As far as the MS Word issues, I completely understand that Microsoft changes things. However, MS Word 2002 came out six years ago. I would expect to have to wait for features of Office 2007 but after six years I would think that we could have more support of older versions of Word.
Cindy > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Brian Lingard > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2008 7:01 PM > To: BrailleNote List > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Some Possibilities for Future Developments > > > Ottawa Canada > > Dear Keith and list: > > You listed some excellent ideas for enhancements to the > BrailleNote/VoiceNote family of products. > > Some problems I see with some of your suggestions are: > > -replaceable battery: Will require a hardware change to > the unit's plastic housing and possibly to the circuit boards > inside, but mostly the case. > > -faster processor: Good idea, but power consumption increases > geometrically with clock speed. So a 1 GHz processor takes > much more power to run than a 500 MHz processor. > > -More memory and bigger Flash disk: Good ideas, but will > increase the bulk of the unit unless highly miniaturized > components are used, and they are expensive as the devil at > the moment. > > The HTML e-mail reading, MS Word file etc are software > enhancements. They're probably deliverable, but Humanware > has stated Microsoft keeps changing the spec of their file > format with each release of MS Word! > > Great ideas but there are pitfalls on their road to success. > > Brian > Brian K. Lingard > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype: ve3yiab2ji15 > tel: +1 (613) 247-0665 > New York NY Tel +1 (646) 797-2862 > FAX +1 (613) 247-9998 > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.1/1219 - Release > Date: 11/01/2008 10:19 AM > > > > > ___ > Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. > If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a > copy to the list as well. > > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
