Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text
Hamit, they no about it, but the problem is that they don't do anything about it. They give allot of people advice on how to get the player going again, and they will help you as far as they can, I'm not going to bad mouth the company, just stating that the problem is that there is no solution provided to make sure that all units run stable and also better hardware. The booksense can be quite stable, meaning that is very usable, but if you thing how much it cost, and you compare it with an Olympus wich is targeted a slitely different market as far as the dm models goes, then its really unexceptable! That is why I con't wait for the dm7. I would advice it to anyone, even if you have an audio player already. The sound is just one of the many things wich is just better. On 06/06/2014, John Gurd j.g...@ntlworld.com wrote: That's true, I've had to reset my Booksense more than I'd like when using Bluetooth in particular. The sound quality is fine for audio and text books and for casual listening to entertainment. I've copied a lot of music onto the SD card when I first got it, but when using decent headphones I prefer listening to music on my iPhone because the sound quality is so much better. John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: 06 June 2014 10:14 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Hi jhon, yes its a great unit, but first off, I think it could have better hardware. The sound quality when connected to external speakers is ok, but not good enough for a device with such a price tag. If this happened with a mainstream product, sighted people would rave about it, so why should we except it? Yes, it does work well, but often when the battery drains, its not easy for everyone to get it running again, as some units just dies on them. You have to reset each time to get it going, and the overall stability is not yet what it should be. A reset is ment for every now and then, you should hardly use it, but with booksense and alike, its better to get to no the different resets and the way they work, as you might need it more often than you think. On 05/06/2014, John Gurd j.g...@ntlworld.com wrote: My BookSense XT works really well. I use it every day and love it. What's your problem with it? John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: 04 June 2014 21:47 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Amen to that dennis. I would also love it if they came out with a follow up booksense, then they could keep up with updates for all booksense models. But now no one noes what will happen. Their programmers need lots of training if I may say. On 04/06/2014, Dennis dennis...@gmail.com wrote: this is my poinet. i don't expect a booksence update ever again. i do expect the same level of management with the blaze as the xt. after the price goes up and they add in shipping, i'm not paying $800 for this thing. i'm sure a lot of people will use the ocr function and god bless those who do. but i wouldn't use it enough to worent paying that price. i do wish they had put out a lesser expensive version without the ocr and i might have baught one. i guess what i would like is an improved xt. such as better mp3 player, larger hardrive like the blaze and the internet radio would be nice. i hope everyone are not dissapointed with the ocr function but with hims history i don't look for it to be a raving success. this is all just my 2 sence worth of course. On 6/4/2014 7:45 AM, Aidan wrote: Exactly, the fact that blootooth is so poor on the xt, shows me that they don't no what they are doing. They cannot expect people to buy this thing and just be happy with problems. They actually whent on in this fassion for far to long. The 2.3 update was great as it fixed allot of stuff, now with the 3.0 update there are new bugs, its a year later and nothing has been done. The same will happen with this blaze thing. It won't be long before people start to complain. And I wunder if the xt will see an update ever again now that they put all their energy in this thing. And its stil relevant to ask since they seem to not going to discontinue the booksense. On 03/06/2014, Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com wrote: Ah you are mad funny too man. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:34 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text yep, they'd really cause some excitement if they added a vibrater, (lol
RE: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text
Ah okay. Be it as it may, they should fix it. What's new with the DM7? Where can I find out about it? -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 8:49 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Hamit, they no about it, but the problem is that they don't do anything about it. They give allot of people advice on how to get the player going again, and they will help you as far as they can, I'm not going to bad mouth the company, just stating that the problem is that there is no solution provided to make sure that all units run stable and also better hardware. The booksense can be quite stable, meaning that is very usable, but if you thing how much it cost, and you compare it with an Olympus wich is targeted a slitely different market as far as the dm models goes, then its really unexceptable! That is why I con't wait for the dm7. I would advice it to anyone, even if you have an audio player already. The sound is just one of the many things wich is just better. On 06/06/2014, John Gurd j.g...@ntlworld.com wrote: That's true, I've had to reset my Booksense more than I'd like when using Bluetooth in particular. The sound quality is fine for audio and text books and for casual listening to entertainment. I've copied a lot of music onto the SD card when I first got it, but when using decent headphones I prefer listening to music on my iPhone because the sound quality is so much better. John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: 06 June 2014 10:14 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Hi jhon, yes its a great unit, but first off, I think it could have better hardware. The sound quality when connected to external speakers is ok, but not good enough for a device with such a price tag. If this happened with a mainstream product, sighted people would rave about it, so why should we except it? Yes, it does work well, but often when the battery drains, its not easy for everyone to get it running again, as some units just dies on them. You have to reset each time to get it going, and the overall stability is not yet what it should be. A reset is ment for every now and then, you should hardly use it, but with booksense and alike, its better to get to no the different resets and the way they work, as you might need it more often than you think. On 05/06/2014, John Gurd j.g...@ntlworld.com wrote: My BookSense XT works really well. I use it every day and love it. What's your problem with it? John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: 04 June 2014 21:47 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Amen to that dennis. I would also love it if they came out with a follow up booksense, then they could keep up with updates for all booksense models. But now no one noes what will happen. Their programmers need lots of training if I may say. On 04/06/2014, Dennis dennis...