No, the Pronto is actually rather limited in what it can do in terms of wordprocessing and hardware. It has some nice features that bn users are still dreaming of, like a pdf viewer, but in many ways it is well behind the pk. This is based of the manual, not first-hand experience; it is possible that the above is inaccurate.
On 11/4/10, peter greco <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Becky and others > Is the Pronto the Unit that will superseed the p k? > Peter > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rebecca Skipper" <[email protected] > To: <[email protected] > Date sent: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 19:53:47 -0400 > Subject: [Braillenote] Adding More List of Features to PK > > I agree with the ideas presented but hope that they would be > incorporated into the BN PK as well! Note taking devices are an > investment > and to me they are not as easy to upgrade as your standard > computer. I'd > also like to see support for AIM and Windows Live. On an > unrelated note, I > would like to have the ability to plug USB devices into the PK, > play > streaming files, and record memos using file types that take up > less space > than the WAV format currently used when recording memos. I'd > also like to > see support for the Braille-In feature found in JAWS12. Why? If > its > popular for JAWS users than other screen reader manufacturers may > pick up on > this trend. Thanks. > Becky > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 7:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Braillenote Digest, Vol 2497, Issue 1 > > Send Braillenote mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > specific than > "Re: Contents of Braillenote digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. suggestion to humanware programmers (dreicer, zachary) > 2. Re: suggestion to humanware programmers (Dominique) > 3. Re: suggestion to humanware programmers (dreicer, zachary) > 4. Deleting attachments from the flash disk (Lucy Sirianni) > 5. i phone & Apex (Crystal French) > 6. Re: Deleting attachments from the flash disk (Alex Hall) > 7. QUESTION TO HUMANWARE ABOUT EMAIL (Diane & Leader Ivy) > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:24:50 -0600 > From: "dreicer, zachary" <[email protected] > Subject: [Braillenote] suggestion to humanware programmers > To: Braillenote <[email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected] > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed > > in a future release of keysoft, make some version of skype > accessible to bn > products. That would be helpful so i don't have to carry around > a laptop > all the time i want to use skype. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 07:01:40 -0500 > From: Dominique <[email protected] > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] suggestion to humanware programmers > To: "dreicer, zachary" <[email protected] > Cc: Braillenote <[email protected] > Message-ID: > > <[email protected] > m > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > While that's an good idea Zack: we still need an SDK from > Humanware, or > they'd have to create there own version of either Skype? Or make > some kind > of Voice plugin that fit's within KeyChat it self. That would be > cool. If we > had that. Because, 1. Voice chatting with GoogleTalk and other > free XMPP > clients would be posible. And 2, they could make it so whare > there's a minny > network of some kind that Keysoft would connect to for all > Humanware > products of the Apex and Voicenote apexes and they could > text/call each > other within that network of some sort. What do you think > Joseph? Again, > this is just an thought, and hoping as well that HW would do > something like > that. The cool things is in this network, to connect to > someone's > brailleNote and talk to them, you'd inter either their first 3 > numbers to > there serial number, or the computer name they'd typed for the > Apex, and or > just there name, or screen name of some sort. > In keychat this menu would pop up. > KeyVoice menu. > Within this menu you'd see the following options. > KeyHistory. Shows the recent calls you've made. > Place a call. Placess a call, and Keysoft would then ask you > "Call to?" > you'd then type the name, or space down to the contact. > Note: they'd need to have KeyVoice running within Keychat or > they'd not > recieve calls. next menu option would be Create a Chat room. In > this > option, you'd be able to create a room that other KS uses could > access to > chat, or call each other in. Like a conference call. > The next option would be enter chat room. > The next would be Options menu. > > What do yall think! > I may not know how to program, but I sure do have ideas HW could > use in the > Apex! > > On 11/3/10, dreicer, zachary <[email protected]> wrote: > in a future release of keysoft, make some version of skype > accessible > to bn products. That would be helpful so i don't have to carry > around > a laptop all the time i want to use skype. > > ___ > 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 > > > > > -- > Dominique: > Message sunt from Gmail website... > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:26:14 -0600 > From: "dreicer, zachary" <[email protected] > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] suggestion to humanware programmers > To: Dominique <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected] > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed > > yes just a great idea Dominique! I would say, what about > programming some form of skype into the device so people could > talk to relatively anyone? