[bookport] Re: Talking MP3 Player
- From: "Jacques Bosch" <jacques.bosch@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 09:53:55 +0200
I would also love to be able to read CHM files!
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Denning" <jdenning@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 12:47 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Talking MP3 Player
> "Woefully overpriced" No way. I see the BP as one of the true bargins for
> adaptive hardware out there. Just think what that well known FL company
who
> sells a screen reader would charge if they had it. You can't compare
apples
> and oranges and expect them to be the same. The BP isn't just another MP3
> player. It is a means for us who can't read print to take a book anywhere
> just like a sighted person. Heck even more so since I can read while I'm
> walking.
> One big advantage of being totally solid state, LOW low battery
> consumption. The thing just doesn't eat up batteries, I love it. You toss
> in a HD and the battery life would drop by an order of magnitude.
>
> There are improvements I'd like to see, mostly software. I'd like to be
> able to read .CHM files. MS releases a great deal of electronic books in
> this format. And they are broken into chapter and section, so would be
> great to read, if it supported that format.
>
> Keep up the great work APH. And if you can toss in more MP3 support for
> music lovers, cool, what an extra.
>
> At 12:27 PM 5/31/2004, you wrote:
> >Compact storage cards don't make storage space unlimited. When most
players
> >cost around 3-5 hundred dollars and have 20 to 40 gb hard drives, the
> >bookport is woefully overpriced for little when compared to what is out
> >there in the mainstream.
>
> -JD- John Denning
> A+ MCSA MCSE
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>
>
>
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