[Techno-Chat]: Re: Braille Sense Polaris, BrailleNote Touch

2017-06-25 Thread Gordon Smith
No, you’re absolutely wrong there. I’m definitely not a HumanWare man anything. There’s plenty that’s wrong with the Touch, and I have said so repeatedly in several places, including both this group and also to HumanWare themselves! I’m not knocking the Hims offering. I only had a brief play

[Techno-Chat]: Sound Forge Pro Mac; A Fantastic Offer, With A Sting In The Tail!

2017-06-25 Thread Gordon Smith
Hello everybody OK, as I said earlier, I just decided to avail myself of the Sound Forge offer. I went through the process and everything went fine. Then it came to the E-Mail pointing me to the secure download server. In order to redeem my purchased software, as click on the “I’m Not A Robot”

Re: [Techno-Chat]: Braille Sense Polaris: First Impressions

2017-06-25 Thread Dane Trethowan
And a forth choice actually, a mobile phone or tablet with a Braille display. On 26/06/2017 12:26 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: Yes, I totally agree about keyboard. All I was pointing out was that the option, and that’s the key word, “Option” doesn’t exist. That said, I do agree that the Polaris

Re: [Techno-Chat]: Sound Forge Pro Mac; A Fantastic Offer, With A Sting In The Tail!

2017-06-25 Thread Dane Trethowan
Okay you shouldn't have to click on any of those challenges, I got the App automatically by clicking on the Start Download button. On 26/06/2017 1:58 AM, Gordon Smith wrote: Hello everybody OK, as I said earlier, I just decided to avail myself of the Sound Forge offer. I went through the

Re: [Techno-Chat]: Braille Sense Polaris: First Impressions

2017-06-25 Thread Gordon Smith
Yes, I totally agree about keyboard. All I was pointing out was that the option, and that’s the key word, “Option” doesn’t exist. That said, I do agree that the Polaris is a very nice device and has excellent hardware specs. When it comes to note takers, however, we now have 3 choices. There’s

[Techno-Chat]: Bluetooth 5 is here, but few accessories will support it before 2018 - The Verge

2017-06-25 Thread Dane Trethowan
Big changes afoot wiht Bluetooth and - if you have a Samsung S8 - you'll be able to take full advantage of Bluetooth 5 devices when they arrive on the shop floor. https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/5/26/15687670/bluetooth-5-anker-incipio-griffin-iphone-samsung-coming-soon --

[Techno-Chat]: What is Sony LDAC, and how does it do it? | Sound+Image | News | AVHub

2017-06-25 Thread Dane Trethowan
If you're into HD and High Res audio then you'll want to keep up with the following site - particularly if you own products which are Sony LDAC compatible - http://www.avhub.com.au/news/sound-image/what-is-sony-ldac-and-how-does-it-do-it-408285 -- ** "Live each day as if you were

RE: [Techno-Chat]: Bluetooth 5 is here, but few accessories will support it before 2018 - The Verge

2017-06-25 Thread Iaen Cordell
Thanks sire, may wait for the note 8 [late September] -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan [mailto:grtd...@internode.on.net] Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2017 8:22 PM To: techno-chat@techno-chat.net Subject: [Techno-Chat]: Bluetooth 5 is here, but few accessories will support it before

Re: [Techno-Chat]: Sound Forge Pro Mac; A Fantastic Offer, With A Sting In The Tail!

2017-06-25 Thread Gordon Smith
Interesting. I was forced to enter a challenge response. > On 25 Jun 2017, at 17:32, Dane Trethowan wrote: > > Okay you shouldn't have to click on any of those challenges, I got the App > automatically by clicking on the Start Download button. > > > > On

Re: [Techno-Chat]: Braille Sense Polaris: First Impressions

2017-06-25 Thread Gordon Smith
That is an option, yes. But you’re not going to get quite the same level of convenience doing things that way. I am also given to understand, and I haven’t checked this, that you need to use BrailleBack with the Polaris to control and interface with a phone. With the Touch, that level of

[Techno-Chat]: Downloading SoundForge Professional Mac

2017-06-25 Thread Gordon Smith
To put the records strait. This didn’t work the first time I tried it. But second time, I got a very good audio challenge. So, to be fair, it looks like there was a temporary outage at Google which is now fixed. smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature

Re: [Techno-Chat]: Braille Sense Polaris: First Impressions

2017-06-25 Thread Dane Trethowan
You're right, you're nog to get the same level of convenience using a Mobile device with a Braille display, you're going to get an even better level of convenience not to mention an even better level of flexibility. Yep, you have to download the Brailleback App from Google Play Store and