[bookport] Re: posting suggestions
- From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 08 Apr 2004 08:14:18 -0400
The play would work just the same if auto advance was on. Going back to =
the beginning would only be triggered if already at the end of the ifle, =
and, as someone on the list pointed out, if you really want to be at the =
end, you can get there easily enough. This is how commercial players do =
it.
>>> tnoonan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Wednesday, April 07, 2004 8:21:20 PM >>>
While the idea of pressing play at end would return to start, how would =
this
interact with automatic advancement, for a folder of music files?
Maybe the BookPort could determine if the file was tagged as music during
transfer, and - in such cases - play the file from start, if its pointer =
was
at the end during automatic advancement?
Still a little nervous about this topic because I can envisage situations
where you don't want to start hearing audio files again, if they are
chapters from a book etc which you have already heard.
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Robert Acosta
Sent: Thursday, 8 April 2004 8:24 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20
Subject: [bookport] Re: posting suggestions
hi larry,
This would be great. i like my files to start from the beginning.
----- Original Message -----
From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 1:03 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: posting suggestions
> Those are all great ideas, and, in fact, we have all but one down on our =
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> "to do" list already. Let me throw out a possible alternative--what =
about
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> if you press play on a file, and it is already at the end, Book Port =
would
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> reset that file's pointer to the beginning which would, in effect, make =
it
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> so every file always started for the beginning once you pressed play =
while
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> at the end of the file?
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> >>> matneyar@xxxxxxx Wednesday, April 07, 2004 10:58:09 AM >>>
> Larry said:
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> Please do post the suggestions right here. There are at least 5
> APHer's =3D3D
> on this list, and we all pay attention.
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> OK! IN that case, I'd like to offer a few minor suggestions that would
> (in my opinion) improve this already outstanding product.
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> Folder reset: I'd like to see a command whereby you could reset all=3D20
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> files in a particular folder to the beginning of the file. This =
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> be especially helpful for folders that contain music. I love the =
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> that mp3's don't automatically reset, since this makes listening to=3D20
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> books possible. But having to "rewind" every song is a bit
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> where music files are concerned. Being able to do this for all of =
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> files in a folder would be a nice little time-saving feature.
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> Recording safeguard: I think it might be helpful to set the record=3D20
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> button so that it has to be held down until a beep is heard before=3D20
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> recording starts. I find that I'm always accidentally starting to=3D20
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> record just by bumping the BookPort. I think that having a safeguard=3D20=
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> against accidental recordings would be very helpful.
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> Volume: I think it would be good to be able to decrease the volume
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> the 25 setting. I say this because audio files seem to be awfully
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> I can only listen to them comfortably with headphones that have a=3D20
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> built-in volume control.
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> Punctuation: I think a level between the current "some" and "most"=3D20
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> levels would be good. As an example, I think a level that announced=3D20
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> quotes and parentheses but not commas or periods would be especially=3D20=
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> helpful.
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> Well, that's about it for now. I don't want these suggestions to be=3D20
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> taken as heavy criticism. I love my BookPort. It's great to have books
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> and music together on one wonderfully accessible machine. These are=3D20
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> just a few things that might be relatively easy to implement which=3D20
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> would make the operation smoother, in my opinion.
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> Thanks for listening,
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> Angie
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