[bookport] Re: New Beta Available
- From: "Sarah Cranston" <cranston.sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 16:13:21 -0600
I think the problem might lie in the fact that some of us seem to have =
particularly sensitive ears. Or maybe we're just a little set in our =
listening ways. Either way, I hope the voice thing gets fixed. I =
haven't spent a day without using my BookPort for almost two years now. =
It has completely changed the way I read and personally listen to music. =
I'm one of the few people I know who actually prefers the DoubleTalk =
synthetic speech over a human narrator. For me, it's a nice compromise =
between reading in Braille and a book on tape. And, of course, it's =
capable of being the largest library in the littlest package known to a =
blind person.
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Liam Martin
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 3:08 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: New Beta Available
Sarah, I really hope this "thing" - whatever it is - will be removed in =
some=20
future update. Bookport was such a find for me. I was amazed at the =
complete=20
control it gave me with a text - and at anytime of the day or night. =
With=20
sight reading of books not practical for me anymore, when I found =
Bookport I=20
thought I was lucky to have a good pair of ears. But maybe they aren't =
as=20
good as I thought. <smile>
>From: "Sarah Cranston" <cranston.sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [bookport] Re: New Beta Available
>Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:36:23 -0600
>
>Liam, you and I are in complete agreement. The "new" Big Bob is too =
=3D
>muffled, and Skip is too harsh. Aren't we a bunch of finicky people? =
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><Grin>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Liam Martin
>Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 2:27 PM
>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bookport] Re: New Beta Available
>
>
>I have tried all pitch ranges - highest to lowest.There is always =
that=3D20
>"difference" which was introduced with Beta 15. To me "frequency" seems =
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>to=3D20
>be the best way to describe it. Even though I can replicate the voice I =
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>was=3D20
>familiar with - Skip - this new "Skip" is too penetrating to my ears. I =
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>have=3D20
>tried all the voices and all the ranges, and I haven't been able to get =
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>that=3D20
>ease of listening I had before Beta 15.
>
> >From: Clarence Whaley <clarence@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [bookport] Re: New Beta Available
> >Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:52:48 -0600
> >
> >The pitch is indeed lower but by playing with the pitch you can =
return =3D
>to
> >the past. <smile>
> >At 07:41 PM 3/15/2005 +0000, you wrote:
> > >Yes, I just installed Beta 18. I don't notice any change from Beta =
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>15.=3D20
> >There
> > >is still that piercing quality to the voices which have made my =3D
>Bookport
> > >that proverbial "doorstop" <smile>.
> > >
> > > >From: "Sarah Cranston" <cranston.sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >Reply-To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > >To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > >Subject: [bookport] Re: New Beta Available
> > > >Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:32:42 -0600
> > > >
> > > >I noticed this same change when I installed beta 15. I, too, =
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> >hoping =3D3D
> > > >the voices, especially Big Bob would be returned to the way they =
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>were =3D3D
> > > >pre-beta. I guess some of us just have sensitive ears. <Smile> =
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>Have=3D20
> >=3D3D
> > > >you installed beta 18? If so, have you noticed any change in =
the=3D20
> >voices =3D3D
> > > >between beta 15 and beta 18?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > >[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Liam Martin
> > > >Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 1:21 PM
> > > >To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > >Subject: [bookport] Re: New Beta Available
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Sarah,
> > > >
> > > >I was actually hoping the voices would be returned to the way =
they =3D
>were=3D20
> >=3D3D
> > > >-=3D3D20
> > > >pre-Beta 15. That would be a great help for folks like myself on =
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>the =3D3D
> > > >more=3D3D20
> > > >sensitive end of the hearing spectrum. I installed the new Beta, =
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>and=3D20
> >the =3D3D
> > > >
> > > >voices seem to be as they were on Beta 15. There is some =
underlying =3D
>=3D3D
> > > >"muffle"=3D3D20
> > > >- someone used the word "frequency" - which makes it a bit =3D
>difficult=3D20
> >for =3D3D
> > > >me=3D3D20
> > > >to tolerate for any length of time.
> > > >
> > > >Liam
> > > >
> > > > >From: "Sarah Cranston" <cranston.sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >Reply-To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > >To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >Subject: [bookport] Re: New Beta Available
> > > > >Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 08:41:39 -0600
> > > > >
> > > > >Do you guys have any idea what changed the voices? Do you know =
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>if=3D20
> >this =3D3D
> > > >=3D3D3D
> > > > >will change back or are the voices going to stay the way they =
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>are?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > > >From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > >[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of ROB MEREDITH
> > > > >Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 8:30 AM
> > > > >To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > >Subject: [bookport] New Beta Available
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >There is a new beta version available of both the Book Port =3D
>software=3D20
> >=3D3D
> > > >and
> > > > >the Book Port firmware. Enjoy!
> > > > >
> > > > >Rob Meredith
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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