Sarah, this is what I am trying to find out. I saw richard turner's statement that he put this n his website. but I've not downloaded it yet. I am not sure how to implement it once I download it. Perhaps Jonathan or dean jackson could shed some more light on this? I am buying the keyboard though. Isaac
On Thu, 1 Sep 2005, Sarah Cranston wrote: > Isaac, > I get it, and thanks for clarifying. For what it's worth, I feel the exact > same way about writing in Braille. That's why I got a QT BrailleNote. The > thing is, I don't know if the external keyboard would map exactly to the BNQT > keyboard. There may be some commands that work differently than they would > on a unit with a built-in QT keyboard, but I'm not the one to ask, since I've > never laid hands on one of these external keyboards. > Sarah > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Isaac Obie > Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 9:04 AM > To: Braillenote List > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] web-braille > > > Good morning Sarah, > The student uses a voicenote with a qt keyboard. she doesn't have an > mpower. She is not the one who wants to change keyboards. I am the one who > wants to hook a qwerty keyboard to my PK so that I may have a qt and a bt > machine in one. this way I get to type commands rather than braille them. > I honestly hate brailling commands or writing in braille. I find it > awkward and cumbersome. One of the selling points for the PK for me was > the ability to use a qwerty keyboard. If it didn't have this feature, I > don't buy! that was very, very important. so I was asking if anyone > thought I could have the best of both worlds by connecting the qwerty > keyboard to the PK! In other words, would I then be able to use QT > commands instead of BT commands?????????????????????? > That's what I'd really like to do! > Isaac > > On Wed, 31 Aug 2005, Sarah Cranston wrote: > > > Isaac, > > Yes, I'm definitely getting tired, but I could have swonr you asked me > > about connecting a bluetooth qwerty keyboard to a VoiceNote mPower QT. I > > didn't know why someone would want to do this, but I do know a lot of > > people who refuse to use their laptop's built-in keyboard and use an > > external keyboard, so I thought perhaps your student didn't like the VNQT > > keyboard and wanted to use an external keyboard with it instead. Is this > > anywhere close to what you were asking? > > As far as using the qwerty keyboard with a PK, this seems to work very > > well. Let me know if there is another question which I didn't answer. > > Sarah > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > >From: Isaac Obie <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] > > >Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 19:15:52 -0400 (EDT) > > >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] web-braille > > > > >Sarah, > > >You must be getting tired. :) :) It's a qt keyboard connected to a bt > > >machine. that way I get the best of both worlds. > > >Isaac > > > > >On Wed, 31 Aug 2005, Sarah Cranston wrote: > > > > >> Isaac, > > >> I don't know how well a QT keyboard would work if connected to a QT > > >> BrailleNote. I haven't played with this at all, I would go with > > >> whatever Richard Turner has on his website. > > >> Sarah > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Isaac Obie > > >> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 3:29 PM > > >> To: Richard Ring > > >> Cc: Braillenote List > > >> Subject: [Braillenote] web-braille > > > > > > >> Richard, > > >> richard turner has uploaded some stuff to his website dealing with the PK > > >> and a qwerty keyboard. He's even mapped out things like the ALT key to be > > >> the function key etc etc. do you think such a setup could give me > > >> functionality of a qt machine as well as a bt machine? thanks > > >> Isaac > > > > > > >> ___ > > >> 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 > > > > > > ___ > > 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 > >
