Don,
I am not sure whether this would be feasible but certainly would be perhaps
a fairer way of doing things.
Speaking as a PK user in the UK, I don't gain too much out of this upgrade
either . . . whereas my husband, with his mPower does get a little more . .
..
I certainly don't think this is necessarily "value for money" and would have
to work my way through the features that are improved to make that final
decision. On that basis and the fact that I'll be paying anyway when I want
Version 8, I guesss I'll be upgrading anyway.
<Slight smile>
--
Carol
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From: "don cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Contribute Braillenote" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 10:54 AM
Subject: [Braillenote] Future upgrades.
Hello and greetings to you all,
I cannot help but feel that what I am about to say may well cause offence
to one or two people; but, please believe me, that is certainly not my
intention. We surely should bear in mind that Humanware is a worldwide
organisation, and when it produces upgrades, for which it rightly charges,
these upgrades must appeal to an international customer base and not be
wholly specific to one country; a policy which would soon alienate those
not living in that country. It is obviously neither fair nor right if I
pay full price for an upgrade which bestows little benefit, while in
another country purchasers rightly rejoice at the added facilities. Now
of course nobody forces me to buy an upgrade; however, if I require the
following upgrade, which may well advance my use of the device, I will be
unable to receive it unless I first buy the previous one, no matter how
useless it may be to me personally. I rejoice for my friends in the
States who can now draw publications from Bookshare, especially since this
feature's introduction brought about the ability of the Braillenote family
to unzip files; unintentional though I gather this extension of the
facility was. I am indeed also pleased that they will soon be able to
read RFB and B books on their Braillenote units; (pardon me if that
lettering is not quite right), though these, like Bookshare, are not
available outside the States. Time and time again, I read calls for
facilities which will effect a comparatively small number of people, but
for which the majority would be expected to pay. Yet to these people,
what they are asking for, may be of considerable personal importance. Why
should they be denied because people in other countries cannot take
advantage of these specialised programs?
I recently purchased The Concise Oxford Dictionary for my Mpower. To me,
this is certainly a most useful facility; yet I would not presume to
suggest that it should be part of an upgrade. I would like to suggest
that future upgrades should only offer advances in general programming and
improvement in performance, but that features which are country specific
should be offered as "add-ons", in the same way as is the dictionary or
GPS program. As I duck down behind my parapet, what are your views?
Don Cooper.
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