I have to say, that this has some of the features we've been asking for for quite a while. Mr. Alex, since I assume the Braille Sense has a microphone, I assume voice chat would work through that. Thoughts? PDFs: We've been asking for this for a while, come on hw, Where are you on this? Chat file sharing, sounds great! Like I said, come on, hw, if you don't want to fall behind competition wise, you're going to have to implement some or all of this stuff in the next update or something.
Josh On 3/14/11, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > Below I have pasted my summary of the HIMS announcement of > firmware 6. I post it here to show just what it can do, on ce5, > that the Apex, on ce6, simply does not. > > The upgrade should be available by the end of March or early > April. It will be for all Sense products, except, it seems, the > original. As usual, this is a free upgrade. FYI, interested > developers may contact HIMS to obtain more information, but it > sounds like it is possible. > > FEATURES: > Google Talk and Twitter under the Social Networking menu. > > Twitter login credentials are saved, though you may opt out of > that and have to enter them manually. The demonstrator hit > enter-r to refresh his timeline (no word on if this is > automatic). The update took two or three seconds for 1 new > tweet. Okay, he said timelines will auto-update. You can also > follow, get followers, timelines, replies, all that. Everything > has hotkeys. Tweet in grade 2 if you want. Of course, tweets > show in grade 2. > > GoogleTalk: the usual instant messaging will work, but you can > also share files and do voice chats (not demoed)! Sign in was > automatic. IM-ing was immediate, and used the msn sounds. File > sharing: from the actions menu, you can see any pending requests. > Accept one, hit f1, and go into the "downloads" folder to find > it. There was no confirmation of receipt, so knowing when the > file is there may be a guessing game. Sending a file is as easy; > actions > send file from within a conversation. Percentage is > given for transmition, so it may be easier to see a successful > send than receipt. Google was chosen partially because of its > availability; licensing was better than other companies. > > Extras, for Voice Sense and BSP: Bible (5 English translations) > and games. The Bible data cannot be removed at this point, which > is why it ended up in the extras menu. > > Games: dice, "brain games", memory, reverse memory, "chase a > criminal", multiplication tables. These are really for younger > people. > > PDF and EPub support (unprotected only) in the wordprocessor. > Edited docs will save as text files. > > Network access for file sharing across a local network. > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from BrailleNote > [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 > > -- The Ever-curious Master Yoda Email: [email protected] ___ 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
