I agree, and I plan to do just that. I just wanted everyone else to know what's going on; the more people that ask for a feature, especially if the competition now has said feature, the more likely it is to be implemented... at least, in theory.
On 3/15/11, Terri Pannett <[email protected]> wrote: > You're wasting time expressing anything to HumanWare on this list. If you > want them to improve things, you'll have to write HumanWare directly. > > Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "josh gregory" <[email protected]> > To: "Alex Hall" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2011 7:22 PM > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] summary of HIMS SenseNote announcement > > >>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 >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature database 5955 (20110315) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> > > -- 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
