Yes you did put the link to the zip file in your last email. Is
this the same zip file or did you make changes to the sounds?
Also you said eloquence speaks quietly. Hit backspace with enter
with r and crank the speech volume level up to 5 and hit enter
with dot 4 to put the over all volume all the way up to volume 32
and see if that helps. Also you can try using headphones or
external speakers.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Marvin Vasquez <[email protected]
To: BN List <[email protected]
Date sent: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:15:57 -0600
Subject: [Braillenote] My Sound Scheme
For those interested in obtaining the sound set I created for
the bn, please go to http://dl.dropbox.com/u/14332957/bn vocal
sound set.zip.
I'm not sure if I put these directions in the previous message,
but you should have a folder called windows on your flash disk.
The bn thinks zip files are bookshare books. You should unpack
the file to this windows folder. There is no password,
so just hit enter there, and then choose whether or not to delete
the original book when the extraction finishes.
After that, you should do a reset with nothing held down. The
bn will load in the sounds during that process. If you're using
an mPower, you should know that in order for you to hear most of
the new sounds (except the startup and chat sounds) you
must be using eloquence, otherwise the software simply refuses to
play the new files, even though they get loaded, and you will
hear the default sounds.
Speaking of horrible stunts HW has pulled on us mPower users,
that is one of the ones that infuriates me. I would prefer not
to use eloquence because it lags on our machines somewhat, and
it's extremely difficult to get it to pronounce things
correctly. I hate that we have to use eloquence so we can hear
any sounds we've changed, and the fact that the bn forces
eloquence to load within the book reader. That is why I now use
the book reader for nothing except Audible books, since the bn
doesn't need to speak for those. In any case, when eloquence
reads in there, it's at an inconveniently low volume for some
reason.
Anyway, as was stated in a previous message, in order to hear
my sounds at a reasonable volume, it is necessary to change all
the tone settings in the review voice menu to setting 6. I'm
working to make the sound files louder (except the startup
sound, which is fine the way it is). For some reason, the bn
dampens the volume of sound files when it uses them as sound
effects. I'm not sure why this is, but I only realized it does
that after I released the zip file to the bn user community.
I've heard from one or two people who have said that the file
doesn't download on the apex for some reason. If this is indeed
the case for you, please let me know off list, and I will send
you a copy of the file. Just be aware that I'm not sure
of the procedure for sound installations on the apex, so maybe
someone else can help you with this. Good luck.
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Marvin Vasquez
Google Talk/Keychat ID: [email protected]
Skype: marvintva2010
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