DBC is deaf-blind communicator. Essentially, you have an mPower and a cell phone hooked up with bluetooth. What you write comes up on the phone, and what the other person writes on the phone comes up in braille. It also, I believe, will hook into a phone line to support braille TTY.
On 2/5/11, David Meador <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok. Matthew, Josh, Joseph. What the heck is DCB anyway? I know > the meaning of PDA. But I am O U T when it comes to some of > these others. > > David > > > > Beyond Vision > Nashville, TN 615-385-0784 > www.davidmeador.com > >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: Joseph Lee <[email protected] >>To: Matthew Suggs <[email protected]>, > [email protected] >>Date sent: Sat, 05 Feb 2011 11:15:46 -0800 >>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Some Question Reguarding M Power Model > and DBC. > >>Hi, >>Sorry if you are getting this message twice... >>In order to go to Internet with an iPhone, you need a data plan >>(supporting tethering) throughAT&T and Verizon. >>Windows CE and Windows Mobile are not the same. Think of Windows >>CE as the backbone that provides essential services to get your >>unit going, and Windows Mobile as just a way of interacting with >>the PDA. >>For your benefit, I'll post the URL where questions like these >>can be found: > >>? braillenote.pbworks.com/General-FAQ's-on-BrailleNote? > >>Cheers, >>Joseph > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: Matthew Suggs <[email protected] >>To: [email protected] >>Date sent: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 07:02:37 -0600 >>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Some Question Reguarding M Power Model >>and DBC. > >>Oh, that helps A lot. > >>Now if I can link up a I phone for the internet that would be >>cool. > >>I thought windows C was windows Mobel as well. Oh well. I was >>hopeing to be able to install programs I used back then on the >>pac mate on the unit. > >>I am guessing I could still install the GPS package on this as >>well. > >>Thanks > >>Matt > >>Yeah I got it set in advance mode. >>On Feb 4, 2011, at 8:59 PM, Joseph Lee wrote: > >> Hi, >> Let's examine it one at a time: >> * KeyChat and weird symbols: Don't worry about those. These >>symbols represent who sent a particular message. The "for sign, >>o" means >> someone - person you are talking to - wrote the message, and >>"for sign, ow" means that you wrote that message. >> * KeySoft in general: No, mPower does not run Windows Mobile. >>You might be talking about Windows CE, which is quite distinct >>from Windows Mobile. >> There are two operational modes of the DBC (Deaf-Blind >>Communicator): >> A. DBC Basic (DBCB): This is the default mode where most of >>KeySoft will not be availible - only KeyChat functionality will >>be there. >> B. DBC Advanced (DBCA): This is where all functionality of >>KeySoft will be availible - think of it as using KeySoft with >>added Dfunctionality. >> To swithitch between these two (DCB units only): from Main Menu, >>go to Utilities, then select Key Management. After this, go to >>Enter a new Product Key. At the "product key" prompt, type >>either "dbca" (Advanced mode) or "dbcb" (DBC Basic mode) then >>press ENTER. >> As for mp3 files, it could be the fact that they are audio >>files, something wrong with the file format or hardware thing. >>To see that you are indeed playing an mp3 file, while you "5k" >>the file is playing, press BACKSPACE with ENTER with M. >> * Marking text: You can in fact mark start of text selection >>without having to go to Bleck Commands Menu. If you found the >>location where you wish to start text selection (either forward >>or back), press BACKSPACE with M (CTRL with Shift with M). Then >>go to the end of your text selection, put the cursor one >>character after the end of this block then do copying, cutting, >>etc. via Block Commands (SPACE with B). >> * Databases: You need to put the unit in DBC Advanced mode to do >>this. From Main Menu, go to Database Manager (D). KeySoft asks, >>"Database to use?" Type the name of a new database and press >>ENTER. Then KeyBase, the database management program, will step >>you through creating the data field and what type of field it >>should be - string (a collection of characters), yes or no, >>number, etc. >> Hope this helps. >> Cheers, >> Joseph > > > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Matthew Suggs <[email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date sent: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 18:23:16 -0600 >> Subject: [Braillenote] Some Question Reguarding M Power Model >>and DBC. > >> Hello. > >> I still waiting for my DBC to get here. However, during the >>mean time I am being shown how all the other things it can do. > >> Well, one thing I seeing that I don't like on the DBC is the way >>it shows each message being shown with weird tags, such as FOR >>Sign O and For sign OW, and so forth. What does this mean? I've >>seen even FOR Sign P and ED.This just seems odd. > >> On the Keysoftside.I noticed that the current Keysoft 8.0 for >>the M power don't even play MP3 files. Why is this? I thought >>this was a windows Mobile 4.5 version. Just seemed odd, unless >>it was something I did wrong. > >> Also, in word, I can not figure out how to select the text I >>want to copy, I found where you copy the block text, but yet, I >>can not seemed to find anywhere in the help on how to place the >>blocks to select the text. > >> Also, is there any way of creating a database that I can use, >>since I am going into BEP here soon, I need to make my own >>database that design around what I need, as well, I could not >>find anything on what kind of Database file that can be imported >>into it as well. Since I would be useing Excel, I figured this >>would be something close to a spreadsheet file. > >> Also, can I make a internet connection between my I phone as a >>modem with blue tooth or will it work with the USB as a modem? >>Since I have tethering? > >> Can any one give me any product that will work in the PCMIA slot >>as a wireless? > >> Thanks for any help. > >> Matthew >> ___ >> 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 > > > ___ > 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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