don't currently have a heart condition, but I could get one awfully quick if my mysteries were always truncated right at the critical section! Best Regards, Nolan ******************************** CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT: This electronic communication is from the Department of Social Services (DSS) and is confidential, privileged, and intended only for the use of the recipient named above. If you are not the intended recipient or agent responsible for delivering the information to the intended recipient, unauthorized disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender and delete all copies from your system.