HI Paul, I'll have to report to the list what happens with my own mPower as I will be using a Voicenote BT. I agree with you about a blinking cursor being a great idea for users who can not use speech, assuming the modem does not make any sound when connecting. David
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: Paul Henrichsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 16:59:36 -0700 >Subject: re: [Braillenote] MPower and email report >David. You won't be disappointed. It will be money well spent. >Perhaps there is a way to turn the modem on. I haven't looked for an option >as of yet. It just sprprised me and made me think that something was wrong >with my unit. Had I had speech enabled, perhaps I would have heard those >customary beeps letting me know that something was working. But I only had >braille on. >Perhaps for those who are deaf or who don't use speech, a blinking cursor >could be added to simulate the beeps heard when speech is enabled. That >way, one would know that a process was working. >At 8/8/2005, you wrote: >>Hi Paul, >> Thanks for telling us about your email experience with the mPower. This >> is certainly very encouraging and I can't wait to try the email program >> for myself on my own mPower unit when I receive it some time soon. It's >> rather interesting that the dial tone doesn't sound when you connect via >> the internal modem, so I'll come to expect this behaviour from my own >> mPower as I use dial-up here. As for being disappointed, that certainly >> will not be the case with me as I'm hanging out for this unit like you >> wouldn't believe <Grin >>David >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>From: Paul Henrichsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Inc." >> <[email protected] >>>Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2005 20:20:40 -0700 >>>Subject: [Braillenote] MPower and email report >>>Hi, Listers. My wife and I went to visit her mom today in the mountains >> of Sonora, California. Needless to say, there was no dsl and I couldn't >> use my wife's cell phone to get my mail. >>>I had to use the modem in the MPower. I was surprised when I was asked >> for my user ID and password. I thought I already had that set up in my >> email configuration. But after entering the appropriate information, I >> was even more surprised not to hear the modem connect and dial as it had >> in the bn classic. It did connect, but without any sound. >>>The email then downloaded very quickly for a 56 k modem. It got those >> 131 mssages in no time without a pause or break. How great is that? >>>I don't know why the modem doesn't make a sound any more, but it sure >> works well. >>>Reading email while riding in the car home was a breeze except for the >> road bumps<grin>. I got through 246 messages in no time with the bn >> MPower only taking a second or two to deleete the message when pressing >> control 8. >>>I can happily say that I no longer have a problem using or recommending >> that other people use their MPowers to get email. >>>For those of you who haven't upgraded yet or haven't purchased an MPower >> yet, You won't be disappointed with the speed of downloading or deleting >> email. >>>___ >>>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 >___ >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
