Yes, the bn radio definitely could use some improvement. It's
fine if you're sitting in one place, but in a moving vehicle it
almost always cuts out.
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From: Kevin Chao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "'Bn list'" <[email protected]
Date sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 22:54:09 -0700
Subject: FW: [Braillenote] Initial BrailleNote Impressions
This is a message that I was sent privately that was intended for
the list.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tina B. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 6:15 PM
To: Kevin Chao
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Initial BrailleNote Impressions
Speaking of the fm radio, does anyone know how strong it is? I
was playing
with it today both on the way home and here at home, and my small
pocket
radio which is analog tuning picks up more than the bn radio
does. i'm
loving the mp 3 player though!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Chao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "'Grant Hardy'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 5:29 PM
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Initial BrailleNote Impressions
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
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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
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