[bookport] Re: A few thoughts on the new BP+
- From: Johnny Angel! <JAC@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:21:46 -0500
Hi,
Would you please be so kind as to tell me how you set up your
Bookport to work as an alarm clock?
Thanks,
Johnny Chilelli
Student of Happyness
At 12:10 PM 2/3/2010, you wrote:
I've also skimmed the documentation and listened to the interview.
A few thoughts:
It sounds like a really neat reader. First impressions were pretty
good. Even so, I agree that the lack of a Braille note-taking
capability is a major shortcoming. I still carry my original
BookPort with me, along with my Stream, as I need my books and my
ability to write. If we are ever going to see Braille input on the
BookPort Plus, I hope it does not take any additional hardware. (I
also agree that from the description of the new BookPort Plus, I am
not sure how they can use the current key configuration. Assuming
the current keys can work out, support for Grade 2 Braille would
make it a much more useful device.
I believe it was noted about not being able to delete individual
files in "albums" from the BookPort Plus, although it did sound as
if you could delete entire albums, that is , folders. As it sounds
like I would organize podcasts and other sound files into folders
that would be identified as albums, I would consider the inability
to delete individual files as a major short-coming. I delete files,
sound files included, as I finish reading them. (I do understand
that deleting individual files from folders containing Daisy books
is not a good idea.)
I didn't see anything about moving files from one locale to another
on the BookPort Plus. That is, sometimes I want to move a sound
file from one folder to another using the BookPort
interface. Moving files was a very useful function on the original
Book Port.
I really liked the new Backup command that works in moving objects
from one device to the other. That sounds handy. What other file
management functions are there?
Battery life seemed a bit shorter than preferred. Is it possible
and practical to carry around an extra battery for use on trips, et cetera?
And, finally, I use my original BookPort as an alarm clock every
day. I love the multiple alarm levels. Did I miss something in my
quick reading of the new BookPort Plus docs?
I hope the new product does very well, and I do look forward to
improvements along the way.
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