Hi Rich and Kieth. I on the other hand haven't experienced many problems with my unit. Once the male voice went totally dead on me and there was nothing I can do to fix it. I talked to GW Micro and they had me send it to them. I got a new unit back in less than a week. I don't know why not all of the issues reported can't be reproduced in other units but I hope GW can find out hthe answer soon. Maybe you guys should give GW a call and tell them your problems and what you've tried to do to fix them. I'm sure they'll send you new units if necessary.
On 11/17/09, Keith Gillard <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am two steps behind you sir! > > I am, however, prepared to wait for the upcoming firmware relaese before I > give up completely and chock er up to a bad experience! > It will be nice to explore the added features but if the bugs arn't fixed. > Or, the new feature set doesn't work as advertised. And; if new features > break programming that currently works, Mine will be up on EBay faster then > you can say Sucker, have I got a deal for you LOL! > > Keepin my fingers crossed....KG> > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rich Ring" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:24 PM > Subject: [GW-Booksense] Why I have switched back to the Victor Stream > > > Greetings all: > I received my Booksense at the NFB convention in early July. Until last > Wednesday, November 11, I have used it exclusively for all of my reading > needs. I love its form factor. I love its navigation structure. I love > the fact that it has a clock. I love its text to speech voices. However, I > have simply been too frustrated by other issues to continue using the > device. I shall name them here. > 1. The device will not keep its place in any NLS book. If I load an NLS > book, navigate to a chapter heading, read for a few minutes and then > subsequently close that book, when I open the book again, I am always taken > back to the beginning of the book, and this is frustrating. Certainly, I > can find my place, but this behavior should not be. > 2. Suppose I am reading an NLS book, and I turn the device off. Now, I > turn it back on, and press "play" to start listening to the book. What > often happens is you get this incredible machine gun noise. You can correct > the problem by changing the navigation level, but again, this should not be. > 3. My Booksense will never save bookmarks. > 4. My Booksense is not honoring headings in Audible books. > The reason I finally gave up on the unit is that I downloaded "Under the > Dome" from Audible last week, and when the Booksense kept taking me back to > the beginning of a part of the book, I'd simply had enough. > I truly love this device, but until the firmware update is released, I will > use the Stream, because it always holds my place, and it honors Audible > headings. There is only so much frustration I can deal with, but I > sincerely hope that these problems are addressed in the new firmware, and > when that firmware is released, I'll update my machine as soon as I can. > The trouble is, the Booksense used to keep its place in NLS books, why it no > longer does is a mystery to me. I even reinstalled the firmware that came > out in August, just to make sure. I have done more than one reset, even the > reset where you depress the reset button and hold down the number 4 key. > At this point in time, unless someone has a great need to use the device to > read computer generated text, I cannot recommend this unit at all. I hope > that with the next firmware update that I will be forced to change my mind. > Thank you all. > > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender > only. If your reply would benefit others on the list andyour message is > related to GW Micro or the BookSense, then please consider sending your > message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > [email protected] and include leave gw-booksense in the body of the > message. > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender > only. If your reply would benefit others on the list andyour message is > related to GW Micro or the BookSense, then please consider sending your > message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > [email protected] and include leave gw-booksense in the body of the > message. > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list andyour message is related to GW Micro or the BookSense, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-booksense in the body of the message.
