I don't think anyone should care but I heard a presentation by someone from, General Electric, explaining how they put allot of time in to how the desk top recorder looked so agencies would pick it up. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 9:06 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: The Book Port from a Sighted Person's Perspective : Frankly, who cares what sighted guys think of the Book Port. It is a great : product. : ----- Original Message ----- : From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> : To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> : Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 2:39 PM : Subject: [bookport] Re: The Book Port from a Sighted Person's Perspective : : : >I don't listen to speech to text much because I don't like double talk but : >I : > use the message recorder and note taking features often. I keep an : > address : > book on it and brief notes. : > ----- Original Message ----- : > From: "Richard Ring" <ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> : > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> : > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 12:16 PM : > Subject: [bookport] Re: The Book Port from a Sighted Person's Perspective : > : > : > : Dan, : > : I have a deal for you. : > : I'll buy you an Ipod shuffle, and you can send me your Bookport. : > : I'll make that deal in a heartbeat. I'll pay shipping for both. : > : : > : : > : -----Original Message----- : > : From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx : > : [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of The Scarlet Wombat : > : Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 8:05 PM : > : To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx : > : Subject: [bookport] Re: The Book Port from a Sighted Person's : > : Perspective : > : : > : : > : Everyone who sees my BP thinks it is a television remote from about : > : 1980. When they hear what it does, they mumble something about a : > : Shuffle : > : doing more in 1/10th the space. Beings as I use the BP only for audio : > : because I cannot abide the Doubletalk synth, I agree, but it was a gift, : > : so : > : I use it happily. : > : : > : Dan : > : : > : : > : : > : : > : > : > : > : : : :