[bookport] Re: info I don't understand

  • From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:16:27 -0500

What she needs to understand is that there are text Daisy books and audio Daisy 
books.  Book Port will play either one, but the only type available from 
Bookshare are all text daisy books.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shane Christenson" <drummershane@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 5:34 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: info I don't understand


: Hi Cathy. The files themselves have no audio. They're just straight 
: text, with markings for pages, paragraphs, sentences, etc, especially 
: if you download the opf files. The double talk is from within 
: bookport itself, so that's how it'll be read to you.
: 
: Shane
: At 05:24 PM 8/13/2007, you wrote:
: >Hi:
: >I am reading that you can down load the daisy files onto the 
: >bookport, but I thought they just worked with your computer and the 
: >software that we down load from bookshare, so if that is so, do we 
: >have to have the software from bookshare on the bookport too get the 
: >daisy book to work on it?  I just down load the brf files and use 
: >the double talk to read me the book.  It isn't the best sounding, 
: >but I get to read a book I wouldn't be able to if not for the double 
: >talk.  Isn't the daisy a synthetic voice too?
: >
: >Cathy and Pilot Dog Deena, and Retired guide, Copper, both golden retrievers,
: >May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the
: >needs of others with kindness and compassion.
: >- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
: >
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