[bookport] bookport suggestions
- From: "Kevin Jones" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 13:57:47 -0500
3 minor ideas that don't have to wait for the new bookport.
1 that when locked, the bookport will say "locked" through the headphones
when a key is pressed.
2 that in audio files the where-am-I can report either percentage or time
location in the file.
3 that the time seek can be set to 5 seconds I find the gap between 2 and 10
seconds too large.
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From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Rose Combs
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 11:49 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: new unit proposal
Well, I have only downloaded podcasts to mine so far as I have no clue
where to start getting music, or to rip a CD from my collection,. I
just have never had the need to do such in the past.
Rose Combs
rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx
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From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Carter
Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 9:05 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: new unit proposal
Hi All,
I know of no other device that plays mp3 files that allows the blind
user
access to the song title information the way that the Book Port does. I
suspect this is the reason that it has become popular as an mp3 player.
Robert Carter
At 06:41 PM 9/16/2005, you wrote:
>Mr. Ring, I completely agree with this message. I use the Book Port as
>a book reader period. The ability to play MP3's is a plus. I am
>getting tired of the unproductive messages. Let's continue to make the
>book Port the best reader out there and not what it is intended for. I
>have been with the Book Port since the beginning and a Roadrunner user
>before that. I use the Book Port everyday to read text and daisy books
>as well as newspapers and html files and occasionally to listen to
>music. Remember if one fails to research the product prior to purchase
>than just return it before the 30 days after purchase for a refund. It
>doesn't get any better than that. So, happy reading.
>
>John
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard Ring
>Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 4:42 PM
>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bookport] Re: new unit proposal
>
>Walt and list:
>I must agree with you!
>I did not purchase my Bookport because I wanted a music system. I
>purchased it because it was a great reading device. And, many of its
>features have greatly improved insofar as reading is concerned.
> When I purchased the device it did not support books from Audible,
>and it did not support books from RFB&D. It didn't have a Braille find
>mode. All of these improvements serve to enhance ones reading
>experience. These are the kinds of improvements I want to see, the
>kind that make the unit a better reading machine. If you want a radio,
>buy one. If you want an MP3 player, buy one.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walt Smith
>Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 2:26 PM
>To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bookport] Re: new unit proposal
>
>
>I agree totally with Jerry and resent the implication that this makes
>anyone who does some kind of reactionary, anti-technology Luddite. The
>Book Port is
>a reading device, first and foremost, and that is precisely what it
>should
>remain. If people want truly full-function MP3 players, that's
perfectly
>
>fine, but I do not want, just for example, any MP3-related innovations
>to get in the way of the device's being the finest _reading_ device
>ever designed up to today. The real problem is that some people still
>insist on
>confusing change with progress and improvement and this is simply not
>always
>the case. It would not improve the BP as a reading system to integrate
a
>
>radio into it; it would not improve the device's ability to read books
>to include a shuffle mode. These are just two examples out of many that
>simply
>don't improve the Book Port as a _reading_ technology. On the other
>hand;
>and note the qualification; if a shuffle mode, for instance, could be
>incorporated without in any way limiting the potential improvement of
>strictly reading-related features, I don't necessarily oppose it.
>However,
>if the code would take up space that might be used for some future
>reading
>functionality, it should not be included. The fact that the BP happens
>to
>play MP3 files as an incidental side effect of its being a reading
>device
>does not mean that significant time should be put into turning it into
>an
>MP3 player for persone who have little or no desire to use it as a
>reading
>system. There are less expensive and better-designed MP3 players
already
>on
>the market.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Rick and Pauline" <daltontwo@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 12:03 AM
>Subject: [bookport] Re: new unit proposal
>
>
>Hi Jerry,
>
>What do you have against progress and innovation? With this sort of
>thinking we would have never replaced the horse and buggy. It seems to
>me that you are too easily satisfied and are not thinking outside the
>box.
>
>Rick
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jerry Weinger
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 11:29 PM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: new unit proposal
>
>
> Tom and List,
> My hope is that the Book Port evolves based upon its ability to read
>books, its small size, and its reasonable cost.
>
>
>
> Here is why I bought the Book Port
>
> 1. I can read a book, in all of the formats, with a device that fits
>into my pocket. And I can have 100 more books on hand, in my other
>pocket. Doing
>this with a CD player would require a larger CD player, and a stack of
>CDs.
>
>
>
> 2. The Book Port uses inexpensive off the shelf batteries, which I
> can
>
>replace myself.
>
>
>
> 3. I had no further expectations for the Book Port; any more than I
>would expect a hammer to do the job of a drill.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jerry Weinger
>
>
>
>
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> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of tom hawkins
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 8:29 PM
> To: Book Port
> Subject: [bookport] new unit proposal
>
>
> Any consideration of a new unit should include a wide, thick
>rubber edge to protect the unit from accidental falls from tables and
>pockets etc.
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