I haven't had a problem yet. The problem is my Braille display, and I'm calling tech support today. Other than that, this unit is working very well. I mean my <Power.
On 12/7/07, Rose Combs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a different approach, since I type a lot anyway, I do my writing on > the computer, and then try to put that copy on the Braille note to read > through it for fine tuning, with the print copy open so I can make any > corrections. I never use the Braille Note to write anything that isn't for > my personal use any longer, my attempts to get a usable copy back in to Word > have been abysmal. > > Actually, since I had so many problems connecting the Braille Note as a > display, now I have a Focus 40 on my home computer, which negates my having > to move a file I am editing to the Braille note. > > However, I get a lot of documents from work that I would prefer to read > using Braille and at work I don't have the option of a Braille display and > do wish that I could just open them without importing them or converting > them on the computer before I can put them on the Braille Note. > > > > Rose Combs > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Ring > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 1:45 PM > To: Alex Parks; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] This is rediculous!! > > I am in total agreement with you. > I honestly believe that beta testing should have found these problems, I > imagine that the reason I don't experience them is that I use a qwerty > keyboard and write all of my documents in plain text. If I wish to use a > document as the basis for another document, I move it over to my PC for fine > editing. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Parks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 2:32 PM > To: Richard Ring; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] This is rediculous!! > > > Yes, I have a pc but I have used the bn for all my work ever > since I got it in 2002 and have never had these problems. I > think a big part of it is in the language--if you paste a url or > part of a web page into a file it is not tagged as any language > and that is where all these blank language tags come from. This > is a major issue that should be resolved as soon as possible. As > Richard said: I would rather have no new features but have data > integrity than new features I am never sure I can trust. > > Have a great day, > Alex > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Richard Ring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "Alex Parks" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[email protected] > >Date sent: Tue, 4 Dec 2007 14:16:40 -0600 > >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] This is rediculous!! > > >You have a right to be angry. However, do you have access to a > >computer? Honestly, I never do important documents on the > Braillenote. > >I certainly use it to take notes and to write drafts, but I > simply don't > >find it reliable enough to do the kind of hard work you just put > in. > >I am not minimizing what happened to you, believe me, but it > might be > >time to look into a PC with Microsoft Word. I'm truly sorry all > of this > >has happened to you! > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alex > Parks > >Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 1:16 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [Braillenote] This is rediculous!! > > > >Okay, I am really not happy. No, scratch that; I am furious. I > >completed revisions to an essay in a word file on my bn. I had copied > >and pasted a lot of stuff, like quotes and urls, and I found that, even > > >though everything was in English, I got these language tags with no > >letter like s or e. This leads me to my first point: this causes the > >spell checker to say "spelling dictionary is not installed". Why is > >this happening? Next, I exited the file a few days ago and, as I just > >found out, it had erased all data after one of these blank language > >tags! I had a backup of the file, thankfully, and went into that to > >modify a few small things before emailing it to my professor. > >When I exited, I got that "exception: converter..." You know the > >rest, I am sure. I had thought ahead, however, and copied the > >entire file to the clipboard just in case something like that > >happened... When I pasted the clipboard into a new file, I got a > >blank language tag followed by an English language tag. No text, > >no nothing. Just those tags. > >This makes me extremely angry. I would like to thank Humanware > >for, yet again, making a version of ks that has these bugs with > >msw files and for erasing half (all") of my essay. > > >Alex > > >___ > >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 > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.13/1169 - Release Date: 12/3/2007 > 10:56 PM > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.16.17/1176 - Release Date: 12/6/2007 > 11:15 PM > > > > ___ > 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 > > -- John Moore ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. 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