[bookport] Re: bookport suggestion
- From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 15:07:11 -0500
That's not the only question by a mile and claiming that it is the only
question merely demonstrates a lack of understanding of technology and how
it is designed and implemented.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 11:46 PM
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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