well, compaired to the olympus recorders the stream is horid, in the recording aspect. but the plextalk pocket far surpasses the recording of any one of the olympus recorders. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Grady" <[email protected]> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 6:31 AM Subject: Re: Blind Computer Users Plextalk Pocket ptp1 version 3.0firmwarenowavailable.
Well, the Stream can't record wma files, so I have no idea what you were comparing but is there a users list for the plextalk pocket? On Oct 9, 2009, at 2:07 AM, André van Deventer wrote: > The xtreme has been on the market much longer. > > And I heard some recordings made by the xtreme. They're probably > even worse > than that of the olympus. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc- > audio.org] > On Behalf Of Tim Grady > Sent: 08 October 2009 10:33 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: Blind Computer Users Plextalk Pocket ptp1 version 3.0 > firmwarenowavailable. > > Why do you say that about unprotected wma support? The Stream has > had that > for quite some time. > On Oct 8, 2009, at 12:13 PM, André van Deventer wrote: > >> I realise that some folks may think that some of are perhaps hyping >> this device a bit too much, but I must say I am impressed by the >> frequency of update to the firmware of the pocket. And I believe >> these are really meaningful changes especially the WMA support. >> Plextor definitely seems to have gotten it right on this one. >> >> Andre >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc- >> audio.org] >> On Behalf Of G-Dog >> Sent: 08 October 2009 01:14 PM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: Fw: Blind Computer Users Plextalk Pocket ptp1 version 3.0 >> firmwarenow available. >> >> FYI....G-Dog! >> plextalk pocket firmware. >> Release note >> 7 October, 2009 >> PLEXTALK Pocket PTP1 version 3 Released. >> Read more texts and books with fast navigation. >> PLEXTALK Pocket PTP1 Firmware Upgrade: Version 3 Shinano Kenshi Co., >> Ltd. >> and Plextor are pleased to announce the release of PLEXTALK Pocket >> PTP1 new >> firmware, Version 3. >> Version 3 has added more format support: Microsoft Word .doc and WMA >> (Windows Media Audio)*. >> * Pocket PTP1 supports only unprotected WMA at present. >> The playable content/formats on PLEXTALK Pocket PTP1 Version 3 are: >> Daisy 2.02, ANSI/NISO Z39.86/DAISY 3.0, NLS, Bookshare, RFB&D TXT, >> HTML, DOC >> MP3, WAV, AMR-MB+, DAISY ADPCM2, OGG, WMA unprotected Version 3 has >> more >> simplified operation and is more intuitive such as: >> Faster key response, >> Option to suppress a key sound after pressing, Announce file/folder >> name as >> audio track/album name Automatic bookmark numbering More features >> have been >> added on Version 3 for your easy navigation, recording sound quality >> and >> others. >> 7 languages are available currently with Version 3 and other language >> versions will be released accordingly. >> For more details, please see the release note. >> [Pocket PTP1] Firmware Upgrade: Version 3.00 New Contents Support >> Microsoft >> Word .doc file support: To read a Microsoft Word .doc file on SD >> card or USB >> flash memory by the TTS engine. Pocket PTP1 categorizes MS Word .doc >> in >> 'text'. >> WMA (Window Media Audio) support: To play back unprotected WMA >> format audio >> files on SD card or USB flash memory. >> Bookshare book playback improvement: To announce the title name of a >> Bookshare book. >> To navigate a Bookshare book by page properly. >> More Simplified and Intuitive Operations All key responses have been >> improved. A key confirmation sound or a voice prompt comes up more >> quickly >> after pressing a key (fast forward, rewind, level navigation, direct >> title/content jump, menu selection, etc.). >> New option to eliminate the sounds made after key press. On 'Select >> the Key >> Press Confirmation Sound' of 'System Settings' on the Menu, you can >> choose >> those sound 'On' or 'Off' >> Announce an album/track name of audio content. On 'Reading audio >> file name' >> of 'Playback >> Settings' of the Menu, you can choose the announcing options of >> either 'Read >> Album/Track Name' or 'Read Album/Track Number'. Pocket PTP1 >> announces a >> folder name where the audio content is stored as the album name, and >> a file >> name without the file extension as the track name of the audio >> content. >> Automatic bookmark numbering. If you do not want to determine the >> number of >> a bookmark you are going to set, just press the Bookmark Key twice >> then >> press the Enter Key, so Pocket PTP1 will automatically give the >> smallest >> bookmark number you were not using. If you press the '0' Key and the >> Enter >> Key after you press the Bookmark Key twice, Pocket PTP1 will also >> give you >> the smallest number automatically. >> Changed the title/folder/category announcements. When you select a >> title >> after pressing the Title Key, Pocket PTP1 makes simple announcements >> than >> the previous versions. >> And when you want to select a folder by pressing the 'Up' Key >> following the >> Title Key, Pocket PTP1 announces the folder name. >> Play text files more naturally when going to the next line. >> Changed the order of the items in 'System Settings' of the Menu. >> 'Initialize >> all settings to default' has been moved to the last item. >> More Powerful Navigation >> Added two navigation levels for text playback; 'line' and 'screen'. >> 1) Forty >> words or 2) less than forty words before a carriage return have been >> defined >> as a 'line'. >> Forty lines has been defined as a 'screen'. >> Now you can navigate a text file by screen, paragraph, line, >> sentence, word >> or character., and a DAISY title by heading (level 1 to 6), group, >> page, >> phrase, screen, paragraph, line, sentence, word or character if such >> items >> are defined on the DAISY title. >> Added a DAISY-like level navigation feature for html files by >> recognizing H1 >> through >> H6 heading levels. >> Recording and Playing Feature Enhancement Improved the recording >> sound >> quality by MP3 for DAISY recording and voice memo. >> Added MP3 high-quality modes on 'Back-up' of music CD. After >> pressing the >> '9' Key to back up a music CD on a CD drive connected to Pocket >> PTP1, you >> can select >> 'MP3 >> 256kbps high-quality' or 'MP3 128kbps high-quality' in addition to >> the >> previous modes, >> 'MP3 256kbps', 'MP3 128kbps' and 'PCM'. When you select either of >> the two >> modes, you can back up better sound quality music titles into a SD >> card. >> Please note that those modes need 20% to 90% more time to back up >> the music >> than the previous >> MP3 >> modes. >> Enhanced the compatibility with variety of MP3 formats. >> To announce decryption key information on the Menu. After you >> install a key >> to decrypt a PDTB title (for example, books from NLS or RFB&D), you >> can >> check whether the key has been installed properly by hearing this >> announcement. 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