[bookport] Re: Suggestion for New Feature
- From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 10:31:54 -0500
No, don't think it needs email, or a radio, just basic functions that would
allow it to be a book reader and a personal organizer with basics like a
calculator with basic functions (not a scientific calculator), and an address
book. The kind of unit a person could use for basic independance needs. If
you want a PDA there are lots of choices, but the choices for a good personal
organizer aren't that great.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 9:09 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Suggestion for New Feature
: The real problem, though, is that if an address book were added, the _next_
: "little enhancement" that'd be requested would be the ability to do e-mail
: on the device. These things are always incremental--I've been following the
: blindness technology field for fifty years and that's been the universal
: experience. It's not necessarily that an address book, per se, is bad
: (although I oppose it), but what the _next_ demand would be based on the
: fact that it'd been included. The same with a radio--you put one into the BP
: and the next thing that would be demanded would be the ability to record
: from the radio to the BP.
:
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
: To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 5:07 PM
: Subject: [bookport] Re: Suggestion for New Feature
:
:
: Following your argument that it is a book reader and music player then Book
: Port shouldn't have an alarm feature or a notetaker.
:
: why are some people so insistant that the Book Port should not be flexable?
: You would think I were talking about some big expensive addition. I doubt
: that it would take much more programming code than the alarms feature, and
: probably would not be as difficult to write and make it work right as the
: alarms feature.
:
: Your excuse that it will drive the cost up seems to have become the standard
: excuse for those who want no change.
:
: Frankly, a lot of college students are using Book Port, and for them the
: devices that will perform the most functions without having to carry around
: tons of things are what are going to be successful. I also have my doubts
: that one of the primary objectives of APH was to make an accessible MP3
: music player. I am sure the idea was to play books that might be in MP3
: format, but so long as there is sufficient memory why not include another
: feature that I think most users would find useful.
:
:
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "Mark Lee" <lee.mark@xxxxxxxxx>
: To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 3:13 AM
: Subject: [bookport] Re: Suggestion for New Feature
:
:
:: I'm not fighting it, and it would be a nice feature to have, but let's
:: remember what the bookport's primary function is, namely, to read books
: and
:: listen to music. Putting an address book templet in a Braille 'n Speak
:: makes since, since it was a PDA. If I need to take down a quick name,
:: address, phone number, etc. with my bookport, I usually record a memo and
:: transfer it to something else when I get home. I guess what my point is
: how
:: much will this feature be actually used? Before long, the bookport will
:: become more a personal data assistant than a book reader. The more
: features
:: are added, the higher the price will be. I don't want the bookport to one
:: day cost as much as a Braille note. It would be very nice to have an
:: all-in-one device that fit in a pocket that you can use to do everything
:: from reading books to taking notes to making phone calls, etc.
:: Unfortunately however, more features mean higher prices. I understand
: that
:: this is the 21st century, and technology is getting smaller, faster and
: more
:: flexible. However, with adaptive technology as high in price as it is, it
:: doesn't become cheaper.
::
:: Mark
:: ASK, "WHAT GOALS WOULD YOU SET FOR YOURSELF IF YOU COULD NOT FAIL?" Don't
:: ask if it's possible or impossible. Don't worry about failing. Focus on
: what
:: you want, and let that be your guideline.
:: ----- Original Message -----
:: From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
:: To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
:: Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 10:06 PM
:: Subject: [bookport] Re: Suggestion for New Feature
::
::
:: > Nothing, but I guess I would ask you what is wrong with a small
:: > address/phonebook application. I can't think that it would need to take
:: > much more code than the alarms app, and could make management of names,
:: > addresses and phone numbers easier.
:: >
:: > I heard the same question as yours when an address/phonebook was put
: into
:: > Braille 'N Speak.
:: >
:: > My other most immediate response was to ask what's wrong with coming
: into
:: > the 21st century? But, some people will fight making things easier at
: all
:: > costs.
:: >
:: >
:: >
:: > ----- Original Message -----
:: > From: "Mark Lee" <lee.mark@xxxxxxxxx>
:: > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
:: > Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 12:51 PM
:: > Subject: [bookport] Re: Suggestion for New Feature
:: >
:: >
:: > : What's wrong with putting names, phone numbers, etc. into a notes file
:: > and
:: > : searching the file with the search feature?
:: > :
:: > : Mark
:: > : ----- Original Message -----
:: > : From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
:: > : To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
:: > : Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 1:21 AM
:: > : Subject: [bookport] Suggestion for New Feature
:: > :
:: > :
:: > : >I would like to see a simple address-phonebook on the Book Port. Let
:: > me be
:: > : >a bit more spacific about what I would want it to do so that you
:: > realize
:: > : >that I am taking into consideration memory limitations on the current
:: > Book
:: > : >Port.
:: > : >
:: > : > I would like this simple address/phonebook to be able to enter first
:: > and
:: > : > last name, address, home - work - mobile phone numbers and a 200
: word
:: > memo
:: > : > memo field. The database could be searched by first and/or last
: name.
:: > : >
:: > : > The idea would be to keep it simple, keep it small, and if it makes
: a
:: > : > difference I could see a limit of no more than 200 entries.
:: > : >
:: > : > Skype user name: dtat100
:: > : >
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