[bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
- From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:14:34 -0600
Because none of the current crop of PDAs, including PACMate, can handle the
number of document and audio book formats that the BookPort can handle at any
place close to the reasonable price of a BookPort. Remember, BrailleNote has
no way to read a Daisy book, nor can you read RTF or Audible.com books on the
BrailleNote, and there isn't anything about the MP3 player in a BrailleNote
that can account for and use the indexing in a MP3 file PACMate only allows
the user to use Daisy books if you purchase an add-on Daisy reader software,
Windows Media Player can't use the indexing in an indexed MP3 file, and it is
several pounds heavier than the BookPort.
No matter what PDA you look at, including Maestro, EAsyLink, MPower, PACMate or
an IPAQ using MobileSpeak Pocket can effectively use as many file types as
BookPort. So, just because I have a PDA, I still have plenty of Good reason
for wanting a BookPort Of course I don't have Dectalk speech on a BookPort,
but if I could take an IPAQ with MobileSpeak pocket with Dectalk speech, add
the ability to read all the file types that a BookPort can use, and have all
the features such as email, etc. of a IPAQ I would think I really had something
great. Now, if I could do that for around $795 I would think I had come up
with a wonderful device. Oh, of course it would have to have the option of
either input from a keyboard on the unit or a Bluetooth Braille or Qwerty
keyboard. And, I forgot that I want to be able to add GPS for $200, including
the GPS Bluetooth receiver, and both Bluetooth and wireless network need to be
built-in to the unit, not an expensive add-on card, like on the PACMate and
BrailleNote. Now, if you really want to please me you could add a cell phone
to all of this.
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