Here's my question to you. First of all, I don't care about a calculator
myself. But: If a calculator were added, if the calculator did not
increase the price, if other functionality were not impaired, would you
have any objection to its being there? I ask this because, on the Book
Courier list, someone was saying that one of the benefits of the BC of the
BP was that the BC doesn't have a notetaker function, which that person
doesn't need. To which my response would be, As long as it doesn't get in
the way, what's the problem with having it there? I say the same thing
about a calculator feature which, as I've said, I can take or leave. If a
calculator function will increase the price, that's another issue, or if
it will decrease room for firmware revisions that would enhancing the book
reading experience, that's another story as well. But if any given feature
does not get in one's way, why not include it? I'm not referring to anyone
here specificaly, but the attitude I see time and time again on the
various lists I'm on is that "if I don't use it, it's a bad idea." That's
why descriptive video is not as prevalent, especially in the States, as it
should be.
Bruce
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On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Sandy Licht wrote:
This is my opinion, and I'm not putting anyone down for thinking differently. I don't like the calculator idea at all. Talking calculators are relatively inexpensive.
At 08:48 AM 9/15/2005, you wrote:I like the calculator idea. I think the synthesizer idea has outlived its usefulness with all the speech programs I know of installing their own software speech these days.
On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:22:13 -0500, you wrote:
> Think of how much more useful the unit could be. I know doubletalk would
> probably charge money for the synth option, but it could all be done in
> firmware, maybe there could be a special firmware users would have to pay
> for if they wanted the synth.
> The calculator I think should be more considered, it would hardly take > any
> extra space nor time to develop at least a simple one; and we all could > use
> a calculator now and then.
> > > -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of David Allen
> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 5:57 AM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: new unit proposal
> > Hi Kevin and list:
> > Yes, both have been thought of. Neither is justified in the context of a
> portable device whose reason for being is to read books. If you still > need a
> > USB synthesiser, it is available as the Tripple talk.
> > Cheers,
> Dave
> >
Sandy Licht
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