This is at least the fifth or sixth time you have complained. And also,
technology could be implemented into the book port, I may add, remember? I
know the BNS is a hole other device, but stil, technology is out there.
Tyler
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 2:05 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
This is at least the fifth or sixth time you've referenced Braille 'n' Speak
technology as if implementing it in the BP were simple. Do you have any idea
how much of this technology is based in hardware? Have you made an
engineering comparison between the hardware and software components of the
BNS and the BP? Do you understand that the Book Port is _not_ a BNS? The
fact that something was implemented in 1993 in another device has absolutely
no bearing in this discussion because this is a different device entirely
from the device on which this function was implemented.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Kennedy" <jkenn337@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:44 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
yep, another reason why we should implement some of that 1993 braille n speak technology in there.
Josh
----- Original Message ----- From: "Wstephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <wstephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:07 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
Certainly yes, size is an issue, but over and above that, it's entirely
possible to use a Bookport while walking, or doing any number of other
things. A Pac mate doesn't lend itself very well to being used under many
conditions, especially where inclement weather is a factor.
Bill Stephan Kansas City, MO (816)803-2469 Email: Wstephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
.From: "Josh Kennedy"<jkenn337@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
.Sent: 11/10/05 7:24:05 PM
.To: "bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"<bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
.Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
.
.but if you have a pacmate or pda then why have a bookport?
.Well a bookport is smaller, guess it's all personal preference.
.
.
.Josh
.
.----- Original Message ----- .From: "Wstephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <wstephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
.To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
.Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 7:23 PM
.Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
.
.
.> Well, my suggestion is a bit different.
.>
.> I'd like for someone to develop transfer software that could run on a
Pac
.> Mate. Bill Stephan
.> Kansas City, MO
.> (816)803-2469
.> Email: Wstephan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
.>
.>
.> S -----Original Message-----
.> .From: "DanFlasar@xxxxxxx"<DanFlasar@xxxxxxx>
.> .Sent: 11/10/05 2:34:08 PM
.> .To: "bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"<bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
.> .Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
.> .
.> .I'll have to agree with Dave here. I love my Bookport - it's
versatility
.> .keeps showing up in unexpected ways. I was working out yesterday on a
.> treadmill
.> .when the I finished the book I was reading ("Vancouver" - available
from
.> .Bookshare - a Mitchener-esque history of the city of Vancouver -
.> excellent!).
.> .Instead of having to change a tape (assuming I'd had the foresight to
.> include
.> .a tape for another book or magazine, I just went to the index and
chose
.> from
.> .among 20 other books I'd downloaded from Bookshare. I chose "Me Talk
.> Pretty
.> .One Day" by David Sedaris. It's like having a little library with
me
.> at all
.> .times.
.> . I have a Parrot Voicemate as a PDA which works fine for me. I'm
.> fine
.> .with the Bookport providing the functions it does. I see it as a
.> portable
.> .reading machine. I'd love to have better voice capabilities, and I
do
.> get a
.> .little annoyed at hearing St. Louis pronounced as Street Louis, but I
.> get what it
.> .means. If anything, I'd like to see it take on some Kurzweil
.> .characteristics. For example, I'd like to have a dictionary
on-board,
.> which could be
.> .automatically cross-referenced to a book I'm reading.
.> . For example, if I heard a word that I'm not familiar with, I'd
like
.> to
.> .be able to key to the word, hit a key combo and get a definition for
it.
.> . Not asking for much, am I?
.> .Dan
.> .
.> .
.>
.>
.
.
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