i never said it was crap. and anyway from many people i have heard that the stream is a good player but lacks in many respects. whild other units are more used to other functions. and other ways of handeling things. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Grady" <tgr...@cavtel.net> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 10:37 AM Subject: Re: Blind Computer Users Plextalk Pocket ptp1 version3.0firmwarenowavailable.
What's this crap. You didn't see me anywhere say it wasn't a better recorder. I think I only said that the Stream could already play unprotected wma, so I didn't think that was anything special about the Plextalk Pocket. Really I just wanted to know about the machine and wondered why something that other machines could do for quite some time. Now was special. If I really wanted to get argumentative and unpleasant I would have pointed out to him that a lot of people don't think that updates to the firmware is as good of a thing as he seems to think. On Oct 9, 2009, at 10:35 AM, 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, 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: 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, 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: 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. 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