hi,
Well every time Olympus sels 100 units Humanware or Hims sels one, so they
have to earn there money somehow.
Brian
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From: Aidan
Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 2:49 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases
NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGivesBlindandVisually
ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text
Hamit, they no about it, but the problem is that they don't do
anything about it. They give allot of people advice on how to get the
player going again, and they will help you as far as they can, I'm not
going to bad mouth the company, just stating that the problem is that
there is no solution provided to make sure that all units run stable
and also better hardware. The booksense can be quite stable, meaning
that is very usable, but if you thing how much it cost, and you
compare it with an Olympus wich is targeted a slitely different market
as far as the dm models goes, then its really unexceptable! That is
why I con't wait for the dm7. I would advice it to anyone, even if you
have an audio player already. The sound is just one of the many things
wich is just better.
On 06/06/2014, John Gurd <j.g...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
That's true, I've had to reset my Booksense more than I'd like when using
Bluetooth in particular. The sound quality is fine for audio and text
books
and for casual listening to entertainment. I've copied a lot of music
onto
the SD card when I first got it, but when using decent headphones I prefer
listening to music on my iPhone because the sound quality is so much
better.
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Aidan
Sent: 06 June 2014 10:14
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives
BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text
Hi jhon, yes its a great unit, but first off, I think it could have better
hardware. The sound quality when connected to external speakers is ok, but
not good enough for a device with such a price tag. If this happened with
a
mainstream product, sighted people would rave about it, so why should we
except it? Yes, it does work well, but often when the battery drains, its
not easy for everyone to get it running again, as some units just dies on
them. You have to reset each time to get it going, and the overall
stability
is not yet what it should be. A reset is ment for every now and then, you
should hardly use it, but with booksense and alike, its better to get to
no
the different resets and the way they work, as you might need it more
often
than you think.
On 05/06/2014, John Gurd <j.g...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
My BookSense XT works really well. I use it every day and love it.
What's your problem with it?
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Aidan
Sent: 04 June 2014 21:47
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives
BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text
Amen to that dennis. I would also love it if they came out with a
follow up booksense, then they could keep up with updates for all
booksense models.
But now no one noes what will happen. Their programmers need lots of
training if I may say.
On 04/06/2014, Dennis <dennis...@gmail.com> wrote:
this is my poinet. i don't expect a booksence update ever again. i do
expect the same level of management with the blaze as the xt. after
the price goes up and they add in shipping, i'm not paying $800 for
this thing. i'm sure a lot of people will use the ocr function and
god bless those who do. but i wouldn't use it enough to worent paying
that
price.
i do wish they had put out a lesser expensive version without the ocr
and i might have baught one. i guess what i would like is an improved
xt. such as better mp3 player, larger hardrive like the blaze and the
internet radio would be nice. i hope everyone are not dissapointed
with the ocr function but with hims history i don't look for it to be
a raving success. this is all just my 2 sence worth of course.
On 6/4/2014 7:45 AM, Aidan wrote:
Exactly, the fact that blootooth is so poor on the xt, shows me that
they don't no what they are doing. They cannot expect people to buy
this thing and just be happy with problems. They actually whent on
in this fassion for far to long. The 2.3 update was great as it
fixed allot of stuff, now with the 3.0 update there are new bugs,
its a year later and nothing has been done. The same will happen
with this blaze thing. It won't be long before people start to
complain. And I wunder if the xt will see an update ever again now
that they put all their energy in this thing. And its stil relevant
to ask since they seem to not going to discontinue the booksense.
On 03/06/2014, Hamit Campos <hamitcam...@gmail.com> wrote:
Ah you are mad funny too man.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dave McElroy
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 5:34 PM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives
BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text
yep, they'd really cause some excitement if they added a vibrater,
(lol) ok maybe the wrong kind, but excitement nonetheless.
Sorry, couldn't resist.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Dane Trethowan
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 9:58 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases NewPocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives
BlindandVisually ImpairedNear-instantAccesstoPrinted Text
Indeed, that's the very least they could do.
On 4 Jun 2014, at 2:36 am, Dave McElroy <d...@drakelroy.com> wrote:
Gosh! The least they could do would be to include a gps with
realtime updates, lol. oh and... naah, better not suggest that
as this is a
family
friendly list lol.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of
Hamit Campos
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 6:04 AM
To: 'PC Audio Discussion List'
Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New
Pocket-sizedMediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired
Near-instantAccesstoPrinted Text
Ah you're just too funny Dain.
-----Original Message-----
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Dane Trethowan
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 8:52 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized
MediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instant
AccesstoPrinted Text
Won't be long before someone starts complaining about the
thickness of the wrist strap this unit has or hasn't got <smile>.
On 3 Jun 2014, at 10:48 pm, Brian Olesen <br...@blindkom.dk> wrote:
hi,
Yup he definately is! :-D
Brian
-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- From: Hamit Campos
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 2:30 PM
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Subject: RE: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized
MediaPlayerthatGives BlindandVisually Impaired Near-instant
AccesstoPrinted Text
Awwwwwww hell yeah it's going to rock the world with the OCR thing.
But you have to admit, Dain is mad funny.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf
Of Brian Olesen
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 3:22 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized
MediaPlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant
AccesstoPrinted Text
heheheh
I don't care. It's gonna rock the world of access to written text
for us, and take it one step further.
Just sad that it came out 10 years too late. grin I mean today
it's easyer to get materials from folks on a usb stick then it
was earlier.
But it's a must have for me. That's for sure.
Brian
-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
From: Dane Trethowan
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 1:12 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized
MediaPlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant
AccesstoPrinted Text
Now look what you've done, we'll have people whining that the
Wi-Fi connectivity isn't good enough, it should have the new C
standard I think it is <smile>.
