[Promotion-technology] readers

Brian Buhrow buhrow at lothlorien.nfbcal.org
Tue Nov 24 17:06:22 UTC 2009


	Hello.  With the Bookport, you can't speed things up on the Bookport
itself, but you can speed things up before you transfer the content to the
Bookport.  I believe you look under settings on the transfer utility.  

-Brian
On Nov 23,  9:57pm, "Ed Meskys" wrote:
} Subject: [Promotion-technology] readers
} 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
} NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS
} edmeskys @ roadrunner.com 
} 
} 
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>-- End of excerpt from "Ed Meskys"






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