[bookport] Re: on the line of braille input
- From: "James Jolley" <james.jolley1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 16:10:25 +0100
hi,
Because if you consider, when getting numbers from directory enquiries you'd
have to say, uh, hold while I just mess about recording this in. At least
with braille, you could enter a command relatively quickly, record it using
the nemeth system and finnish the call quickly. Just one example of the
privacy factor
-James-
----- Original Message -----
From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 3:12 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: on the line of braille input
> why not just use the voice memo feature already there?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Jolley" <james.jolley1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 9:19 AM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: on the line of braille input
>
>
> : Hi there,
> :
> : In my case, I was only refering to the ability to enter short memos for
> : quick retrieval. I'm not expecting the APH folkes to start adding in
> spell
> : checkers, find and replace, though admitidly that might have some good
> uses,
> : and all sorts of things like that.
> :
> : -James-
> : ----- Original Message -----
> : From: "Tiffany H. Jessen" <tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> : To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> : Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 1:55 PM
> : Subject: [bookport] on the line of braille input
> :
> :
> : > For the past few days people have been speaking their opinions of
> having
> : > or not expanding the Book Port's braille input capabilities. I wont'
> stand
> : > up and argue, but I'm simply saying my thoughts.
> : > One feature I'd really like to see is to be able to push something
> like
> : > and O cord, (for open),and then simply be able to type in your file
> name
> : > and push enter. While I do use folders to separate my txt and brf
> books
> : > from audio books which too are separated from music files, this type
> of
> : > feature would still save me dozens of arrowing up and down through the
> : > folder contents.
> : > If not an open file name, then I'd think maybe they could at least
> expand
> : > the find feature so you can type in a key word of the title, and then
> once
> : > it has found the file you want you can manually begin the reading with
> the
> : > two button as usual.
> : > As for having other types of braille input, or as some people are
> : > referring to as braille memos, it sounds like they're looking for
> : > something like a notetaker. I have mixed thoughts of this matter.
> Firstly,
> : > I would love to be able to edit OCR errors that my scanner made on
> some
> : > documents before I had the chance to read and send it to the Book
> Port.
> On
> : > the other hand, I don't think the writing of braille files is not all
> that
> : > essential that they should invest all their time in being able to
> create
> : > all new files. After all that would probably involve consideration
> into
> : > helping the Book Port understand page layout like line lengths and
> things,
> : > then there will be people wanting spell checkers and all kinds of
> things.
> : > Eventually this will affect the Book Port's physical capabilities and
> : > dimensions, and then you'll be lugging around something bigger like a
> : > Braille n Speak. I personally like the size of the Book Port the way
> it
> : > is, and if you want things like that, you're probably b
> : > etter to use a notetaker in the first place.
> : > Just my opinion...
> : > Tiffany
> : > tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> : >
> : >
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