[bookport] Re: Relative volume between text and mp3
- From: "Grant Hardy" <grant_r_hardy@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 07:43:00 -0800
I agree. I have distorted-sounding audio, too.
Grant
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neal Ewers" <ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 6:48 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Relative volume between text and mp3
> 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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