This has been discussed before and I agree with you 100% on this. The f = key with one beep should never take one to full volume for safety = reasons. The few people who insist on it perhaps should have an option = in the firmware in the settings to have f with one beep increment or go = to full volume, but most of us I think agree with you on this. Don -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Angie Matney Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 2:49 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Loudest volume command Hello all, I've been meaning to ask a question, and after I accidentally did this = to myself again this morning, I thought I would post=20 about this issue. My question concerns the "f for 1 beep" command to go to the loudest = volume. Do people actually use this? I ask=20 because I find that the only time I ever press this key is by accident, = which results in an unpleasantly loud burst of=20 speech. I understand why this command is there--it makes sense, = intuitively. But maybe a more useful (and less painful)=20 option might be to have the machine increase the volume by 5 or so = whenever "f for one beep" is pressed. This would=20 allow the user to quickly increase the volume, but it would save some = wear and tear on my poor ears. <grin> Would something like this even be a possibility? And if it is, what = would people think? Sorry if anyone gets great use out of this command. I just thought I = would post this suggestion here to see what others=20 think. Angie