[bookport] Re: Compact Flash and BookPort
- From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:09:22 -0400
My experience has been that Best Buy's prices are high and they don't stock
more than 512 megs.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandy Licht" <slicht@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 11:00 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Compact Flash and BookPort
: They certainly do, but their prices are high!
:
: At 09:18 AM 6/23/2005, you wrote:
: >I was at Best Buy Yesterday and they had plenty of flash memory
: >for the BP.
: >
: >Gary
: >
: >
: >----- Original Message -----
: >From: "Sharon McBride" <sharon.mcbride@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: >To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: >Cc: "'G Kapperman'" <gkapperman@xxxxxxx>
: >Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 6:35 PM
: >Subject: [bookport] Compact Flash and BookPort
: >
: >
: >Hello,
: >
: >First I may need to eat a bit of crow about the CF Cards. When I
: >went to
: >Best Buy, Circuit City etc...and asked for CF Type I cards, they
: >all said
: >they didn't carry them. I think, in fact, they don't carry CF
: >Type II
: >cards...at least from what I am reading on the BookPort List.
: >They are
: >saying that it is the Type II that is becoming harder to find. I
: >am not
: >convinced either way yet and just need to bite the bullet and buy
: >a "regular
: >CF card" and see if it works. Still, when spending the money...I
: >want the
: >package to say TYPE I. So much for getting technical support from
: >teenagers!
: >
: >Next, I have happened upon a link that you may be quite familiar
: >with:
: >www.aph.org/tech/bct.htm Rather than using the podcasting
: >software, I just
: >opened the podcast I was interested in. It began playing in
: >Windows Media
: >Player and I used a save as command from the file menu to save
: >the file to
: >my computer. As these are not zipped files, the download on BP
: >files took
: >about 2 minutes each (using broadband).
: >
: >These are in MP3 files and there are some excellent instructions
: >regarding
: >the BookPort and other topical issues. These are PodCasts and
: >there is a
: >way with free and/or cheap software to have the computer capture
: >the podcast
: >and send them to the BookPort. Podcasting seems to be the new
: >wave of
: >interest and while I am interested (in terms of the instructional
: >value), I
: >don't have the time until September to really learn as much as I
: >would like.
: >
: >To my dismay, the BP list was very chatty while I was away for a
: >few days
: >but there was some valuable info buried in all the discussions of
: >"out of
: >stock" comments (such as an extensive 20+ messages about CF
: >cards).
: >
: >Next, the attachment is an instructional manual/beginning
: >curriculum guide
: >from SET-BC specific to the BookPort. It does not cover all of
: >the advanced
: >features but is nicely done with JAWS instructions for the
: >software. The
: >JAWS instructions have both desktop and laptop instructions.
: >They used
: >screen capture images for the transfer software lessons which
: >adds to the
: >usability for the sighted TVI's. It was a download thus, this is
: >NOT a
: >copyright violation.
: >
: >As a final an unrelated comment--laptops have been getting larger
: >lately as
: >sighted folks seem to want the wide screen for DVDs. Best Buy
: >had an ad in
: >Sunday's paper for an HP with Windows Media Edition for $1100.
: >The striking
: >thing about the laptop was that it not only had a keyboard with
: >regular
: >sized keys, it had a num pad. The keys for the six pack were
: >there but they
: >were above numpad. Interesting way to have the functionality of
: >the desktop
: >keystrokes and the portability of the laptop.
: >
: >I called FS and they confirmed that they support XP media edition
: >as that
: >media edition is XP Pro with some extra bells and whistles for
: >folks who
: >want to record live TV using their computer etc...I don't care at
: >all about
: >the TV functions but I am interested in the keyboard extension.
: >
: >Sharon
:
: Sandy Licht
: Phone: 409-898-8218
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: are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.
: 12In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13If you look for me in
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: you will find me when you seek me. 14I will be found by you," says the
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