I'm not sure how well this model would work with a portable book/media player like the Booksense. It works with Window Eyes and other screen readers since there are many applications that people use in their daily lives that they need to customize. However, the Booksense is in a much more narrow field of use, being a book/media player. I'm not meaning to sound negative here, since it is a great idea. But I'm not sure if the Booksense or another media playing device is the right arena for script writing for applications and such. If we were coming at this from the iPhone perspective, of having a phone and extending it to do other things, then that might be different. But turning a portable device into something else, I'm not sure how well that would work. Also, the more applications you add, the shorter the battery life gets, which is another concern with devices such as this. Yes, the iPhone is great, but having talked with iPhone owners of their average battery life and how often they have to charge their units, as in every night, I'm not sure I'd want that in a device like the Booksense.
Interesting idea though. If GW did open up the Booksense for this kind of user improvements, then they would be the first company to do so in the short history of this kind of device. Jmt, Wayne On 10/11/09, brandon armstrong <[email protected]> wrote: > one question, how would you put gps in to the booksense? > Brandon > On Oct 11, 2009, at 7:18 PM, Louis wrote: > >> HI folks. Since Window-Eyes has Script Central a site where users of >> Window-Eyes can write an share scripts that can add little features a >> individual might prefer, or fix a bug, or make an program accessible >> by Window-Eyes and the I-Phone has applications that can enhance it >> why can't the VookSense have something similar. A site can be created >> by GW Micro and users of the BookSense can contribute the applications >> they wrote for this marvelous device. These applications can do simple >> things like when the clock button is pressed once it only announces >> the time, and when pressed twice it announces the date, and the >> seconds of the time can be disabled so when the clock button is >> pressed it only announces the hour and minute. A application can also >> be complex for example allowing the BookSense to have GPS >> capabilities. Just think of the many things that are possible if users >> can write apps for the BookSense. I think that many of the bugs and >> stability issues can be solved faster if this happense because GW >> won't be working alone but with users of the BookSense that want to >> make it one of the best devices on the market. I hope that GW Micro >> and BookSense users seriously think about my suggestion and I hope you >> weigh in with your thoughts. Thanks for reading this email. >> >> Louis > > -- My blog: http://wayneism.blogspot.com My websites: www.wayneism.com www.whitecaneday.org