@gmail.com wrote: this is my poinet. i don't expect a booksence update ever again. i do expect the same level of management with the blaze as the xt. after the price goes up and they add in shipping, i'm not paying $800 for this thing. i'm sure a lot of people will use the ocr function and god bless those who do. but i wouldn't use it enough to worent paying that price. i do wish they had put out a lesser expensive version without the ocr and i might have baught one. i guess what i would like is an improved xt. such as better mp3 player, larger hardrive like the blaze and the internet radio would be nice. i hope everyone are not dissapointed with the ocr function but with hims history i don't look for it to be a raving success. this is all just my 2 sence worth of course. On 6/4/2014 7:45 AM, Aidan wrote: Exactly, the fact that blootooth is so poor on the xt, shows me that they don't no what they are doing. They cannot expect people to buy this thing and just be happy with problems. They actually whent on in this fassion for far to long. The 2.3 update was great as it fixed allot of stuff, now with the 3.0 update there are new bugs, its a year later and nothing has been done. The same will happen with this blaze thing. It won't be long before people start to complain. And I wunder if the xt will see an update ever again now that they put all their energy in this thing. And its stil relevant to ask since they seem to not going to discontinue the booksense. On 03/06/2014, Hamit Campos hamitcam
Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text
I will tell you when it ships. I don't no why its not shipping yet? I will send you a link with that review. On 08/06/2014, Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com wrote: Ah okay. Be it as it may, they should fix it. What's new with the DM7? Where can I find out about it? -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 8:49 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Hamit, they no about it, but the problem is that they don't do anything about it. They give allot of people advice on how to get the player going again, and they will help you as far as they can, I'm not going to bad mouth the company, just stating that the problem is that there is no solution provided to make sure that all units run stable and also better hardware. The booksense can be quite stable, meaning that is very usable, but if you thing how much it cost, and you compare it with an Olympus wich is targeted a slitely different market as far as the dm models goes, then its really unexceptable! That is why I con't wait for the dm7. I would advice it to anyone, even if you have an audio player already. The sound is just one of the many things wich is just better. On 06/06/2014, John Gurd j.g...@ntlworld.com wrote: That's true, I've had to reset my Booksense more than I'd like when using Bluetooth in particular. The sound quality is fine for audio and text books and for casual listening to entertainment. I've copied a lot of music onto the SD card when I first got it, but when using decent headphones I prefer listening to music on my iPhone because the sound quality is so much better. John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: 06 June 2014 10:14 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Hi jhon, yes its a great unit, but first off, I think it could have better hardware. The sound quality when connected to external speakers is ok, but not good enough for a device with such a price tag. If this happened with a mainstream product, sighted people would rave about it, so why should we except it? Yes, it does work well, but often when the battery drains, its not easy for everyone to get it running again, as some units just dies on them. You have to reset each time to get it going, and the overall stability is not yet what it should be. A reset is ment for every now and then, you should hardly use it, but with booksense and alike, its better to get to no the different resets and the way they work, as you might need it more often than you think. On 05/06/2014, John Gurd j.g...@ntlworld.com wrote: My BookSense XT works really well. I use it every day and love it. What's your problem with it? John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: 04 June 2014 21:47 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Amen to that dennis. I would also love it if they came out with a follow up booksense, then they could keep up with updates for all booksense models. But now no one noes what will happen. Their programmers need lots of training if I may say. On 04/06/2014, Dennis dennis...@gmail.com wrote: this is my poinet. i don't expect a booksence update ever again. i do expect the same level of management with the blaze as the xt. after the price goes up and they add in shipping, i'm not paying $800 for this thing. i'm sure a lot of people will use the ocr function and god bless those who do. but i wouldn't use it enough to worent paying that price. i do wish they had put out a lesser expensive version without the ocr and i might have baught one. i guess what i would like is an improved xt. such as better mp3 player, larger hardrive like the blaze and the internet radio would be nice. i hope everyone are not dissapointed with the ocr function but with hims history i don't look for it to be a raving success. this is all just my 2 sence worth of course. On 6/4/2014 7:45 AM, Aidan wrote: Exactly, the fact that blootooth is so poor on the xt, shows me that they don't no what they are doing. They cannot expect people to buy this thing and just be happy with problems. They actually whent on in this fassion for far to long. The 2.3 update was great as it fixed allot of stuff, now with the 3.0 update there are new bugs, its a year later and nothing has been done. The same will happen with this blaze thing. It won't be long before people start to complain. And I wunder if the xt will see an update ever again now that they put all
RE: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text
Okay, cool man. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 9:11 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text I will tell you when it ships. I don't no why its not shipping yet? I will send you a link with that review. On 08/06/2014, Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com wrote: Ah okay. Be it as it may, they should fix it. What's new with the DM7? Where can I find out about it? -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 8:49 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Hamit, they no about it, but the problem is that they don't do anything about it. They give allot of people advice on how to get the player going again, and they will help you as far as they can, I'm not going to bad mouth the company, just stating that the problem is that there is no solution provided to make sure that all units run stable and also better hardware. The booksense can be quite stable, meaning that is very usable, but if you thing how much it cost, and you compare it with an Olympus wich is targeted a slitely different market as far as the dm models goes, then its really unexceptable! That is why I con't wait for the dm7. I would advice it to anyone, even if you have an audio player already. The sound is just one of the many things wich is just better. On 06/06/2014, John Gurd j.g...