When did you get your booksense? I bought mine back in July of last year.
I sold one of the ham radio's I wasn't using to buy it. The big selling
point is it's tts, small size and clock.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Missy Hoppe" <[email protected]>
To: "Russ Kiehne" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 6:21 AM
Subject: Re: [GW-Booksense] Important Announcement Regarding GW Micro and
HIMS Partnership
I'm really happy for the folks that can work with touch screens
successfully, and I acknowledge that I'll probably have to learn how to do
so someday, but the admittedly limited experience I've had playing with my
friends' iPhones, ipod touches, etc, just didn't make me feel confident that
I'd ever be able to use those devices efficiently. That is strictly my
opinion of course, and I have listened to plenty of podcasts which prove
that these products are accessible; they're just not for me, if that makes
sense. Also, there's no way I could ever afford a braille display to make
things easier. So, for now, my booksense, cell phone and desktop computer
meet all my needs just fine. I totally agree with you about booksense using
mass storage; that makes life a lot easier, plus I can use my card reader to
make things even more efficient.
I might break down and get an ipod some day, but right now, it's just not a
priority.
Missy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Kiehne" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [GW-Booksense] Important Announcement Regarding GW Micro and
HIMS Partnership
At one point in time, I felt the same way you do about touch screens. One
day I was curious about the Ipod touch, so I downloaded all of the podcasts
I could find on it. The more I listened, I was amazed with what Apple did
with voiceover. I was delighted to find that there are a number of apps
that are accessible with voiceover. There is one thing I like about the
booksense over the Ipod touch, it supports mass storage. I feel mass
storage is easier to work with. I just figured out on how to get around a
problem with importing m3u playlists into Itunes. I'm happy to say, it
works just like I want it too.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Missy Hoppe" <[email protected]>
To: "Booksense Support" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [GW-Booksense] Important Announcement Regarding GW Micro and
HIMS Partnership
I completely agree with you about touch screens. I've seen a friend's
iphone, and although he swears by the thing, I just didn't like it at all.
The touch screen just doesn't make sense to me, and even with speech, I
don't consider it to be accessible.Also, I don't like the speech used by the
apple products. If I could tolerate that speech, I'd still be using the
victor reader stream I used to have. I don't have a dedicated note taking
device because I can't afford anything like that, but my desktop computer
meets all my needs quite nicely, and I'm very happy with my htcs743 cell
phone. It can serve as a notetaker in an emergency. I love my booksense,
though, and hope that I'll be able to enjoy using it for many years to come.
Missy
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