Joseph,
Later today/tomorrow I will post the instructions on how to connect the BN
as a display under vista.
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From: "Joseph Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 6:32 PM
Subject: [Braillenote] New updates and surprises
Hi folks,
As I reported earlier, I do have few updates and surprises for you. But
first I would like to apologize for delay in posting the audio material, as
I was concentrating on my AP studies and college preparations. Here are the
new recordings:
* The Long awaited, much anticipated episode of BrailleNote Podcast is now
online - in this third edition, I cover Options Menu. Because of time and
storage considerations, it is in two parts:
A. Part 1 introduces Options Menu,steps through each item for brief intro
and takes a look at Braille Options (formerly Braille Display Options).
B. Part 2 continues from Part 1 and covers Keyboard Settings, Review Voice
and other items.
Few notes:
* Connectivity: although I mentioned it, it is planned to be covered on a
separate podcast.
* Speech volume: there might be some differences in speech volume between
these two recordings. On the first part, the keyboard is somewhat quieter;
this is because I used my desktop to record it, using a line-in patch cord
(like I've done) and microphone was far away from the keyboard. On the
second part, the keyboard is considerably louder; this is because I used my
laptop to record this podcast, connecting my speaker cord to my BN's
headphone jack and placing my BrailleNote closer to the microphone.
* Also, another BrailleNote Chat is up on the BGZ site - many people
requested that I upload the Fourth BrailleNote Chat (conducted on September
2007); now, it is here. This time, it is in two parts, owing to the fact
that I conducted multiple chats over two days.
These above recordings can be found at usual location:
www.blind-geek-zone.net, then go to Audio link, then find a heading called
"New Posts."
Few notes of interests:
* I "discovered" that Micro SD cards works well with BrailleNote. I bought a
Sandisk 1 GB Micro SD card, intending to use on my Samsung Blackjack running
Windows Mobile 5 and MobileSpeak Smartphone, but it apparently did not
insert correctly; fortunately, this little fingernail-sized card came with a
standard SD card adapter. So I connected my Micro SD card to this SD adapter
and inserted into my BrailleNote's SD slot and KeySoft automatically said
"SD Card Ready." Just like regular SD cards, High Capacity (HC) Micro SD
cards does not work with BrailleNote. The highest capacity that I heard of
this card is about 6 GB (and 2 GB for normal cards).
* I finally found out why one cannot use BrailleNote as a display under
Vista: it is due to the way the com ports are set up. Previously under XP,
whenever a virtual serial port is created, Witcom assumes that it is both an
outgoing (meaning that a screen reader such as JAWS will be able to connect
to one's BN) and incoming port (where BrailleNote can connect to one's PC).
Under Vista, it is different: when you are adding a virtual com port, you
need to specify which "direction" the com port will use (either incoming,
where a device such as BrailleNote will be able to connect to your computer,
or outgoing, where another program on your computer will be able to connect
to your BrailleNote. While you can create an incoming port, you cannot
create an outgoing port unless you have a supported device that offers some
services (BrailleNote is not one of them). I (or someone) would be able to
find a work around, but as of now, the reason for unavailibility of
Bluetooth display under Vista stand thus.
* I also managed to connect my BraillenOte to a smartphone running
MobileSpeak Smartphone (those of us who are running MSS or who are on
MobileSpeak mailing list will recognize what I am talking about).
These are some of the updates that I have right now. Once again, my
apologies for delaying in posting podcasts.
Cheers,
Joseph
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