[bookport] Re: Request for next version
- From: "Sarah Cranston" <cranston.sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 14:08:32 -0600
James,
There have been many suggestions made on this list which have been not =
only considered, but implemented. =20
Here are a few, taken directly from the "what's new" option in the =
transfer tool:
the Help command accessed with the E key.
subsection movement commands.
Announces the current sentence or heading in audio files when you use =
the navigation commands while the unit is idle.
=A0Removes the "Previous Folder" entries from folders.
=A0Modifies the First File and Last File commands so you may also move =
to the first and last folder in your list of files.
=A0Adds a means of entering text to find using a braille keyboard.
=A0Changes the behavior of files where the reading position is at the =
end of the file. The unit now resets a file's position back to the =
beginning of the file if you press the Read command while at the end of =
the file or if Auto File Advance moves to a file where the reading =
position is at the end.
=A0Changes the Status command to provide only the percentage of the file =
read.
=A0Protects from accidental recording by requiring the user to hold the =
E key down for one beep to record a memo.
=A0Adds the Lock Beep command to the menu to let you turn off the =
behavior of making keys beep when you press one of them while the unit =
is locked.
=A0Corrects a problem where pausing a memo during recording could cause =
unpredictable behavior.
=A0Adds support for files from audible.com
=A0Adds the Page Number status and command to the Book Port menu.
=A0Increases the range of the volume command. Now, the volume gets much =
lower than in previous versions.
=A0Corrects the problem where the unit displayed undesirable behavior if =
the user pressed a key or connected the unit to the PC while the =
double-beep shutdown sound was in progress.
=A0Corrects the Automatic File Advance function.
=A0Corrects all known issues with marks.
=A0Corrects an issue with the Save Settings command where the command =
did not save the proper time.
=A0Corrects an issue with not having the clock set and using the Record =
Memo button to create a memo. Book Port uses the date and time to name =
the memos you record, so it is necessary to set the clock before using =
the memo feature. In previous versions of the firmware, the unit moved =
you to the memos folder before checking the time. Now, if the clock is =
not set, Book Port says "Clock Not Set" and leaves you where you were =
when you pressed the Memo key.
=A0Announces the firmware's version number when you reset the unit.
These are all firmware modifications, most of the suggestions I see on =
this list have to do with changing the firmware.
I by no means agree with every suggestion I read about on the list. Are =
you saying that, if another list member disagrees with me, then I have =
been "shot down"? I whole-heartedly disagree with this reasoning. =
Perhaps you haven't been on the list for long enough to realize this, =
but the people at APH are doing everything in their power to make the =
BookPort the best device it can be. Some of the suggestions that have =
been made are just plain not feasible. Some other suggestions just =
haven't been taken as of yet.
Before you tell Dale, or anyone else, not to post, consider all the =
suggestions that haven't been "shot down".
Dale, keep those ideas coming. Everyone might not agree with them, but =
we all have the right to suggest things.
Just my two-and-a-half cents. I'll go crawl back into my BookPort now.
Sarah
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