Ann, I have to echo everything you just said. I've only had my vnqt for about a month (it was an early Christmas gift) and it's so very easy to use. Who needs all that extra stuff for recording and all. I really like pdi's pholosophy about there products. Thanks pdi for such a great product. Stacey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann K. Parsons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 6:05 AM Subject: [Braillenote] Recording with the BN family > Hi all, > > Um, it's because PDI happens to think that Braille Support, ability to > handle large documents, one word processor instead of two, are more > important than the ability to record one's voice. If you want a tape > recorder, go to Walmart and buy one for $20.00. You might also want > to read the competition's user list, it's rather enlightening, to tell > the truth. The BN does use Windows CE. It is just the interface, the > way you interact with the OS that is different. > > <smiling> The BN may not have all the bells and whistles of the > competition, but when it comes to the ability to write a coherent > document in one place, using one program, and when it works seamlessly > with something as innovative as the program from Sendero, and when one > knows that the basics are being looked at first instead of being > add-ons, then I think one begins to understand the true power of the > BN. I've read this list and heard everyone complaining that they want > bells and whistles: recorders, games, support for off-the-shelf > programs. I'm finally at the point where I've got to say this folks. > If you buy a car and it has all the features you could ever want, > electric windows and doors, a DVD player, air conditioning, cruise > control, leather seats, and so on, but if that car has a faulty > distributor or if that car has a cracked engine block, or an oil leak, > you ain't goin' nowhere fast, folks, nowhere nohow no place! On the > other hand, if you buy a car that has wind-up windows and manual doors > and a simple AM/FM radio and a cassette player, and no air > conditioning, but if the engine runs true and the milage is good, you > can drive from New York City to Sacramento if you want to do so! It > may be a plain old blue car, but it will pass the caddy on the side of > the road and keep on goin'. > > Ann P. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > "All that is gold does not glitter. > Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >
