[bookport] Re: Question about playing mp3 files with the new beta
- From: Amy Ruell <aruell@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:48:18 -0400
Hi Larry,
No, I couldn't open the folder. When I attempted to do so, nothing happened.
Sorry I didn't originally include this detail.
Amy
At 07:48 AM 9/14/2004, you wrote:
>Did you get an error message when you tried to open the folder?
>
>This is strange, and I cannot explain it or reproduce it. We are loking =
>for more info.
>
>
> >>> aruell@xxxxxxxxxxx Monday, September 13, 2004 7:55:40 PM >>>
>Hello,
>Re- posting as I didn't see a response to a message I posted yesterday!=
>
>I collaborated with another demonstrator to present the BP to our user=20
>group over the weekend with much positive response. However, we noted =
>one=20
>glitch. The
> other person who demonstrated had not downloaded the beta and could =
>open=20
>his mp3 folder and play files without difficulty. However, when I tried =
>to=20
>play these mp3 files on my bp to demo some portable speakers I had =
>brought,=20
>I could not open the folder or play the files, although the folder=20
>displayed as an option on my bp. Any idea why this could have happened?
>Thanks.
>Amy
>At 09:09 AM 9/10/2004, you wrote:
> >There is a new version of the software and firmware available.
> >
> >Once again, you need all three files:
> >
> >www.aph.org/beta/bpfw_beta.exe=20
> >
> >www.aph.org/beta/bp_beta.exe=20
> >
> >www.aph.org/beta/bwr_beta.exe=3D20=20
> >
> >We are very excited about this new software and firmware and hope to have =
>=3D
> >this code finalized early next week, so pound on it hard.
> >
> >Here is the list of changes:
> >
> >
> >
> >Software Version 1.5.X, September 2004
> > * Checks CD drives at startup for the presence of a Digital =3D
> >Talking Book.
> > * Automatically displays the Select Audio Range dialog when you =
>=3D
> >navigate to a CD that contains a Digital Talking Book. This should prove =
>=3D
> >especially useful for Daisy 2 books that use ncc.html as the main file of =
>=3D
> >the book.
> > * Stops showing the Select Audio Book Range dialog when you =
>insert =3D
> >a Digital Talking Book CD if Book Port is not connected.
> > * Checks the version of Book Wizard and automatically updates it =
>=3D
> >if necessary.
> > * Updates the device with the latest documentation in Daisy text =
>=3D
> >format if it does not already exist on the device.
> > * Adds braille and print quick reference cards to the package =
>and =3D
> >makes them available as files to download.
> > * No longer remembers the last used folder if that folder is a =
>UNC =3D
> >path. The transfer software now shows the last non UNC path folder at =
>=3D
> >startup.
> > * Corrects issues where the process of compressing time and =
>pauses =3D
> >in audio files could cause errors.
> > * Corrects the "Error Buffer is Read Only" issue.
> > * Corrects the "Bad Parameter Format" error message when sending =
>=3D
> >some MP3 files with time compression and pause removal.
> >
> >Firmware Version 1.1.7, September 2004
> > * Corrects the Power Move bug in audible.com files.
> > * Adds the Help command accessed with the E key.
> > * Adds subsection movement commands. The section keys have been =
>=3D
> >moved to 1+4 to go back and 3+6 to move forward. Subsections are mapped =
>=3D
> >to 4+7 to move back and 6+9 to move forward. This does require the =
>latest =3D
> >software to function properly.
> > * Announces the current sentence or heading in audio files when =
>=3D
> >you use the navigation commands while the unit is idle.
> > * Removes the "Previous Folder" entries from folders.
> > * Modifies the First File and Last File commands so you may also =
>=3D
> >move to the first and last folder in your list of files.
> > * Adds a means of entering text to find using a braille =
>keyboard.
> > * Identifies capital letters when using the letter movement =3D
> >commands by raising the pitch of the pronunciation of that letter.
> > * Changes the behavior of files where the reading position is at =
>=3D
> >the end of the file. The unit now resets a file's position back to the =
>=3D
> >beginning of the file if you press the Read command while at the end of =
>=3D
> >the file or if Auto File Advance moves to a file where the reading =3D
> >position is at the end.
> > * Changes the Status command to provide only the percentage of =
>the =3D
> >file read.
> > * Protects from accidental recording by requiring the user to =
>hold =3D
> >the E key down for one beep to record a memo.
> > * Adds the Lock Beep command to the menu to let you turn off the =
>=3D
> >behavior of making keys beep when you press one of them while the unit is =
>=3D
> >locked.
> > * Corrects a problem where pausing a memo during recording could =
>=3D
> >cause unpredictable behavior.
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