[bookport] Re: a few questions before I buy
- From: "Sarah Cranston" <cranston.sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 13:19:52 -0500
Well, I performed the experiment of sending a book to the BP via Kurzweil, and
was unable to have Kurzweil place the book inside a folder. Sorry about the
earlier misinformation.
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tiffany H. Jessen
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 1:00 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: a few questions before I buy
I'd also note that while the BP does not support .kes format, since I'm
assuming you have kurzweil in order to have these kes files, you can open
them in kurzweil and from within the file menu there is a send to option
which will convert and sent the file directly to the BP, thus saving you a
number of keystrokes in order to manually convert the format and then use
the transfer program.
Now, my question is if there is a way to specify where on the BP they go.
Mine always go to BP's route directory, and in most cases I want things to
go into specific folders.
I know how to do it from within the transfer program, and am just asking if
there is a way to do it from within kurzweil.
Thanks.
Tiff
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 1:48 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: a few questions before I buy
> If you're considering the Book Port primarily as a music player, you
> should
> be aware that due to a hardware situation, the left and right channels are
> swapped in the earphone/speaker jack. If this is important to you, then
> you'll probably want to try to have someone make up a short cable for you
> that can be inserted between the jack and the headphones or speaker that
> swaps the channels back. Such a cable should be very easy for any local
> electronics (or, possibly, computer) shop to put together for you.
>
> 1. can files be transferred directly onto the memory card without using
> the
> software.
>
> Other than files with the .mp3 extension, the answer is no. MP3 files,
> however, can be copied directly to the CompactFlash card.
>
> 2. Does the book port read kes files or must they be converted to txt
> files?
>
> They must be converted. This is not one of the extensions that are
> recognized by the Book Port Transfer software and you cannot transfer
> anything directly except for MP3 files, as mentioned above.
>
> 3. Will it be possible to use consistently larger memory cards as they
> become available?
>
> There's been no formal announcement from APH about this, but now that
> they've broken the old 2Gb barrier and that 4Gb cards are officially
> supported, my personal guess is that it will be. I _think_ that it's been
> reported here that someone either heard about or actually witnessed an 8Gb
> card being used.
>
> 4. Is there anywhere, in the Denver metro area, where I can try out a
> book
> port before buying it?
> 5. I listened to the sample voice on the website, is there a place where I
> can listen to all the voices available?
>
> You'd have to actually see a Book Port; that is, there's no Web site that
> I'm aware of where all of the Doubletalk voices are demonstrated.
>
>
>
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