That is my feeling too. The only way we would have everything we want is if we somehow got 20/20. Non e of these pieces of equipment will ever be 20/20, but I will take what they do give me which is far more than I had as a girl growing up in the Fifties and Sixties. This is also why a variety of companies can develop a variety of equipment so we can kind of pick and choose according to our own individual needs, likes and dislikes. I sometimes can't believe the technology we have available to us now and never would have dreamed of it.
Dianne -----Original Message----- From: Robert C [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 7:41 PM To: Raul A. Gallegos; Book Sense Discussion List Subject: Re: [GW-Booksense] Features Raul, What you say is common sense. If a product was made that satisfied one user 100%, it still would not satisfy others. I cannot think of anything I own now or have owned in the past that did what I wanted 100%. It will never happen. I believe we are spoiled with the vast amount of high tech products that do many things for us. Quote of the nanosecond. . . If you take your laptop for a run, you could jog your memory. Robert & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn E-mail- [email protected] Home Page- http://webpages.charter.net/dog_guide/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]> To: "Book Sense Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 7:31 PM Subject: Re: [GW-Booksense] Features > To all, please don't feel that we think that people who wish for new > features means that you are unhappy with the BookSense. In fact, we always > welcome input, whether it's a new feature suggestion or an improvement, or > a bug fix. Also, we don't read emotion into emails, but when something > like the following is read, one can't help but wonder if users are upset > because feature or bug X hasn't been fixed, or users are upset because > their own personal needs have not been tended to. I'm referring to the > following excerpt from Gary King: > > > I wonder just how much programming time HIMS dedicates to the > > BookSense compared to their far more expensive notetakers. Will we > > ever see any of the features we've requested from the first, such as > > > setting independent volume levels for the menu voice and playback > > and the capability of listening to Overdrive books and other > > DRM-protected files? > > The above quote is a perfect example of the high priority items we have > been communicating with HIMS that need to be addressed. However just > because they are not added from the beginning or during a time frame of > our wanting, it does not automatically mean that no one is listening. > Furthermore, it does not mean that higher priority is given to the > expensive notetakers. In fact, during the BookSense release and the > various updates from last year, we got a lot of flack from the notetaker > users for the same thing. There were many messages which implied that > Braille Sense users were left in the dust now that the cheap hardware such > as the BookSense was out and that HIMS must be dedicating all their > attention to the BookSense users who don't have to spend all that money > since rehab wasn't buying them. So you tell me, does this sound familiar? > If you don't believe me, go read our list archives on the gw-notetaker > list. Basically it comes down to the old saying, "screwed if you do, and > screwed if you don't." HIMS makes choices on where their time and > development goes and that is something we do not control. Remember, HIMS > sells all over the world and we only sell BookSense in the U.S. and the > Sense notetakers in North America. That leaves quite a few other countries > where the Sense products are sold and HIMS still needs to consider those > users' needs. > > If you feel the negative aspects of the BookSense outweigh the positive > ones and cannot recommend it to others, that is your prerogative. Everyone > has to judge whether their glass is half-full or half-empty. Personally I > would recommend or not recommend a product based on how it's going to meet > the user's needs. For example, a weak point of the BooksEnse is the poor > pronunciation in the TTS such as October said as Octoaboo. However if > someone wants to use it for reading Audible.com and NLS books only and > could not care less about the document reader, would I recommend the > BookSense? Yes I would. > > Many thanks, and good night. > > > -- > Raul A. 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