[bookport] Re: posting suggestions

  • From: "Robert Acosta" <boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 15:23:48 -0700

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 =
> "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 =3D
> on this list, and we all pay attention.
>
> OK! IN that case, I'd like to offer a few minor suggestions that would
> (in my opinion) improve this already outstanding product.
>
> Folder reset: I'd like to see a command whereby you could reset all=20
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> files in a particular folder to the beginning of the file. This would=20
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> be especially helpful for folders that contain music. I love the fact=20
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> that mp3's don't automatically reset, since this makes listening to=20
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> books possible. But having to "rewind" every song is a bit
> inconvenient=20
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> where music files are concerned. Being able to do this for all of the=20
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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=20
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> button so that it has to be held down until a beep is heard before=20
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> recording starts. I find that I'm always accidentally starting to=20
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> record just by bumping the BookPort. I think that having a safeguard=20
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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
> past=20
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> the 25 setting. I say this because audio files seem to be awfully
> loud.=20
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> I can only listen to them comfortably with headphones that have a=20
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> built-in volume control.
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> Punctuation: I think a level between the current "some" and "most"=20
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> levels would be good. As an example, I think a level that announced=20
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> quotes and parentheses but not commas or periods would be especially=20
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> helpful.
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> Well, that's about it for now. I don't want these suggestions to be=20
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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=20
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> just a few things that might be relatively easy to implement which=20
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> would make the operation smoother, in my opinion.
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> Thanks for listening,
>
> Angie
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