Hi, I definitely agree. Just look at the BGT manual. Besides the audio version being huge it is pretty much impossible to find anything you want in a hurry. However, using a standard chm file, html format, or one written in XML docbook it would be extremely easy to find what you are looking for by traveling directly to the section/subsection where the information is. The only thing audio books/manuals are good for is if you want to listen to something for the first time, but after that they are pretty much useless as a reference guide/source for looking anything up.
For instance, when I was still in college I had the option to have my books read to me on tape or to have them scanned to text files. My first quarter I opted to have them read to me on tape thinking that would be the best way to go. What I soon discovered is it made my job several times harder because after I read the chapters once through, and then wanted to take notes I had to fast forward and rewind trying to find the information I wanted. Often times it was just quicker to listen to it pause the tape, take notes, as I was reading the chapter so I'd never have to look up the info again from the actual book. My second quarter I opted to have all of my books scanned and saved as MS Word doc files. Besides being much more portible I could insert markers in the text to jump to areas of interest, I could copy the text of the information directly into my notes, and using find and replace made it easy to search for anything I was looking for in a hurry. So my experience with audio books/manuals is that beyond leasure reading they aren't worth much as a resource. Cheers! On 3/15/11, Hayden Presley <hdpres...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > Audio manuals? Those are a pain. If they aren't marked up correctly you'd > spend hours trying to find that little snippet of info you're looking for. > Plus--they're quite a bit bigge then chm, htm, txt, doc, and any other fiels > of that type you could mention. > > Best Regards, > Hayden --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
