Bravo! -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarah Cranston Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 2:09 PM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] Re: Request for next version James, There have been many suggestions made on this list which have been not = =3D only considered, but implemented. =3D20 Here are a few, taken directly from the "what's new" option in the =3D 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 = =3D the navigation commands while the unit is idle. =3DA0Removes the "Previous Folder" entries from folders. =3DA0Modifies the First File and Last File commands so you may also move = =3D to the first and last folder in your list of files. =3DA0Adds a means of entering text to find using a braille keyboard. =3DA0Changes the behavior of files where the reading position is at the = =3D end of the file. The unit now resets a file's position back to the =3D beginning of the file if you press the Read command while at the end of =3D the file or if Auto File Advance moves to a file where the reading =3D position is at the end. =3DA0Changes the Status command to provide only the percentage of the = file =3D read. =3DA0Protects from accidental recording by requiring the user to hold = the =3D E key down for one beep to record a memo. =3DA0Adds the Lock Beep command to the menu to let you turn off the =3D behavior of making keys beep when you press one of them while the unit = =3D is locked. =3DA0Corrects a problem where pausing a memo during recording could = cause =3D unpredictable behavior. =3DA0Adds support for files from audible.com =3DA0Adds the Page Number status and command to the Book Port menu. =3DA0Increases the range of the volume command. Now, the volume gets = much =3D lower than in previous versions. =3DA0Corrects the problem where the unit displayed undesirable behavior = if =3D the user pressed a key or connected the unit to the PC while the =3D double-beep shutdown sound was in progress. =3DA0Corrects the Automatic File Advance function. =3DA0Corrects all known issues with marks. =3DA0Corrects an issue with the Save Settings command where the command = =3D did not save the proper time. =3DA0Corrects an issue with not having the clock set and using the = Record =3D Memo button to create a memo. Book Port uses the date and time to name = =3D the memos you record, so it is necessary to set the clock before using = =3D the memo feature. In previous versions of the firmware, the unit moved = =3D you to the memos folder before checking the time. Now, if the clock is = =3D not set, Book Port says "Clock Not Set" and leaves you where you were = =3D when you pressed the Memo key. =3DA0Announces the firmware's version number when you reset the unit. These are all firmware modifications, most of the suggestions I see on = =3D this list have to do with changing the firmware. I by no means agree with every suggestion I read about on the list. Are =3D you saying that, if another list member disagrees with me, then I have = =3D been "shot down"? I whole-heartedly disagree with this reasoning. =3D Perhaps you haven't been on the list for long enough to realize this, = =3D but the people at APH are doing everything in their power to make the = =3D BookPort the best device it can be. Some of the suggestions that have = =3D been made are just plain not feasible. Some other suggestions just =3D haven't been taken as of yet. Before you tell Dale, or anyone else, not to post, consider all the =3D suggestions that haven't been "shot down". Dale, keep those ideas coming. Everyone might not agree with them, but =3D 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