and while we're at it, how many angels can dance on the head of a pin? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Marie Medlar" <amedl...@gmail.com> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] determine how many Bard books canfiton1GBcartridge?
: You go girl, and keep smiling. Yep I was just trying to determine how : many hours a 1 GB cartridge would hold rather than in byts or MB. But it : seams that 84 85 hours is about average for 1 GB give or take an hour. : Thanks to all for feedback. : : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "Janie Degenshein" <jdege...@comcast.net> : To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> : Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 2:43 PM : Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] determine how many Bard books : canfiton1GBcartridge? : : : > If you want to make it easy to remember. . . : > about 80 or a bit more hours per 1 gig of memory : > 2 gig = 170 hours or so. . . : > so if you wanted to load the old/new testaments of the bible which is : > almost 80 hours. . . : > 1 book will fit the 1 gig cartridge : > whew! : > : > : > : > Keep Smiling, : > Janie Degenshein : > "Happiness isn't having what you want, but wanting what you already have" : > Access Tech Consultant : > Facilitator of ECHO : > (Eyes Closed Hearts Open) : > President, National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey Senior Division : > Co-host of OTBS On The Bright Side : > www.thruoureyes.org/brightside.html : > jdege...@comcast.net : > -----Original Message----- : > From: Pauline : > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 2:12 PM : > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com : > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] determine how many Bard books can : > fiton1GBcartridge? : > : > You make a good point. : > The length of each book determines how many books you will fit on a : > cartridge. : > I have as many as 15 books on one of my cartridges. : > Now, that is a 2 GB. : > : > : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: "David Ferrin" <ow...@jaws-users.com> : > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> : > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 12:45 PM : > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] determine how many Bard books can fit : > on1GBcartridge? : > : > : > I should add if you put war and peace on there which is around 580 : > megabytes, then you aren't going to put too many more on the card. : > David Ferrin : > A person who has a closed mind is afraid of learning. : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: "David Ferrin" <ow...@jaws-users.com> : > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> : > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 12:43 PM : > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] determine how many Bard books can fit on : > 1GBcartridge? : > : > : > All depends on the size of each book, but on average I'd say some where : > around 8 to 11. : > David Ferrin : > A person who has a closed mind is afraid of learning. : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: "Ann Marie Medlar" <amedl...@gmail.com> : > To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> : > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 12:04 PM : > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] determine how many Bard books can fit on 1 : > GBcartridge? : > : > : > Hi all, : > There may be an easier way to calculate but... : > I downloaded DB-Burnett, Carol-One More Time- A Memoir-DB25096 from USA : > Bard : > library and it states that book is 10 hours 31 minutes. : > I went into properties and book is : > Size: 110 MB (115,449,182 bytes) : > My friend has a 1 GB cartridge and he asked me how many books could fit on : > a : > cartridge. : > 1 GB = 1000 MB : > I used the 110 mb but I needed to round the bytes to 116 to get a good : > rounded number without truncation. : > so 1000 divided by 116 = 8.6 : > So approximately 8 complete books that are 10 hours and 31 minutes long : > could fit on 1 GB cartridge. : > Or approximately 84 / 85 hours can fit on a 1 GBB cartridge if downloaded : > from Bard site. : > What I did is that I copied the book to cartridge and then renamed it 1 to : > 9 : > and copied to cartridge and on the ninth time Windows stated disk is full. : > At first I divided 1000 by 110 but I need to take the byte size and round : > up : > to get an approximation. : > : > : > of this 10.5 hours could fit on a 1 GB cartridge. : > : > : > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : > : > : > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : > : > : > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : > : > : > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : > : > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ : : : For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: : http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
