I found a way that I can go back to 9.0.2. Just search it and
you'll find a link. Just do a normal upgrade proceedure. You'll
have to go to your licenses page and redownload the keysoft 9.0:
English but that should be np.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Lewis" <[email protected]
To: <[email protected]
Date sent: Mon, 16 May 2011 15:33:34 -0700
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] regarding recent messages
Mike,
I see both sides to this.
I use my Apex all the time, and now that it reads NLS books, too,
it would
be my device of choice if I only could take one with me on
vacation.
Braille, talking books and GPs in one unit, plus I can keepa
good-sized
library of Braille books and magazines I want to read, and it
won't take up
lots of disk space.
But on the other hand,
The folks who are really getting the short end of the stick are
those who
own the Q.T.
They could easily use it with their iPhones, ((which do most of
the other
things one would want to do portably), but at least for now,
that's in the
past.
Humanware broek that functionality with the 9.1 upgrade.
Either they weren't aware of it, which should have been tested
before
release, or they were and didn't tell customers about it.
Either way, by taking the 9.1 upgrade, Q.T. users lost
functionality they
were accustomed to using in their daily lives.
If this had been tested and customers were given proper
information when the
upgrade came out, those who depended on their BNs could have made
an
informed choice.
Even if users could have been given the opportunity to roll back
to 9.0,
they could have decided for themselves what kind of tradeoff they
were
willing to make.
But Humanware doesn't seem to have a procedure for rolling back,
and
something major was broken with the upgrade--not for those who
just use the
BN, but for some who use it to interface with the iPhone and (I
Presume)
other Apple devices.
Humanware handled this badly, either because they didn't test it
and inform
customers, or, once the problem was known, didn't offer a way for
customers
to roll back to a Keysoft version that would work for them.
BT users aren't affected by this, only Q.T. owners.
So as a BT owner, I'm doing okay. But my wife bought a Q,T., and
she can no
longer use a machine, which costs several thousand dollars, for
tasks she
could do efficiently before May.
I can't blame Q.T. owners for being unhappy.
I hooked my BT up to her iPhone and observed this functionality,
and it's
quite cool.
But it's gone, at least temporarily, for many users.
Is it going to be fixed when Apple does their next major upgrade?
Does
anyone know? Hello? Hello?
I haven't seen a public statement about this from Humanware, and
there
should be one.
Users should be given a means of rolling back, or at least be
told what the
outlook apears to be--anything that would indicate to them that
Humanware
cares about their needs at all.
Nothing. The silence is deafening. And, as much as I personally
enjoy my
Braillenote, I find this deplorable.
Fortunately for me, I have a BT. But people who bought a Q.T.
didn't pay any
less, and they deserve some respect and some solid information
about how and
when this problem will be addressed.
--
Rick Lewis
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