What you get when you are listening to
Audible books, when holding down the zero key for 2 seconds on the
BookSense Standard is: title, then arrowing down: artist, album, and
then narrator. That is all. If someone is getting the time, please
tell me how you are doing it.
At 07:46 AM 11/9/2009 -0800, you wrote:
Cheryl,
Many thanks for the detailed and thorough response. So given you have
confirmed that pressing 0 during an Audible book announces the total time,
and likewise pressing long 0 during an NLS book does the same, it is
possible to find elapsed time and total time for both types of books. So
this means that the users that were saying it is not possible to learn total
time yesterday were then mistaken?
For example, Rod Gowen said yesterday:
"When playing a media file, MP3 or other, pressing the zero key will tell
you not only the title of the file and the elapsed time, but also the total
time, the track number of the file in the current folder and the current
mode of the player, I.E. pause."
Sandy Licht then responded:
"Not with Audible books."
RS_Denis then said:
"With a media file playing, pressing the zero once quickly will give you the
elapsed time but there is no way that I could see of getting the total time.
This may be because in media files, the sampling and bit rates may differ
making total time unpredictable to the machine."
Missy Hoppe then confirmed:
"same here. it doesn't do that with audible or mp3 files that I noticed. I
wish it did."
Given what all the above have said and that it didn't match up with all the
podcasts I had listened to, this is why I was confused. :) So in
conclusion, it would appear these users are incorrect?
Suleyman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cheryl Lenartiene" <[email protected]>
To: "Suleyman Gokyigit" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 4:57 AM
Subject: Re: [GW-Booksense] Questions from a Perspective Buyer
Dear Suleyman,
Yes, when you play an Audible book or any audio file and you press the 0
key, it will announce the elapsed time and the total time automatically.
When you play an NLS book, pressing 0 announces the current heading and time
elapsed. However, ifyou press and hold 0, you'll access the DAISY info
dialog, which contains the total number of bookmarksyou have set, your
current heading and the total number of headings, the length of the book in
hours and minutes, the time elapsed, and the time remaining.
As to your speed question, the current maximum speed is level four, which is
2 times normal speed. I have compared the Victor and the BookSense side by
side using the same book, and speed 4 on the BookSense is right between
speeds 4 and 5 on the Victor, meaning that speed 4 on the BookSense is
slightly faster than speed 4 on the Victor, but not as fast as speed 5.
Hope this helps,
Cheryl
Be joyful always, pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances,
for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
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From: "Suleyman Gokyigit" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 1:08 AM
To: <[email protected]>
Subject: [GW-Booksense] Questions from a Perspective Buyer
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
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