Hello Regarding RFB&D support the are 2 issues. One side is the
technical issue where the BookSense has to meet certain criteria and
then there is the acceptance from RFB&D where they must make sure that
the BookSense meets their standards. In other words, HIMS has to make
sure that all the I's are dotted and T's crossed properly. So where
things stand now is that the technical side are done, meaning that
technically the BookSense has what it needs to play RFBZ&D, however HIMS
and RFB&D are still going back and forth to make sure that everything is
met according to RFB&D standards.
This is why the firmware with RFB&D support did not come out when we
were initially expecting.
many thanks.
On 11/9/2009 12:25 PM, Suleyman Gokyigit wrote:
Brian,
Thanks for the suggestion. Is there any information or expected timeframe
as to when a new firmware will be released for the Booksense? I know that
during the Unveiling back in June, they said that RFB&D support would be in
the next upgrade, hopefully before the school year. They released the new
update before the school year (August 6), but I haven't seen anything since
then on any new firmware. I figured maybe you all on this list are better
in tune than someone from the outside.
Thanks,
Suleyman
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian and Denise Albriton"<[email protected]>
To: "Suleyman Gokyigit"<[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: [GW-Booksense] Questions from a Perspective Buyer
Just as a by the way, the bookmarking feature in the booksense does not
have the equivalent of:
Highlight bookmarking or audiobook marking for NLS books.
I have both players and the victor reaer stream is still my player of
choice.
Brian
If you have a stream already, you might hold off until the next firmware
update and see what people experience with the new firmware for the
booksense.
Brian
On Sun, 8 Nov 2009, Suleyman Gokyigit wrote:
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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