Hi all, In the spirit of getting back into some good discussion regarding the BrailleNote family of products, I'd like to share a tip with all of you which I have recently discovered that allows you to listen to podcasts, audiobooks, and other MP3 material on the BrailleNote, with the ability to vary the speed of the content (i.e. speed up and slow down the narration).
It's a program someone on another list pointed me to called the Daisy Book Generator. It sounds almost too easy to be true, but believe me, it's the coolest thing. You right-click on a folder of MP3 files on a PC running Windows, pick the Daisy generator option from the context menu, and the necessary files are generated to turn the folder into a DAISY book. Then you slip it on a storage card, load it up in the media player, and you're all set to listen to your audio material that was not originally created in the DAISY format. Occasionally I have found the BrailleNote to be a bit slow with loading books composed of many audio files (i.e. a hundred or more), but in general it does a fantastic job with these books, and it is a pleasure to be able to turn mainstream MP3 files into a format that supports variable speed control on the BrailleNote. Here's the link to the program, and happy listening. http://jaapvanlelieveld.xs4all.nl/daisy.htm Cheers, Grant ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
