Well, the book port has a lot more money for research that can be thrown
at
it. After all, who has the pretty much exclusive right, at least to
federal
funds, but the American Printing House, who oh, yeah, makes the Book port.
Their Repair fees are horrendous though.
I do have a BP here to learn borrowed it from the Cleveland Sight Center,
still like the BC's functionality and simplicity. If I wanted a notetaker
and all that I would have bought one, smile.
Course I am one of the ones who didn't buy the all inclusive talking cell
phone too, and am happy with a unit that tells me if I have missed calls
and
new voice mail but no more.
Sigh.
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
www.guidedogs.com
Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
Puppies are the joy at one end.
Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
Carolyn Alexander
----- Original Message -----
From: <Liam.FLYNN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 10:18 AM
Subject: [bookcourier] Re: e: Re: BOOKCOURIER UPDATE
I'm always puzzled by the coexistence of the book port and the book
courier. there always seems to be such energy around the book port. Or
maybe it's just blind cool tech make everything sound up beat?
- Liam
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From: bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of k4zq
Sent: 26 June 2006 14:49
To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookcourier] Re: e: Re: BOOKCOURIER UPDATE
Steve,
My question is basically update the book courier to do what?
I think you're right--discontinued doesn't mean obselete. The
book courier is a great little machine, and until somebody can show me
one that does all these marvelous things better, guess I'll just sit
back, read books, and enjoy.
I have very vivid memories of the time a "talking book" machine
weighed about 20 pounds, and your choice of reading material was limited
to about a 7th grade level. So you're correct--enjoy what we have,
folks, and if something suits you better, it's your choice to pay for
it. If you can't save it up.
Ernie
----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Nutt <mailto:steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2006 1:22 AM
Subject: [bookcourier] Re: e: Re: BOOKCOURIER UPDATE
Hi Jackie,
Springer, I believe, will be servicing BCs for some time
to come. And as to whether you bought the wrong thing, do you know
anything better for the job? I certainly don't. So if that's the case,
that $400 is an investment. When you buy a mobile phone, and they
discontinue it after six months usually, as they do in the UK, you don't
find people saying they bought the wrong thing, just because they
discontinued it? Come on please people, stop getting alarmist, and
enjoy what your BC does so well now. My only concern in all this, is
when the supply dries up, and you can't get them any more.
All the best
--
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computer users.
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From: bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie M.
Sent: 25 June 2006 18:38
To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookcourier] Re: e: Re: BOOKCOURIER UPDATE
Hi,
I too have kept the RFBD beta, although I have not tried
to use it for RFB and D books since the testing period petered out. I
too am very disappoikted that Springer Design is no longer interested in
Book Courier. I feel like maybe I spent $400 on the wrong thing now.
Fortunately, mine still works, as I have not tried any new updates since
the beta.
Is Springer servicing Book Couriers?
- Jackie McCraw
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Ruby <mailto:jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 5:56 PM
Subject: [bookcourier] Re: e: Re: BOOKCOURIER
UPDATE
If this is done what about making it open source
so work could continue?
-----Original Message-----
From: bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of denise avant
Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 1:40 PM
To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookcourier] e: Re: BOOKCOURIER UPDATE
This is indeed unfortunate. Certainly its
springer's right to
move on to another product. However the process
here was not
quite fair. Springer has probably known about
this for weeks if
not months. meanwhile, people have been trying
to decide what to
do about there reading and listening needs.
should I buy the bc,
bookport or milestone? maybe people still might
like the bc, but
wouldn't it have been fair if they could have
made their decision
knowing that nothing more would be done to the
bc to improve it.
even microsoft, the company many love to hate
announces when its
not supporting windows verssions anymore.
many people have asked the question on the list
whether springer
was going to stop upgrading the bc. Every
answer I saw was "no"
last december or january we were asked to
participate in beta
testing for rfb books to be loded onto the bc.
In fact a new
list was created for that purpose. I loaded the
beta software
but never tried to participate in the process as
I had some
difficulty getting rfb to acknowledge the
consent form I sent
three times. But I left the beta software on my
device as I
never received any notification that the beta
period was at an
end.
a new upgrade came out and a message was sent
which advised that
if you were wanting to participate in the beta
for rfb you should
not upgrade to the latest software revision of
the bc. since
that time, I have not done anything to my bc
because I was
waiting to see if a new upgrade would be coming
out after the
beta period with the rfb capability part of it.
its rare that a
company would beta test and then just drop the
ball and say
weeare off to another product. See you.
we have not heard anything from springer until
yesterday when
katie made her announcement. until that time
there was a long
silence from springer. so I did have a feeling
this was going to
happen. consequently, I told someone the other
day that perhaps
he should not buy a bc until we heard whether
there were going to
be continuing improvements with the device
because as many have
pointed out there is room for improvements.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: <bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 12:03:10 +0100
Subject: [bookcourier] Re: BOOKCOURIER UPDATE
Hi Katie,
That's disappointing in a way. It sounds like
we are finished
with BC
updates, and there is a lot of work that could
be done on the
transfer tool.
I really hope that some further development
will be done on it
one day.
All the best
--
Computer Room Services: the long cane for
blind computer users.
Telephone Low-call: 08452 606 277
International: +44(0)1438 742286,
Fax: +44(0)1438 759589
mobile: +44(0)7956 334938,
Email: mailto:Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Web site: http://www.comproom.co.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookcourier-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Katie
Walker
Sent: 23 June 2006 23:08
To: bookcourier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookcourier] Re: BOOKCOURIER UPDATE
Hi everyone,
I am still monitoring the list, but haven't
seen a reason to jump
in
recently. As far as I can tell, you are
helping each other. My
approach is
to wait a while to see if the group responds to
a question before
doing so
myself. Sometimes I contact people off line to
find out if they
have solved
their problem or to follow up on an issue that
doesn't affect the
rest of
the group. If you submit a question or have a
problem that the
group hasn't
been able to handle, you are always welcome to
write to us
directly at
support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Regarding the future, we are working on new
product development.
As a
result, we do not expect to spend much time
working on
BookCourier updates.
While we did pursue an RFB&D filter a few
months ago, the project
has been
stalled by some issues with RFB&D. Admittedly,
given our change
in focus, we
have not put the effort into jumpstarting the
RFB&D project. I'm
sorry to
disappoint the RFB&D members out there.
Katie
Katie Walker
Springer Design, Inc.
katie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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