[bookport] Re: Saving BP Settings
- From: "James Jolley" <james.jolley1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 00:11:41 +0100
Hi Walt,
lol how can playboy translate into text? Surely your missing out on the
real fun! lol well, could you give me some pointers to download the harry
potter books or is this only for US citizens?
-James-
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 11:59 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Saving BP Settings
> I've just been reading all of the Harry Potter books from downloaded
> Web-Braille files. I edited the files on a PAC Mate and combined them into
> single files with all the header and table of contents junk stripped out.
> I
> read Playboy every month. I love it!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Ring" <ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 4:25 PM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Saving BP Settings
>
>
> Web Braille is wonderful! What I wish is that they had more titles.
> Bookport does a wonderful job with translation, I try to find errors,
> but I must admit that the translation is great! And, since many of the
> books I read have been scanned, Web Braille is a refreshing change.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of LARRY SKUTCHAN
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 3:05 PM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Saving BP Settings
>
>
> I feel the same way, and while I cannot remember the last time I read an
> =3D
> NLS book on cassette, I am a very very big fan of the DTBs and Web =3D
> Braille.
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>
>>>> ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Friday, October 22, 2004 3:55:50 PM
>>>>
> Now, I will never forget my Roadrunner! This will sound silly, but it
> changed my life! I can't remember the last time I read an NLS book, and
> that would never have been the case were it not for the Roadrunner, and
> now the Bookport.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=3D20
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Henrichsen
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 2:54 PM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=3D20
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Saving BP Settings
>
>
> Well, that's what I figure as well, but I guess I still have some=3D3D20
> sentamental memories of my roadrunner. As I say, most of the time, I
> don't=3D3D20
> even bother to set the clock when I change batteries. But there is =3D
> that=3D3D20
> occasional time when I am lying in bed reading with no watch handy that
> I=3D3D20
> want to know the time. Now-a-days, I pretty much just use my bp while on
> my=3D3D20
> treadmill.
> At 10/22/2004, you wrote:
>
>>And you know, even if I lose all the settings as long as my place in
>>files is remembered, what is the big deal? I don't use the Bookport as
>>a clock, and I never try to read books with my Braille watch. Each
>>device has its own gifts.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=3D20
>>[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walt Smith
>>Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 1:56 PM
>>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=3D20
>>Subject: [bookport] Re: Saving BP Settings
>>
>>
>> >From my perspective, all this worrying about losing or not losing the
>>time=3D3D3D20
>>just doesn't get me especially worked up. I wear a watch; anyone I'm
>>around=3D3D3D20
>>wears a watch; I'm never far from a radio or television. In the
> overall=3D3D3D20
>>scheme of things where the Book Port is concerned, it's simply not
> that=3D3D3D20
>>important to me. If the device had never included a clock, I wonder how
>>many=3D3D3D20
>>would ever have missed it to begin with.
>>
>>----- Original Message -----=3D3D3D20
>>From: "Paul Henrichsen" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 2:13 PM
>>Subject: [bookport] Re: Saving BP Settings
>>
>>
>>Yes, but if you are listening to an audible file or some other mp3
> file,
>>you won't get the warning at all until your reading just stops and you
>>get
>>a read error. Then the batteries go completely dead. There is no time
> to
>>save the time. This has happened to me twice at least.
>>At 10/22/2004, you wrote:
>>
>> >That's why you have the low battery announcement, so you can change
> it
>>on =3D3D3D3D
>> >time.=3D3D3D3D20
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>> > >>> paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 10/21/04 05:05PM >>>
>> >Yes. But what good is d e f if your battery goes dead<grin>?
>> >I sure wish we could set this from the transfer tool.
>> >At 10/21/2004, you wrote:
>> >
>> > >Pete:
>> > >
>> > >Pressing D+E+F does preserve the current time/date.
>> > >
>> > > >>> ptorpey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 10/21/04 03:53PM >>>
>> > >Here are two suggestions for preserving the time/date, in addition
> to
>> > >the other settings which can be preserved as Dale points out below:
>> > >
>> > >1. The BP Transfer software itself could grab the time/date
> from
>> > >the computer upon connection. I vaguely remember APH staff saying
>>that
>> > >the hardware did not support this, but I'm not sure.
>> > >
>> > >2. If pressing the D-E-F key combination also saved the
> current
>> > >time/date and the user quickly changed batteries, the time/date
> would
>>be
>> > >very nearly correct. I wouldn't mind losing 15 seconds or so - One
>> > >wouldn't even notice this since the clock is only accurate to the
>> > >nearest minute, and most people usually replace the batteries
> within
>>a
>> > >day/month/year!
>> > >
>> > >-- Pete
>> > >
>> > >From: "Dale Laser" <drlieser@xxxxxxx>
>> > >Subject: [Bookport] Saving BP Settings
>> > >Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:46:00 -0500
>> > >
>> > >The d-e-f command saves the voice settings. Obviously, keeping the
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>> > >rolling would require power, so that is not maintained.
>> > >
>> > >Dale
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