@ntlworld.com wrote: That's true, I've had to reset my Booksense more than I'd like when using Bluetooth in particular. The sound quality is fine for audio and text books and for casual listening to entertainment. I've copied a lot of music onto the SD card when I first got it, but when using decent headphones I prefer listening to music on my iPhone because the sound quality is so much better. John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: 06 June 2014 10:14 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Hi jhon, yes its a great unit, but first off, I think it could have better hardware. The sound quality when connected to external speakers is ok, but not good enough for a device with such a price tag. If this happened with a mainstream product, sighted people would rave about it, so why should we except it? Yes, it does work well, but often when the battery drains, its not easy for everyone to get it running again, as some units just dies on them. You have to reset each time to get it going, and the overall stability is not yet what it should be. A reset is ment for every now and then, you should hardly use it, but with booksense and alike, its better to get to no the different resets and the way they work, as you might need it more often than you think. On 05/06/2014, John Gurd j.g...@ntlworld.com wrote: My BookSense XT works really well. I use it every day and love it. What's your problem with it? John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: 04 June 2014 21:47 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Amen to that dennis. I would also love it if they came out with a follow up booksense, then they could keep up with updates for all booksense models. But now no one noes what will happen. Their programmers need lots of training if I may say. On 04/06/2014, Dennis dennis...@gmail.com wrote: this is my poinet. i don't expect a booksence update ever again. i do expect the same level of management with the blaze as the xt. after the price goes up and they add in shipping, i'm not paying $800 for this thing. i'm sure a lot of people will use the ocr function and god bless those who do. but i wouldn't use it enough to worent paying that price. i do wish they had put out a lesser expensive version without the ocr and i might have baught one. i guess what i would like is an improved xt. such as better mp3 player, larger hardrive like the blaze and the internet radio would be nice. i hope everyone are not dissapointed with the ocr function but with hims history i don't look for it to be a raving success. this is all just my 2 sence worth of course. On 6/4/2014 7:45 AM, Aidan wrote: Exactly, the fact that blootooth is so poor on the xt, shows me that they don't no what they are doing. They cannot expect people to buy this thing and just be happy with problems. They actually whent
Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text
Hi jhon, yes its a great unit, but first off, I think it could have better hardware. The sound quality when connected to external speakers is ok, but not good enough for a device with such a price tag. If this happened with a mainstream product, sighted people would rave about it, so why should we except it? Yes, it does work well, but often when the battery drains, its not easy for everyone to get it running again, as some units just dies on them. You have to reset each time to get it going, and the overall stability is not yet what it should be. A reset is ment for every now and then, you should hardly use it, but with booksense and alike, its better to get to no the different resets and the way they work, as you might need it more often than you think. On 05/06/2014, John Gurd j.g...@ntlworld.com wrote: My BookSense XT works really well. I use it every day and love it. What's your problem with it? John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: 04 June 2014 21:47 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Amen to that dennis. I would also love it if they came out with a follow up booksense, then they could keep up with updates for all booksense models. But now no one noes what will happen. Their programmers need lots of training if I may say. On 04/06/2014, Dennis dennis...@gmail.com wrote: this is my poinet. i don't expect a booksence update ever again. i do expect the same level of management with the blaze as the xt. after the price goes up and they add in shipping, i'm not paying $800 for this thing. i'm sure a lot of people will use the ocr function and god bless those who do. but i wouldn't use it enough to worent paying that price. i do wish they had put out a lesser expensive version without the ocr and i might have baught one. i guess what i would like is an improved xt. such as better mp3 player, larger hardrive like the blaze and the internet radio would be nice. i hope everyone are not dissapointed with the ocr function but with hims history i don't look for it to be a raving success. this is all just my 2 sence worth of course. On 6/4/2014 7:45 AM, Aidan wrote: Exactly, the fact that blootooth is so poor on the xt, shows me that they don't no what they are doing. They cannot expect people to buy this thing and just be happy with problems. They actually whent on in this fassion for far to long. The 2.3 update was great as it fixed allot of stuff, now with the 3.0 update there are new bugs, its a year later and nothing has been done. The same will happen with this blaze thing. It won't be long before people start to complain. And I wunder if the xt will see an update ever again now that they put all their energy in this thing. And its stil relevant to ask since they seem to not going to discontinue the booksense. On 03/06/2014, Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com wrote: Ah you are mad funny too man. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:34 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text yep, they'd really cause some excitement if they added a vibrater, (lol) ok maybe the wrong kind, but excitement nonetheless. Sorry, couldn't resist. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 9:58 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Indeed, that's the very least they could do. On 4 Jun 2014, at 2:36 am, Dave McElroy d...@drakelroy.com wrote: Gosh! The least they could do would be to include a gps with realtime updates, lol. oh and... naah, better not suggest that as this is a family friendly list lol. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 6:04 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Ah you're just too funny Dain. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 8:52 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Won't be long before someone starts complaining about the thickness of the wrist strap this unit has or hasn't got smile. On 3 Jun 2014, at 10:48 pm, Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk wrote
