[bookport] Re: New Bookport ideas
- From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:46:58 -0500
Well, we could say that the average telephone is a cell phone, and take the
size of those buttons and we all would be in trouble.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neal Ewers" <neal.ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:24 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: New Bookport ideas
:I think you will have a really hard time making the keys smaller. The
: testing we have done at Trace for various phone projects, A T M machines
: and other products I can't mention has lead us to believe that you start
: leaving out vast segments of the older population plus a number of other
: people when you make the keys too small to use. As it is now, the keys
: are just about the dimensions of a standard telephone, plus or minus.
: Well, and what is a standard telephone these days anyway, so perhaps
: that is not a good example. But I would caution against making them any
: smaller than they are now.
:
: Neal
:
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: -----Original Message-----
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: [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bruce Toews
: Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 1:15 PM
: To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: Subject: [bookport] Re: New Bookport ideas
:
:
: What about keeping the keys the same size, but just moving them a touch
: closer together? My preference would be for much smaller keys much
: closer
: together, but I agree this would be a problem to people without the
: finger
: dexterity or precision.
: Bruce
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: On Sun, 23 Apr 2006, Russ & Valerie wrote:
:
: > I agree that smaller keys will be a challenge for some.
: >
: > My aunt is using a BP, and she can just manage the buttons as she is a
:
: > bit
: > frail and her fingers not always steady.
: >
: >
: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
: > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: > Sent: Sunday, 23 April, 2006 11 21
: > Subject: [bookport] Re: New Bookport ideas
: >
: >
: >> A BP with smaller keys might be okay, but I do wonder about the
: >> elderly or multi-handicapped user's ability to manipulate something
: >> that would enable a design of the size you mention here--a
: >> cigarette pack. While I don't know this to have been the case when
: >> the original device was designed, the present keypad certainly looks
:
: >> as if this section of the potential market was considered. I know
: >> from experience and observation that many elderly users just can't
: >> cope very well with buttons the size most of us find usable. Since
: >> NLS, from what I gather, isn't planning to produce a truly portable
: >> player when they move to digital Talking Books, I can imagine APH
: >> wanting to fill this gap, provided they can work with NLS to get the
:
: >> necessary permissions and work out the technology, so these folks
: >> would absolutely have to be taken into account in any design
: >> considerations.
: >>
: >> I think that on balance, I also like the idea of moving to SD cards
: >> from CompactFlash, particularly if industry forecasts indicate that
: >> even higher-capacity SD cards may be forthcoming in the future and
: >> if NLS decides to move in that direction. Right now, 4 gig is the
: >> largest available size and if APH succeeds in removing all card size
:
: >> limitations, I can see that some folks may very well want to buy
: >> even larger-capacity cards. My sole concern about using SD cards is
: >> their relative fragility when compared to CompactFlash--I just see
: >> them as being too easy to damage or lose. CompactFlash is certainly
: >> going to continue to be around for a long, long time, given the
: >> number of devices that are dependent on them, but using SD would
: >> certainly aid in designing a smaller player.
: >>
: >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Tanner"
: >> <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
: >> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: >> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 8:20 PM
: >> Subject: [bookport] Re: New Bookport ideas
: >>
: >>
: >> It's size is about half to two thirds an inch thick, about 2 inches
: >> wide, and about 5 inches high. I am guessing it would need to be a
: >> bit larger than this unit in order to have decent size keys, but it
: >> would be nice if the BP could be a bit smaller; say the size of a
: >> cigarette pack.
: >>
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