[bookport] Re: bookport and bookcourier formatting cards?
- From: "Lou Kolb" <loukolb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:25:16 -0500
David,
The BP will let you move around in a file using per centages with the power
move commands, B plus C to move forward and A plus B to move backward. If
you start at the beginning of a file and hit B plus C you'll move the 49 per
cent spot in the file. Hit it again and you move forward again but by only
half that percentage. I've found these commands to be invaluable when
having lost my place in a large file. For give me if this is not what you
meant. Lou
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Bennett" <david382@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 11:52 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport and bookcourier formatting cards?
> I, too bought a Book Courier first and wondered the same thing. You can
> definitely use the same CF cards without prior formatting, and can read
the
> same files with the exception of those from Audible.com. In fact, since
> Book Port's software can transfer intact folders, I created an entire
> one-gig CF card using the Book Port's software, consisting of 119 folders
> with about 4,000 BRF and TXT files and then put the card in a card reader
> and copied the whole thing to a folder on my computer. I did this because
I
> wanted the same reading material on both units but didn't want to go to
all
> the work involved in making two complete CF cards independently. For each
> file you send to Book Port or Book Courier, two additional navigation
files
> will be created, and these can be utilized by both units. Audible.com's
> files can only be played on the unit which receives them, even if it's
> another Book Port or Book Courier belonging to you.
>
> If you're like me, you'll enjoy some features which belong to one unit and
> others which are characteristic of the other. If you use mainly the
> synthesized speech the units are equivalent to each other, but with Book
> Port you can compress audio files and perform notetaking functions, and
the
> software is much, much more robust. I use a lot of folders and
sub-folders,
> and these have to be created manually and then populated if you're using
the
> Book Courier, whereas Book Port's software will copy and process complex
> folders using normal Windows Explorer highlight and send commands. It's
> common for me to cue up fifteen or so folders each consisting of perhaps
> forty BRF or TXT files, highlight them, and send them to Book Port while I
> go off and engage in totally unrelated activities. Fifteen or twenty
> minutes later I'll hear the Book Port's software emit the sound which
means
> the task is complete, and I either cue up more folders or disconnect the
> unit, depending on my needs. You can't even begin to do anything like
that
> with the Book Courier. If you make a CF card with the Book Port's
software,
> however, you can read it with either unit with equal ease. Book Courier
> actually has a few navigational advantages which I prefer: namely, the
> ability to rewind or fast-forward through a large file by percentages. It
> also has a System Information feature in its menu system which lets you
> quickly view the amount of disk space remaining. With Book Port you can
> only do this by pressing the 8 key while playing a file. You can't do it
in
> pause or idle mode unless you're reading an audio file. In most other
> respects, I like the two units equally well.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adam Morris" <awmorris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 8:10 PM
> Subject: [bookport] bookport and bookcourier formatting cards?
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a book courier and will be getting a bookport on trial from the
> > library soon.
> >
> > can you put a card used in the book courier in the bp without
reformatting
> > first?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Adam Morris
> >
> > to download my podcast using a podcast receiver go to:
> >
> > http://ozcast.libsyn.com/rss
> >
> > or to download the files manually go to:
> >
> > http://ozcast.libsyn.com/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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