Hi all Just my two cents worth on this also ...
I would rather go to the trouble of converting a .txt book into mp3 with a reasonable sapi 5 voice than suffer listening to the very robotic sounding speech of the bookport. Sure technology has improved somewhat since the 1980s since that type of speech was used? Andre -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 09 December 2006 01:58 PM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: The best MP3 player Hi everyone! A very interesting thread this one but (for my needs at least) the Bookport doesn't seem to be the best MP3 player but it is by no means the only accessible mp3 player around. Take for example my Nokia N70 mobile phone using the Talks software, no trouble whatsoever accessing the MP3 music player on that and no trouble whatsoever transferring files to the phone from my computers or downloading them from the net as the phone is both USB and bluetooth compatible, its a "WCDMA" phone so you have the added benefit of broad-band internet speeds for uploading and downloading, I've been using this little beauty for ten months. Then of course there is my Iriver 340 which I've had for nearly 2 years now which has served me well with its ability to record, its ease of upgrading to thigns such as Rockbox and the like etc. Then I have my CD Players here which will play MP3 files and so it goes on. Well I looked at the Bookport and I have to admit it looks very nice particularly if you're wanting to read allot of books etc but the only downlside for my needs at least was the fact that I couldn't find out whether this device could record say from a "line-in" audio source, quite frankly for the amount of money I'd be paying for one of these things I'd expect that to be part and parcel of the machine but I do understand and respect the fact that everyone's needs are different to everyone elses so therefor I'm reluctant to knock any one product in favour of another. Dane Trethowan Positive power and feeling from me is yours. Phone: +61 3 9747 3975 Fax: +61 3 9743 7954 mobile: +61425 777 508 Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: grtdane12 _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
