Hi, I'm all in favor of having the meetings up north. Thanks, for any replies. Erika -----Original Message----- From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 4:39 PM To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Meetings Hmm at some point maybe a meeting or two could be up north of the river. I know that is a big issue with some people but there's allot of blind and visually impaired people up north too. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reginald George" <sgeorge@xxxxxxxxx> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:22 PM Subject: [real-eyes] Meetings > We haven't in some time, but that doesn't mean they might not resume at > any > moment? How bout it Andrea? Smile. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Erika Wolf" <wolferika@xxxxxxx> > To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:41 AM > Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Can the Book sense go online? > > > HI, guys, Are we still having Real Eyes meetings, here, locally, in Kansas > City? > Just curious to know when they are and at which location? > Thanks, for getting back with me when you can. > Erika > > -----Original Message----- > From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Robert Beach > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 9:33 AM > To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Can the Book sense go online? > > As far as editing internally, no luck. The Book Sense does not allow for > copy/paste/delete. It does allow you to place marks in the recordings, if > I > understood that correctly. As far as I know, the best on-board editing > capabilities are on the Pocket Talk. > > One thing I really like about the Pocket Talk is that your recordings are > in > DAISY format so you can add and remove all kinds of navigation features > during and/or after the recording session. If you only want to audio > files, > then you simply copy the MP3 files from the DAISY book folder of the > memory > card. > > The presenters did not say if the Neo Speak voices are the standard ones > or > some modified version, but I'm guessing a modified version. However, they > sure sounded like Kate and Paul to me. > > They didn't spend a lot of time on the recording feature, but I'm hoping > it > does as well as the Pocket Talk. > As > Far as the speakers go, it did sound pretty good when the presenter simply > held it up to the microphone. Most of the time they had the unit > connected > to a port via an audio cable to allow better sound quality and volume > control. This is the way I would have done it too. > > Maybe I can do a presentation comparing the Stream, Pocket Talk, and Book > Sense once I have some time to learn the new toy. I think they are all > going to be great options. > > > > Robert Lee Beach > Assistive Technology Specialist > Kansas City Kansas Community College > 7250 State Avenue > Kansas City, KS 66112 > Phone: 913-288-7671 > Fax: 913-288-7678 > E-Mail: rbeach@xxxxxxxxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Reginald George > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 8:42 AM > To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Can the Book sense go online? > > I am definitely interested. I would like to have some capability to edit > recordings internally, as far as deleting marked sections of files and so > on. I wonder if this is in the software yet. Also I wonder if it's using > the standard SAPI5 Neospeech voices, or if it's a customized version. > This > would open the possibility of getting other voices in the future. Also > I'm > sure the speakers sound great. When you get yours Robert I hope you can > bring it to a meeting. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Beach" <rbeach@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 7:51 AM > Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Can the Book sense go online? > > > The Book Sense is not a device for browsing the internet or downloading > books. It is a book reader, document reader, media player, FM radio (XT > version only), and talking clock/alarm. It is not a PDA or cell phone. > It > is like the Victor Reader Stream and Pocket Talk in that regard. > > > > Robert Lee Beach > Assistive Technology Specialist > Kansas City Kansas Community College > 7250 State Avenue > Kansas City, KS 66112 > Phone: 913-288-7671 > Fax: 913-288-7678 > E-Mail: rbeach@xxxxxxxxx > > > -----Original Message----- > From: real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:real-eyes-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > On Behalf Of Kimberly A. Morrow > Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 7:46 AM > To: real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [real-eyes] Can the Book sense go online? > > What I don't see in these notes is this: Can the Book Sense go > online or is it, like the victor, merely a vessel for downloaded > material? > > Thanks, > Kim > Kimberly A. 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