[bookport] Re: More braille suggestions
- From: "foxtrot" <foxtrot1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 14:13:38 -0400
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From: "David Allen" <wd8ldy@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 7:29 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: More braille suggestions
I'm fine with adding more Braille functions to Bookport, but don't change
the current functions to Braille input, as some of us don't know Braille,
and you'd be taking those functions away from the device for us.
Rick
> Hi James and list:
>
> I especially like your idea of a date format setting. To me, it is a
fairly
> small matter because I accept as I must. But I do live in a country that
> uses what I will call the unamerican format for dates. When I have shown
> others all the Bookport can do, they always notice the date being in what
> they consider to be the wrong format. Sadly enough, it is one of the
things
> they feel strongly enough about that they think it is a useless feature
> because it can't be adjusted in the way familiar to them. The Braille note
> accomplishes this very nicely by offering choices of UK and US date
formats.
> If the Bookport could do the same, it would easily raise its appeal to the
> international market. By the way, New Zealand uses American Braille
> translation rules, so we don't have to grapple with that issue. But that
> brings up another idea. What about a Braille translation setting?
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
>
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