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Oh now that's not good, you shouldn't have to reset the thing that much. They know about this wright? -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: Friday, June 06, 2014 5:14 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Hi jhon, yes its a great unit, but first off, I think it could have better hardware. The sound quality when connected to external speakers is ok, but not good enough for a device with such a price tag. If this happened with a mainstream product, sighted people would rave about it, so why should we except it? Yes, it does work well, but often when the battery drains, its not easy for everyone to get it running again, as some units just dies on them. You have to reset each time to get it going, and the overall stability is not yet what it should be. A reset is ment for every now and then, you should hardly use it, but with booksense and alike, its better to get to no the different resets and the way they work, as you might need it more often than you think. On 05/06/2014, John Gurd j.g...@ntlworld.com wrote: My BookSense XT works really well. I use it every day and love it. What's your problem with it? John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: 04 June 2014 21:47 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Amen to that dennis. I would also love it if they came out with a follow up booksense, then they could keep up with updates for all booksense models. But now no one noes what will happen. Their programmers need lots of training if I may say. On 04/06/2014, Dennis dennis...@gmail.com wrote: this is my poinet. i don't expect a booksence update ever again. i do expect the same level of management with the blaze as the xt. after the price goes up and they add in shipping, i'm not paying $800 for this thing. i'm sure a lot of people will use the ocr function and god bless those who do. but i wouldn't use it enough to worent paying that price. i do wish they had put out a lesser expensive version without the ocr and i might have baught one. i guess what i would like is an improved xt. such as better mp3 player, larger hardrive like the blaze and the internet radio would be nice. i hope everyone are not dissapointed with the ocr function but with hims history i don't look for it to be a raving success. this is all just my 2 sence worth of course. On 6/4/2014 7:45 AM, Aidan wrote: Exactly, the fact that blootooth is so poor on the xt, shows me that they don't no what they are doing. They cannot expect people to buy this thing and just be happy with problems. They actually whent on in this fassion for far to long. The 2.3 update was great as it fixed allot of stuff, now with the 3.0 update there are new bugs, its a year later and nothing has been done. The same will happen with this blaze thing. It won't be long before people start to complain. And I wunder if the xt will see an update ever again now that they put all their energy in this thing. And its stil relevant to ask since they seem to not going to discontinue the booksense. On 03/06/2014, Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com wrote: Ah you are mad funny too man. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:34 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text yep, they'd really cause some excitement if they added a vibrater, (lol) ok maybe the wrong kind, but excitement nonetheless. Sorry, couldn't resist. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 9:58 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Indeed, that's the very least they could do. On 4 Jun 2014, at 2:36 am, Dave McElroy d...@drakelroy.com wrote: Gosh! The least they could do would be to include a gps with realtime updates, lol. oh and... naah, better not suggest that as this is a family friendly list lol. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 6:04 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Ah you're just too funny Dain. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc
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That's true, I've had to reset my Booksense more than I'd like when using Bluetooth in particular. The sound quality is fine for audio and text books and for casual listening to entertainment. I've copied a lot of music onto the SD card when I first got it, but when using decent headphones I prefer listening to music on my iPhone because the sound quality is so much better. John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: 06 June 2014 10:14 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Hi jhon, yes its a great unit, but first off, I think it could have better hardware. The sound quality when connected to external speakers is ok, but not good enough for a device with such a price tag. If this happened with a mainstream product, sighted people would rave about it, so why should we except it? Yes, it does work well, but often when the battery drains, its not easy for everyone to get it running again, as some units just dies on them. You have to reset each time to get it going, and the overall stability is not yet what it should be. A reset is ment for every now and then, you should hardly use it, but with booksense and alike, its better to get to no the different resets and the way they work, as you might need it more often than you think. On 05/06/2014, John Gurd j.g...@ntlworld.com wrote: My BookSense XT works really well. I use it every day and love it. What's your problem with it? John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: 04 June 2014 21:47 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Amen to that dennis. I would also love it if they came out with a follow up booksense, then they could keep up with updates for all booksense models. But now no one noes what will happen. Their programmers need lots of training if I may say. On 04/06/2014, Dennis dennis...@gmail.com wrote: this is my poinet. i don't expect a booksence update ever again. i do expect the same level of management with the blaze as the xt. after the price goes up and they add in shipping, i'm not paying $800 for this thing. i'm sure a lot of people will use the ocr function and god bless those who do. but i wouldn't use it enough to worent paying that price. i do wish they had put out a lesser expensive version without the ocr and i might have baught one. i guess what i would like is an improved xt. such as better mp3 player, larger hardrive like the blaze and the internet radio would be nice. i hope everyone are not dissapointed with the ocr function but with hims history i don't look for it to be a raving success. this is all just my 2 sence worth of course. On 6/4/2014 7:45 AM, Aidan wrote: Exactly, the fact that blootooth is so poor on the xt, shows me that they don't no what they are doing. They cannot expect people to buy this thing and just be happy with problems. They actually whent on in this fassion for far to long. The 2.3 update was great as it fixed allot of stuff, now with the 3.0 update there are new bugs, its a year later and nothing has been done. The same will happen with this blaze thing. It won't be long before people start to complain. And I wunder if the xt will see an update ever again now that they put all their energy in this thing. And its stil relevant to ask since they seem to not going to discontinue the booksense. On 03/06/2014, Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com wrote: Ah you are mad funny too man. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:34 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text yep, they'd really cause some excitement if they added a vibrater, (lol) ok maybe the wrong kind, but excitement nonetheless. Sorry, couldn't resist. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 9:58 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Indeed, that's the very least they could do. On 4 Jun 2014, at 2:36 am, Dave McElroy d...@drakelroy.com wrote: Gosh! The least they could do would be to include a gps with realtime updates, lol. oh and... naah, better not suggest that as this is a family friendly list lol. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 6:04 AM
