Greek Audio New Testament

For anyone who has used the Greek Audio New Testament in Libronix/Logos 3 and then used it in Logos 4/Logos 4 Mac, it is plain to see that the L4 version is not as fully featured as it was in L3.

There is no text-following arrow.
There is no speed changing ability.
There is no passage limiting ability.
There is no icon bar.

In short, it's a pale shadow of what it was.

I would like to suggest that the above list of omissions be addressed, in order of numerical priority, so that we can have a resource at least equivalent to what we had before under L3.

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Robert Pavich

Alan,

I'd agree. I was assuming that this was a "prelim" release and that features were to follow...

If the pattern holds true...then L4's final implementation will outshine L3's.

JimTowler

There is no text-following arrow.
There is no speed changing ability.
There is no passage limiting ability.
There is no icon bar.

I have the Greek Audio NT, so can comment:

I get a target redrawn at the start of each verse, and a dancing "blob" that follows each word by word as it reads. I expect, but have not checked, that its subject to the program setting for "Show Visual Cues".
True. Its nice to have "Slow" when learning as for V3.
True. Be nice to have it read a given range then stop.
I'm not sure what this means. I have created an Icon in the Toolbar for the command "Start Reading Aloud" which makes it go. There is a small window in the upper-right while its active. It supports Pause/Play/Quit or Seek to a new location (i.e. Play it Again Sam)

Alan Macgregor

I get a target redrawn at the start of each verse, and a dancing "blob" that follows each word by word as it reads. I expect, but have not checked, that its subject to the program setting for "Show Visual Cues".

Jim

In Logos 4 Mac I only get a flare at the start of each verse. No dancing blob. [:(]

I suppose I could create a read aloud icon, but in L3 there was an icon bar with various controls to vary speed, jump verses, insert passage limits. It was/is really useful.

Every blessing

Alan

Andy

I have the Greek Audio NT, so can comment:

I get a target redrawn at the start of each verse, and a dancing "blob" that follows each word by word as it reads. I expect, but have not checked, that its subject to the program setting for "Show Visual Cues".

Hi Jim,

I am surprised that you are getting the dancing 'blob'... I am playing the Greek Audio NT in 4d SR1 on a PC through Windows 7 and am not getting the same results... 'Show Visual Cues' is marked 'Yes'... How strange...

Do you find that switching 'Show Visual Cues' to 'No' deactivates the tracker? I was also wondering if you were a Beta tester and whether this is a new fix? Did you get the same results in 4d (pre-Beta)?

Sorry for the list of questions, but it would be really helpful to get this feature working in L4. Any pointers would be gratefully received!

Thanks in advance!

Andy

JimTowler

Hi Andy,

I have two different versions of NA27 as follows:

LOGOSNA27.Logos4
NA27INT.Logos4

One license came with my Logos 2 Level-3 Boxed set about 14 years ago. It did not use to work word-by-word with Logos3, so I purchased the other NA27 product, which then did have the word-by-word tracking under L3.

Testing just now, with Logos 4.1 Beta 3, both of them work just fine. For both of them, I get a light-green blob dancing along each word as the audio plays. Also, if I have Cues=ON, then I also get a target drawn at the start of each verse as everything progresses.

I'm sorry, I don't remember what they did under Logos 4.0x. I do remember, some time back under Logos3, that only the one would follow along, which is why I purchased it. From memory, something like US$99 or $127 about a year ago.

I am using Windows Vista 32.

Rosie Perera

I too get the dancing blob. L4.1B3 on Vista. It works in na27.logos4, , logosna27.logos4, na27int.logos4, and logosna27int.logos4.

TCBlack

Just so everyone knows what we're talking about: Greek Audio New Testament

I don't own it, but I'd like to.

Kent Hendricks

Hi all,

We're aware of these issues and we're working on them.

Thanks!

Andy

We're aware of these issues and we're working on them.

Thanks, everyone for the assistance with this, but I suspect I am one of those with 'issues' (at least that is what my wife likes to tell me).

I have tried it with NA27, NA27 (with GRAMCORD) and the NA27 interlinear. When I opt for 'Read aloud' it does just that... Only I don't seem to have the bouncing ball...

I can muddle along for now...And look forward to a fix!

Thanks very much again

Alan Macgregor

Just so everyone knows what we're talking about: Greek Audio New Testament

We are also talking cross-platform in both Logos 4 and Logos 4 Mac.

David N.

2010/12/30

Hi Kent, You said:

Hi all,
We're aware of these issues and we're working on them.

Thanks!

I got Logos 4 for Christmas and I am really missing the functionality of The Greek Audio New Testament that I had in Libronix 3. Has there been any progress on this resource?

Thanks, David

Alan Macgregor

David

Things have progressed since we were posting about this in the summer.

Accessed from menu drop-down (at least in Logos 4 Mac, can't speak for Windows version).

Read aloud works reasonably, though sound quality is a bit rough.
Tracking works well with "bouncing ball" keeping up as well as it did in Libronix.
if you have a passage selected in NA 27, say Mark 1:1-15, it does not stop at the end of your passage.
Still no speed control though.

See screen shots below:

So, all-in-all, I'd say that there has been enough progress, so that IMHO, it is usable with Logos 4 Mac, as long as you can follow the standard reading speed.

Like you, I look forward to it being fully-functional.

Every blessing

Alan

Steve Shelton

Is the issue of controlling the voice still an issue on this?