[bookport] Re: Loudest volume command

  • From: "Mark Lee" <lee.mark@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:37:24 -0500

I agree with you, Angie.  I am so used to holding down either the vollume up 
or down keys on remote controls and other portable devices and having a 
gradual increase of vollume.

Mark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angie Matney" <matneyar@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 1:49 PM
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
> 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
> because I find that the only time I ever press this key is by accident, 
> which results in an unpleasantly loud burst of
> speech. I understand why this command is there--it makes sense, 
> intuitively. But maybe a more useful (and less painful)
> option might be to have the machine increase the volume by 5 or so 
> whenever "f for one beep" is pressed. This would
> 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
> think.
>
> Angie
>
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> 


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