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My BookSense XT works really well. I use it every day and love it. What's your problem with it? John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: 04 June 2014 21:47 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Amen to that dennis. I would also love it if they came out with a follow up booksense, then they could keep up with updates for all booksense models. But now no one noes what will happen. Their programmers need lots of training if I may say. On 04/06/2014, Dennis dennis...@gmail.com wrote: this is my poinet. i don't expect a booksence update ever again. i do expect the same level of management with the blaze as the xt. after the price goes up and they add in shipping, i'm not paying $800 for this thing. i'm sure a lot of people will use the ocr function and god bless those who do. but i wouldn't use it enough to worent paying that price. i do wish they had put out a lesser expensive version without the ocr and i might have baught one. i guess what i would like is an improved xt. such as better mp3 player, larger hardrive like the blaze and the internet radio would be nice. i hope everyone are not dissapointed with the ocr function but with hims history i don't look for it to be a raving success. this is all just my 2 sence worth of course. On 6/4/2014 7:45 AM, Aidan wrote: Exactly, the fact that blootooth is so poor on the xt, shows me that they don't no what they are doing. They cannot expect people to buy this thing and just be happy with problems. They actually whent on in this fassion for far to long. The 2.3 update was great as it fixed allot of stuff, now with the 3.0 update there are new bugs, its a year later and nothing has been done. The same will happen with this blaze thing. It won't be long before people start to complain. And I wunder if the xt will see an update ever again now that they put all their energy in this thing. And its stil relevant to ask since they seem to not going to discontinue the booksense. On 03/06/2014, Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com wrote: Ah you are mad funny too man. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:34 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text yep, they'd really cause some excitement if they added a vibrater, (lol) ok maybe the wrong kind, but excitement nonetheless. Sorry, couldn't resist. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 9:58 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Indeed, that's the very least they could do. On 4 Jun 2014, at 2:36 am, Dave McElroy d...@drakelroy.com wrote: Gosh! The least they could do would be to include a gps with realtime updates, lol. oh and... naah, better not suggest that as this is a family friendly list lol. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 6:04 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Ah you're just too funny Dain. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 8:52 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Won't be long before someone starts complaining about the thickness of the wrist strap this unit has or hasn't got smile. On 3 Jun 2014, at 10:48 pm, Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk wrote: hi, Yup he definately is! :-D Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Awww hell yeah it's going to rock the world with the OCR thing. But you have to admit, Dain is mad funny. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Olesen Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 3:22 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text heheheh I don't care. It's gonna rock the world of access to written text
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i use mine everyday too. i love it too. my problem with it is below. On 6/5/2014 8:48 AM, John Gurd wrote: My BookSense XT works really well. I use it every day and love it. What's your problem with it? John -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan Sent: 04 June 2014 21:47 To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Amen to that dennis. I would also love it if they came out with a follow up booksense, then they could keep up with updates for all booksense models. But now no one noes what will happen. Their programmers need lots of training if I may say. On 04/06/2014, Dennis dennis...@gmail.com wrote: this is my poinet. i don't expect a booksence update ever again. i do expect the same level of management with the blaze as the xt. after the price goes up and they add in shipping, i'm not paying $800 for this thing. i'm sure a lot of people will use the ocr function and god bless those who do. but i wouldn't use it enough to worent paying that price. i do wish they had put out a lesser expensive version without the ocr and i might have baught one. i guess what i would like is an improved xt. such as better mp3 player, larger hardrive like the blaze and the internet radio would be nice. i hope everyone are not dissapointed with the ocr function but with hims history i don't look for it to be a raving success. this is all just my 2 sence worth of course. On 6/4/2014 7:45 AM, Aidan wrote: Exactly, the fact that blootooth is so poor on the xt, shows me that they don't no what they are doing. They cannot expect people to buy this thing and just be happy with problems. They actually whent on in this fassion for far to long. The 2.3 update was great as it fixed allot of stuff, now with the 3.0 update there are new bugs, its a year later and nothing has been done. The same will happen with this blaze thing. It won't be long before people start to complain. And I wunder if the xt will see an update ever again now that they put all their energy in this thing. And its stil relevant to ask since they seem to not going to discontinue the booksense. On 03/06/2014, Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com wrote: Ah you are mad funny too man. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:34 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text yep, they'd really cause some excitement if they added a vibrater, (lol) ok maybe the wrong kind, but excitement nonetheless. Sorry, couldn't resist. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 9:58 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Indeed, that's the very least they could do. On 4 Jun 2014, at 2:36 am, Dave McElroy d...@drakelroy.com wrote: Gosh! The least they could do would be to include a gps with realtime updates, lol. oh and... naah, better not suggest that as this is a family friendly list lol. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 6:04 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Ah you're just too funny Dain. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 8:52 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Won't be long before someone starts complaining about the thickness of the wrist strap this unit has or hasn't got smile. On 3 Jun 2014, at 10:48 pm, Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk wrote: hi, Yup he definately is! :-D Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Awww hell yeah it's going to rock the world with the OCR thing. But you have to admit, Dain is mad funny. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Olesen Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 3:22 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text heheheh I don't care. It's gonna rock the world of access to written text
