Yes, and now that I think of it, she can change the voices in bookport to something that she might find more tolerable. Marta ----- Original Message ----- From: Chase Crispin To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 1:32 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: Transferring Files Hi Linda: You can convert books to audio, but as Marta said, it will take up allot of space on the card. If you are not comfortable with Double Talk (book port's synthesizer)'s default settings, remember that you can speed up, slow down, raise the pitch of, lower the pitch of, and change the voice of the built in voice. Chase Crispin On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 11:55:49 -0400, Marta Rodriguez wrote: >Sunflower Hi Linda: Sorry about your two surgeries, and glad you're on the >mend. From my limited experience converting files to audio on the bookport, I >can tell you that it seems that the bookport's converter only translates to >audio while it's in sending mode. While sending the file, there's an option >called send as audio. The sound of whatever synth is used isn't as clear as >that used by the regular bookport reader however.' Now if you have a way of >converting braille or text files to mp3 that doesn't make use of the >bookport's converter, then you should be able to simply transfer the files >onto the card, without using the bookport's transfer program. I do that with >commercially produced audio books all the time. Be aware however that these >mp3 files are bound to be larger than the electronic braille or text files. >Marta ----- Original Message ----- From: Lynda Ingraham To: >bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 5:41 AM Subject: >[bookport] Transferring Files >Hi Everyone, Is there a way to translate into an audio file and have the file >go directly to a flash card that is in a flash card reader and not the >Bookport? Thank you to all who answered when I was having difficulty with >transferring files. The problem was, in fact, the card was full. I >apologize for not responding sooner. I had two fairly long surgeries and am >finally on the mend. Best to Everyone, Lynda