Actually Blake we Kiwis send our BrailleNotes to HumanWare in Christchurch as we always did when they need repair.
Cheers Paula. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of blake Sent: Thursday, 5 March 2009 7:15 a.m. To: Robert Cummings; [email protected] Subject: re: [Braillenote] my thoughts on the tech talk presentation I think that it is a shame that bookshare isn't supported outside the us. Hw could at least enclude some sites that you can download books that are supported world-wide. Because Hw is mainly based in the us, they have gone and done what was, theoretically, best for them, and we that do not live in the us lose out bigtime. I don't think (And correct me if I am wrong) that audible.com is even supported in Australia. but then, you have the kiwis. (Which I was once). Those poor bn using kiwis who have to either send their unit into Cydney or canada for major repairs. It is completely diabolical isn't it? Its just not fair. Cheers, Blake. > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Robert Cummings <[email protected] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] Date sent: Wed, 04 >Mar 2009 20:30:55 +0000 >Subject: [Braillenote] my thoughts on the tech talk presentation >Hi list. >Thank you Kevin for sending me the presentation. At first i had a few >problems getting it, but i've finally managed listen to the whole >thing. >I had high hopes for keyChat and i thought that would be for me, the >highlight of the upgrade. But i'm not impressed with the fact that >windows live (msn) is not supported. I mean, i don't know anyone who >uses google talk or iChat. Everyone, who i know anyway, uses windows >live as their instant messaging service. >Does anyone know if facebook IM will work with this fancy protocol? >That's probably the only way i'd be able to make use of keyChat seeing >as windows live isn't supported. But i've a horrible feeling that a >lot of us on this list have played a part in persuading hw to go with >google talk. A lot of us use gmail addresses which means that hw >probably thought that google talk was what we were all using and >finding accessible. I bet if we all subscribed to the list with >hotmail or yahoo addresses, hw may well have gone with the more closed >approach of supporting windows live and yahoo! messengers. So now, all >we can really do is hope that in a few years, windows live and yahoo! >may start using this new "cutting edge" protocol called XMPP (at least >i think that's what it's called anyway). >I don't usually have time to listen to audiobooks so i probably won't >be using audible. All the other book reader improvements seem to be >aimed at the US once again! Okay so audible and very limited bookshare >content is available outside the US, but with me being in the UK, i do >feel a bit left out. >I already have an HP printer which works fine with my bn. >Admittedly, i lost count of the number of phone calls i had to make to >tech support to get it all set up and working correctly. >All in all, the presentation was basically a repeat of the press >release which came out a few weeks ago. The one slightly positive >thing which doesn't affect me personally but may interest other users, >is the build of ks7,5 (which includes the >classic) that allows access to the new bookshare site. But even then, >we don't know when that'll be released. We don't even know when ks8,0 >will be released. Personally, i don't think they'll be releasing ks8,0 >by the end of this month. Previously, hw had said it would be released >in fall 2008, but did that ever happen? >i think not! >Overall, i'm not impressed with this upgrade. I was hoping that the >reason it was late was going to be because they were upgrading the OS, >but i was wrong. Oh and i like hw's saying: >"Our policy states that we cannot talk about future releases." >Okay then, if you can't talk about future releases, then can you tell >us why there was no OS upgrade in the CURRENT release (meaning ks8,0) >and why after years of asking and needing features like better word >support, we still haven't got them. >The only reason why i'm thinking of upgrading is because you can't skip >an upgrade so if hw do finally get their act together and bring out a >decent upgrade in the future, i won't have to pay for all the upgrades >i've missed. >There, rant over! >Blind Tech Mailing List Administrator >email: [email protected] >Zone BBS username: pocket_PC (ID 8332) >Braillenote mPower BT 32 user >version: keysoft 7,5 build 29 >words of wisdom: technology: it's great when it works, but rubbish when >it doesn't! >___ >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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