Hi, Cindy,
I think it has to do with the keyboard so VoiceNote QT's would have the same
problems as BN QT's.
I know that with WindowEyes you can input using the PC but you must use the
braille style keyboard. When you set up your BN as a braille display, use
the "BrailleNote with keyboard input" option.
But there's no good work-around for foreign languages.
Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.
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From: "slery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "BrailleNote List"
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Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 7:43 PM
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] foreign languages and the QT
Terri,
I absolutely agree with you about the QT models not getting the same
consideration as the BT models. With the BT model, you are able to use
the
Braillenote to control your computer but you are not able to do this with
the QT model. If I want to give a presentation with a laptop and use my
BN
so that I have the braille handy and simply use the BN's keyboard instead
of
switching back to the computer, I cannot because I bought the QT model.
I wonder if the Voicenote (both or just the QT) are penalized in this way?
Cindy
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Terri
Pannett
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 3:42 PM
To: BrailleNote List
Subject: [Braillenote] foreign languages and the QT
Dear List,
I have discovered that QT users cannot write in 8-dot computer braille so
they are forced to use the unicode tables when writing foreign languages.
At best, even with macros, this is very slow and inconvenient. The
function
c command is itself hard to do--you have to curl your thumb underneath
your
fingers and hope you middle finger lands on the c and not the x or you
must
take your hands off the home row and place your thumb and finger on the
appropriate keys.
I was dissappointed when I read the 7.5 manual that there is nothing new
for
QT users regarding writing foreign languages. I haven't upgraded yet
because I don't have my key and I don't want to start a project like that
over the weekend.
When I took Spanish and German in the days before the computer and the BN,
an ordinary manual typewriter was adapted a few of the keys were removed
and
replaced with the accents and umlauts I needed.
It's only logical that there should be a way to map the keyboard of the
BN,
too. I understand you can do that with standard Windows, but I've never
tried it.
The only other option would be to use external foreign language keyboards
with the BN. Are there such things available? Would they work with the
BN?
I cannot understand why, when I'm in braille style mode, the a and the
semicolon don't produce dots 7 and 8 except when I'm assigning a symbol to
a
unicode character--then dots 7 and 8 will work.
Sometimes I feel the QT models aren't given the same attention as BT
models
and I don't think that's right. HumanWare should do something so QT users
aren't stuck using the unicode tables.
Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.
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