Technical data

a pre-installed text file. This is a short sample how Milestone 312 sounds when it is
converting text into speech. Press “Play” to start it.
Further playback functions and their shortcuts you will find in the main manual.
Record a voice memo
Another very useful function of Milestone 312 is the possibility to do voice recordings. So if
you want to create a spoken shopping list or quickly record a phone number you have just
received at the bar, you can do that on Milestone 312. Or maybe you are a potential
candidate to be the next pop idol, then do not hesitate and perform your own hit on M312,
which directly creates a MP3 file.
For a voice recording we have to be in the Audio device, which is possible to choose with
“Selector”. If you did the previous example playing the song, you should already be
located in the Audio device.
So let us take the example in the bar. The great lady or the nice man next to you tells you
her or his phone number. Therefore you keep “Rec” pressed, and after you have heard a
short click, you can record the phone number. When you have finished your message, you
can stop holding “Rec” and your message with the number is saved on Milestone 312.
Instead of doing a short recording by pressing “Rec”, you can also use the continuous
recording with the following shortcut. Press again “Rec” but in addition press “Play” after
you have heard a short click. Milestone will identify the start of the continuous recording
with the sound sequence “low pitched-high pitched”. The recording lasts until you press
“Rec” again. When it stops Milestone 312 will give out the opposite sound sequence “high
pitched-low pitched”.
Let us assume now you are at home and would like to make a phone call to the friendly
person from the bar. You require the phone number again. Therefore you need to be in the
Audio device and then press “Play”. If there is more than one message, you can jump
backwards and forwards with the two arrow buttons until you reach the phone number.
So if everything worked well, you now have a date!
Listen to a book
Milestone 312 supports special talking books for example in DAISY or Audible format. The
big advantage over standard audio books is the possibility of extensive navigation inside a
book. Let us assume you have a SD memory card with a DAISY book:
To listen to a book, press “Selector” until you reach the device “Books”.
Would you push “Play” the book would start playing. To pause the book, you would have to
push the “Play” button again.
You can move through the book with many different navigational levels even without a
book available. Choose one of them by pushing “Rec” or “Mode” to jump up and down in
the different kinds of navigational levels. Stop at the level “Phrases”. Now you could use
the arrow buttons to jump through the book, from one phrase to another, forwards and
backwards.
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