[Promotion-technology] readers

[Gary Wunder]

Ed, just a short answer to one part of your question. You can use the 
BookPort software to reduce the pauses between phrases which speeds the 
audio and can also increase the speed. You cannot change speed or 
compression once you have converted the files with any kind of button press 
on the BookPort.

People seem to like both the Stream and the Book Sense. I'll let others who 
have knowledge of both discuss their relative merits.

Gary



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From: "Ed Meskys" <edmeskys at roadrunner.com>
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> In January the Xavier Society for the Blind will switch the weekly 
> magazine
> AMERICA from cassette to MP-3 CDs. The mag runs about 2.5 hours an issue,
> and if I had to read real speed I would go crazy, and would probably 
> cancel
> my subscription. My Victor Vibe will speed up DAISY disks, but not MP3 or
> commercial CDs. I was thinking off getting a Victor Classic or Telex
> Scholar, if I could be sure they would speed up commercial and MP3 CDs, 
> but
> nobody could give me an answer.
>
> Right now my only option seems to be the Victor Stream, and copying the 
> CDs
> from my computer to the Stream, speeding it there. I just saw that GW 
> micro
> came out with a competitor to the Stream. Is there any take about which is
> better? I hear a disadvantage is you cannot change the batteries, as in a
> BookPort, and if you run down while on a bus or plane, you are stuck until
> you reach your destination. Is this also true of the GW machine? Are there
> any other competitors I should look into?
>
> Can I transfer the audio file to my BookPort and speed it up there?
>
> Thanks for any comments, Ed Meskys
> Ed Meskys
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> edmeskys @ roadrunner.com
>
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