Sue, Glad you got it working. I had to reinstall mine the other day because it crashed. LOL
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Mangis Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 10:29 PM To: 'Braillenote List' Subject: [Braillenote] keysync Hi Dean and Sari, Well, I solved the keysync problem. I discovered that the Keysync I had on the computer was 1.0. On the Humanware site under downloads it was 1.1. So installing that new one worked. Tried to send this earlier, but it wanted to send via Comcast not earthlink. Sue Mangis -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Evelyn Weckerly Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 8:14 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] cursor routing queery Hi, Guys, Well, I'm already carrying enough stuff to church. When I go to Canada, I will have even more. I might try the lapdesk though. Anything more than that will not be very practical. Evelyn At 12:10 PM 9/9/05, you wrote: >Hi Evelyn, >I have had the same problem which you describe. >I'll be brailling along, and discover that I'm in a different place in >the file, or maybe I've activated a menu. > >I'm thinking that the fact that you're brailling on your lap, a >cushioned surface, might just be your problem. Because there's some >give, and some amount of spring action, the BN may not be registering >your keystrokes accurately. As you come up from a keystroke, the bn >follows your hands back up, ever so slightly. This might be enough to >make your release inaccurate. A lap desk, with a harder surface, might >help. But maybe something like a TV >tray, the kind you use for breakfast in bed, might help, particularly >if the >seating surface is wooden. > >Rusty > > > >____________________ >Skype: rustyperez >Yahoo and AIM: reliroo >Check out my blog at >http://rusty-perez.blogspot.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Evelyn Weckerly >Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 8:39 AM >To: Braillenote List >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] cursor routing queery > >Hi, Kathy, > >I have had this unit since November and it arrived having been checked >over by Humanware first. It is in excellent condition. As I said, I am >not using a table at all. In most situations where I must take notes, >the unit is on my lap. I can Braille fast--fast enough to keep up with >a speaker most of the time. > >Evelyn > >At 11:28 AM 9/9/05, you wrote: > >Hi Evelyn > >I feel for you with your brailling problem. This is why I had to give > >up my Braillemate and go to a Transtype originally back in the 90's. > >As my fingers got weaker, I was not able to hold down the dots with > >even pressure and time the releasing of some and the pressing of > >others accurately enough not to keep inadvertantly typing chords and > >making all sorts of goofy things happen. Artic tried setting up an > >ergo braille for me with varying key pressure options and the option > >for the keys to type on the contact or on the release to try to make > >it work, but I still eventually had to just give up and go to qwerty > >where I either hit the key or didn't and I still have problems. I > >keep thinking of going back to the braille keyboard as it seems > >logical it would be easier not to have to find different keys all > >over the place, but then I remember the problems getting them all to > >register they've been hit at the same time and released at the same > >time and I just stick with what >I've got. > > > >The suggestion to change your ergonomics might help the most. If you > >can get a straight on attack to the keys like in piano playing it's > >more apt to register accurately, but then you've got the pressure for > >the thumb keys going the other direction as in away from you rather > >than downwarrd toward the table, and this may throw off the timing. > >Do you know how fast you braille? I used to at about 105 to 110 wpm > >and I still find strangely enough that I'm more accurate when I type > >faster except that I can't let go of the shift fast enough to turn > >off the caps for the I when I hit the ' so I get I" always. Does > >slowing down >help? What about speeding up? > >Is your unit old enough it might need cleaning of contacts? Can that > >be done, Jonathan? > > > >___ > >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
