[icon-discuss] Re: Suggestion for a future update.

  • From: "Chase Crispin" <chasec@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:14:13 -0600

And wma! 


 
 
 
 
Chase Crispin

-----Original Message-----
From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shane D
Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 2:30 PM
To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Suggestion for a future update.

True. Maybe someone at levelstar can get in touch with the amazon people.

While we're at it, let's make it play M4P songs from iTunes!

On 12/23/07, Katey Glass <kateyglass@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I totally agree having access to Kindle books would be wonderful!  
> Just  not sure if they would work on our Icons.  There is a particular 
> book which is not on Bookshare that is in Kindle format that I would love
to read!
>
> Katey
>
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>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Kevin Jones
>   To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 2:21 AM
>   Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Suggestion for a future update.
>
>
>   speaking of amazon, it would be cool if the i con could use the new
>   kindle format the kindle is a new e-book reader from amazon they have
>   90000 titles I know we have bookshare but there may be things the kindle
>   has bookshare doesnt and e-books are cheaper than real books in the
>   store. The kindle and the e-paper from sony are bringing to the sighted
>   what the roadrunner bookport bookcourier and icon have given us for a
>   decade.
>
>
>   Shane D wrote:
>   > Just use the amazon.com MP3 store from the browser. (Haven't tried it)
>   >
>   > amazonmp3.com
>   >
>   > On 12/22/07, Chase Crispin <chasec@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   >> I wish that there was some way to have a music store online, and 
> we could
>   >> pay $20 a month and download 50 songs to the Icon or Braille Plus.
>   >>
>   >>
>   >>
>   >>
>   >>
>   >>
>   >> Chase Crispin
>   >>
>   >> -----Original Message-----
>   >> From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   >> [mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>   >> musicproandy@xxxxxxxxx
>   >> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 2:48 PM
>   >> To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   >> Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Suggestion for a future update.
>   >>
>   >> What would be cool is if they had WMA support or iTunes music 
> support in the
>   >> braille plusses.
>   >>
>   >> On Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:03:50 -0500, Shane D wrote:
>   >>
>   >>
>   >>> Yeah.
>   >>>
>   >>> On 12/20/07, Kevin Jones <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   >>>> no push and release status then a number ye that's the way to go
you
>   >>>> could do it with 1 finger
>   >>>>
>   >>>>
>   >>>> Shane D wrote:
>   >>>>> If you mean hit status once, release, and then press number, I
like
>   >>>>> it. If you have to hold both, I would hate to do that if I 
> bought one.
>   >>>>>
>   >>>>> On 12/20/07, CB <cnoc78@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>   >>>>>> I agree.  I truly like this idea.
>   >>>>>>
>   >>>>>>
>   >>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>   >>>>>> From: "Kevin Jones" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>   >>>>>> To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>   >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 11:28 AM
>   >>>>>> Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Suggestion for a future update.
>   >>>>>>
>   >>>>>>
>   >>>>>>> because this is much more efficient the hold-status key is only
>   >>>> efficient
>   >>>>>>> for the top item or 2 and actually status and a number is more
>   >>>>>>> efficient than even the top item in hold-status mode, both in
key
>   >>>>>>> presses and in time.
>   >>>>>>>
>   >>>>>>>
>   >>>>>>> PAMELA RADER wrote:
>   >>>>>>>> Why not just use the Mocve Up or Down option and move the items
>   >>>>>>>> around
>   >>>> on
>   >>>>>>>> that menu in the order you want them?
>   >>>>>>>>
>   >>>>>>>> Pamela Rader, TECHNICAL SUPPORT
>   >>>>>>>> American Printing House For The Blind
>   >>>>>>>> 1839 Frankfort Ave.
>   >>>>>>>> Louisville, KY  40206
>   >>>>>>>>
>   >>>>>>>> PHONE:  1-800-223-1839, Ext. 307
>   >>>>>>>>
>   >>>>>>>>
>   >>>>>>>>>>> kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx 12/20/07 12:16PM >>>
>   >>>>>>>> I would like a mode where you could say press status and a
number
>   >>>>>>>> and
>   >>>> it
>   >>>>>>>> would give you up to 12 using the star and number keys 
> pieces of info.
>   >>>>>>>> Then you could press status 2 and it would tell you the time --
>   >>>>>>>> there could be a way of selecting which pieces of status info
you
>   >>>>>>>> wanted per program and you could move them around. Maybe
pressing
>   >>>>>>>> status 1 could
>   >>>> be
>   >>>>>>>> the same as now if you just press status, holding down status
>   >>>>>>>> could
>   >>>> still
>   >>>>>>>> behave as it does now. If you really wanted more than 12
>   >>>>>>>> selections you could make the number  give you the second list
>   >>>>>>>> then you could press status number 3 or something. What do 
> the rest of
>   >> you think?
>   >>>>>>>>
>   >>>>>>>> Irwin Hott wrote:
>   >>>>>>>>> I would like to see an easier way to get the time and an
option
>   >>>>>>>>> for
>   >>>> the
>   >>>>>>>>> time to give seconds.
>   >>>>>>>>>
>   >>>>>>>>
>   >>>>>>
>   >>>>>
>   >>>>
>   >>>
>   >>> --
>   >>> -Shane
>   >>> Blog: http://blind-geek.com/blog/
>   >>> CoOwner: http://sjtechzone.com
>   >>> AIM: inhaddict
>   >>> Skype: chatter8712
>   >>
>   >>
>   >
>   >
>


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