[gui-talk] Fwd: Book Port Plus on this week's Main Menu

Steve Pattison srp at internode.on.net
Tue Feb 23 21:17:30 UTC 2010


 From:    Jamie Pauls jamiepauls at sbcglobal.net
 To:      announce at acbradio.org

Coming up on Main Menu for February 27, 2010:
This week we present a Main Menu exclusive! Larry Skutchan of The American 
Printing House for the Blind discusses and demonstrates some features of 
Book Port Plus, a new product from APH due for release some time in March. 
Larry talks about the philosophy behind the design of the product, giving us 
a glimpse into the decision-making process. He talks about why some features 
are present in the unit, why some features are not yet present, and what we 
can expect to see in subsequent updates to the product. Why did APH choose 
Vocalizer as the text to speech engine of choice? Why not Eloquence? Is 
there a possibility that another text-to-speech engine might be used in the 
future? What does APH plan to do with the wireless capabilities of the unit? 
Could we actually be able to listen to Internet radio from a Book Port Plus? 
How does one navigate menus and change settings on the unit? There is no way 
to provide a tutorial on how to use Book Port Plus in just 53 minutes, but I 
think Main Menu listeners will find Larry's examples and insights most 
fascinating.
Main Menu airs on Saturdays at 1:00 UTC; that’s Fridays at 8:00 Eastern time 
in the U.S.
Subscribe to the Main Menu podcast feed at: 
http://mainmenu.acbradio.org/rss.php
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Regards Steve
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