My BN goes with me every where, and I'm not convinced that I'd want to use my BN as a remote either, but it would be nice for certain circumstances, for if I can't find a particular remote, for when the remote for the projector has been removed from my class room. To consolidate remotes.
Additionally, as some one else said, many sighted people are able to exchange information via Infra red like exchanging a business card. This would be great on a BN. Rusty ____________________ Skype: rustyperez Yahoo and AIM: reliroo Check out my blog at http://rusty-perez.blogspot.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 5:32 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Wouldn't this be neat!!! When I first read the message, I thought it would be helpful. I just had a talking thurmastat put in my condo. I thought, this could have prevented me from replacing the thermostat. I then thought, this means I would have to bring the M-power home every day or get another unit for home. Many a night, I leave my unit at work if I have other plans such as shopping or reading a tape. It just is not worth the hassle of remembering the machine every day, just so I can stay cool or watch the tv. As someone else said, lets let HW put there time into a full and speady repair of all these bugs in 7.2. We surely need a healthy update more thn better accessability of our remotes. A remote can be learned, we can not repair a bug. Terry Powers -----Original Message----- From: Carol Pearson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 2:53 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Wouldn't this be neat!!! Hi, Actually, when I owned a PacMate I tried this out but quite frankly got bored with the idea and also didn't want to keep the PacMate in the same place all the time. My money would be spent much better on other tweaks to the already existing software and perhaps an upgrade to Windows CE5, hopefully with a slightly more opened up platform so that we could find our favourite programmes and give them a try. I'm not being very specific here, but you get the drift. -- Carol [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rusty Perez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 1:44 AM Subject: [Braillenote] Wouldn't this be neat!!! > Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 12:55:55 -0400 > From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [PM] FSCommander and satellite TV > To: "The PAC Mate User List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Kasondra. If your satellite receiver has an infra-red remote control, > FSCommander will be able to learn it with your help. > > In our own case at my home, we have a reader that visits us once a week. > Just the other day, I made every remote control in the house accessible > via > PAC Mate. You can do this completely without sighted help if you are > familiar with what the buttons on your remote control do. If not, simply > ask > a sighted person to work with you as you put FSCommander into Learn Mode. > The software will ask you to press a key on the PAC Mate, then to press a > key on the remote control. Following JAWS conventions of the key on its > own > moving you forward, and shift with the key moving you back, I assigned v > for > volume up, shift+V for volume down. C for Channel up, > shift+C for channel down etc. It's a very simple process, and of course > you can programme as many remotes this way as you want to. My PAC Mate now > controls our media system, our two separate air conditioning units and > other > devices. I find myself using a lot more functions on these devices, > because > I know exactly what keys perform what function. I should say that I was in > a > bit of a hurry when our reader was here, so later, I was able to go back > and > reassign some of the keys to make them more logical. > > I'm sure you'll find this free utility really useful. You can download it > from our web site. The direct URL is > http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_products/PACmate_FSCommander.asp > > > Jonathan Mosen. > Vice President, Blindness Hardware Product Management Freedom Scientific > BLV > Group LLC > > 11800 31st Court North > > St. Petersburg, FL 33716-1805 > > > ___ > 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
