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From: Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]>

> 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 re ader 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 othe r 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.
>