I have to agree with Jim. I have both installed on my system and have had
no problems, although my OB doesn't talk to me anymore since I installed
K1000. No big loss, in my humble opinion. Yes, their tech support line is
an 800 number; imagine that! he said sarcastically. As far as the Neospeech
goes: I have found it good for messages, but somewhat slow in terms of
responsiveness for reading text using the arrow keys. Also, I think you
should make sure you use disc cleanup and defrag your hard drive before
installing it. I hadn't done that, and it slowed way down after a couple of
weeks of using the demo version. After doing these things, it went back to
normal; so I think you should just do that before installing K1000 to avoid
any problems with the program slowing down on you later. The Neospeech
engine, especially, does take more resources than a lot of other things and
good disc maintenance should ensure that it is as quick as possible - if you
choose to use it that is. Yes, also, join the list. Lots of good,
knowledgeable people there, including people who actually work for the
company.
----- Original Message -----
From: "The Pardees" <jfpardee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 10:27 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Switching to K-1000
Hi Rick,
I think you made a very wise choice.
I have both Open Book and Kurzweil on my machine, but I never use OB any more.
I would suggest you join the Kurzweil list. You will find many coaches there. Also the tech support is fantastic, and with an eight hundred number.
Jim ast
At 12:44 PM 10/11/06, you wrote:
I am replying to a post, but I changed the subject header!
I just ordered K-1000. It will be groceries of peanut butter for awhile. Well maybe some hummus. Hopefully some of you who use it on this list may be available for some questions.
One I have already is whether I would be best to uninstall the OpenBook software. I don't see why. But I would rather avoid any problems. I have enough usually. (smile)
I was reading on my bookport group discussion list the other day that in K-1000 you can actually prepare and send audio daisy files directly to the bookport. This will be pretty nice. I've also learned of the neo speech synthesizer voices that k-1000 has and that they have 2 new very human sounding voices, Kate and Paul in the version 10 that is on its way.
But of course the biggest reason I have decided to get k-1000 is the
enhanced editing capability and features that will make my bookshare
volunteering even more fun and maybe even less time consuming! So how about
it, will anyone want to be my coach?
Thanks. Rik
-----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lisa Belville Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 8:53 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question Regarding British Quotes
Ah, Monica, you and everyone else using OB is wishing for that update. this
is why I'm thinking of switching my allegiance to Kurzweil if I can scrape up enough cash. Maybe if all of us chain ourselves to the doors they'd start listening? <sigh>
Lisa
----- Original Message ----- From: "Monica Willyard" <plumlipstick@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 4:50 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question Regarding British Quotes
> LOL! Ok, I take your point. How about we fix Jaws so it won't read > the
> apostrophes or mispronounce words because there's an apostrophe next to
> it? That's really the root of the problem for me and is why I change
> quotes. I even tried changing to the British voices to see if they > would
> handle single quotes better. No joy there. I figure my only options > at
> this point are to chain myself to the FS office doors in protest, or I > can
> fix quotes. I elected to change quotes because I'm saving my chaining > act
> for something really important, like getting an update for Openbook.
> (grin)
>
> Monica Willyard
>
> On Tuesday 10/10/2006 04:55 PM, you wrote:
>>Hi, Monica. What an awesome idea. First, we reform their position on
>>quotes and the floodgates will open. We'll fix their spelling, make >>them
>>drive on the right (pun intended), side of the road and more things I
>>can't think of off the top of my head. Oh yeah, make them dial 911
>>instead of9 99. That'll fix 'em! British reform, it's not your Great
>>Great Great Great grandfather's Boston Tea party anymore. <grins>
>>
>>Lisa
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Monica Willyard"
>><plumlipstick@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 4:28 AM
>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question Regarding British Quotes
>>
>>
>>>
>>>>Bleh! I don't suppose there's any way to reform the Brits and teach
>>>>them to use quotes, is there? In the books I scan, they are changed >>>>by
>>>>a batch processer I use because hearing Jaws say apostrophe all the >>>>time
>>>>annoys me. That really doesn't answer your question though. I don't
>>>>know what the official position is on quotation marks. I would think
>>>>that your text should look fine for the Braille folks since all >>>>they'll
>>>>see is an apostrophe like Jaws does.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Monica Willyard
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