<chuckle> Lynnette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Ring" <ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 11:49 AM Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport needs a speaker: > The Bookport functions as it was intended. A TV without a screen > doesn't because expected functionality is missing. If some one were > generous enough > To purchase a Bookport for me as a gift, I don't imagine that the first > thing I would do is to go to that person and say, "But where's the > speaker on this piece of junk?" > > -----Original Message----- > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Poehlman > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 10:28 AM > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport needs a speaker: > > > Ok, the price on the site is rong then? iut was listed as 49x or > something like that. I could go and check but you know better than > I. Again I say, this is acustomer request so just take it for what > it is worth from someone who's been around blindness products for a > long time. Yes, people who get them if they buy them know what they > are getting in advance, but many are given as gifts to people who > have never heard of them and they should be correctly built. I will > not buy one because it does not have a speaker and it does not allow > me to store stuff in it and unless the stereo bug is fixed. I also > do not like the speech or the spacing of the buttons. > > Let this be what it is, not an attack or intended critisism but would > have been customer observations. Yes, you can adapt but the price > means you should not have to. Suppose I got a tv for 7 hundred > dollars and was told it dien't come with a screen? > > -- > Jonnie Apple Seed > With his: > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > > > On Sep 5, 2005, at 9:39 AM, Walt Smith wrote: > > Not if it would alter the unit's size. This subject has been debated to > death and beyond on this list and there's no solid consensus, but as > far as > I'm concerned, anything that would tend to increase the unit's size or > weight is completely unacceptable. People who purchase it know in > advance > what they're getting and not getting and if you can find a Walkman > that does > one per cent of what the Book Port does, you're welcome to it. > Besides, you > should at least get the price right--it's $400, not $500. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Poehlman" <david.poehlman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 9:00 AM > Subject: [bookport] bookport needs a speaker: > > > 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. > > I'd love to hear the wisdom behind the current design other than > perhaps better bat life and a more compact design? > > Thanks! > > -- > Jonnie Apple Seed > With his: > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > > > > > > > > >