Brian, that only works if the crash you experience is planned for. I have had to reset my device because, sometimes, it simply locks up. I would like a way to avoid having to redo the settings when those unexpected crashes happen. -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Buhrow Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 4:45 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: My Last Word on Feature Changes Hello Richard. To save settings, as I learned early in my Bookport career, press D, E, and F often. Then, when it crashes, just pull the batteries, put them back, and you're all set, except for the clock. -Brian On Sep 16, 4:28pm, "Richard Ring" wrote: } Subject: [bookport] Re: My Last Word on Feature Changes } No, I don't believe that all feature requests are a result of } dissatisfaction, however I do sense that many individuals seem to feel } that the unit is seriously flawed. All of the units specifications are } public knowledge, and I simply feel that if those who feel that the } device does not meet their needs had taken the time to find out exactly } what the machine can and cannot do, they would not be as unhappy with } their purchase as some seem to be. } I am glad that the device plays MP3 files, I don't use it for that, but } I am glad it does. } I have experimented with its MP3 navigation, and I find it wonderful. } I wish there was a way to save settings to the compact flash card so as } to allow you to reload your previous settings after a crash, but that's } about all I want. } } -----Original Message----- } From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx } [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary Wunder } Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 4:19 PM } To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx } Subject: [bookport] Re: My Last Word on Feature Changes } } } Hi Richard. You may be right, but in my case my suggestions for } enhancements have come not from a dissatisfaction with the unit } but the very opposite - observing just how much the APH folks can } make the unit do now that it didn't do when first I saw and } purchased one. It was fantastic when I purchased it, but it } couldn't handle MP3 very well unless it had come through the } transfer software and now these play fine. I couldn't move files } to different folders, but now I can. This is a fine fine machine, } and I hope no one interprets observations and suggestions as } regrets for a tremendous purchase. } } ----- Original Message ----- } From: "Richard Ring" <ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> } To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> } Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 3:55 PM } Subject: [bookport] Re: My Last Word on Feature Changes } } } I have one thought on this subject. } It seems that many individuals on this list have purchased the } Bookport } who now find it lacking in many features they would like the } device to } have. } Perhaps it would have been a good idea for individuals to } research the } product thoroughly before purchase so as to not become so } disappointed } and frustrated with the current unit. } } } -----Original Message----- } From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx } [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Neal Ewers } Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 4:23 PM } To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx } Subject: [bookport] Re: My Last Word on Feature Changes } } } Bruce, nice list. I didn't see it when you posted it originally. } Thanks for sharing it again. } } Neal } } } } -----Original Message----- } From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx } [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bruce Toews } Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 4:14 PM } To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx } Subject: [bookport] My Last Word on Feature Changes } } } As my very last word ever on the subject of suggestions for new } features } and so on, I wil repost my annotated wish list, lest people like } Walt } think I am trying to turn the BP into something other than what } it is. } } After this post, I assure you this is the last you'll hear from } me on } this } list about not-yet-implemented changes. } } HIGH PRIORITIES: } 1. USB 2-enabled; the speed difference is substantial. } No functionality increase here, just a difference in speed for } existing } functionality. } } 2. A true lock mode that doesn't activate the unit every time a } key is } pressed; Again, no increased functionality here, just more } efficient } use of an existing } function. } } 3. Seek to time feature; seeking by time is fine for short files, } but } seek to } time would still, in my mind, be desirable. } Yes, it's a new function, but it's well in keeping with BP's } mandate. } Searching } through a long audiobook MP3 can often be better facilitated by } jumping } directly to a specified time. } } 4. Direct, no-vonversion-necessary, OGG Vorbis support. } Nothing new to learn, just a little more versatility in formats } that } are } allowable. Well with in BP's current mandate. } } 5. Option for an externally audible beep to indicate recording. } The } record } feature is really nice, but it gets less convenient if you have } to put } on a } pair of headphones each time to get the audible varification that } you're } recording. } Nothing new to learn, unless the audible beep is configurable in } the } menu. Just } making an existing function more convenient. } } 6. Independent volume controls for voice and audio. } The volume differences between synthetic speech and audio are } really } quite } profound, and if you have the volume set right for a piece of } audio, } you might } miss error or warning messages the machine tries to give you. } } 7. More memory in the unit and a more modern processor, so that } things } like necessary conversions, grade two translation, etc. could be } done } in the } unit and on the fly. } Offers speed increases and more flexibility for APH programmers. } Essentially it } allows the BP itself to do what the software previous had to do. } What } if you } don't have an hour to transfer a large book to your unit? } } 8. 4-GIG CF card support. } No new functionality here, just more potential versatility for } those } who want } it. } } 9. Correct mapping of the stereo channels to the correct } speakers. } Simple fix of a hardware bug, no new functionality. } } 10. Still-finer control of volume. } No increased options to learn, just a finer control over how loud } you } want your } unit to be for those of us whose ideal volume is between two } existing } volume } levels. } } 11. Eliminate transfer limit of 250 MB } Just the removal of a restriction that inhibits transfering of } DAISY } books on } CD. No new functionality. } } 12. Ability to sort directory listings automatically so files } play in } correct order. } } Again, BP's mandate is served by this, some purchased MP3 books } are } numerically } named and it is helpful to know what order you're going to hear } your } book in. } No new outward functionality, but a smoother reading experience. } } Lower-Priority: } 1. Third battery to run the clock. } This could be a small watch battery which would probably last for } years, since } it's just running a clock, not displaying or saying anything. } } 2. Ability to write error messages to files so that line numbers } need } not be } memorized. } Handy for beta testing. } } 3. Memorize latest point read in a file in case that point was } inadvertently navigated away from; should work for audio and text } files. } } Not terribly ground-breaking, just a way to get to the last point } read } in case } you inadvertently lean on the go-to-top feature or something. } } I utterly fail to see what is so outrageous about these } suggestions, } or how } these suggestions turn the BP into something other than what it } is. } With the } exception of the rewiring to correct the switched stereo channels } and } a clock } backup battery, everyon one of these suggestions is directly } relevant } to book } reading. I am not asking for PDA functions, for Internet support, } or } anything } else that doesn't directly fit into BP's reason for being. My } list } isn't } suggesting radios, external speakers, WIFI support, spell } checkers, } dictionaries, blood pressure gauges, dehumidifiers, or anything } else } like that. } I was very deliberately thinking of the BP's mandate, what it's } here } for, and } what its potential, with redesign, could be to improve on its } existing } features } and purposes. } } -- } Bruce Toews } E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: dogriver@xxxxxxxx } Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): } http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: } http://www.cornergas.com } } On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Scott D. Henning wrote: } } > Hi, } > } > I only drop in sometimes, this discussion is interesting. The } Pocket } > PC is the machine many are envisioning for raw horsepower and } > connectivity. The battery life is poor, but they are very } mature } > devices now. If someone wrote a screen reader for it...we } could } > experience true Windows power and frustration. Devices with } a } focus } > like Bookport can be more stable and can be easier to use, due } to a } } > lack of ambiguity. I actually feel the Bookport may already } be } too } > many things. I have hundreds of keystrokes to remember (so } does } > everyone else here, smile), I actually think menu driven } software } and } > devices make sense when so many options are availible. } > } > The Bookport can evolve, should evolve, but I do not think it } should } > lose it's basic function in a wealth of features. } > } > Scott D. Henning } > Cheif Engineer } > KSUT Public Radio } > } > } > } > } } } -- } Bruce Toews } E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: dogriver@xxxxxxxx } Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): } http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: } http://www.cornergas.com } } } } } >-- End of excerpt from "Richard Ring"