[bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
- From: "Kevin Jones" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:34:08 -0600
It wouldn't take any more processing power to add scientific functions along
with the basic ones to the bp calculator. Just have it in Braille mode like
the bns calculator commands were. Since any process any cpu does in math it
hardly requires any real power, and writing the code for a calculator
wouldn't be that difficult. Someone could write code to calculate the 6
basic trig functions in 100 lines of code or less.
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Tyler Wood
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 2:17 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
That's a lot, considering the processor power of the BP. Who knows, for
those features may very well be added some day.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 11:40 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
> Well, I guess I would like a bananna split. Actually, what I think would
> be nice would be to add Grade 2 support to the notetaker, put in a simple
> calendar and calculator. Now, for clarity sake, I am not talking a
> scientific calculator, I mean a calculator I could use to calculate simple
> things that would only include add, subtract, multiiply, and devide.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Josh Kennedy" <jkenn337@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 12:05 PM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
>
>
> : ok. I understand now. I still plan to get a bookport as soon as
> possible, so
> : I can read books and play mp3s and record and take text notes.
> :
> : Josh
> :
> : ----- Original Message -----
> : From: "Sarah Cranston" <cranston.sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> : To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> : Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 11:57 AM
> : Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
> :
> :
> : > Josh,
> : >
> : > I don't know why no one, especially from APH, hasn't addressed this.
> : > Perhaps there is a good reason not to, so I apologize if I'm stepping
> out
> : > of bounds here. I also apologize for expounding on this longwinded
> and
> : > pointless thread, but I feel there is one point which has been
> neglected
> : > and should be addressed.
> : >
> : > The "1992/1993 Braille 'n Speak technology" of which you speak is
> : > completely irrelevant to the BookPort. The two devices were designed
> : > entirely differently, with different functionality in mind. I think
> the
> : > main reason the BookPort isn't a Braille 'n Speak, or an equivalent
> : > thereof, is because of it's very small amount of firmware. If I
> remember
> : > correctly, the BookPort only has a few hundred K for storing and
> : > manipulating the firmware. This is because it doesn't need a whole
> lot to
> : > handle text files and MP3s. The BNS contains quite a bit more memory,
> and
> : > possibly a faster processor. There simply isn't enough room to turn
> the
> : > BP into a BNS. Besides, the BNS, while handy for reading, was
> originally
> : > designed as a notetaker, and does its best work as a notetaker. The
> : > BookPort, on the other hand, was designed to read books, hence the
> name,
> : > and the notetaker was a nice little add-on which APH generously
> provided.
> : > I don't know how they got it in there, and I'm very impresse
> : > d that it works as well as it does. I'll feel the same about a
> : > calculator, when and if it comes along.
> : >
> : > In order to turn a Book Port into the equivalent of a BNS, you would
> need
> : > a whole new board, with more storage space for firmware, and a faster
> : > processor. We would all have to send our BookPorts back to APH for
> : > upgrades--sounds like a certain PDA manufacturer, doesn't it?--and I
> won't
> : > be doing that any time soon. For one thing, I can't imagine sending
> my BP
> : > away and living without it for however long it would take to upgrade
> it,
> : > and second, spending more money on top of what the unit already costs.
> : > Most BP owners I know of found the current price just barely
> affordable,
> : > and a price hike, like that which would become inevitable were the BP
> : > turned into a BNS equivalent, would push it right out of a lot of
> : > peoples' budgets.
> : >
> : > So, what I'm trying to say, is that you are taking a perfectly
> delicious
> : > orange, and asking it to be a banana, or maybe even a cucumber.
> <Smile>
> : > Both foods have there values and uses, they both have the right to
> exist,
> : > and anything anyone can do to further perfect either should be
> : > appreciated, but they can't be substituted for each other, unless
> someone
> : > has some very interesting tastes. <Smile> Oranges make the best
> Orange
> : > Juliuses, and cucumbers do great things for a green salad. But can
> you
> : > imagine a hybrid? Yikes!
> : >
> : > Just three and a half cents from a happy owner of a BP, and a former
> BNS
> : > user.
