Hi Ann, I think I'm having trouble being clear because I have spent so many hours trying everything I can think of, and I guess you probably know how we can make things harder than they really should be when we go around in circles with them. I read all the writing in the manual on the Braille note about active sync, Bookshare, my e-books, coactivity, email, my downloads, and who knows what else ... I can't think of it all off the top of my head. I went on to the bookshare web site, read their info and looked at all the books and categories they offer, and I managed to get signed up with them. After all that, I tried to get my Braillenote to work with my computer. Somewhere in all the directions, it was mentioned that it is better to use the serial port rather than the USB port, so I tried to download some books using the serial port. I thought I was doing okay until I got to the very end. All of a sudden the Braille display on the Braillenote cleared, and I couldn't figure out what to do next. I was getting an indication that there was a place I was supposed to click on "yes", a window, but I couldn't find the window. I got my landlord, Tim, to look at this because he is a computer expert and has gotten me out of a lot of jams, and he couldn't find the "yes" window either. He even unloaded and reloaded everything to see if we could clear the problem that way, but nothing worked.
Today I called someone who uses Bookshare all the time, and she was the one who was doing this using email. Whatever she does works for her, but if the rest of you do this another way, that's fine with me. I just want to make this work one way or the other. Okay, now can you figure out anything from what I just wrote or is it still clear as mud? Thanks Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann K. Parsons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 8:38 PM Subject: [Braillenote] Problem setting up Braillenote > Hi Linda, > > Let me understand you. You've got an MPower, running version 5.3 of > Keysoft and you're trying to create an account on bookshare? Here > are some very basic questions. > > 1. Are you currently a member of Bookshare? > > 2. Have you read all the documentation, there is tons of it, on the > bookshare site about the steps needed to join, the procedure, and > so on. > > Reason I ask these questions is that you are unclear as to just where > you are in the process. I know, for example, that when I joined > bookshare, admittedly it was back in the dark ages, I needed sighted > help to navigate the site and sign up. I'll take a look at the site > if you want me to. I don't have an Mpower, but I do have version 6.1 > of Keysoft. If you can be a little more specific about just what's > happening, I'll try to help. > > Ann P. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > WEB SITE: http://home.eznet.net/~akp > Skype: Putertutor > "All that is gold does not glitter. > Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > >
