Hi Kim and Andy, First, note that not all MP3 files will play on the BN. There was some discussion before about the limitations which you might have missed. Those that were mentioned pertain to unsupported sample and bit rates (the most preferred for MP3's played on the BN being 44100 HZ and 128 kbps) and if the files have a "header" before the actual audio content. Try to find out more info about the MP3 files you're attempting to play and post them so that more knowledgeable people here can comment.
Second, when you wish to correct the way a word is being read when a punctuation follows it, just type the word without the punctuation and how it's supposed to be read. For example, you type no (just the letters n o), as the actual word, then again type no (still just the letters n o) as the correct pronunciation. This will fix the problem where the BN reads "no", when followed by a period, as "number". Similar words that are mispronounced when followed by a period, which you might want to add also are "in" (misread as "inches"), "miss" (misread as "Mississippi"), and "ill" (misread as "Illinois"). Note that when making these entries, the actual word and its pronunciation string are the same. As for letters that you wish to be read by character like in an Acronym, you just type the letters, still without periods, then type as the pronunciation the same letters but with spaces in between. Therefore, if you wish the acronym TSP to be read as "T S P", then type the letters t s p without spaces as the actual word, then the letters t s p with spaces in between as the pronunciation. Note that if one of the letters in the acronym is A, you must type ai (letters a i with no space between them) rather than just the letter A; otherwise, this letter would be pronounced as the short vowel a. For example, if you want the BN to read ATM as "A T M", you type the letters atm without spaces as the actual word, then the letters A I together, hit the spacebar, type the letter t, put another space and finally the letter m. If you only typed the letters A T M with spaces in between, then the acronym will be read as "ah t m". Lastly, if you mean tech support at HumanWare in the States, then the number is +1-925 681-4636 and the e-mail address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you meant tech support in PDI New Zealand, then contact Dean Jackson (though there are other tech support specialists there, but this is the contact info I can give you) at +64-3 373-6184 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] HTH, Roselle >----- QUOTED MESSAGE ----- >Sent by: "Kim Samco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Hello, >I left this list for awhile because the amount of traffic was over whelming, >but now I have some questions that I can't seem to solve for myself. >I have finally gotten around to trying the Media Player. My husband is >putting MP3 music files onto my Compact Flash card. The VM menu tells me that >the music files are there but I can't seem to open them. Any suggestions? >Also, I have a question about the pronunciation dictionary. When the word >"no" comes at the end of a sentence it is pronounced as the word "number". >There are other abbreviations that do this too. When I type in the the word >that I want to change it won't take it because it has a period in it. How do >I get around this? >I hope all of you have been well and I wish you the best in the New Year. >One last thing, when I up graded my VM I lost the data from my address book. >Can someone send me tech support's e mail address and phone #? >Thanks, >Kim
