[bookport] Re: Reading daisy books on the bookport?
- From: "Barrett, Don" <Don.Barrett@xxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:46:14 -0400
Maybe five minutes or so.
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Barbara
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 8:17 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Reading daisy books on the bookport?
How long does this software take to convert a file to MP3? To convert a =
200K bookshare.org book from html, will it take like fifteen minutes, an =
hour ?
Thanks!
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From: "Barrett, Don" <Don.Barrett@xxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:55 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Reading daisy books on the bookport?
> Yes, I use TextAloud from Nextup Software to convert text material =
into =3D
> MP3 using the new voices from Neospeech. go to
> http://www.nextup.com
> and check it out.
>
> Don
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Melissa Tucker
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:47 PM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Reading daisy books on the bookport?
>
>
> Is there any good software that would allow me to transfer the books =
in =3D
> to=3D20
> mp3 format?
> ----- Original Message -----=3D20
> From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:38 PM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Reading daisy books on the bookport?
>
>
>> You will get the same voice on Book Port weather you send the DTB or =
=3D
> the
>> BRF version of Bookshare books. They only way to get another voice =
is
>> to convert the text of the book into an mp3 file with a voice of your
>> choice.
>>
>> You don't need any additional software to send Digital Talking Books =
=3D
> to
>> Book Port..
>>
>>
>>
>>>>> melissatucker4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:31:15 PM
>>>>>
>> Ok, I'm a member of Bookshare.org and thought it would be nice if I
>> could try to get use to reading Daisy books with the bp. I can't get
>> use to listening to the double-talk voice while reading books by my
>> favorite authors, so thought I would try Daisy. Is it possible to =
put
>> Daisy books on the bookport? And if so, do I need to unpack hem =
using
>> the bookshare software?
>> Also, what's this book wizard program? How much is the "key" the
>> program is talking about? Also, the last question, is the new =3D
> firmware
>> and/or software finished being beta versions? If I try the beta of
>> these programs, I'm afraid I'll mess something up, so I'm hesitant in
>> doing it until I know all the kinks are worked out.
>> I apologize for not being able to follow the thread of messages.
>> I'm still recovering from surgery and still have limited typing =
skills
>> right now. So I apologize if this stuff has already been discussed.
>>
>>=3D20
>=20
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