[bookport] Re: Relative volume between text and mp3
- From: "Neal Ewers" <ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:48:22 -0600
Larry, when I received my new book port, I put some MP3 files on the
unit and played them back. I noticed that they sounded distorted even
when using good powered speakers and with the volume of the book port
considerably low. The files were normalized to 0 on Sound Forge and
there was no clipping of the sound. The bottom line is that when I
try to play an MP3 file that is close to 0 db, it sounds distorted on
the book port. Even some of the books I have downloaded from Audible
such as Bill Clinton's book, sounds distorted. That could simply be
the quality of the book. However, the files I am talking about are
ones I created which are well within the non-distorted range of audio
and still play back as a bit distorted on the book port. So, I'm
wondering if this suggests a slight lowering of the audio level
relative to the synthesized speech?
Just my observations.
Neal
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of LARRY SKUTCHAN
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 7:05 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Relative volume between text and mp3
We did make an increase, but it isn't enough. We are already using
full volume on the tts, so to change the relative volume, we will have
to cut down on the audio, and I don't think we want to do that.
>>> richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx Tuesday, March 29, 2005 4:47:01 PM >>>
Hi Larry,
In this latest firmware, the revision history says:
"Increases the relative volume of the text-to-speech when playing an
audio=20
file."
I just tried an mp3 file as part of testing the battery drain and the
Book=20
Port voice could hardly be heard over the mp3 file.
Is that a feature not yet implemented?
Thanks,
Richard
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