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Oh they did that already. You must have missed the update. I wish they'd fix the bug though: you can turn it on but you can't turn it off, have to wait for the battery to drain... -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy Sent: 03 June 2014 22:34 To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text yep, they'd really cause some excitement if they added a vibrater, (lol) ok maybe the wrong kind, but excitement nonetheless. Sorry, couldn't resist. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 9:58 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Indeed, that's the very least they could do. On 4 Jun 2014, at 2:36 am, Dave McElroy d...@drakelroy.com wrote: Gosh! The least they could do would be to include a gps with realtime updates, lol. oh and... naah, better not suggest that as this is a family friendly list lol. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 6:04 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Ah you're just too funny Dain. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 8:52 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Won't be long before someone starts complaining about the thickness of the wrist strap this unit has or hasn't got smile. On 3 Jun 2014, at 10:48 pm, Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk wrote: hi, Yup he definately is! :-D Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Awww hell yeah it's going to rock the world with the OCR thing. But you have to admit, Dain is mad funny. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Olesen Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 3:22 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text heheheh I don't care. It's gonna rock the world of access to written text for us, and take it one step further. Just sad that it came out 10 years too late. grin I mean today it's easyer to get materials from folks on a usb stick then it was earlier. But it's a must have for me. That's for sure. Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 1:12 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Now look what you've done, we'll have people whining that the Wi-Fi connectivity isn't good enough, it should have the new C standard I think it is smile. On 2 Jun 2014, at 5:09 pm, Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk wrote: hi, and the wireless connectivity. it's gonna be a cool device! Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 2:12 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media PlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant Access toPrinted Text Honestly, all this fuss about a FM radio, everyone knows that a FM radio in a device such as this - whether it be a Phone or similar - is bound to be inferior to a dedicated FM radio. The only real reason I can think of that Hims Inc would bother putting one of these into their products is because they can, a bit like Tecsun giving you 3,000 memories into a radio, not because they particularly serve any practical purpose having that many, just because Tecsun can do it. Its the OCR and associated functionality that I would think is more appealing about this equipment than a FM radio. On 2 Jun 2014, at 10:05 am, Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net wrote: If the FM radio in the Blaze EZ is not any better than the one in the BookSense XT, then it won't be much. The FM radio in the BookSense is not very sensitive, and the signal must be very strong to keep it in stereo mode. The FM radio in my old Nokia N82 cell phone picks up weak stations better using the same earphones as the antenna. Gary King w4
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Exactly, the fact that blootooth is so poor on the xt, shows me that they don't no what they are doing. They cannot expect people to buy this thing and just be happy with problems. They actually whent on in this fassion for far to long. The 2.3 update was great as it fixed allot of stuff, now with the 3.0 update there are new bugs, its a year later and nothing has been done. The same will happen with this blaze thing. It won't be long before people start to complain. And I wunder if the xt will see an update ever again now that they put all their energy in this thing. And its stil relevant to ask since they seem to not going to discontinue the booksense. On 03/06/2014, Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com wrote: Ah you are mad funny too man. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:34 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text yep, they'd really cause some excitement if they added a vibrater, (lol) ok maybe the wrong kind, but excitement nonetheless. Sorry, couldn't resist. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 9:58 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Indeed, that's the very least they could do. On 4 Jun 2014, at 2:36 am, Dave McElroy d...@drakelroy.com wrote: Gosh! The least they could do would be to include a gps with realtime updates, lol. oh and... naah, better not suggest that as this is a family friendly list lol. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 6:04 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Ah you're just too funny Dain. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 8:52 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Won't be long before someone starts complaining about the thickness of the wrist strap this unit has or hasn't got smile. On 3 Jun 2014, at 10:48 pm, Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk wrote: hi, Yup he definately is! :-D Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Awww hell yeah it's going to rock the world with the OCR thing. But you have to admit, Dain is mad funny. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Olesen Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 3:22 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text heheheh I don't care. It's gonna rock the world of access to written text for us, and take it one step further. Just sad that it came out 10 years too late. grin I mean today it's easyer to get materials from folks on a usb stick then it was earlier. But it's a must have for me. That's for sure. Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 1:12 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Now look what you've done, we'll have people whining that the Wi-Fi connectivity isn't good enough, it should have the new C standard I think it is smile. On 2 Jun 2014, at 5:09 pm, Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk wrote: hi, and the wireless connectivity. it's gonna be a cool device! Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 2:12 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media PlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant Access toPrinted Text Honestly, all this fuss about a FM radio, everyone knows that a FM radio in a device such as this - whether it be a Phone or similar - is bound to be inferior to a dedicated FM radio. The only real reason I can think of that Hims Inc would bother putting one of these into their products is because they can, a bit like Tecsun giving you 3,000 memories into a radio, not because they particularly serve any practical purpose having that many, just because Tecsun can do
