Hi again Rosemary,
You did a good thing and thanks for your help and observations. This word
division has gone on at least since 5.1 and a number of us have tried to
get to the bottom of it. We are trying to determine what happens when it
occurs. Since it only happened once in that past post, I could easily have
hit the spacebar by accident but then it could have been the same old
bug. You did well and thanks much!
Jim
At 08:08 AM 09/07/2005 , you wrote:
Hi Jim, I didn't mean to be argumentative, just informative.
Rosemary
----- Original Message ----- From: "James Aldrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Hello Rosemary,
I finally looked at my post on the PC and did find the seperation of
information. I could have hit the spacebar myself and I didn't spell
check that post. We'll keep watch on this though!
Jim
At 01:01 PM 09/04/2005 , you wrote:
I checked it, and on my computer there was a separation in the
word"information", as I said.
Rosemary
----- Original Message ----- From: "dmgina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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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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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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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.
----- Original Message -----
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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