Hi Phil,

What translation did you get? I was given one as a gift when I was in 
Oregon. I was totally shocked, and I really love it.

It's well worth the money. I wouldn't mind buying the New American 
Standard version some time. I have the King James version.

Okay, I'm going to fix supper now.

Love,
Pat Ferguson


At 11:58 AM 1/29/2007, you wrote:
>      Sandy and I purchased the Solar Powered portable Bibles from
>Speak To Me Catalog.  I've wanted one since they started selling
>them a long while ago.
>
>      When they came Friday, I unpacked them and put them in our
>kitchen window which faces south.  Within minutes, the solar panel
>started charging the batteries.  You can also place them in a room
>with a 60 watt light bulb and they charge three time faster.  You
>get up to 14 hours of play back time.
>
>      It uses a real human voice, that is, somebody read the Bible
>and it was burned into the unit probably using MP3 files.  The
>unit is pocket size and somewhat larger than the Road Runner
>Bibles which uses the double talk synthesizer.  The reader of the
>solar Bible is very good.
>
>      The unit has a built in speaker.  You can use earphones if
>you like and they come with it.  What doesn't come with it is a 9
>volt AC DC adapter which will allow you to charge the unit faster
>or to play the Bible when the batteries have run down.  We went to
>Radio Shack and purchased two 9 volt adapters just in case.
>
>      It has a push button control panel just below the speaker,
>which you can access easily and the volume can be turned up very
>high, but everything is controlled from the panel with the four
>buttons across the control panel.  Off and on, volume low and
>high, pause, bookmark setting, and then a row of three buttons
>down the left and right side of the panel.  The top left and right
>buttons jump from book to book or if held down, it will skip large
>sections of the Bible which enables you to get to other places
>quicker.  The next two buttons, right and left, skip forward and
>backwards by chapters.  The bottom two buttons skip verse by
>verse.
>
>      You cannot speed up or slow down the speech but it would
>sound uncomfortable to me if you could change the speed.  As I
>said, as far as I am concerned, the reader is excellent and for a
>hundred dollars, it is well worth it.
>
>      You can go to
>
>www.speaktomecatalog.com
>
>and cursor down to the search engine.  Type in a search using the
>words Talking bible and it will take you to the single entry.
>There is an audio clip which allows you to hear the reader.  They
>have the King James Version and the New American Standard if you
>prefer an easier to read version.  According to their catalog,
>they must also have just the New Testament for 50 dollars because
>someone at church today found it listed in their print catalog.
>
>Phil.