Wait, is the VS very slow like the mpower? I find it hard to believe that this is a bn-only problem, but who knows... I wonder if it has anything to do with the sense family not supporting cookies? It will be interesting to see if the next upgrade, which Raul says should support cookies (if memory serves), slows down access to Bookshare for the SenseNotes...
On 6/2/10, Vicky Collins <[email protected]> wrote: > Using my mPower with KS8, I've pretty much given up on doing much with > Bookshare, too. I can sometimes download maybe two or three books at a > time, but never more than that, and I can't always get even three > downloaded. But on the other hand, I can seemingly download as many as I > want with my Voice Sense. For, although of course I don't visit the site > and download this many every day, I have certainly downloaded more than ten > books with the VS on several occasions. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kathy Davis <[email protected]> > To: Alex Hall <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, Jun 2, 2010 23:00:12 > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] virtual memory question: important > >> >> >> Brandon, Don't feel badly. >> I am using version 7.5 build 31, and my mPower freezes all the time. I >> can >> usually get one book downloaded from BookShare, and that's it. I'm >> inclined to think it's BookShare, and not the mPower, no matter which >> version you are running. >> I wrote to BookShare, with no happy result. >> Whatever they keep doing to their site is sinking a braille device which >> to >> me seems really counter productive, since there are braille books there >> just waiting to be read, and how better than with a braille display? >> Sorry for my rant, but I'm also very annoyed, but not with the mPower. >> Kathy >> >> >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> >From: Alex Hall <[email protected] >> >To: Brandon <[email protected] >> >Date sent: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 22:41:19 -0400 >> >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] virtual memory question: important >> >> >First, downgrading is possible. Just download the bin file and run the >> >usual upgrade procedure; you should not require an upgrade key. >> >> >Second, I am not sure ks8 is doing this. It will warn you about low >> >memory, but that is just a message about a problem just as present in >> >7.5. I think the Bookshare website upgrade, which Bookshare did last >> >year, is causing the problems, not the version of keysoft. In fact, a >> >new version of keysoft, 7.5.31, was required before the bn would even >> >support the Bookshare site. >> >> >> ___ >> 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 > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap ___ 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
