I encode at 24 KBPS all the time with 100 percent success. _____ From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James Nuttall Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 4:59 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: mp3s and length of books Thanks to everyone for all your helpful information. Happy reading. Jim -- Michigan ROB MEREDITH <rmeredith@xxxxxxx> wrote: The Book Port can currently handle MP3 files up to 256MB in size. >>> jnuttallphd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 07/06/05 12:58PM >>> An mp3 question: With Kuzweil 1000 and other software, you can create an audio mp3 file of your book to make an audio book. I have software Premier Assistive Text-to-Audio. It lets me make different mp3 files at different frequency and bit rates. The smaller the frequency and bit rate the smaller the file. So, for example I can choose a frequency of 48 khz and a bit rate of 48 kbps. Can Book Port use these mp3 files that have the lower rates? Generally I divide a book into chapter before making the mp3 files. How big a file can BookPort handle. I've heard with some players, if the file gets to big (long) the recorder will get confused and loose its location. Has this happened to anyone. A text-to-speech, Microsoft Word question: I also have an entire book in Word format. Can I read the entire book with text-to-speech or do I need to divide the book up into chapters to use the text-to-speech feature of bookport. Thanks, Jim Nuttall--Michigan