[bookport] Re: Suggesting Features
- From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 20:20:51 -0600
To you Larry, and to Richard,
The idea of a radio is fine, but if APH decides to include one I hope the
reception is better than on the new BrailleNotes. Find some way to have an
antenna without depending on the earphone. My experience with the FM radio in
the BrailleNote is that the reception is so poor that even turning on the voice
recorder in the BrailleNote will seriously interfer with reception. I got a FM
radio at CSUN last spring as a free giveaway at a booth that has better
reception.
It doesn't make much sense to have a feature if that feature is so poor that it
is almost unusable.
----- Original Message -----
From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 1:23 PM
Subject: [bookport] Suggesting Features
: Just to recap, this list is the place to express your ideas about cool
: new things you'd like to see Book Port do. It doesn't mean we can do
: everyone of them, but be assured, we are keeping track of them, and we
: pay attention.
:
: Certainly, other people will express their opinion about what they like
: and don't like, and that's great, to. What we do not want to do on this
: list is get into a war about why this or that idea is good or bad.
: Let's just gather the ideas and leave the personal comments to
: ourselves.
:
:
: >>> ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tuesday, March 07, 2006 2:11:29 PM
: >>>
: If it's ok to make suggestions, it's also ok to express your opinion
: of
: such suggestions.
: I have all the FM radios I need, so I won't use the feature.
: That doesn't mean that I don't feel that anyone doesn't have a perfect
: right to suggest any feature they'd like to see.
:
:
: -----Original Message-----
: From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amanda Burt
: Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 12:49 PM
: To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: Subject: [bookport] Re: New features that would be AwesomenessCoolness
:
:
: I would like to have a radio in the bookport because then, everything
: would
: be all in one saving people having to get separate things.
:
: From Amanda.
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "Kevin Jones" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
: To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 4:13 PM
: Subject: [bookport] Re: New features that would be AwesomenessCoolness
:
:
: > It's only a chip, the radio. I kind of wish people didn't bash
: > suggestions,
: > just because I don't want a feature doesn't mean other people won't
: use
: > it.
: > I feel a feature only shouldn't be added if it some how took away
: from
: > reading books and playing mp3s if it only adds to the device sure
: add
: it.
: >
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
: > On Behalf Of Bruce Toews
: > Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 9:25 AM
: > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: > Subject: [bookport] Re: New features that would be
: AwesomenessCoolness
: >
: > If it had an AM radio, I'd certainly use it. But it's not a feature
: I
: > would request or lobby for.
: >
: > bruce
: >
: > --
: > Bruce Toews
: > E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: DogRiver@xxxxxxxx
: > Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries):
: http://www.ogts.net
: > Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com
: >
: > On Tue, 7 Mar 2006, Sarah Cranston wrote:
: >
: >> All I'll say on the subject of the below-mention feature requests
: is
: that
: > they will require a hardware upgrade. I wouldn't send my BP away to
: be
: > upgraded, but if there were someday to be a new incarnation of the
: BP
: that
: > included a radio, alternative speech synthesizers, and other
: upgrades,
: I
: > would almost certainly buy one, even though the radio would hardly
: ever
: > get
: > used by me.
: >> Just some thoughts, no bashing intended.
: >>
: >>
: >> -----Original Message-----
: >> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: >> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gary King
: >> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 8:50 AM
: >> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: >> Subject: [bookport] Re: New features that would be
: AwesomenessCoolness
: >>
: >>
: >> All together now folks, the primary purpose of the Book Port is to
: read
: >> books, etc, etc, ... Jim, as a newbie to the list, you should now
: >> prepare
: >> yourself for an onslaught of replies of this nature.
: >>
: >> Gary King, w4wkz@xxxxxxxx
: >>
: >> ----- Original Message -----
: >> From: "Jim Noseworthy" <jim.noseworthy@xxxxxxxxxx>
: >> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: >> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 5:25 PM
: >> Subject: [bookport] New features that would be AwesomenessCoolness
: >>
: >>
: >>> Hi:
: >>>
: >>> As a newbie to the list, I will mention a couple of issues which,
: I'm
: > sure
: >>> have been discussed before.
: >>>
: >>> 1. The addition of a synthesized FM radio such as the BrailleNote
: now
: >> has.
: >>> Other MP3 players such as the IRiver line of players also have
: this
: >> feature.
: >>> They use the headphone wire as an antenna.
: >>>
: >>> 2. It would sure be nice if the eloquence speech could be offered
: as an
: >>> alternative to DoubleTalk even if it was at an extra cost to the
: user.
: >>>
: >>> Thanks all over the place gang.
: >>>
: >>>
: >>>
: >>>
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