I checked it, and on my computer there was a separation in the
word"information", as I said.
Rosemary
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From: "dmgina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] My M-power Observations thus far
I didn't notice a separation at all.
I am on my computer since Jim is using the card that works in here smile.
--dar
www.shaklee.net/Dar_Jim
Every saint has a past,
Every sinner has a future
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From: "rosemary teehan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] My M-power Observations thus far
Hi, I think I noticed one word separation which was in the word
"information".
Just an observation, for what it's worth.
Rosemary
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From: "Rhonda Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 2:32 PM
Subject: re: [Braillenote] My M-power Observations thus far
Hi Jim and List:
I didn't notice any word separations in your e-mail, which I was glad to
see. I was surprised to hear about having to charge up the battery
twcce since Friday. Of course, you may be using this machine a lot.
I wish you the best of luck with this MPower. Glad you got it.
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From: "James Aldrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 11:35:14 -0600
Subject: [Braillenote] My M-power Observations thus far
Hello all,
Here are my M-power observations since I received it on Friday,
September 2nd. I'm writing this with the M-power so anyone wishing to
evaluate how this EMAIL may look once it reaches the list can feel free
to analyze how well this works as they wish. Just don't analyze my poor
writing (grin smile)! I hope what I say will ease some of the concerns
about this product on this list.
My wife Dar thought the M-power was lighter when she first saw it out of
the box. We both were impressed with the newer braille display. The
intensity of how the dots come up can be adjusted in the braille display
menu. I haven't seen much difference in the settings of the display so
I keep it on the default of 5. One can hardly tell whether the display
is functioning or not. One doesn't notice the thump thump on this newer
display as the dots change position as one does with the older displays.
Of course, new is always better than the old but this truly is a sharp
display. It is a pleasure to read with it. It is a far better display
than the immediate competition, there is no contest! The M-power display
may not have the wear and tear of the older displays because of its
smooth operation but time will tell.
I think the speech is clearer perhaps better pronunciation. The speech
voice is much the same as it was but I think the M-power speaks more
clearly. It may or may not make a difference to anyone depending on
hearing loss. I'm more pleased with the speech on my M-power than my 32
BT even though I still say the speech on my older unit is quite good!
Ear buds and headphones work so much better on the M-power. One doesn't
need to drastically set the volume higher for headphones. I rarely set
the volume between the speaker and headphones with the M-power.
I charged the battery twice since I received this unit. The battery
gage went to a hundred percent both times and stayed at a hundred
percent once I disconnected the AC adapter. It went down to 99 percent
soon after the charger was disconnected and the battery seems to last
quite a while between charges thus far. On the second time of charging,
I noticed that the gage was at 94 percent after two hours. I left the M
Power plugged in much longer and once I got home from church, it was at
96 percent. The percentage was the same when I disconnected the adapter.
I kept it plugged in till the gage reached 100 percent. I think the
gage may have calibrated this time around which accounted for how long
the battery took to charge. I didn't get much notice once the battery
reached zero percent. I'll know more in time about the battery life but
I'm not complaining thus far.
Kathy Williams take note! I downloaded 133 messages with both BN units.
I left the messages on the server. The BN 32 BT took 6 minutes and 16.6
seconds according to the M-power stopwatch to download all 133 messages.
The M-power took 2 minutes 7.18 seconds according to the BN BT stopwatch
to download the same mail. Emptying the trash and clearing database
space is a snap! One barely has a chance to breathe and the process is
done! This unit is quick! I'm keeping messages on the server for a while
longer so I hope to update you on how much quicker the M-power is than
my older BN BT. Of course, one must consider the limited disk space and
the processor speed when comparing the two units ability to download
EMAIL. I like the way the M-power turns wireless on automatically when
one wishes to go on the web or download EMAIL. One still must turn
wireless off after being on the web or downloading EMAIL. I neglected
to say I'm on a wireless DSL connection here.
Being able to listen to streaming audio on a portable device is truly
nice! I would say the M-power works well on the "free streams". ACB
Radio was the first stream I tried. It was a snap to get to and listen.
