Hi Sarah and all,
As i mentioned when participating briefly in this discussion a
couple of weeks ago, I don't download much with the BN but did
have a problem with the PK. On the first attempt I didn't
receive a "five complete" message but did the second time around
without any reset or other intervention from myself, apart from
trying again; so I'm not sure whether or not there's a real
problem with the PK. I'll do some more playing around and find
out.
Carol
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From: "Sarah Cranston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 08:36:42 -0600
Subject: the failing download issue, RE: [Braillenote] Bookshare
Hi Nancy,
There was a lot of on-list discussion of this very issue a couple
weeks ago. In short, there are quite a few of us experiencing
the identical problem, the inability to download more than one,
or possibly two, files consecutively without the downloading
aborting prematurely. Also, and this is extremely important to
keep in mind, the problem is not with BookShare, but instead with
Keysoft 7. Any site from which someone can download files
exhibits the same behavior, failure to fully download and files
that appear corrupted because they are incomplete. I first
noticed the problem when I attempted to download games from the
Interactive Fiction Archive. Another user has the same problem
when she attempts to download podcasts from BlindCoolTech and
other sources. We all have the BookShare issue, at least those
of us who are members. The only temporary cure is, as you
pointed out, a reset. However, having to reset each and every
time one wants to download something gets pretty old pretty fast.
As far as I know, it is only mPower users who are having this
problem. (If I've got that incorrect, someone please set me
straight.) Most of those who have reported having trouble have
had their Braille displays transplanted into mPowers, but there
is at least one VNQT mPower user with the same thing going on.
Both BT and QT units are involved.
I hope this helps to shed some light on your problem, and rest
assured that you are not alone and that HW knows about the issue.
Sarah
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nancy
Ungar
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 9:56 PM
To: Braille Note
Subject: [Braillenote] Bookshare
Hi. I'm sure there's enough room on my 4 gig Cf card, but I
occasionally now get hung up with Bookshare since Ks7. I have an
18-35ll Bt m-power transplant, and sometimes the book will
download to a certain point, and the file will disappear.
Sometimes when I know the file has downloaded completely, it'll
say "password, I'll put the password in, hit enter, and it'll say
invalid password. Then I must erase the file, do a reset and
usually get the whole book on the card again. It's weird. I'm
not sure it's because I had to put Bookshare in My Favorites
myself, because my transplant didn't even have Bookshare on it
when I received it. I can't imagine that that would make a
difference, because ts where Pulse Data puts it, right? I don't
think it's burned into rom or anything. I'm typing my password
correctly, and I'm wondering if anyone with a Qt or Bt keyboard
is having any strange quirks since Keysout 7. I'm referring to
m-power users, and I never had any problems until Ks7, which I
still like, of course. It's not as if I don't have many books to
read, but I'm so addicted to downloading books that sound good,
and it'll take me a couple lifetimes to read them all, grin.
Thanks for any feedback you give me. It could be that I'm
wearing the one card out, who knows. Talk to you later.
Nancy
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