[bookport] Re: Upgrades: Hardware and Firmware
- From: "Jerry Neufeld" <jerry.neufeld@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:26:13 -0400
Hello Larry.
Although someone has doubtless asked this already, should you people go to
an alternative synthesizer, will the software synth be retrofittable to
older units without hardware changes?
Thanks.
Jerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 8:15 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Upgrades: Hardware and Firmware
>I doubt we can offer Eloquence for $50, since it looks like we will be
> paying around that on a per unit license, even before doing any hardware
> and software modifications.
>
> At this time, it does not look feasible to be able to offer an unit
> with more than one synthesizer in it. Of course, this could change as
> we learn more.
>
> I just do not have enough information to be able to answer the question
> of upgrading current units to a different synthisizer. After all, we do
> not even know yet if we will be offering a different synthesizer.
>
>
>
>>>> wd8ldy@xxxxxxxxxx Thursday, April 14, 2005 6:28:12 AM >>>
> Hi Larry and list!
>
> Sarah has given the best description of the Keynote's voice that I ever
>
> heard. A little plastic guy is exactly what it sounds like to me. I am
>
> pleased I managed to get my bookport while you were using a reasonably
>
> understandable synthesiser. That is strictly my opinion. Below is the
> sum of
> my experience with others' use of different synthesisers.
>
> DEC-talk is OK, but I have found a fair number of people who have found
> it
> difficult to understand. These same people also dislike Doubletalk for
> the
> same reason. But all have found Eloquence to be the kind of improvement
> they
> required. This is my experience in a country that used to use a lot of
>
> Keynotes.
>
> I realise it may be early for you to have any definitive figures, but I
>
> would like to ask a couple questions. If you should decide that you
> want to
> offer another synthesiser in Bookport, and I do not believe this is
> needed
> nor waranted, could it be retrofitted into the case of current units?
> If so,
> what would the cost be expected to be? Would it be possible to
> accommodate
> two synthesisers that could be switched in the settings menu or would
> we
> have to forfeit what we have in order to gain the other?
>
> I would be willing to pay a small amount, say $50, if you could add
> Eloquence to my unit. But I would hope that it could be added without
> having
> to physically send the Bookport in. There have been a number of
> problems
> here when people have sent equipment overseas for repairs. When the
> equipment is returned, Customs have been known to charge duties as if
> it was
> a new product. I would not want to chance experiencing this, nor would
> I
> want to see others unnecessarily charged. For that reason, I think you
>
> should try to make whatever you do decide to use deliverable on line.
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
>
>
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