[bookport] Re: bookport needs a speaker:
- From: "Lou Kolb" <loukolb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 14:02:10 -0400
I have to say that, having been on this list for more than 2 years now, I
have found nothing but decent discussion; at least until today. Questions
should be asked here and opinions expressed and then either be agreed or
disagreed with. Perhaps some posts should not be responded to at all lest
we encourage flaming. I think we could all stand to get over ourselves a
bit.
The BP has turned out to be the most useful and satisfying piece of access
technology I own. i'm not claiming it's perfect. As has been mentioned, no
one box can be all things to all people. I think APH has been more than
open to suggestion as a quick look at the history of the device will
indicate. One of the best things about the BP is knowing that it will
continue to improve. Lou
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Poehlman" <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 1:40 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport needs a speaker:
> I had hoped to find decent discussion but what I found has persuaded
> me not to buy one.
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> --
> Jonnie Apple Seed
> With his:
> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
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> On Sep 5, 2005, at 1:37 PM, Scott Huddleson wrote:
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> if you have so many problems with the bookport; don't own one, and
> don't intend to to buy one, why are you even on this list???
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman"
> <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 11:54 AM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport needs a speaker:
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> > not a standoff but a conflict. Many people have not bought them
> > because they don't support braille, they don't support wireless,
> > they don't have onboard storage and they don't have a speaker.
> > Why does pac mate have a speaker if it's so unimportant not to
> > have one? How about braille note, braille sense and even
> > laptops? Oh, you guys who think a speaker is necessary can just
> > go pound peas. So What if the device talks. This brings up
> > another matter. It'd be really cool if we could use the bp as a
> > synth for our computers. Yes, with a speaker in it.
> >
> > --
> > Jonnie Apple Seed
> > With his:
> > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
> >
> >
> > On Sep 5, 2005, at 11:30 AM, Walt Smith wrote:
> >
> > It's also a customer request to not add a speaker and that's a
> > standoff.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Poehlman" <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 11:20 AM
> > Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport needs a speaker:
> >
> >
> > It could be small and still sound good. IIt could be on the back of
> > the unit. It might make the unit a bit larger depending on design,
> > but it would be hugely worth it and this is no opinion. It may well
> > be a bad idea, but it is a customer request.
> >
> > --
> > Jonnie Apple Seed
> > With his:
> > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s
> >
> >
> > On Sep 5, 2005, at 10:21 AM, Chris Hill wrote:
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> > If the unit had a speaker, it'd be too small and you'd complain about
> > how it sounded. It'd also make the unit larger, and I'd complain
> > about that. The speaker idea is a bad one.
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 5 Sep 2005 09:00:39 -0400, you wrote:
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> >> When I examined a book port for several weeks beginning around
> >> memorial day, I was most put off by the fact that I had to augment
> >> the unit with something else before even beginning to use it. Yes,
> >> it's lovely, but no walk man that I know of costs 500 dollars. I
> >> know that the IPod and its kin require augmentation too, but we are
> >> talking about a classic need here and that is one of being able to
> >> hear the audio and for 500 dollars, you'd think we'd get something
> >> with a speaker in it.
> >>
> >> Further on the discussion of what should be in the book port, I was
> >> disapointed that I could not just load something into the book port
> >> without yet another augmentation which granted like headphones was
> >> supplied but unnerving nonetheless especially if you need better
> >> headphones or an external speaker or a bigger card. I was fully
> >> informed and it was no surprise but the reality was a bit different
> >> from the knowing in advance. Were a speaker emplanted into the bp we
> >> could have error tones and other tonal indications augmenting our
> >> experience.
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> >> I'd love to hear the wisdom behind the current design other than
> >> perhaps better bat life and a more compact design?
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> >> Thanks!
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