[bookport] Re: Saving BP Settings
- From: Paul Henrichsen <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 14:25:01 -0700
Here, here. I still remember the Christmas that my wife got me my
roadrunner. I hated doubletalk speech, but with a bit of tweaking, I got it
set to where I could work with it and that was that. I could read anywhere;
on the patio, lying in bed, in my rocker recliner. It was great.
Then came my bookport which was bought for me again by my wife for our
thirty-second wedding anniversary in July and it was even better. It could
even play mp3 files and eventually audible files. My bp is one of the
neatest devices that I own<grin>.
My mom suggested reading while exercising on my eliptical. She does the
same thing on her treadmill or stationary bike just reading a printed novel
or magazine. My daughter does the same thing while going to the gym. Sure
enough, reading with my bookport makes the time pass a bit easier. Now, I
am hooked on audio books and I walk for 30 minutes a day<grin>.
At 10/22/2004, you wrote:
>Now, I will never forget my Roadrunner! This will sound silly, but it
>changed my life! I can't remember the last time I read an NLS book, and
>that would never have been the case were it not for the Roadrunner, and
>now the Bookport.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Henrichsen
>Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 2:54 PM
>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bookport] Re: Saving BP Settings
>
>
>Well, that's what I figure as well, but I guess I still have some=20
>sentamental memories of my roadrunner. As I say, most of the time, I
>don't=20
>even bother to set the clock when I change batteries. But there is that=20
>occasional time when I am lying in bed reading with no watch handy that
>I=20
>want to know the time. Now-a-days, I pretty much just use my bp while on
>my=20
>treadmill.
>At 10/22/2004, you wrote:
>
> >And you know, even if I lose all the settings as long as my place in
> >files is remembered, what is the big deal? I don't use the Bookport as
> >a clock, and I never try to read books with my Braille watch. Each
> >device has its own gifts.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walt Smith
> >Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 1:56 PM
> >To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [bookport] Re: Saving BP Settings
> >
> >
> > >From my perspective, all this worrying about losing or not losing the
> >time=3D20
> >just doesn't get me especially worked up. I wear a watch; anyone I'm
> >around=3D20
> >wears a watch; I'm never far from a radio or television. In the
>overall=3D20
> >scheme of things where the Book Port is concerned, it's simply not
>that=3D20
> >important to me. If the device had never included a clock, I wonder how
> >many=3D20
> >would ever have missed it to begin with.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----=3D20
> >From: "Paul Henrichsen" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 2:13 PM
> >Subject: [bookport] Re: Saving BP Settings
> >
> >
> >Yes, but if you are listening to an audible file or some other mp3
>file,
> >you won't get the warning at all until your reading just stops and you
> >get
> >a read error. Then the batteries go completely dead. There is no time
>to
> >save the time. This has happened to me twice at least.
> >At 10/22/2004, you wrote:
> >
> > >That's why you have the low battery announcement, so you can change
>it
> >on =3D3D
> > >time.=3D3D20
> > >
> > > >>> paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 10/21/04 05:05PM >>>
> > >Yes. But what good is d e f if your battery goes dead<grin>?
> > >I sure wish we could set this from the transfer tool.
> > >At 10/21/2004, you wrote:
> > >
> > > >Pete:
> > > >
> > > >Pressing D+E+F does preserve the current time/date.
> > > >
> > > > >>> ptorpey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 10/21/04 03:53PM >>>
> > > >Here are two suggestions for preserving the time/date, in addition
>to
> > > >the other settings which can be preserved as Dale points out below:
> > > >
> > > >1. The BP Transfer software itself could grab the time/date
>from
> > > >the computer upon connection. I vaguely remember APH staff saying
> >that
> > > >the hardware did not support this, but I'm not sure.
> > > >
> > > >2. If pressing the D-E-F key combination also saved the
>current
> > > >time/date and the user quickly changed batteries, the time/date
>would
> >be
> > > >very nearly correct. I wouldn't mind losing 15 seconds or so - One
> > > >wouldn't even notice this since the clock is only accurate to the
> > > >nearest minute, and most people usually replace the batteries
>within
> >a
> > > >day/month/year!
> > > >
> > > >-- Pete
> > > >
> > > >From: "Dale Laser" <drlieser@xxxxxxx>
> > > >Subject: [Bookport] Saving BP Settings
> > > >Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:46:00 -0500
> > > >
> > > >The d-e-f command saves the voice settings. Obviously, keeping the
>=3D
> >=3D3D
> > >time=3D3D3D20
> > > >rolling would require power, so that is not maintained.
> > > >
> > > >Dale
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