You are right! I work with at least three people that purchased Bookports after hearing me and my best friend go on and on about them! If I were rich I'd buy another one just so that when mine dies I'd have it. Talk about withdrawal! -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandy Licht Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 4:13 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: Has anyone heard of this device? I think we should get a commission for every BP we sell! (Smile!!) In the 18 months I have owned mine, I don't believe I have heard any real complaints from anyone on list. There are features we would like for it to have, but I have never heard anyone say they didn't like the Bookport. For graduate school work, I wouldn't want to use the BP as a notetaker, but, from the sound of it, it would be better than that other gadget, whatever it is called. At 03:36 PM 8/25/2006, you wrote: >You can't sell me on the Bookport! I use it every day, and I am not >just saying that. I love to read, and I can't imagine life without it. >I have music and books with me and I simply can't think of a more >useful device to own. >Yes, it resets, and I have had to reformat a card once, but the Bookport >has given me my own personal library and it has also given me some good >old rock 'n roll! How can life get any better than that? > > >-----Original Message----- >From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandy Licht >Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 3:20 PM >To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [bookport] Re: Has anyone heard of this device? > > >I, for one, don't like the slate and stylus. I never did, and I grew >up with one. If I had to go back there... give me a Perkins Brailler >any day, in spite of its bulk and weight. Sure. Technology fails, >but, ah... when it works!!!!! Just to sort of keep this on >topic... The Bookport is one of the most reliable peaces of >equipment I have ever had the good fortune to use!!!!!!! It needs a >reset now and then, and sometimes cards need to be reformatted, but >it's like the Energizer Bunny. It keeps going and going... > >At 03:09 PM 8/25/2006, you wrote: > >That's a little ageist if you ask me. Granted, many post-1980s > >people have been taught to rely on technology than the old slate n > >stylus, that's not to say non-techie skills haven't been taught as > >well. Not to mention the complete disregard for reality in a > >statement such that puts invincibility and security with technology > >in the same sentence. We all know technology is going to and does > >fail on a regular basis, and we all make adjustments. Voluntary > >braille courses are being sought out against the wishes of IEPs and > >the like. I just acquired a slate and stylus for the first time two > >years ago and I love it. But there are ways to be more efficient. > > > >Not that I'm trying to appear uppity in any way. I understand and > >value where technology has come from and is going and I understand > >and value the tride and true methods of madness we all hold near and > >dear. But that's not to denegrate another's way of accomodating life >to life. > > > >I love my talking alarm clock, but my braille watch is more > >reliable. Love my laptop, but I know how to print on the sly too. > > > >It's all in which method your madness feels safest with, eh? > >- Jeanette > > > >ps. - the irony in all of this is that most blind techno stuff isn't > >available. It's not on the open market and inaccessible based on a > >variety of factors including socio-economics and geography. It > >would be great if we could have this discussion in a day and age > >when *everyone* really was trying to choose between a laptop and a > >pacmate, but the reality is most blind folk don't have equal access > >to a computer unless they live in a heavily-advocated-for state. > > > >On 8/25/06, Richard Ring > ><<mailto:ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >wrote: > >Well, I am someone who graduated high school around then, and yes, > >they're lucky. However, they are also going to be dependent on > >technology that can and will fail, and when it does they will not have >a > >clue what to do. Because, they don't know what a slate is, and they > >don't believe their technology can fail. > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: ><mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >[mailto: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joni Colver > >Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 2:57 PM > >To: <mailto:bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [bookport] Re: Has anyone heard of this device? > > > > > >As someone who graduated high school in 1974 with nothing more > >technologically advanced than a manual typewriter and sometimes taped > >textbooks, I sure due envy the plethora of techie devices current > >students > >have access to. I would give anything to be debating whether I needed >a > > > >laptop or a Pacmate. Slate and stylus anyone? Tried to resist posting > >this > >but just had to say how lucky you students are nowadays and I am happy > >for > >you. > > > >Joni > > > > > > > >Sandy Licht >Phone: 409-898-8218 >Jeremiah 29:11 - 14A >11For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They >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 earnest, >you will find me when you seek me. 14I will be found by you," says >the LORD... Sandy Licht Phone: 409-898-8218 Jeremiah 29:11 - 14A 11For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They 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 earnest, you will find me when you seek me. 14I will be found by you," says the LORD...