[bookport] Re: USB power
- From: "Mark Lee" <lee.mark@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 20:09:52 -0500
You can buy a small memo taker that is blind friendly for less than a
hundred dollars. Granted, the memo feature of the BP is a handy feature to
have, but I almost never use it. Besides, the audio quality of the voice
memos is so poor that I couldn't understand them unless I was wearing
headphones, especially in a public place.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim King" <jim_king@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 7:04 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: USB power
> Not true. I have personal experience with several people who said that =
> the
> reason they are not willing to buy a Book Port is for the very reason =
> that
> there is no internal speaker. The memo feature is one of the reasons I
> purchased a Book Port and if it had an internal speaker, it would be =
> much
> more useable.
>
> Jim King
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx =
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Sandy Licht
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 3:52 PM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: USB power
>
>
> Those people who want Bookports are going to buy them whether or not it =
> has=20
> a built-in speaker. The external speaker I have doubles as a case for =
> the=20
> BP, so there isn't anything extra to carry. I'll grant you, it is =
> larger=20
> than the Bookport, but the BP is also very well protected. The question =
>
> is: if an internal speaker was added, how much more would the Bookport=20
> cost? That should be a marketing consideration, too. A lot of folks =
> who=20
> have only heard about the BP and have never actually seen one, gripe =
> about=20
> the price as it is.
>
> At 12:57 PM 4/8/2005, you wrote:
>>I hesitated to reply to this, because I've made my own feelings on the
>>desirability of a small speaker quite clear. But I felt called upon to=20
>>reply, because I think the originator of the message is making =
> assumptions
>>which are not necessarily the case. In the first place, if you don't =
> want=20
>>to use a possible built in speaker, then don't use it. If not in use, =
> it=20
>>wouldn't be drawing power, so your personal use of the device would not =
> be
>>affected at all. Secondly, and this is one where the people who know =
> what=20
>>would and wouldn't be possible with respect to the present size of the=20
>>unit and whether or not a small speaker could be included without
>>seriously altering the units dimensions, given the ubiquity of small=20
>>speakers on very small cell phones, including those which use Talx=20
>>software, I have to believe that it ought to be possible to include =
> such a=20
>>speaker
>>without altering what everybody appreciates about the current unit, =
> i.e.=20
>>its extreme portability. If the designers say it can't be done, then=20
>>that's one thing. But I don't understand why so many seem to be so =
> willing
> to
>>gainsay a feature which, if they choose not to use it, simply isn't =
> going=20
>>to impact their personal usage patterns at all, but which would, if=20
>>implemented, make the device more appealing to a broader segment of an
>>admittedly small market.
>>
>>Mary
>>
>>On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 13:42:15 -0400 (EDT), Will Smith wrote:
>>
>>
>> >I feel a small speaker would be a big step backwards. The size,=20
>> >battery consumption and nature of the unit would be drastically=20
>> >changed and furthermore a private reading device would become a=20
>> >potential nuisance for others, yet harder to understand at my=20
>> >preferred faster speeds.
>>
>> >Will
>> >wilsmith@xxxxxxxxx
>> > On Fri, 8
>> >Apr 2005, Rick Alfaro wrote:
>>
>> >> Amen to that. This seems silly, but I would have purchased a BP a
>> long time
>> >> ago if it would have had some sort of built-in speaker. I really
>> don't like
>> >> using headphones for reading unless it is late at night in
>> bed. Although I
>> >> have some very good sounding portable speakers, it is just one more
>> thing to
>
> 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.=20
> 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=20
> LORD... =20
>
>
>
>
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