On 2 Jun 2014, at 5:09 pm, Brian Olesen <br...@blindkom.dk> wrote:
hi,
and the wireless connectivity.
it's gonna be a cool device!
Brian
-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- From: Dane Trethowan
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 2:12 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media
PlayerthatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant Access
toPrinted Text
Honestly, all this fuss about a FM radio, everyone knows that a
FM radio in a device such as this - whether it be a Phone or
similar - is bound to be inferior to a dedicated FM radio.
The only real reason I can think of that Hims Inc would bother
putting one of these into their products is because they can, a
bit like Tecsun giving you 3,000 memories into a radio, not
because they particularly serve any practical purpose having
that many, just because
Tecsun can do it.
Its the OCR and associated functionality that I would think is
more appealing about this equipment than a FM radio.
On 2 Jun 2014, at 10:05 am, Gary King <w4...@bellsouth.net> wrote:
If the FM radio in the Blaze EZ is not any better than the one
in the BookSense XT, then it won't be much. The FM radio in
the BookSense is not very sensitive, and the signal must be
very strong to keep it in stereo mode. The FM radio in my old
Nokia
N82 cell phone picks up weak stations better using the same
earphones as the
antenna.
Gary King
w4...@bellsouth.net
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan"
<grtd...@internode.on.net>
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media Player
thatGives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant Access to
Printed Text
I guess the problem is that Hims Inc has made a device that
they hope will appeal to a mass market, I myself could well do
without a FM and Internet radio, I couldn't believe my ears
when I heard someone say Yesterday that they were going to buy
this device because of its FM radio, what's the use!
On 2 Jun 2014, at 7:01 am, Adrien Collins
<adriencollins22...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi
For us in Europe I have just calculated that the cost of this
gadget will be around £400, not bad but as we already have the
internet radio on our vr streams mark 2, I am only really
interested in the ocr and epub and other reading functions,
apart from an I device what else would cover these features?
It looks very
good though.
Regards
Adrien
-----Original Message-----
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On
Behalf Of Dane Trethowan
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 11:00 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized Media Player
that Gives Blindand Visually Impaired Near-instant Access to
Printed Text
I can quite understand that, one of the most sensitive AM
radios on the planet today, you can then buy the other product
when your moneybox is full again to read the CC 2E manual
<smile>.
On 31 May 2014, at 4:21 am, Dennis <dennis...@gmail.com>
wrote:
not a problem. you are one of my favorites.i think i would
rather spend my money on a new cc radio 2.
On 5/30/2014 1:02 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
sorry about repeating everything you wrote <smile>.
On 31 May 2014, at 3:49 am, Dennis <dennis...@gmail.com>
wrote:
for everyones information on price. i just looked at the
website and if you order before june 30 its $695 after that
its $749. if you order before may 31, you get free shipping.
it ships in late june. i almost dropped the hammer and ordered
one just now. but i cant help wanting to wait and see the
reviews on it sence i already have a booksence that i payed
$500 for and i just don't know if i'd get my monys worth from
buying the blaze.this is just my 2 penny's worth.
On 5/30/2014 12:14 PM, Paul Hunt wrote:
Hello everyone. I'll have to see it and try it on
documents that really challenge solutions like Openbook,
Kurzweil
1000 and the combination of the IPhone 5S, Prizmo and the
standscan pro. Results need to be much much better than the
other solutions before I would buy it.
On May 30, 2014, at 10:06 AM, Gerardo Corripio
<gera1...@gmail.com> wrote:
Anyone post the video? I guess I didn't pay attention
to the past thread, thus missed it.
El 30/05/2014 09:30 a.m., Dane Trethowan escribió:
Only advantage in waiting a bit is that you hear what
others are saying, read reviews etc, I won't be able to get
one for quite some time - even if I wanted one - but - judging
by the Youtube video I referred to earlier - we're going to
see some most interesting chatter regarding this machine in
the weeks and months ahead.
On 31 May 2014, at 12:27 am,
Dennis<dennis...@gmail.com> wrote:
well it clames it has internet radio listening
cabability. not sure what that means. it also has a fm radio.
it seams pretty interesting, but i don't know if i'll drop the
over
$700 for the thing. its over $700 because they charge shipping.
the other thing that bothers me is unlike other technology
these things don't go down in price. so if you don't buy it
right away and want to wait, it doesn't matter because the
price won't go down. i guess they are counting on a lot of
agency
perchases.
On 5/30/2014 9:15 AM, Peter Scanlon wrote:
Pity it doesn't have a radio listening thing like
Ootunes like the victor.
-----Original Message----- From: Dennis
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 12:02 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: HIMS Inc. Releases New Pocket-sized
Media Player that Gives Blindand Visually Impaired
Near-instant Access to Printed Text
oh yes! after seeing the cost of the booksence when
it came out i
figured this thing would cost every bit of $900 to
$1000. i just wonder
if the media player is better than the booksence
was. it has a lot of
other features that the booksence does and i just
wonder if they are
improved or the same. btw: the booksence is $50
less than when it came
out a few years ago. i would have thought it would
have come down a
little more than that.
On 5/30/2014 8:53 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Did you think it would be more expensive?
That's a U.S. price, Goodness Knows what it will
be by the time it reaches the Land Downunder.
On 30 May 2014, at 10:38 pm,
Dennis<dennis...@gmail.com> wrote:
wow the price isn't anywhare near what i thought
it would be.
On 5/30/2014 5:17 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
http://www.prweb.com/releases/blindness-low-vision-tech/HIMS
-Inc/prweb11897781.htm
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