I'm confused? I know Springer have decided not to go ahead with another device, but you say here that you hope APH use double talk on their next device. Are APH going to make another machine then that's like the book port? I really don't want a stream if I can help it. I know it's a good machine, but it just has too many anoying features that I would struggle to live with not least the way it anounces everything when you are moving about and carrying out commands. Surely, like the book port, once you know what you're doing you don't need some anoying voice anouncing everything. The way it gives all the books numbers so you have to listen to a number before the title of the book is so irritating and on and on. I don't know what I'll do without my port. I've had mine for many years now and apart from problems with the headphone socket it's been fine. I usually get about 60 hours out of my rechargeables and have 2 sets which I alternate, which means i never have to sit by a plug socket whilst it charges up, which would drive me potty. I'm distraught to think I might have to resort to a stream.
Shell.----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois" <al419@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "bookport" <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 3:40 AM Subject: [bookport] The BP and the victor stream
I too am wondering about the comment someone made here about sapi voices on the stream. I have both devices and I love both of them. Actually I think I read more books in text formats than audio formats. While the stream does well with the audio formats, I can't live with the voices for text! Tom is somewhat better than Samantha, but somehow the synthesizer has some inflexions and pronunciations that are much less tolerable than the idiosyncracies of double talk. I can read much faster and more comfortably with double talk on the bookport. When reading only text formatted books on the BP, I can sometimes get over 90 hours on a pair of batteries. I'm hoping APH uses double talk in their next device, and that I'll be able to afford it when it's ready and available.Lois -- No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.12.8/2086 - Release Date: 4/29/2009 6:37 AM
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