[bookport] Re: TNA UK

  • From: Megan Kelly <mek55@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 19:52:37 -0400

I'd love to have the grade 2 translator; it would be great for the note-taker.

Megan

At 01:53 PM 8/3/2005, you wrote:
I think the Book Port is a wonderful machine, but I also see room for improvement. If some modifications were made to the hardware, the reality is I'd be the first to stand in line to take advantage of it and shell out my money to do so. Here is my list:

Really Nice:
More internal and modern firmware memory, giving the APH firmware developers more room to allow Book Port to handle various file formats directly instead of having to have stuff converted by the transfer software, a built-in Grade 2 back-translator, and so on.
2. A battery compartment that better differentiates between the positive and negative contact points.

2. A physical locking switch.

4. USB 2 speed; with less conversion beind done by the transfer software, higher speed for the actual transfer would be more noticeable.
5. Plastic cover to fit over the keys for transporting purposes.

Would-Be-Nice-If-I-Lived-In-A-Dream-World Features:
1. AM radio.
2. Facilities for high-quality line-in or mike jack recording, as well as recording off of said radio.
3. More voice options, such as DecTalk, the kind used in DecTalk USB
4. Reminder features (appointment calendar).
5. Dishwasher Attachment.

Bruce

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On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Richard Ring wrote:

Of course they shouldn't be free.  My point is that I see many
suggestions on this list, and I get the impression that those who make
them would be the first to complain if they had to pay for the fruit of
their requests.
The Bookport has some wonderful features and its overall performance is
great.  I simply think that if we make all of the hardware changes
people want, we'll have a device that costs more than the original, and
you'll see nothing but endless complaints on this list.

-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandy Licht
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 11:24 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: TNA UK


And why should they be free?  New hardware features would be okay, but I
am
happy with the Bookport I have.  I wouldn't spend another four hundred
dollars to buy a BP just because it had the latest and greatest bells
and
whistles on it.

If you like the Book Courier better, then... to each his own.

At 11:18 AM 8/3/2005, you wrote:
I have never had my Bookport unlock. The odds of putting equal
pressure 
on two keys are quite low.
For all you folks who want hardware upgrades, I imagine you believe
they 
will be free.
They won't!

-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandy Licht
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 11:17 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: TNA UK


If it is in your pocket, it is highly unlikely the Bookport will be
unlocked.

At 11:00 AM 8/3/2005, you wrote: 
I am aware of that but if its in your pocket it is still possible to
unlock and I feel a swich on the side would be more appropriate.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Cranston" <cranston.sarah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: TNA UK
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 10:45:02 -0500


The BookPort has a locking feature. Press 1 and 3 together and
the
unit will 
not respond to key presses.


-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Richard Freeman
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:42 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] TNA UK


TNA UK - Talking Newspapers Association of UK

Provides daily/ weekly newspapers and magzines specialising in a
wide
variety
of subjects by email to people who are blind, throughout the UK.
While
we can
copy this onto bookport we are not able to move from article to
article
like 
the Courier users are.

Is there any ability to solve this problem?
Why does the courier proform better than the bookport when they
are
such 
similar devices?

Also I would like to suggest that like many pocket digital
recoirders that
future bookports should have a switch on the side so you can turn
it

off and
the keys dont get accidently pressed in your pocket. 

Sandy Licht
Phone: 409-898-8218
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11For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They
are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a
hope.
12In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13If you look for me in
earnest,
you will find me when you seek me. 14I will be found by you," says the
LORD...


Sandy Licht
Phone: 409-898-8218
Jeremiah 29:11 - 14A
11For I know the plans I have for you," says the LORD. "They
are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a
hope.
12In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13If you look for me in
earnest,
you will find me when you seek me. 14I will be found by you," says the
LORD...







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