hi all, the booksense is nls capible. Brandon On Dec 24, 2009, at 9:32 AM, Dave McElroy WA6BEF wrote:
> Is it NLS capable yet? Thought they were waiting for that capability. This > would take it out of the running if one was going to use it for nls books. > > -----Original Message----- > From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] > On Behalf Of Joy Tilton > Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 9:51 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: victor Reader Stream V Book Sense > > I noticed the Plextalk Pocket has been left out in the discussion at hand. > <smile> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "brandon armstrong" <stunners...@gmail.com> > To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 2009 7:45 PM > Subject: Re: victor Reader Stream V Book Sense > > >> yeah i agre with you on that point. >> I have done several podcasts with my booksense xt and transfered the >> files to my macbook and uploaded them to my podcast page. >> Brandon >> On Dec 23, 2009, at 9:32 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >> >>> I'm very glad to hear it and to be honest, that wouldn't be all that hard > >>> I don't reckon <smile>. >>> >>> I would like to see some sort of voice database feature in these devices, > >>> some way whereby you could link notes or recordings together, say link a >>> telephone number with an address or a name, I should think that such a >>> feature would be handy for elderly people who could use these type of >>> machines - not just for playing books - but as a type of information >>> manager for basic information, The Victor Reader for example uses LINUX >>> as its operating system so there's no question about the power the player > >>> has, its just a question of how to design such a system I outlined. >>> >>> >>> >>> brandon armstrong wrote: >>>> booksense transfers are much faster to mac and vise versa. >>>> Brandon >>>> On Dec 23, 2009, at 8:45 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi! >>>>> >>>>> Okay, I don't have a Book Sense but I do have a Victor reader Stream. >>>>> >>>>> One thing I like about the Stream is that all prompts and messages are >>>>> recorded in human voice rather than having to rely on a software voice >>>>> synthesiser so you won't miss any alerts, prompts or errors which >>>>> Victor is trying to communicate to you. >>>>> >>>>> I'm also told that there are some major software upgrades for Victor >>>>> coming in the near future, one of which will allow you to store your >>>>> recordings in a different format such as wave for transfer straight to >>>>> a PC or Mac and that's about time too! and this has been my major gripe > >>>>> about the player from day one - particularly given that I use a Mac >>>>> most of the time and there's no way of converting files from the >>>>> Victor's format to something standard with the Mac, this should fix the > >>>>> problem. >>>>> >>>>> The other slight annoyance I have with the Victor Reader Stream is its >>>>> incredibly slow rate of transfer using USB cable and I'd be interested >>>>> to hear an explanation from Humanware as to why this is, I can only >>>>> hope that transfer speeds are faster on the Book Sense. 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