[bookport] Re: I tried to kill my Bookport
- From: "Rose Combs" <rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 14:48:39 -0700
Well, I was carrying the Braille note, only three weeks old when I tripped
over the dog and it flew out of my hands. I assumed it was going to have to
go back to the factory but it worked just fine, nothing scratched, nothing
broken. Dog was fine too, but me, well I had a lot of bruises and a black
eye from the incident.
I lost the bookport once, or thought I did, found it in the back part of a
recliner chair.
Rose Combs
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-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Bruce Toews
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 8:37 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: I tried to kill my Bookport
I had one of the original tape-based VersaBrailles back in the eighties.
It had a neglegeble, but chronic problem ... I can't even remember what it
was. One day the unit took a tumble off my desk onto the concrete school
floor. The only consequence was a slight scratch on the lid, and the chronic
problem disappeared entirely, never to be seen again.
Bruce
On Fri, 2 Mar 2007 10:29:50 -0500, "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx> said:
> The sickest I've felt in recent years was the day my wife dropped her
> brand new digital camera from a standing height on the concrete floor
> of a picnic shelter. She'd had the camera less than a month and it
> survived without any damage whatever, although I still don't know how.
> For those who aren't necessarily aware of such details, digital
> cameras; unlike standard 35mm cameras; ordinarily don't have a neck
> strap. Well, I contacted the camera manufacturer after this incident
> and learned that there actually _is_ an optional neck strap that
> absolutely nobody carries and that wasn't even listed in the
> manufacturer's official list of accessories.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 12:34 AM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: I tried to kill my Bookport
>
>
> Well, I have to say I have never been quite that hard on my Book Port,
> but I will admit it has hit the floor more than once, and I think the
> only access technology hardware that I have ever seen that would take
> as much abuse as the Book Port was the old Braille 'N Speaks. I had a
> BNS Classic that got plenty of abuse and kept right on working, and a
> BNS 640 that got droped hard enough to crack the bottom of the unit,
> but it still works.
>
> Now, let us hope the new Book Port will be just as tough and sturdy as
> the current model.
>
>
>
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