Anytime conversion is done, it's done on the hard drive and then sent, it's just that you don't really see it happening. If you look at the Status bar, you'll see that Sending is the very last phase. Rob is very good about doing things as efficiently as possible, whenever possible. Pamela Rader, TECHNICAL SUPPORT American Printing House For The Blind 1839 Frankfort Ave. Louisville, KY 40206 PHONE: 1-800-223-1839, Ext. 307 >>> talmidim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 08/31/06 12:42PM >>> Pamela is it possible to have the transfer program do the conversion on the hard drive and then send the file to the bp? I think now it it seems to be converting as it transfers. ----- Original Message ----- From: "PAMELA RADER" <PRADER@xxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 6:47 AM Subject: [bookport] Re: changing SAPI voices > Tre: > > Wile it is true you cannot change the actual voice of the Double Talk on the Book Port, there is a new feature which will allow you to convert text to audio, throughthe software, using the voices on your computer. If you are running Version 2.3 of the software and firmware, you can read about these new changes in the User's Manual, under Send Audio in the Options menu. > > > > Pamela Rader, TECHNICAL SUPPORT > American Printing House For The Blind > 1839 Frankfort Ave. > Louisville, KY 40206 > > PHONE: 1-800-223-1839, Ext. 307 > > > >>> tre_strother@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 08/30/06 09:34PM >>> > Hi, all, > I am curious, is their a way to replace the various voices on the bp with other SAPI5 voices? I seem to remember something being mentioned about earlier on the list, but I'm not sure I caught it all. > Thanks in advance, > tré Strother, > A+, IC³ > Phone: 404-840-8189 > Email: tre_strother@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >