RE: PT Pocket.
- From: "Jamie Cuthbertson" <jamie.cuthbertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 18:14:38 -0000
Steve,
Yes, this is the case.
One other thing worth mentioning is that you can only set Level 1 headings -
no facility to set Level 2, Level 3 etc is provided. Having said that, I
think that the unit is fabulous and, as a rival to the Victor Reader Stream,
it is pretty competitive.
Regards,
Jamie
-----Original Message-----
From: ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ptr1-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Richards
Sent: 19 December 2008 11:03
To: ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: PT Pocket.
Hi,
Am I to understand then that you cannot Edit e.g. cut, paste, copy section,
phrase etc? I use that on my PTR1 regularly.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Frank Cuta" <cuta@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ptr1-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 6:37 AM
Subject: RE: *Possible SPAM* Re: PT Pocket.
>
> Well I have had my Pocket a week now and it is one beautiful little
> marvel. Here is a preliminary short appraisal. First, let me mention
> a couple of other products that you are more familiar with -- the PTR 2
> and the Stream. I heard that as well as being a player the Pocket was
> going to incorporate most of the more powerful recording capability of
> the PTR 2. In short , it does. And the package is smaller in all 3
> dimensions than the Stream. It feels silky and extremely sensual just
> to hold this diminutive little item in your hand.
>
> It is a powerful recorder with all of the same recording modes that you
> are used to on the PTR2. You can enable or disable auto recording level
> and while recording you can choose to enable monitoring of the signal or
> audible level annunciation on the fly. You can also add headings on the
> fly or after the fact. While recording you can monitor battery level,
> confirm that you are recording (not paused) and obtain time recorded and
> time remaining information. Editing is very limited, basically to
> adding and removing heading marks . However, it features two powerful
> new processing options that should compliment its ability to move files
> from SD to thumb drive and from thumb drive to SD. These permit you to
> process files that you create so they will play on other players and to
> process material from other recorders for editing on the pocket. I
> have yet to explore these features but they look promising.
>
> The unit has Only a single input jack but it is switchible for either
> microphone or line level. I have always been annoyed by the input
> characteristics of the preamp and built in microphone on my PTR 2. No
> such problem exists on the pocket. In fact I love the built in
> microphone.
>
> Playback on the Pocket can be navigated by character, word, phrase
> paragraph, book mark, heading levels, time and a new method by
> percentage of the total length. Of course which of these options is
> available to you is predetermined by the format of the file you are
> reading. The pocket features both a built in male and female text to
> speech voice. The female is the default and it is excellent.
>
> The buttons on the Pocket are not too small -- its been cold out and I
> have been able to operate it while wearing leather gloves. Speaking of
> buttons and switches it has 24 just 5 less than the PTR 2. Even so an
> operation like adding a heading mark to an existing file which has a
> dedicated key on the PTR 2 takes exactly the same number of keystrokes
> on the Pocket even though the option is selected off a menu. This is
> great engineering!
>
> Time to list desired improvements. The most obvious is the lack of a
> case. It comes with a pouch but it really needs a skin to protect it
> while it is being used. Also, when you receive it you get only a
> print quick start
> guide and a CD. Its up to you as a totally blind person to struggle
> through getting started. And if you do not have a computer you are kind
> of stuck. Of course the lack of a box running Microsoft's finest is
> not one of my personal deficiencies but I resisted reading the manual
> on the computer -- I was too eager to start using the pocket. As soon
> as I found someone to assist me with the quick start guide I copied the
> manual from the CD to a thumb drive and from the thumb drive to the
> pockets SD card. A Braille quick start guide or cassette guide like the
> one I received with my PTR 2 from IRTI would be a great improvement. A
> feature that I appreciated in version 2 of the PTR software was an
> annunciation of available recording time that changed respectively as
> you cycled through the various recording qualities/modes. On the Pocket
> this has been replaced with the respective bandwidth spec. This is much
> less functional and of little use to the average user. Navigation by
> time on the PTR2 can be set to 1 minute and ten minute increments which
> I have grown to love. On the Pocket it can not be fixed at a specific
> value and instead changes on the fly but always starts at ten seconds
> and increases as you hold down the control. I find this a little
> cumbersome. Lastly the Pocket lacks the ability to create page marks.
> I actually regularly use this feature on my PTR 2. Not for page
> numbering but as another powerful way of marking information for future
> reference. It is a reference mark that is saved when you backup.
>
>
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