Hello Jonathan,
I gues that I missed this call. I was off the list for a while,
and that must have been when you asked people, because I would
have definately not said I wanted games, but that I wanted excel,
the ability to download and read html e-mail, the ability to
download e-mail to the storage medium of my choice, the ability
to print a document or emboss a document without leaving that
document, and better support for microsoft word documents.
I really don't know how to write software for these items, but if
I had help from Hw staff, or suggestions as to how to start this,
I would be willing to give it a try.
I am sure I could find some people that could help, so, if this
is still available, I would be willing.
Regards,
Robert
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Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 10:25:12 +1200
Subject: RE: [BrailleNote] External software and BN
Hi Andy, Just to set the record straight on this one, last year,
on this
list and other relevant lists, we called for people who would
actually be
interested in writing software for the BrailleNote to contact us,
so we
could ask questions about their needs. What we found in response
to that
process was that the vast majority of people wanted to write
games. That's
one of the reasons why we introduced support for interactive
fiction in
version 7. Had the outcome of that process been different, the
SDK would
have been accorded a higher priority. Many of the people on this
list who
talk about the SDK don't actually want to write software. That
said, we do
intend to work progressively on an SDK, firstly by working
closely with
some of our partners who want to write software for the
BrailleNote, and
at some future point, making the SDK more wisely available once
any kinks
have been ironed out.
Jonathan Mosen
BrailleNote Product Marketing Manager
HumanWare
11 Mary Muller Drive
Christchurch New Zealand
DDI: +64-3-940-2219
http://www.humanware.com
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I have owned a BN for 6 years, and an SDK has been discussed just
about
the whole time, and we are still waiting.
Andy
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Joseph Lee
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 3:33 PM
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Subject: [BrailleNote] External software and BN
Dear list members,
I have some opinions on external software and BrailleNote.
1. When things have to be changed to core functions e.g. Media
Player
and Recorder, and other funcitons, you need to consider that
these
services are core functions that are supplied by Microsoft on
Windows
CE. KeySoft is built on top of Windows CE, meaning that it
shares
(almost shares) same limitations and same platform as Windows CE.
2. While some people hink that Excel is not supported, it is in
fact
supported on the BrailleNote. This can be achieved by saving the
resulting .xls file as .csv (Comma Separated Values). You can
copy the
csv vile on your BrailleNote and use Import Data feature on the
Database
Manager, effectively, having almost the same functions as Pocket
Excel.
3. In order to implement some external features on the
BrailleNote, a
key component must be released: Software Development Kit. With
this
tool, interested programmers can develop high quality programs
for
BrailleNote family of products, such as File encryption utility,
Financial management, etc.
I hope that this post is not out of bounds. Thanks for
considerations.
Joseph Lee
Skype: joslee22590
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