Yes, that makes sense to me. To my way of thinking, the more bells and whistles, the more can go wrong. As for me, I like a telephone to be a telephone, my voice note to be what it is, and a tape recorder to be what it is. I for one don't want them all in one box.
At some point an upgrade stops being an improvement and just an excuse to add another bell or whistle that will just mess up the system. Brenda Mueller > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ann K. Parsons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 07:05:04 -0500 >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