I also listened to a MONTANA Radio Station stream, and some other
streams on Bill Sparks dot com as well as radio-locator dot com. I
tried to get into the XM Radio site, listen at XM Radio dot com. I got
into their web site okay but when I tried to receive a stream, I was
told by their site in no uncertain terms that I needed to update my web
browzer since my present browzer couldn't support the new features in
their player. I got such a kick out of what I heard, I tried it again!
One can get their site as I described it above and one must write it
together, or one can go to wwwddxmradioddcom and select "listen now".
One can get a three day trial on their programming otherwise one pays $7
a month to get the stream or close to $14 a month if one has one of
their r!
e!
ceivers.
WSM Radio is another site which became a "pay site" so doubt it is
available to the M-power. This is why I say the M-power probably works
best on the "free streams".
Passing files from my PC to the M-power is so much faster now through
the network. I was able to get both MP3 and wav files to my M-power and
play them with no difficulty. I was pleasantly surprised to find how
quickly I was able to copy these files and play them with no difficulty
whatsoever. I may have found one file that wouldn't play but it wouldn't
play on my PC either. The playback on the wav file player is very good.
I'll have more to say about it later. I went to Voice of the Nation's
Blind dot org to listen to a particular file. I could hear one file
from that site with no problem but I couldn't hear the file I wished to
listen to. I kept hearing something about unfamiliar media so couldn't
hear what I wanted to hear. This morning, I was able to hear the
introduction of the May Humanware Newsletter on the humanware site.
I'll listen to more of it when I have time. I can see that I have a
wonderful world of streaming audio waiting for me when I wish to hear!
!
new info
rmation or music. I'm looking forward to being a part of this new world
with my M-power.
The most disappointing feature to me on the M-power is the Memo
Recorder. Perhaps I don't understand digital recording very well! This
is the first digital recorder I have used at length. The memo recorder
plays back wav files very nicely provided they were recorded or created
elsewhere. Based on how my unit operates, this memo recorder is good for
voice only whether it is on the low quality settings or the high quality
settings. One can record their audio memos if they aren't too far from
the microphone. One doesn't have to hold the M-power or external
microphone to their face though. The default factory setting for
recording with the internal microphone is level 12. When I attempt to
record at this setting, my recording is faint and the recording is weak
with a fuzzy distorted sound as if I were talking through wax paper.
The speech is not intelligible and the speech is intermittent! Level ten
seems to give me the best recording quality but I hear a degree of white
!
n!
oise and
a slight frying sound in the background of my recording. Speech from
the notetaker comes in very well for obvious reasons if I happen to
leave my unit in record and attempt to operate other functions with my
M-power. The memo recorder in my unit is adequate for memos and I might
send voice attachments in an EMAIL or two, but I don't think it would
record music very well especially that piano recital. There are other
devices on the market which would better serve such a purpose. I think
a $20 to $40 cassette recorder could do as well or better for a recital
than would my particular M-power unit. There might be some kind of
component breakdown inhibiting my unit from recording properly, I
really don't know! To my knowledge, the memo recorder isn't stereo
either. I could be wrong about this conclusion though. I can safely
say my unit doesn't support levels 11 through 15 with the internal
microphone. I placed the level with an external microphone to 35. I
couldn't hear !
a!
nything
at all from that attempt to record. I could hear the external
microphone when I set the record level to a lower setting. I may need
to check the battery in the microphone perhaps. The playback is fine
with my memo recorder but I question whether the record feature is
working properly in my unit. I'll be happy to send anyone interested
attachments when recording at level 10, 11 and 12. This should show
what I'm talking about.
Web braille seems to be working better on the M-power. I can now reach
the listing of braille books at the end of the web page. I can again
get into the list to download volumes once again. My older BN BT was
able to get that page as well so maybe NLS fixed the problem, I really
don't know! I haven't downloaded any books lately so that is for another
EMAIL.
I haven't interfaced my M-power with my Juliet braille embosser but I
hope to accomplish that soon! I haven't tried the bluetooth feature so
that is something I'll look forward to.
I'll be happy to try web sites when I can to see how accessible they
will be for the M-power if that would be helpful to anyone.
As I wrote this EMAIL, I noticed the speech cut out for no apparent
reason. I turned the speech to on request to off and back on again and
everything was fine. This happened three times while I wrote this post.
Thanks for reading!
Jim Aldrich
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