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this is my poinet. i don't expect a booksence update ever again. i do expect the same level of management with the blaze as the xt. after the price goes up and they add in shipping, i'm not paying $800 for this thing. i'm sure a lot of people will use the ocr function and god bless those who do. but i wouldn't use it enough to worent paying that price. i do wish they had put out a lesser expensive version without the ocr and i might have baught one. i guess what i would like is an improved xt. such as better mp3 player, larger hardrive like the blaze and the internet radio would be nice. i hope everyone are not dissapointed with the ocr function but with hims history i don't look for it to be a raving success. this is all just my 2 sence worth of course. On 6/4/2014 7:45 AM, Aidan wrote: Exactly, the fact that blootooth is so poor on the xt, shows me that they don't no what they are doing. They cannot expect people to buy this thing and just be happy with problems. They actually whent on in this fassion for far to long. The 2.3 update was great as it fixed allot of stuff, now with the 3.0 update there are new bugs, its a year later and nothing has been done. The same will happen with this blaze thing. It won't be long before people start to complain. And I wunder if the xt will see an update ever again now that they put all their energy in this thing. And its stil relevant to ask since they seem to not going to discontinue the booksense. On 03/06/2014, Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com wrote: Ah you are mad funny too man. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:34 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text yep, they'd really cause some excitement if they added a vibrater, (lol) ok maybe the wrong kind, but excitement nonetheless. Sorry, couldn't resist. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 9:58 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Indeed, that's the very least they could do. On 4 Jun 2014, at 2:36 am, Dave McElroy d...@drakelroy.com wrote: Gosh! The least they could do would be to include a gps with realtime updates, lol. oh and... naah, better not suggest that as this is a family friendly list lol. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 6:04 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Ah you're just too funny Dain. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 8:52 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Won't be long before someone starts complaining about the thickness of the wrist strap this unit has or hasn't got smile. On 3 Jun 2014, at 10:48 pm, Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk wrote: hi, Yup he definately is! :-D Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Awww hell yeah it's going to rock the world with the OCR thing. But you have to admit, Dain is mad funny. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Olesen Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 3:22 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text heheheh I don't care. It's gonna rock the world of access to written text for us, and take it one step further. Just sad that it came out 10 years too late. grin I mean today it's easyer to get materials from folks on a usb stick then it was earlier. But it's a must have for me. That's for sure. Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 1:12 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Now look what you've done, we'll have people whining that the Wi-Fi connectivity isn't good enough, it should have the new C standard I think it is smile. On 2 Jun 2014, at 5:09 pm, Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk wrote: hi, and the wireless connectivity. it's gonna be a cool device! Brian
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Amen to that dennis. I would also love it if they came out with a follow up booksense, then they could keep up with updates for all booksense models. But now no one noes what will happen. Their programmers need lots of training if I may say. On 04/06/2014, Dennis dennis...@gmail.com wrote: this is my poinet. i don't expect a booksence update ever again. i do expect the same level of management with the blaze as the xt. after the price goes up and they add in shipping, i'm not paying $800 for this thing. i'm sure a lot of people will use the ocr function and god bless those who do. but i wouldn't use it enough to worent paying that price. i do wish they had put out a lesser expensive version without the ocr and i might have baught one. i guess what i would like is an improved xt. such as better mp3 player, larger hardrive like the blaze and the internet radio would be nice. i hope everyone are not dissapointed with the ocr function but with hims history i don't look for it to be a raving success. this is all just my 2 sence worth of course. On 6/4/2014 7:45 AM, Aidan wrote: Exactly, the fact that blootooth is so poor on the xt, shows me that they don't no what they are doing. They cannot expect people to buy this thing and just be happy with problems. They actually whent on in this fassion for far to long. The 2.3 update was great as it fixed allot of stuff, now with the 3.0 update there are new bugs, its a year later and nothing has been done. The same will happen with this blaze thing. It won't be long before people start to complain. And I wunder if the xt will see an update ever again now that they put all their energy in this thing. And its stil relevant to ask since they seem to not going to discontinue the booksense. On 03/06/2014, Hamit Campos hamitcam...@gmail.com wrote: Ah you are mad funny too man. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:34 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text yep, they'd really cause some excitement if they added a vibrater, (lol) ok maybe the wrong kind, but excitement nonetheless. Sorry, couldn't resist. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 9:58 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Indeed, that's the very least they could do. On 4 Jun 2014, at 2:36 am, Dave McElroy d...@drakelroy.com wrote: Gosh! The least they could do would be to include a gps with realtime updates, lol. oh and... naah, better not suggest that as this is a family friendly list lol. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 6:04 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Ah you're just too funny Dain. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 8:52 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Won't be long before someone starts complaining about the thickness of the wrist strap this unit has or hasn't got smile. On 3 Jun 2014, at 10:48 pm, Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk wrote: hi, Yup he definately is! :-D Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Awww hell yeah it's going to rock the world with the OCR thing. But you have to admit, Dain is mad funny. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Olesen Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 3:22 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text heheheh I don't care. It's gonna rock the world of access to written text for us, and take it one step further. Just sad that it came out 10 years too late. grin I mean today it's easyer to get materials from folks on a usb stick then it was earlier. But it's a must have for me. That's for sure. Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 1:12 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized
