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I'm sorry ... I've tried to hold my tongue, but ...
IMO the Book Port is for *reading*. Recording memos is a great adjunct
but is secondary to Book Port's primary purpose. Likewise with the
note-taking capability. Hence, I see no reason for the spell-check or for
a myriad of recording formats to be supported. If you want spell-check,
use a computer or Braille Note. If you want hi-fi recording, use a PTR-1.
All the extra features add extra battery drain (ask Apple about battery
life problems with their latest I-pod!).
Itseems to me that APH engineers should "keep it simple, stupid";
simplicity means fewer software glitches and better battery-life. Let's
use the Book Port for the purposes for which it was designed and leave
the fancy stuff to others. And yes, I know; some of the other devices
aren't accessible. But that's not APH's problem!
<<SOAPBOX OFF>>
Mike
On Sun, 27 Nov 2005, David Edick wrote:
I would like to see the book port fully support recording in whatever
format
you need. Kind of like a plextalk, without the CD.
-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of Josh Kennedy
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 11:35 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] the holidays and bookport
Hi,
I saw over the holidays that ipods now have video capabilities on them
and
other stuff, although their primary function is playing music. I would
like
to see 1. better recording capabilities on the bookport using the
bookport's
internal microphone. like the ability to record at 32khz or 44khz mono
2. a
pronunciation dictionary so I can change how the speech pronounces words
when I'm reading books such as harry potter where the speech says some
names
and things incorrectly.
3. a spell-checker for the notetaker, similar to that of the braille 'n
speak.
4. It would be cool also if the transfer software could through use of
the
options dialog optionally convert text files with spaces into rtf or
word
files after synchronization. I think it would be easier to do this on
the
computer end of things rather than expecting the bookport to do it.
I was told I'm getting a bookport as an early christmas present and I
can't
wait to have one! I also hope to buy a language master in a month or two
here as well.
Josh
he should try out the animal before he bought him. He took the could.
The
Bear soon left him, for it is said he will not touch-land... A RIVER
carried
down in its stream two Pots, one made of pounce upon in a whole year.
Evil
wishes, like chickens, come home to roost.
