Both the Kurzweil 1000, and Openbook support such conversions. Also, there is a program I believe it's called Text Out Loud that does the same thing. What is happening is that synthetic speech is "reading" if you will, the text and it is recorded as an mp3.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of richard Van Driel Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 5:39 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] An MP3 Question Hi, I don't understand! An mp3 file is a completely different thing from a txt file. An mp3 file is a media file, as in a recording. You can get cds converted into mp3 files, but how in heck would you get a text file converted into an mp3? It's a completely different thing as far as I know. Richard > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Charity Rose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 22:28:27 -0600 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] An MP3 Question >Brenda, >It was a book that I converted from text to MP3. I have done it before, >quite successfully. After the switch to 5.1, however, it isn't working. I >can find the file when I search for it in the directory, but when I try to >play it with the MP3 player, it can't be found, even if I use space with x >to locate it. I am really frustrated, and I keep missing calls from the BN >tech support people. >Charity >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Brenda Mueller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 6:09 PM >Subject: re: [Braillenote] An MP3 Question >> Charity, I guess I'm a bit puzzled. Did you try to capture a whole book >in voice, something like a talking book? That would seem to me to take up >too much space and overload your system. I read a lot of books with Braille >note, but I choose to download text files or BRF files and send them to the >book reader. I guess, I for one would like to know what you tried to >download. I'm not trying to be intrusive, just helpful. >> Brenda Mueller >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>From: "Charity Rose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 07:55:12 -0600 >>>Subject: [Braillenote] An MP3 Question >>>Hi Everybody, >>>I converted a couple of books to MP3 files, and then transferred them to >my >>>BN. I put them in MY Books on the flash disk. When I went to listen to >>>them, I selected the MP3 player, but the books werent there. I used the >>>file manager director to locate them, and found them right where I had >put >>>them. So I tried again. Still no mp3 files could be found. Any cluse >>>about what happened? >>>Charity >>>___ >>>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>>http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >> ___ >> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >> http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
