[bookport] Re: audible downloads at 1X

  • From: "Robert Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 12:00:23 -0800

Hi,
Book port only takes format 4.    
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Queen Family" <queens@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 10:56 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: audible downloads at 1X


> Format four on Audible is 114 megabytes per hour. Audible divides most
> books into six to eight segments which take from fifteen to twenty
> minutes to download on my DSL.  Recently, I had a book (TINKER TAILOR
> SOLDIER SPY) which wasn't split and took 30 minutes for about 14 hour to
> read.
> 
> Format three takes much longer to process on the Bookport than format
> three on the OTIS, but the Bookport advantages far outweigh the
> disadvantages such as moving or finding one's place in a book and simply
> control.
> 
> I do wish we could control the reading speed from the Bookport like we
> do with text files though.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> queens@xxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 648 Kearney Street
> El Cerrito, CA  94530
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandy Licht
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 7:41 AM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: audible downloads at 1X
> 
> 
> Sounds like something is wrong with her connection.  In my case, Audible
> 
> books download quickly.  I have a cable connection.
> 
> At 10:52 PM 2/3/2005, you wrote:
>>My neighbor just told me that all audible 4 books download at 1X.  This
> 
>>is going to cause her not to use the program.  Is my information 
>>correct and is there any to get it done faster?  The person has a DSL 
>>connection, but it still downloads at only 1X.  Please correct me if I 
>>am wrong. Thanks.  Kurt
> 
> Sandy Licht
> Phone: 409-898-8218
> Jeremiah 29:11 - 14A
> 11For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They are plans
> for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. 
> 12In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13If you look for me in
> earnest, you will find me when you seek me. 14I will be found by you,"
> says the 
> LORD...   
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