[bookport] Re: Upgrades: Hardware and Firmware
- From: "albert griffith" <albertgriffith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 02:45:12 -0400
Wouldn't a line-out jack save valuable reaestate on the device and allow
people to plug it into speaker systems of their choosing?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick and Pauline" <daltontwo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 12:16 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Upgrades: Hardware and Firmware
: Hi Larry,
:
: My wife and I have put off purchasing the Bookport for one major reason:
we
: strongly object to Doubletalk as a speech system. If Bookport came
equipped
: with a more modern voice synthesizer such as Eloquence, we would probably
: buy the unit within the week. We also agree with those in the group who
: prefer to have a speaker on board for the times we want some relief from
: those irritating headpones. All the other changes you have offered as
: suggestions here would be significant improvements and would be considered
: icing on the cake in our opinion.
:
: Rick and Pauline
:
:
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
: To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 12:02 PM
: Subject: [bookport] Re: Upgrades: Hardware and Firmware
:
:
: > Well, it aint broke, but it doesn't do everything we would like.
: >
: > Here is what I see as must haves:
: >
: > High speed USB connection
: >
: > WMA and OGG decoder in hardware with support for digital rights
: > management.
: >
: > USB host or "on the go."
: >
: > Time Scale Modification (TSM) support on board. (This means the
: > ability to speed up audio files.)
: >
: > On board speaker that will not increase the size of the unit and that
: > will be disabled when headphones are connected.
: >
: > High quality recording capability in sterio.
: >
: > Microphone jack.
: >
: > Stable typing platform. (The unit should lay flat and stable while
: > typing.)
: >
: > Label on the case.
: >
: > Here are some additional "nice to haves if it doesn't add too much to
: > the cost of the unit".
: >
: > Bluetooth connectivity
: >
: > Software synthesizer (possibly optional).
: >
: >
: >>>> pietruk@xxxxxxxxx Friday, April 15, 2005 11:04:28 AM >>>
: > Larry
: >
: > If it ain't broken, don't attempt to fix it. No matter which speech
: > synthesizer you choose, you will have less than pleased customers.
: > Hence, you can't win by making a change; and, as the Book Courier uses
: >
: > DoubleTalk, when it comes time for Book Port owners to replace units,
: > those who liked the doubleTalk, such as myself, would consider
: > purchasing
: > a Courier if they continued to use the DoubleTalk chip.
: >
: >
: >
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