Right on Jeff! Eloquence would be great, especially with its better voice and multilanguage support. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff - The Ultra Guy" <Jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 8:14 PM Subject: [bookport] Upgrades: Hardware and Firmware > In a message posted to this list, Larry indicated that a hardware > upgrade is being seriously considered. If this is the case, is there > any chance that this upgrade can include the use of Eloquence as the > speech synthesizer? > > Regarding firmware upgrades, do I understand correctly that any > firmware upgrades will be performed automatically when the Book Port > is connected to the PC, or does one have to take some sort of action > to make the firmware upgrade? Whenever I connect the Book Port, I > hear the word "firmware" spoken, but I never see any indication that > firmware is being updated or is needing to be updated. I've only had > my Book Port for a couple of months, so perhaps there have been no > updates during that time, but I would like to know what to expect. > > Jeff > >