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yep, they'd really cause some excitement if they added a vibrater, (lol) ok maybe the wrong kind, but excitement nonetheless. Sorry, couldn't resist. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 9:58 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Indeed, that's the very least they could do. On 4 Jun 2014, at 2:36 am, Dave McElroy d...@drakelroy.com wrote: Gosh! The least they could do would be to include a gps with realtime updates, lol. oh and... naah, better not suggest that as this is a family friendly list lol. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 6:04 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Ah you're just too funny Dain. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 8:52 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Won't be long before someone starts complaining about the thickness of the wrist strap this unit has or hasn't got smile. On 3 Jun 2014, at 10:48 pm, Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk wrote: hi, Yup he definately is! :-D Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Awww hell yeah it's going to rock the world with the OCR thing. But you have to admit, Dain is mad funny. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Olesen Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 3:22 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text heheheh I don't care. It's gonna rock the world of access to written text for us, and take it one step further. Just sad that it came out 10 years too late. grin I mean today it's easyer to get materials from folks on a usb stick then it was earlier. But it's a must have for me. That's for sure. Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 1:12 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Now look what you've done, we'll have people whining that the Wi-Fi connectivity isn't good enough, it should have the new C standard I think it is smile. On 2 Jun 2014, at 5:09 pm, Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk wrote: hi, and the wireless connectivity. it's gonna be a cool device! Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 2:12 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media PlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant Access toPrinted Text Honestly, all this fuss about a FM radio, everyone knows that a FM radio in a device such as this - whether it be a Phone or similar - is bound to be inferior to a dedicated FM radio. The only real reason I can think of that Hims Inc would bother putting one of these into their products is because they can, a bit like Tecsun giving you 3,000 memories into a radio, not because they particularly serve any practical purpose having that many, just because Tecsun can do it. Its the OCR and associated functionality that I would think is more appealing about this equipment than a FM radio. On 2 Jun 2014, at 10:05 am, Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net wrote: If the FM radio in the Blaze EZ is not any better than the one in the BookSense XT, then it won't be much. The FM radio in the BookSense is not very sensitive, and the signal must be very strong to keep it in stereo mode. The FM radio in my old Nokia N82 cell phone picks up weak stations better using the same earphones as the antenna. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 4:32 PM Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media Player thatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant Access to Printed Text I guess the problem is that Hims Inc has made a device that they hope will appeal to a mass market, I myself could well do without a FM
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Ah you are mad funny too man. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dave McElroy Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:34 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text yep, they'd really cause some excitement if they added a vibrater, (lol) ok maybe the wrong kind, but excitement nonetheless. Sorry, couldn't resist. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 9:58 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Indeed, that's the very least they could do. On 4 Jun 2014, at 2:36 am, Dave McElroy d...@drakelroy.com wrote: Gosh! The least they could do would be to include a gps with realtime updates, lol. oh and... naah, better not suggest that as this is a family friendly list lol. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 6:04 AM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instantAccesstoPrinted Text Ah you're just too funny Dain. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 8:52 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Won't be long before someone starts complaining about the thickness of the wrist strap this unit has or hasn't got smile. On 3 Jun 2014, at 10:48 pm, Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk wrote: hi, Yup he definately is! :-D Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Hamit Campos Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 2:30 PM To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Awww hell yeah it's going to rock the world with the OCR thing. But you have to admit, Dain is mad funny. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Brian Olesen Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 3:22 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text heheheh I don't care. It's gonna rock the world of access to written text for us, and take it one step further. Just sad that it came out 10 years too late. grin I mean today it's easyer to get materials from folks on a usb stick then it was earlier. But it's a must have for me. That's for sure. Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 1:12 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized MediaPlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant AccesstoPrinted Text Now look what you've done, we'll have people whining that the Wi-Fi connectivity isn't good enough, it should have the new C standard I think it is smile. On 2 Jun 2014, at 5:09 pm, Brian Olesen br...@blindkom.dk wrote: hi, and the wireless connectivity. it's gonna be a cool device! Brian -Oprindelig meddelelse- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 2:12 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media PlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant Access toPrinted Text Honestly, all this fuss about a FM radio, everyone knows that a FM radio in a device such as this - whether it be a Phone or similar - is bound to be inferior to a dedicated FM radio. The only real reason I can think of that Hims Inc would bother putting one of these into their products is because they can, a bit like Tecsun giving you 3,000 memories into a radio, not because they particularly serve any practical purpose having that many, just because Tecsun can do it. Its the OCR and associated functionality that I would think is more appealing about this equipment than a FM radio. On 2 Jun 2014, at 10:05 am, Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net wrote: If the FM radio in the Blaze EZ is not any better than the one in the BookSense XT, then it won't be much. The FM radio in the BookSense is not very sensitive, and the signal must be very strong to keep it in stereo mode. The FM radio in my old Nokia N82 cell phone picks up weak stations better using the same earphones as the antenna. Gary King w4...@bellsouth.net - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc
