Actually, Bruce, she has ankother alternative, too. She can use SD cards as well. She just needs a reader that will handle the different cards (microdrives, SD cards, Compactflash cards.) That would be the neat way to go.
Diane Garrett/Leader Daisy Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (918) 664-5731 > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Bruce Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 15:16:18 -0400 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] I'm psyched all over again >Pam: >There is another way to transfer files, some might think it the easiest way, >through a compact flash (CF) card. It is easy, if you have a CF reader on >your PC, & CF cards can store a lot of data. >So, you have three alternatives. >Bruce >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Pam Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 3:08 PM >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] I'm psyched all over again >Hi Don, >What do I have to do on the pc to give the braillenote permission to >access its files once it's connected into the network? I'm using >windows 2000. >Think I'll start hitting the braillenote manual in anticipation of an >early Christmas. I'll probably get the mpower in a week or two. Can't >wait. >Pam >On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:57:50 -0700, you wrote: >>Hi Pam, >>That's great about going for the braille display. The display on the >>MPower is really good and I don't think you'll regret the extra money. >>As for transferring files, there are two basic ways you can do that. One >>is to install a program on your pc which will most likely be on the CD you >>receive with >>your MPower. It's actually a program from IBM called activesync and allows >>for the transfer of files among other things. >>The other way is to get a connection to your pc over a network such as >>through an ethernet or wireless ethernet card. With this method you really >>don't need >>any external programs on your pc except for the network connectivity which >>you undoubtedly already have, especially if you're running xp. >>You just establish the connection over the network and then you use the >>file manager on the braillenote to move files to or from the braillenote >>from the pc. >>If you take the activesync approach, you would perform the file transfers >>from the pc side of the connection. >>This is a brief and somewhat incomplete explanation, but maybe it will give >>you an idea of how it all blends together. >>Don >>___ >>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 >___ >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 >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.17/84 - Release Date: 8/29/2005 >___ >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
