Hi. I will take a look at the site. Thanks for creating it.
Mike Tindell HumanWare Eastern Blindness Product Specialist Phone: (800) 722-3393 ext 264 www.humanware.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph Lee Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 9:28 PM To: Grant Hardy; [email protected] Subject: re: [Braillenote] Initial BrailleNote Impressions Hi Grant, Nice to hear about your BrailleNote. Having evaluated the "previous notetaker" myself, I agree with your assessment of BrailleNote - its superior braille yet improvements for MS Word support is the priority. In case you (or others) didn't know, I created a website where I put a lot of useful articles of intthest for BrailleNote users. It is called BrailleNote PBWiki and can be reached by: braillenote.pbwiki.com. I haven't updated the content in a long time because I was studying for AP exams - now it is almost over, I can't wait to put new information up on the site, which will include complete hardware compatibility list (found under HumanWare's site with some personal notes) as well as a detailed article on history of BrailleNote from 2000 to present (I need help on this, please). Cheers, Joseph > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Grant Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [email protected] >Date sent: Wed, 07 May 2008 14:07:36 -0700 >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 ___ 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
