HI, Agreed. Hugs, Beth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barrett, Don" <Don.Barrett@xxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 7:44 AM Subject: [bookport] Re: only feature I don't like > Well, if we keep the max volume, at least make it a two-key sequence = > held down for one beep. This would mostly eliminate the accidental = > activation of this feature which has happened twice to me already. =20 > > Don > > -----Original Message----- > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Steve Cutway > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 9:20 AM > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bookport] Re: only feature I don't like > > > Hi all: > > Well, I may be in a minority on this list but I happen to appreciate the = > > "maximum" and "Minimum Volume" features of the Book Port. I use them=20 > frequently because of working environments I find myself in and because = > I=20 > sometimes use different speaker and/or headphone setups. While I = > appreciate=20 > the inconvenience to some of having the volume raise or lower to its=20 > maximum or minimum when the respective keys are pressed and held, how=20 > inconvenient is it to quickly lower or raise the volume to a comfortable = > > level? So I for one would lament the loss of this feature. Perhaps it=20 > should be made harder to access, ie. pressing multiple keys, for = > example,=20 > but it should remain in the product. > > Every time I read threads like this on lists like this, I wonder what=20 > percentage of the product user community is represented? It may be = > higher=20 > on this list given the dependency of the Book Port on a computer to = > receive=20 > files but I hope that the product designers will weigh all points of = > view=20 > when considering whether to remove a feature that has been in the = > product=20 > since day 1. No one uses every feature in a product and the wonderful = > thing=20 > about today's computer-based technology is the design flexibility that = > is=20 > possible. The Book Port is a well designed, well thought out product = > with a=20 > rich feature set. Please don't reduce that richness to satisfy some = > users'=20 > inconvenience. > > For the reasons already mentioned, I make a similar case for the help=20 > system. Larry has indicated it's on the features list and some in this=20 > group have argued against its implementation as less important than = > other=20 > features. I happen to disagree. As I have said previously, it's the one=20 > feature the Book Courier has that in my view gives it a possible = > advantage=20 > over the Book Port. > > There's an untapped market for the Book Port, the learning disabled=20 > community, the very market the Book Courier is designed for. In Canada,=20 > colleges and universities are quickly adopting the DAISY standard for=20 > alternate format textbooks which are used by students with learning=20 > disabilities as well as students who are blind. Unfortunately, we cannot = > > access the RFB&D DAISY collection so producers here are doing their own=20 > DAISY materials. As far as I know, the Book Courier doesn't yet support=20 > DAISY. I have shown my Book Port to LD students and service providers, = > all=20 > of whom agree that they could use it, but all also say that it would be=20 > more helpful to them with the kind of help structure available in the = > Book=20 > Courier. > > Cheers, > > Steve > > > > >