> : >
> : > Sarah
> : >
> : >
> : >
> : > -----Original Message-----
> : > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> : > [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Josh Kennedy
> : > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 8:44 PM
> : > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> : > Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
> : >
> : >
> : > yep, another reason why we should implement some of that 1993 braille
> n
> : > speak technology in there.
> : >
> : > Josh
> : >
> : > ----- Original Message -----
> : > From: "Wstephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <wstephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> : > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> : > Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:07 PM
> : > Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
> : >
> : >
> : >> Certainly yes, size is an issue, but over and above that, it's
> entirely
> : >> possible to use a Bookport while walking, or doing any number of
> other
> : >> things. A Pac mate doesn't lend itself very well to being used under
> : >> many
> : >> conditions, especially where inclement weather is a factor.
> : >>
> : >>
> : >> Bill Stephan
> : >> Kansas City, MO
> : >> (816)803-2469
> : >> Email: Wstephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> : >>
> : >>
> : >> -----Original Message-----
> : >> .From: "Josh Kennedy"<jkenn337@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> : >> .Sent: 11/10/05 7:24:05 PM
> : >> .To: "bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"<bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> : >> .Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
> : >> .
> : >> .but if you have a pacmate or pda then why have a bookport?
> : >> .Well a bookport is smaller, guess it's all personal preference.
> : >> .
> : >> .
> : >> .Josh
> : >> .
> : >> .----- Original Message -----
> : >> .From: "Wstephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <wstephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> : >> .To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> : >> .Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:23 PM
> : >> .Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
> : >> .
> : >> .
> : >> .> Well, my suggestion is a bit different.
> : >> .>
> : >> .> I'd like for someone to develop transfer software that could run
> on a
> : >> Pac
> : >> .> Mate. Bill Stephan
> : >> .> Kansas City, MO
> : >> .> (816)803-2469
> : >> .> Email: Wstephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> : >> .>
> : >> .>
> : >> .> S -----Original Message-----
> : >> .> .From: "DanFlasar@xxxxxxx"<DanFlasar@xxxxxxx>
> : >> .> .Sent: 11/10/05 2:34:08 PM
> : >> .> .To: "bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"<bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> : >> .> .Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
> : >> .> .
> : >> .> .I'll have to agree with Dave here. I love my Bookport - it's
> : >> versatility
> : >> .> .keeps showing up in unexpected ways. I was working out yesterday
> on
> : >> a
> : >> .> treadmill
> : >> .> .when the I finished the book I was reading ("Vancouver" -
> available
> : >> from
> : >> .> .Bookshare - a Mitchener-esque history of the city of Vancouver -
> : >> .> excellent!).
> : >> .> .Instead of having to change a tape (assuming I'd had the
> foresight
> : >> to
> : >> .> include
> : >> .> .a tape for another book or magazine, I just went to the index
> and
> : >> chose
> : >> .> from
> : >> .> .among 20 other books I'd downloaded from Bookshare. I chose "Me
> : >> Talk
> : >> .> Pretty
> : >> .> .One Day" by David Sedaris. It's like having a little library
> with
> : >> me
> : >> .> at all
> : >> .> .times.
> : >> .> . I have a Parrot Voicemate as a PDA which works fine for me.
> I'm
> : >> .> fine
> : >> .> .with the Bookport providing the functions it does. I see it as
> a
> : >> .> portable
> : >> .> .reading machine. I'd love to have better voice capabilities,
> and I
> : >> do
> : >> .> get a
> : >> .> .little annoyed at hearing St. Louis pronounced as Street Louis,
> but
> : >> I
> : >> .> get what it
> : >> .> .means. If anything, I'd like to see it take on some Kurzweil
> : >> .> .characteristics. For example, I'd like to have a dictionary
> : >> on-board,
> : >> .> which could be
> : >> .> .automatically cross-referenced to a book I'm reading.
> : >> .> . For example, if I heard a word that I'm not familiar with,
> I'd
> : >> like
> : >> .> to
> : >> .> .be able to key to the word, hit a key combo and get a definition
> for
> : >> it.
> : >> .> . Not asking for much, am I?
> : >> .> .Dan
> : >> .> .
> : >> .> .
> : >> .>
> : >> .>
> : >> .
> : >> .
> : >>
> : >>
> : >
> : >
> : >
> :
> :
>
>
>
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