Grant, Your evaluation of the BrailleNote was really nice to read and detailed. It looks like that a HumanWare staff commented about the word issue that you described and am sure saw some of the other issues as well. I would like to know if you are using earphones/speakers when using the FM Radio. The reason this is important is because the earphones/speaker cord act as antennas. It is possible to have earphones plugged in and still use the built-in speakers on the BrailleNote. Press ENTER with S wwhen in the FM Radio and when earphones/speakers are plugged in.
Kevin -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grant Hardy Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 2:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Braillenote] Initial BrailleNote Impressions Hello All: Last Friday, I received my shiny new BrailleNote mPower. I'd like to take a moment to give you my initial impressions of this notetaker, if you're interested. Before I do so, though, I would like to say that I have found it far superior to the notetaker I was previously using. Its responsiveness, braille support, ease of use, multilingual support, and documentation are all far better than my previous notetaking device. I have just a few observations, however. The BrailleNote's Microsoft Word support really needs some work - in fact, I would say that improving the support for Microsoft Word files within the next release of KeySoft is absolutely essential. To my horror, I was unable to open a simple Rich Text file produced with Microsoft Word (and thus, containing MS Word tags) from which I needed to give a presentation, today; consequently I had to rush to a computer to save it in plain text. This is unfortunate. Aside from the flaws with Microsoft Word files, I find KeyWord to be a pleasure to work with: I love being able to deal with a multi-level directory structure right within KeyWord, and I find KeyWord's braille translation and formatting features to be excellent - though it would be good to have the option of setting a specific font type and size in addition to the style. I was disheartened to see the inaccessible registration scheme that Humanware has put into place. I received a print registration card and had to get a sighted person to fill it out for me - isn't this ironic? It actually creates a rather bad initial impression! The BrailleNote plays far more streams than my previous notetaker could handle, though there are still some which clearly should play that produce errors. Here is an example. http://scfire-nyk-aa02.stream.aol.com:80/stream/1074 (I should note that I've written to Humanware's technical support regarding this issue and have gotten no response within three days.) A disappointment was the FM Radio. Its reception makes using the radio hardly worth it. On the plus side, though, I've very much enjoyed the memo-recording functionality that's present in the BrailleNote. There are just enough settings to give me all the control that I could want! KeyWeb should have a setting to separate links onto their own lines, and a few websites I've tried don't work properly in KeyWeb, but aside from that, I like it a lot. So, while the BrailleNote needs some work, and the registration procedure needs a facelift, I still like it enormously. I shall share more in the future! Cheers, Grant ___ 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. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.10/1421 - Release Date: 5/7/2008 5:23 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.10/1421 - Release Date: 5/7/2008 5:23 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
