[bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
- From: Josh and LuAnn <jkenn337@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2005 11:22:34 -0500
I'd love it if the bookport and braille n speak scholar could become one unit.
Or better yet. allow the braille n speak scholar to still exist because there
may still be people who use a serial port or for some reason just want a
braille n speak scholar. But why then is the braille n speak scholar
considerably more expensive than the bookport if it's using technology that
came out in the early 90s like 1990 or 1992?
Josh
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: David Tanner <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:46:53 -0600
>Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
>Wouldn't it be nice to have all the current features of the BookPort plus the
>features that were available in the BNS 640? The question is whether there
>is enough internal memory for the programming code that it would take to have
>all those features. What if the BookPort and the BNS Scholar were united and
>became one unit?
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Josh Kennedy" <jkenn337@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 8:44 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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