Sherry, Card readers can be plugged in to the USB port of your computer or they can be added to the computer when you buy a new one or added to an older one if you want. As for plugging and unplugging computers and bns I don't bother. I just use multiple outlets and plug all units in the same wall outlet, but I only use one at a time so it's no problem. I have three computers hooked up to the same wall outlet and Inever unplug a single one. No if I want to test something, I simply plug it in the extra outlet I have. I have one outlet with five plugs on it. so I just use one of those for test purposes. Now in the bedroom, I have a phone and a signaling system hooked up to the same outlet. I can put an additional multiple plug in there and hook up a braillenote if I wanted to use it for email, but since I don't, I don't bother with the additional outlets. You can buy a card reader fo fifteen bucks. Isaac
On Tue, 8 Nov 2005, Sherry Gomes wrote: > how about the cost on card readers for a PC? i don't use the internet/email > parts of the BN at home, because that would involve unhooking the modem > cables from the CPU and connecting the BN/mPower and then reconnecting them > all again. Also, I don't have an ethernet card at this time, and it won't > be in my budget for quite a while, so when I do internet on the braille > note, or on the mPower when I get my transplant, it would have to be dial > up. It would be faster and easier to download to my PC and transfer it to > the SD card and then install any future upgrades to the mPower. As I said > previously, my current card reader only holds compact flash cards, so I will > have to get another one. Obviously, I don't need this right now, but I'd > like to have price ideas for the future. Doesn't actually sound like the > cards are all that much less expensive than the CF cards, but I think that > would depend on where you find them. > > i am, by the way, not trying to be argumentative about it. i was off this > list for a while and probably missed the discussion of SD cards being needed > for future upgrades. Or I just didn't read any threads on topics I didn't > know at the time were important. So I appreciate any information, so I can > have the things I need when I need to have them. > > Sherry > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karen McDonald > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 6:59 AM > To: Braillenote List > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower > > > Hi, everyone, > > I found a 512 meg SD card at > > http://www.flashmemory store.com > > for $43. That's not a bad price at all, and I can use it for extra memory > or for future updates. > > Karen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 9:15 AM > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower > > > > Hi jean. There is no need to buy a card reader to perform a BrailleNote > > mPower upgrade. You may find one useful for other purposes, but you can > > download the upgrade on your BrailleNote mPower to an appropriately > > formatted SD card, and perform the upgrade. We've made the process > > extremely smooth and simple, as a few listers have already pointed out. > > > > Just while I'm writing on this subject, a couple of other comments. > > Firstly, HumanWare can and does sell appropriate SD cards for the upgrade > > process, but I think it's fair to say that you're not going to get the > > best > > deal on price from us. We just don't have enough demand to buy these cards > > in the tens of thousands such as a big chain would buy. Buying in those > > quantities makes a huge difference in terms of the price they pay, which > > they can then pass onto you. > > > > Finally, I would just gently remind the list that some weeks ago, I did > > explain that an SD card would be required to update the software in > > BrailleNote and VoiceNote mPower. This will be necessary for all updates, > > not just this one. > > > > > > > > Jonathan Mosen > > BrailleNote Product Marketing Manager > > HumanWare > > > > DDI: +1-925-566-9265 > > http://www.humanware.com > > > > > > > > Jean Menzies > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > a> To > > Sent by: Braillenote List > > braillenote-bounc <[email protected]> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc > > .com > > Subject > > Re: [Braillenote] Patch for the > > 07/11/2005 06:07 mPower > > p.m. > > > > > > Please respond to > > Braillenote List > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > .humanware.com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Richard > > > > I don't understand. First, I'm an mPower user and I would also have to > > purchase an SD card and a card reader to to an upgrade. So it's not > > just the old consumer who has to fork out more. > > > > But what do you mean that the card should be small, that if it is larger > > than 128 Meg that the upgrade won't work? Why would the size matter? > > > > Jean > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Richard Ring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 3:35 PM > > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower > > > > > > Ok, so the old consumers are taking the heat! > > And, for all of you who purchase SD cards in order to be able to update > > your Mpowers, make sure that the SD card you purchase is small, say 128 > > megabytes. Otherwise, the update still won't work. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lysander > > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 4:32 PM > > To: Braillenote List > > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower > > > > > > Look, there's no way to make everyone happy with this. You have to pick > > one, > > so it's a question of screwing over the new consumer or screwing over > > the > > old one? There really isn't another option in this situation. They > > appear to > > have chosen to screw over hte old one. I was going to buy an SD card > > anyway. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Richard Ring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 1:29 PM > > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower > > > > > > Jonathan Mosen stated that one of the reasons is that SD cards are > > currently the least expensive storage alternative. However, if you > > already have CF cards with which you're happy, then the SD is no longer > > the least expensive way to go. Why? Because you've already got CF > > cards that you can't use to update your Mpower, and the money has > > already long been spent on those cards. But, since you have to purchase > > an SD card, now you're spending money you wouldn't have had to spend > > were this not an upgrade requirement. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Les > > Kriegler > > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 4:12 PM > > To: 'Braillenote List' > > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower > > > > > > Hi Peggy, > > > > Well, I'll throw in my 2 cents here. Having support for an SD card is > > great. However, I'd much prefer to see it as an option, not a > > requirement. > > Since the mPower has a flash slot, and many of us have flash cards that > > we > > used in the classic units, I'm trying to understand why the designers of > > the > > mPower designed a unit that supports flash cards but requires SD cards > > for > > any upgrades? This came up before with the SMA upgrades, and I know it > > was > > required for those as well, but I'm still struggling with the rationale > > for > > this apparent requirement. > > Best Regards, > > > > Les > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peggy Kern > > Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 10:46 AM > > To: Braillenote List > > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower > > > > I don't have a problem with getting an SD card; it's just that after > > buying > > the mPower transplant, a new computer, and two large-sized compact flash > > cards (my preferred type of card), I hadn't planned on making any more > > purchases for a while. But if it's necessary to have an SD card, I > > guess > > that's what I'll need to do. > > > > Peggy > > > > At 03:58 AM 11/7/2005, you wrote: > >>Peggy, > >> > >>I assume, as it's available for download, that it's a free patch and > >>therefore it would be to your advantage to download and pop it on an SD > > > >>card. (I didn't have one until very recently either but I don't regret > > > >>the outlay.) > >> > >> > >>-- > >>Carol > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peggy Kern > >>Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 5:44 AM > >>To: [email protected] > >>Subject: [Braillenote] Patch for the mPower > >> > >> > >>Hi, all. I just went to the website to read about the patch for the > >>mPower, and saw that it requires an SD card, which I don't have. So > >>does that mean that in order to download any future upgrades I'll need > >>to first buy an SD card, or will Humanware be sending out the patch on > >>an SD card to those of us with mPowers, or what? > >> > >>Peggy <disappointed that she can't download the patch, although she > >>hasn't needed it yet anyway> > >> > >> > >>___ > >>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 Free Edition. > >>Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/162 - Release Date: > >>05/11/2005 > >> > >> > >>-- > >>No virus found in this outgoing message. > >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. > >>Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/162 - Release Date: > >>05/11/2005 > >> > >> > >> > >>___ > >>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 > > > > > > ___ > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > ___ > > 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 > >
