[bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
- From: "Kevin Jones" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 01:49:17 -0600
I think the processor in the bookport is similar to that on the bns which
was a z180. the spell checker for the bns was only 340kb, that's nothing.
I'm guessing it would be about as fast as the spell checker on the bns was.
Maybe Rob could enlighten us.
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Lou Kolb
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 8:08 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
Because with a Book Port you can carry hundreds of books in your shirt
pocket which can not be done with the pac mate. They're both great devices
and I'm not suggesting that the BP shouldn't be developed but it is first
and foremost a reading machine. Whatever else it is made to do I'm sure APH
won't diminish those functions. As for the spell checker, they take an
enormous amount of memory which is why I never used one on the BNS. I'm
not enough of a hardware guy to know for sure but I suspect that even if
you had one that could be stored on the flash card, it would take the BP
processor an inordinately long time to use it. That's why it's a great idea
to put the bible on in individual files for each book. Searching one file
is prohibitively long. Lou
----- Original Message -----
From: "Josh Kennedy" <jkenn337@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 8:24 PM
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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