Hi everyone, I am a current VictorReader Stream user and am looking at purchasing a Booksense; however, I have two questions (I will probably have more in the future) that I cannot seem to find definite answers for.
First, I just saw today some discussions on this mailing list regarding the information that is presented when pressing the 0 key while playing a file. Specifically, it was stated by several users that when listening to an Audible file, pressing the 0 key does not tell you the total time of the file. I wanted to get confirmation on this because while listening to multiple demos and podcasts of the Booksense, the 0 key always presented the total time of an Audible file (I just went back and checked a couple podcasts to confirm). So when I saw users saying that it is not reported, this is giving me pause, as this is very important information, and I am wondering what has changed to suddenly make the unit not report this information. Second, I have read that the Booksense does not speed up audio files up as much as the Victor (I am referring to recorded books such as Audible or NLS, not TTS here), but I have not seen any information regarding exactly how much faster the Booksense can play the file. I am aware it can increase up to 4 levels (+1, +2, +3, and +4), but this is not very meaningful since it does not indicate how fast each of these settings are. Does it speed up by 25%? 50%? 100%? Specifically, I like to listen to podcasts and other audio at exactly double (2x) normal speed. Can the Booksense play this fast? I know the Victor can go faster than even 2x, but I don't need it to be that fast, but if the Booksense cannot speed up to at least 2x, I will not be purchasing it. Many thanks for anyone who is willing to address the above two questions. Suleyman If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list andyour message is related to GW Micro or the BookSense, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-booksense in the body of the message.
