Catherine and Joseph, Well, Joseph already answered the first and third question rather well I thought. As for the issue of the PK's speech stopping in the middle of no where. I thought myself that this was an issue of memory being low, but I hav seen the memory drop even lower then the reported values when speech stopped. I think there is just some issue between HumanWare and Baum working out a few kinks in the PK. The PK's speech stopping is just one example, another would be at the moment the C2 does nothing. This is because Baum isn't giving HumanWare the code to access the C2 key.
Well, I don't want to give away too much behind the scenes and will end it here. Kevin -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Lee Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 5:40 AM To: Catherine Turner; [email protected] Subject: re: [Braillenote] Is this normal? Hi Catherine, 1. The browser: this can be numerous factors, including low memory, too many Temp files and so on. I personally recommend that you check memohy status frequently (Go to Options/Support Information Mode (SPACE with I from Optionsgg/Memory Info (SPACE with I again)); you'll notice that under KeyWeb, the memohy gets so low (especially virtual memory). 2. Speech lockup: I have no idea at all. My hypothesis would be that it might be due to low memory. 3. Faster command execution: I've noticed, on my mPower, that when I type fast, speech tends to speed up quite rapidly. Have you tried typing without speech - that is, with speech set to off? The best "expert" would be Kevin Chao. Cheers, Joseph > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Catherine Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: BrailleNote <[email protected] >Date sent: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:08:24 +0000 >Subject: [Braillenote] Is this normal? >Hi, >I've had my PK for a couple of months ane, while it's crashed >sometimes in the past it's doing it mor now, though that might be me >noticing it more because I'm using it more. >There are three things which happen fairly regularly. >1. One specific thing which seems guaranteed to stop it responding at >all until I reset is switching from the browser to the bookreader. I >don't know if this would happen with other books but every time I've >switched from reading my e-mail in the browser to bookreader and tried >to open the manual chapter for the browser, it either crashes when I >press for the Keysoft System Disk or whan I press enter for the manual >folder. So I have to reset, and can't switch between reading about >the browser and using it. >2. Quite often speech stops without me (to my knowledge) switching it >off. Sounds don't work either. Is there a keystroke for muting >sound? Maybe I'm pressing it by accident. So far from what I've >learned I thought the way to switch speech off was with space and n3. >But I'm not pressing that when this happens and when I cycle it round >to speech on again I still don't get any sound. The last time I reset >after this the speech was slower than usual, it said something about >cannot find string and wouldn't go into the main menu as usual and I >had to reset again. I'm getting worried. Should I be? >3. Sometimes when I'm typing, speech stops and nothing happens when I >type; I press backspace/advance/back and get the error beep. Then if >I wait a few seconds I can carry on typing. Since I'm using it with >one hand but not in one handed mode (so some of my keystrokes may be >unclear/slippery plus I still type quite fast) maybe the PK can't cope >with that/doesn't like it? This doesn't worry me as much as the >speech stopping/resetting/cannot find string thing. >If anyone has any comments and/or can tell me a keystroke for muting >sound I might be accidentally pressing I'd be interested to hear. >Thanks, >Catherine >___ >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/br aillenote ___ 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
