Hi,
Before 9.1, we (the users of Apex with the braille display) were
able to turn off braille completely; when braille is off, KeySoft
is supposed to turn off the actual display mechanics. Not
anymore: KeySoft simply "emulates" braille being turned off by
either emptying the cells of data, or in some situations,
continuously displaying the braille data you were reading. I'm
not sure what's going on there, but I'd say this is not good when
using on battery.
Cheers,
Joseph
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sharon S" <[email protected]
To: "Sabahattin
Gucukoglu"<[email protected]>
, <[email protected]
Date sent: Tue, 17 May 2011 22:11:18 +1000
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Sign of the Times: Apex Isn't Coming
With MeOnHoliday
Hi Sabahattin, what do you mean by "it can't operate with its
display turned
off". I have an Apex QT 32 here and I have no problems turning
off the
display and just using voice.
Other things you have said I don't find happening with my
machine. So I
wouldn't ride off all braillenote maybe you have just been
unlucky. It
wasn't that long ago when I was ready to give up on owning a PK
because I
had problem after problem but after working with my local
humanware person I
now have a perfectly good PK and love being able to take it with
me allot of
the time. I also have an apex but I only take it out of the
house some of
the time because the PK fits better into my handbag.
From Shaz.
BN QT Apex and PK user.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sabahattin Gucukoglu" <[email protected]
To: <[email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 3:54 AM
Subject: [Braillenote] Sign of the Times: Apex Isn't Coming With
Me
OnHoliday
I used to take BrailleNote (Classic, MPower) on holiday with me
to Turkey.
It did everything important, that is to take the odd to-do note,
to browse
(including email; no KeyMail even then), to play games (yes,
plenty of
games), to go mobile and pair with cell phones and wirelessly, to
read books
and to be an all-round, rugged, bug-free, braille-enhanced system
for just
generally getting stuff done, on the plane, in the cab, on the
balcony, and
with great speed and alacrity.
But not this summer. This summer, it seems likely that my iPhone
and
MacBook will together make up my technological accoutrements.
The Apex is
simply not suitable for production use. I know that's a bit
harsh, but it's
true. Even though in theory it can do everything, in practice it
can't, for
example because it can't operate with its display turned off,
because its QT
keyboard isn't good for long stretches (pending adjustment) and
because the
software is just generally buggy and freeze-happy. If it weren't
for its
use as a serial-line braille display and tolerable game-playing,
I wouldn't
even have need of it outside of note-taking, and the new MacBook
Air is
tempting me there. And, although these aren't directly
BrailleNote's fault,
I cannot play my AAC-encoded audio files, nor tether with my
iPhone for
data.
So, um, there you are. I can't help feeling rather sad. What
happened when
PulseData went out? Something, I'm sure. Indeed, many of the
more
immediate problems could be addressed if I could downgrade to
KeySoft 9.0.
Cheers,
Sabahattin
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