[bookport] Re: Upgrades: Hardware and Firmware
- From: "Scott Duck" <sduck@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 15:30:53 -0500
Hi All,
How about the addition of a calculator with, perhaps, limited financial
and/or scientific capabilities. I know that plain talking calculators can
be gotten very inexpensively but talking calculators that have any functions
at all other than adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing, are
ridiculously expensive. I would think that such functionality could be
added to the Book Port quite inexpensively sense it would require only a bit
of software. I work in the accounting field and, personally, I would love
to have a pocket talking calculator with a few financial functions so that I
don't have to lug my laptop if I am only going to do a few quick
calculations. However, those that I have found are between $500 and $1,000
and I am just not going to pay that for a talking calculator when the
nontalking equivalent would cost $20. Are there any others that would like
to see this feature?
Thanks,
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna Slater" <donna.slater@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 3:11 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Upgrades: Hardware and Firmware
> What an excellent idea, you really wouldn't need much else then in the way
> of specialist equipment other than a pc, screen reader and perhaps
scanner.
> I'd love to see this idea enabled in a future upgrade.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Donna
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 5:50 PM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Upgrades: Hardware and Firmware
>
>
> > That is a good idea Neal, and it is certainly worth considering.
> >
> >
> >>>> ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Friday, April 15, 2005 12:37:32 PM >>>
> > Wow, now that's a nice list. I especially like the increased
> > recording
> > quality and a microphone jack. With the Book Ports ability to do
> > notes
> > in braille and the addition of the ability to record a lecture, what
> > other device would one need?
> >
> > I think my suggestion below is perhaps ahead of where you may want to
> > be, but I'll make it anyway.
> >
> > If you're going to increase the recording quality, what about a way to
> > link up recorded notes with points in a book. For example, one might
> > record a memo based on what one is reading and use the keypad to
> > produce
> > a different kind of mark which when reached in play back, would jump
> > to
> > and play the recorded file. When the file was finished, the listener
> > would be returned to the place in the text where they left off. It
> > would be rather like writing notes in the margin. As a student, I
> > would
> > have loved such a feature.
> >
> > I know, that's asking a lot and I think the book port is great as it
> > is,
> > but if you're looking for other ideas, I believe the one above might
> > be
> > one people would use.
> > Neal
> >
> >
> >
> >
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