The best thing for classic users to do is to get a Mpower transplant. The classic don't work as efficiently in Keysoft 7 or 7.2 and you cannot access all of the features of the upgrade. Besides that, the classic will not be supported after Keysoft 8. I know it's expensive, but the transplant will be worth it in the long run.
Terri, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon on Pk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 10:44 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Future upgrades. : Hi there is a reason you need to buy other upgrades and you can't : just go straight to the current one. In your example you need to : buy keysoft 6 because it included a update to the windows on the : bn. I know this isn't always going to be the case but it is in : this example. This is why people should buy a sma then you pay : for two upgrades for the price of one. But this won't work for : the classics because there is only one upgrade left now. : : >From Shaz : Bn classic and Pk user. : : : > ----- Original Message ----- : >From: "Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc." : <[EMAIL PROTECTED] : >To: <[email protected] : >Date sent: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:27:06 -0600 : >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Future upgrades. : : >Hello Don: : : >Please don't hide under a parapet, <smile>!! Come on out and be : part of the : >ROUND TABLE discussion. : : >There are some interesting thought contained in your post. : Perhaps it is : >JUST ME: I think it is PRICE GOUCHING when Humanware FORCES ME : to TAKE ON : >TWO UPGRADES when all I need is one. For example, I want to : UPGRADE TO : >VERSION 7.0 or whatever the latest Keysoft thingy is that would : work on my : >BrailleNote Classic. To get to Version7.0, I MUST FORCIBLY : PURCHASE the : >Version 6.0. This, in my opinion, is a RIP OFF. And I think the : ONLY : >REASON why Humanware CAN GET AWAY with it is because no company : in the : >assistive technology HAS EVER BEEN SLAPPED with a real lawsuit : that has GONE : >THROUGH THE COURTS. Wish I have the clout--I'd like to PULL TH : FIRST STRING : >on that one! Microsoft, despite the fact that it is HARDLY EVER : LIKED by : >many, never FORCED ME to buy Windows 95 before upgrading to : Windows XP, but : >if it had been an assistive technology company like Humanware, I : will still : >be running DOS as I might not be able to COME UP with the UGE SUM : required : >to purchase all the upgrades. : : >Having add-ons for each country can be a tough call; you should : realise, : >Don, that the United States HAS THE LARGEST MARKET for assistive : technology : >deployment; everybody WANTS TO SELL HERE, <grin>!! We Americans : have : >INSATIABLE APPETITES for the best and the greatest, and always : want to be : >able to STAY IN LINE with our sighted counterparts. Hence the : need for us : >to CLAMOUR for BETTER AND GREATER ACCESSIBILITY from time to : time. We pay : >6,000 plus Dollars, ad we OUGHT TO DRIVE OUR TOY to death gaiing : access to : >what MAKES US STAY GAINFULLY EMPLOYED and on the SAME PAGE as our : sghted : >peers. : : >Regarding Bookshare and RFB&D books and their access using the : BrailleNote : >product family, it is much easier for us here in the United : States to GET : >PERMISSION to reproduce PRINTED MATERIALS in ALTERNATE ACCESSIBLE : FORMATS. : >In fact, our copyright laws PERMITS AND ALLOWS us to do this. : Copyright : >laws vary from country to country, and, since MOST COUNTRIES DO : NOT HAVE : >SPECIFIC LAWS ON DISABILITY RIGHTS, there is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY : agreements : >regarding access to PRINTED MATERIALS in those other countries : can be easily : >negotiated. This, I paucit, is the reason why both Bookshare and : RFB&D : >LIMIT ACCESS RIGHTS to the MATERIALS the produce to ONLY U.S. : CITIZENS! In : >this regard, neither corporation can be faulted!! It might be : nice if blind : >folks in other countries could articulate what kind of upgrades : they'd like : >to see in the BrailleNote or VoiceNote. : : >As for me, I'd like the ability t INSTALL THIRD PARTY SOFTWARE : overtly : >proprietary stuff MAKES ME SICK!! Assistive technology companies : ARE : >NOTORIOUS for NEVER TRYING TO GET OFF the proprietary trail. It : is, I feel, : >their way of MAKING SURE THAT THE "MILKING OF THE COW" REMAINS : THEIR : >EXCLUSIVE preserve. : : >Sincerely, : >Olusegun : : : >___ : >Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. : >If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a : >copy to the list as well. : : >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 : : : : ___ : Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. : If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a : copy to the list as well. : : 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 : : : __________ NOD32 2330 (20070615) Information __________ : : This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. : http://www.eset.com : : ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. 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