Just to add more to this mix, how is recording quality with the Booksense
as compared to the Plextalk? Anyone
know?
Peace,
Kathy
On Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:35:26 -0500, Sunshine wrote:
>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" <tgr...@cavtel.net>
>To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
>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, Andran 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: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [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, Andran 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: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [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. The announcement is heard on 'System Properties' of
>>>'System
>>>Settings' on the Menu.
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