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dominique <[email protected] > To: "dreicer, zachary" <[email protected] > Date sent: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 07:01:40 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] suggestion to humanware programmers > > While that's an good idea Zack: we still need an SDK from > Humanware, > or they'd have to create there own version of either Skype? Or > make > some kind of Voice plugin that fit's within KeyChat it self. > That > would be cool. If we had that. Because, 1. Voice chatting with > GoogleTalk and other free XMPP clients would be posible. And 2, > they > could make it so whare there's a minny network of some kind that > Keysoft would connect to for all Humanware products of the Apex > and > Voicenote apexes and they could text/call each other within that > network of some sort. What do you think Joseph? Again, this is > just an > thought, and hoping as well that HW would do something like that. > The > cool things is in this network, to connect to someone's > brailleNote > and talk to them, you'd inter either their first 3 numbers to > there > serial number, or the computer name they'd typed for the Apex, > and or > just there name, or screen name of some sort. > In keychat this menu would pop up. > KeyVoice menu. > Within this menu you'd see the following options. > KeyHistory. Shows the recent calls you've made. > Place a call. Placess a call, and Keysoft would then ask you > "Call > to?" you'd then type the name, or space down to the contact. > Note: they'd need to have KeyVoice running within Keychat or > they'd > not recieve calls. next menu option would be Create a Chat room. > In > this option, you'd be able to create a room that other KS uses > could > access to chat, or call each other in. Like a conference call. > The next option would be enter chat room. > The next would be Options menu. > > What do yall think! > I may not know how to program, but I sure do have ideas HW could > use > in the Apex! > > On 11/3/10, dreicer, zachary <[email protected]> wrote: > in a future release of keysoft, make some version of skype > accessible to bn products. That would be helpful so i don't > have > to carry around a laptop all the time i want to use skype. > > ___ > 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 > > > > > -- > Dominique: > Message sunt from Gmail website... > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:31:34 +1300 > From: Lucy Sirianni <[email protected] > Subject: [Braillenote] Deleting attachments from the flash disk > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected] > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi everyone, > > Can any of you remind me how to delete attachments from the > flash disk (through the file manager, not via keymail) to free up > space? > > Thank you! > > Lucy > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 10:57:48 -0500 > From: "Crystal French" <[email protected] > Subject: [Braillenote] i phone & Apex > To: <[email protected] > Message-ID: <10dded17c9104b23850b49c7fb8ac...@french > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Good Day, > I know there are some of you using an i phone and Apex. > > I am seriously considering an i phone, and would like to ask a > few questions > if someone would not mind discussing this with me. > > Thanks, > Crystal > [email protected] > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 12:09:27 -0400 > From: Alex Hall <[email protected] > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Deleting attachments from the flash > disk > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > > <[email protected] > m > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 1. Go to main menu, file manager, directory. Select the flash > disk. > 2. Move to the keymail folder. Press space-5-6, NOT enter. > 3. Press space to get to "attachments" and press enter. > 4. Delete all the files you want. > > HTH. > > On 11/3/10, Lucy Sirianni <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Can any of you remind me how to delete attachments from the > flash disk (through the file manager, not via keymail) to free > up > space? > > Thank you! > > Lucy > > ___ > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:35:39 -0500 > From: Diane & Leader Ivy <[email protected] > Subject: [Braillenote] QUESTION TO HUMANWARE ABOUT EMAIL > To: BrailleNote List <[email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected] > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi, Humanware Staff! > > I have a question regarding email sending. > > Is it possible that when I use the Ctrl-Enter command > to get to the menu for replying, sending, forwarding, > etc., that when we press the letter for the action we > want, that it do it right then instead of having to go > back to the InBox folder for checking email, back to > the Connect to Send and Receive to be able to send, > reply, or forward emails? In other words, can this be > made to have less steps? > > For example, why can't we press Send in the Emkail > Action Menu, and have that message sent right then > without all the steps we now take for sending messages. > Same with Reply, and Forward. Why can't those messages > just have their action done without going around the > block to get that action done? It would be really > useful if when I press enter on Send, that that action > is done right at that moment. Maybe have a sound > signifying that that action has been done so we can > continue on dealing with the rest of our mail. Kind of > like when we do email on our NetBooks, or other > computers. > > I never have understood the meaning behind so many > steps just to do our messages. It is very time > consuming with the current method when there should be > a way of making it work faster using maybe tones, or > alert sounds, to let people know what has been done. I > must say that I love the much faster way email is > handled on my little Voice Sense, but I do love my > mPower very much. I just wish that email could be > performed in a more timely manner than the way it is, > now. > > Tank you for reading this message, and I hope something > can be done to fix this inconvenience in a future > upgrade. Just my two cents worth of what I'd like to > see happen with the BrailleNote family products. > > Diane Garrett > Phone: (918) 664-5731 > Email: [email protected] > > > > > ------------------------------ > > ___ > 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 > > > End of Braillenote Digest, Vol 2497, Issue 1 > ******************************************** > > > ___ > 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. 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