Hi all, I'm sorry if any of you get this message more than once, and I would have changed the subject line but I have to use gmail on the web at the moment and can't alter the subject line or do a reply other than what gmail calls a "quick reply" without getting exception errors.
I wanted to say thanks for the info/suggestions re my below problems, and also to ask - how do I check the memory status on the PK? From Joseph's instructions I thought I should go into the options menu but I don't see anything about memory/support information mode in there. Thanks, Catherine On 1/25/08, Carol Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just to add to this thread, Catherine, it's agreed generally that the > notetakers these days just don't seem to be able to manage the speed some of > us oldie Braillists can write at. Some of us suspect one of the problems is > the timing of the spacebar and perhaps that it gets stuck on occasions. I > don't usually encounter your problem as most of the time I work using > Braille only, just thinking that this is probably marginally faster and also > may mean less drain on the battery. In addition, I often write in public so > want to be totally confident about writing in Braille only. > > You mentioned something about one-handed, and this certainly may add to the > problems you're seeing. > > In addition to the possiblity of low memory, you may find you have almost > filled your Flash disk. It's surprising how quickly it can fill, especially > if you inadvertently record a file, which then resides in your My Memos > folder and you don't notice ... Take a look there. > > Oh, there's something else I notice too and that is that speed writing is > not accomplished so well if you're actually holding the BN, or have it > resting on your knees but not very flat. Sometimes when I'm caught out and > the spacebar appears to be lagging behind, I realise I'm not sitting in a > very good position. > > I do hope these pointers go some way to sorting your problems. All I can > say is that you're not alone. Anyway, it seems as though you're taking the > time to learn things and make the best out of your PK, and that's really > good. > > Come back if your questions aren't fully covered with your various > responses, or if you need to ask further questions. > > Cheers now. > > -- > Carol > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kevin Chao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Joseph Lee'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Catherine Turner'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 6:58 PM > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Is this normal? > > > > 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 > > > > ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. 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