[bookport] Re: I tried to kill my Bookport
- From: "lana" <lana5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 09:39:01 -0700
I would like page numbering, word counting, Spell checking, and
headers. Yes, I know that's asking for a lot, but it never hurts to ask.
After all, my Braille Lite won't last forever, and the other note takers are
SO! expensive. I guess that's why they are.
Not complaining, just wouldn't it bbe nice.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Allen" <wd8ldy@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 5:10 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: I tried to kill my Bookport
> Hi Lana and list:
>
> I am curious. What word processing features would you want the book port
to
> have? I know it can't handle anything real complex, but it is pretty
> powerful just the same. The only thing that I haven't managed to do that I
> wanted was write a page break directly into a note file, so I acknowledge
> that it has limitations.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "lana" <lana5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 8:15 AM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: I tried to kill my Bookport
>
>
> >I bet I know what it was. After you used a tape several times, you got
> > gremlen gabble instead of sense. Some tapes were really stable, but
> > others...
> > I, for one, wouldn't do without my braille lite M-20, but if Book Port
had
> > a
> > few more word processing features, well...
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bruce Toews" <dogriver@xxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 8:37 AM
> > 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.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bruce Toews
> >> E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: dogriver@xxxxxxxx
> >> Website: http://www.ogts.net
> >> Radio Show and Podcast: http://www.totw.net
> >> Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
>
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