[bookport] Re: another suggestion
- From: "Richard Ring" <ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:41:44 -0600
I believe that the tone of your message is not necessary, nor is it
productive. I have been using computers since 1988. I have learned to
use the Pac Mate, the Braillenote, the Braille Lite and many other
devices and software programs.
I do not fear change, nor do I believe that those who make suggestions
should be silenced. However, if a suggestion is made without regard to
logic or rationality, people have a perfect right to express their
opinions concerning such suggestions and their feasibility.
To suggest, for example, that because technology existed in 1993 that it
would be easy to implement in a device that was never designed to
function in the way that another device functions is not logical.
A calculator to me is not necessary. However, it is logical, given the
fact that the Bookport has a keyboard that could easily allow it to work
well as a calculator. All I'm saying is that no device will ever do
everything, and do it well.
I am sure that functionality will be added to the Bookport, I simply
believe that in adding functionality, we should improve what the device
currently does, and add functionality that will strengthen the machine,
rather than functionality that is simply cute.
Cell phones now browse the web, take pictures, and much much more.
However, there have been studies that show that the more unrelated
features that get added to a device, the more people tend to become
confused and overwhelmed by the array of features.
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bruce Toews
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 2:15 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: another suggestion
I promised I would no longer talk about features that have yet to be
implemented. And I won't. But what I will say is, have faith in APH. Let
them listen to the suggestions, let them decide which are affordable and
which are not. They, more than any of us, know what the costs in adding
a
feature are. People making suggestions should not be shushed by people
who
are terrified of change. Larry has made it clear on this list before
that
people are free to make suggestions, and while APH staff are not at
liberty to discuss these suggestions, they are read. You guys have
effectively shut me up from ever making a public suggestion for
improvement. How many other people are you going to shut up because of
your fears?
Bruce
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On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, Walt Smith wrote:
> Because every suggestion is going to require _at least_ the time of
the
> programmers who write the firmware. Whether a feature has been
implemented
> on some other device is totally irrelevant to implementing it on the
Book
> Port. This is aside from issues such as memory requirements, possible
> hardware changes, etc.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Josh Kennedy" <jkenn337@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 6:37 PM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: another suggestion
>
>
> And why would my suggestions make the price higher, if what I am
asking has
> already been done and implemented in the 1993 braille 'n speaks?
> It's not like I'm asking them to make it into a windows ce notetaker.
I'm
> just asking it to have some more of the functions that the braille 'n
speaks
> have in them.
>
>
> Josh
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shannon A. Reece" <shazza@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 5:31 PM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: another suggestion
>
>
>> Absolutely positively right! Thanks for saying so well what I've
been
>> trying to think of how to say for hours.
>> You will not be disappointed with your BP, believe me! It is the
best
>> $400
>> I have ever spent and I love mine. But you are correct, if all these
>> wanted
>> suggestions by a very few persons were to make the BP, say even a
couple
>> of
>> hundred dollars higher instead of the $400 it is, I, as a stay at
home
>> mother, could not have afforded it. I sure as heck cannot afford a
>> BrailleNote or a BrailleLite. I have kids to feed and clothe.
>> Long live Book Port as a Book reader!
>> Shannon
>> From: "Eric StevenS" <sseric57@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>
>>> I am just curious, for those paying for these products themselves,
with
>> all
>>> of these features, how much higher would you be willing to go for
such a
>>> device?
>>>
>>> I haven't received mine yet, so maybe I'm mistaken thinking the
value is
>> so
>>> good as is. But, it almost seems like people want a Braille N Speak
with
>>> book reading, recording, and MP3 capability. Let's see, that $1,500
>>> plus?
>>> How many would they sell at that price point?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
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