This is very interesting. Thanks for the info Alex. This is slightly off topic but still Serotek and SamNet related. Is it possible to get Samnet on an Iphone? I have IBlink radio but it does not offer actual SamNet, just a sampling of all its content. Matthew
On 6/2/11, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > IMAP is a mail protocol. The standard protocol is pop3, which allows a > client (keymail, in this case) to download messages, optionally > telling the server to erase the messages once they are downloaded. > IMAP, though, acts more like a mirror of the server. My iPod has IMAP > set up for my gmail account, for example. When I check email on it, > and move a message to a different folder, read messages, delete, and > so on, those changes are reflected on the server. That is, when I go > online on the apex or pc and visit gmail.com, the messages I deleted > on the iPod are deleted, the ones I moved on the iPod have been moved > on the website, and the same with any other changes. Essentially, it > is like having the best of both worlds: your mail is available > anywhere via the gmail site, and it is all stored remotely on gmail > servers so a corrupt email database on your machine hurts nothing. > However, you can also use your mail client to manage messages, view > attachments, and so on. IMAP would let you have the security and > freedom of the cloud (messages stored remotely and available from any > internet connection) with the convenience of keymail's interface. > If I have gotten anything wrong, PLEASE correct me. The above is > gotten from a bit of research and my own experiences. > > On 6/2/11, Jasmine Kotsay <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> What is iMap exactly? >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Dominique <[email protected] >> To: Alex Hall <[email protected] >> Date sent: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 07:32:37 -0500 >> Subject: Re: [Braillenote] SA Mobile Network >> >> Ah, goot point. >> And yes, I would love to see Imap on Apex as well. >> That would be nice. >> Very nice. >> >> On 6/2/2011 6:59 AM, Alex Hall wrote: >> It would be nice, but it will never happen. First, SAMNet >> costs, I >> think, a few hundred dollars per year, and not a lot of people >> use it >> (I am judging by how many peoples' emails come from SAMNet, so >> this >> could be inaccurate). Second, a web-based interface would be >> easy >> enough, and may, in fact, already exist. The Apex can use that, >> so hw >> would see no need to write an entire application that would just >> duplicate a website's function for a small portion of users. >> Look how >> long it took them to upgrade keyword, and a large portion of >> users has >> been asking for that for years. Of course, I am not saying that >> to >> duplicate a website is a waste of time (gMail and Twitter have >> accessible sites, but I still want IMAP for my gmail and a >> Twitter >> application native to keysoft). >> >> On 6/2/11, Dominique<[email protected]> wrote: >> Now, that, is another thing HW should allow! >> Allow Serotech to imput Samnet on Apex as a feature! >> Accessible right out of the box, canceling the speech part, cuz >> we'd >> have Eloquence and Braille. >> Thoughts/ >> All they need to do is to make osme kind of mobile app for Apex >> to >> connect to Samnet's servers. >> >> Or is that even more stuff they'd have to do. >> Thoughts Alex and Jospeh? >> On 6/1/2011 8:25 AM, Snow Bunny wrote: >> Hey, no, Samnet, as we call it, is for the PC also. >> BethOriginal >> message: >> Wow! Thank you! Is the System Access Mobile Network just for >> phones? >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Snow Bunny<[email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date sent: Tue, 31 May 2011 18:21:44 -0400 >> Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Apex as a display >> System Access is a screen reader, System Access Mobile Network >> or >> Samnet is a software suite, with E-mail, Web browser, Media >> Library and >> other cool stuff. Go to the Serotek Web site for more info, >> it's >> www.serotek.com. Beth >> Original message: >> Hi, >> What are Serotek Products? >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Snow Bunny<[email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date sent: Tue, 31 May 2011 10:47:30 -0400 >> Subject: [Braillenote] Apex as a display >> Hi, I now use Serotek's products and I remember hearing that >> some >> of >> Humanware's Braille displays work with Serotek, will the Apex >> also at >> some point? Thanks. 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