I just want to add to this that you can find an audio demo of this process at http://www.braillenoteusers.info/media. Find the podcasts by me (Alex) and choose the ones you want. I have one there about pairing the iTouch with an apex.
On 3/10/12, josh gregory <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey there. Nope, go to the braille terminal on your apex, make sure > the port is set to bluetooth. Hit enter if it is, if not, change it. > Then go to your phone, go to > settings/general/accessibility/voiceover/braille. It'll search for > your apex, and when it finds it, it'll display it. Double tap it, > enter the pairing code (0000) (be quick at it, you only have like 10 > seconds or so) and double tap the pair button in the top right corner > of the screen. You should hear an auditory cue, and the braille should > pop up. > Hth! > Best, > Josh > > > On 3/10/12, Andrew Head <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> Just wondering what you have to do on the brailleNote to pair the Iphone >> via >> Bluetooth? Do I use activesync? The only two services offered are printer >> and activesync. >> Andrew >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jessica >> Sent: Sunday, 11 March 2012 10:36 AM >> To: Chris Nusbaum; [email protected] >> Subject: re: [Braillenote] voice recognition and a word to Humanware >> >> Chris, You should foreword this straight to hw. I totally agree with >> everything you have said. Especially for me. Since I can not use a pc and >> the only computer I have is my bn it would be nice to be able to do more >> with it. I also don't know why on the eMpower you could record the radio >> and >> on the apex you can't. To me that is a downgrade not an upgrade. I would >> love it if they brought that back for the apex. >> >> sent from my BrailleNote >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Chris Nusbaum <[email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Date sent: Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:14:08 -0500 >> Subject: [Braillenote] voice recognition and a word to Humanware >> >> JD, >> >> That is very interesting! I personally would find a voice recognition >> software useful! Those of you who have heard of or used J-Say or Dragon >> Naturally Speaking will know what I'm talking about. But if we get a >> voice >> recognition feature on the BrailleNote, why not support voice chatting >> applications such as Skype and TeamTalk? >> >> If any Humanware staff member reads this, I have one piece of advice for >> you to take back to your company: whenever you next release a Keysoft >> version, you would do well to consider some major feature upgrades (you >> might want to look at the archives of this list for suggestions of new >> features and discuss them with your engineering team, so you know what >> your >> customers really >> want) and do it fast before HIMS and the BrailleSense line of notetakers >> totally blow the BrailleNote out of the water. I love my BrailleNote >> Apex, >> and it is instrumental to my success in school and in connecting with my >> friends in this technologically-driven world in which we live. However, I >> can only speak for myself, but I think a lot of users on this list would >> agree with me in my opinion that the BrailleNote family of products has >> great potential which hasn't been unlocked yet because Humanware won't >> allow >> it to be unlocked. They won't add new features that we have requested; >> they >> don't monitor this list for suggestions, at least not that we know of, >> although they say they do; they still run their BrailleNotes on an >> operating >> system (Windows CE) which is very old and is no longer supported by >> Microsoft, as well as Internet Explorer 6 as an underlying browser for >> KeyWeb; and most important of my complaints, they haven't released a >> Software Development Kit (SDK) so that programmers outside of the >> Humanware >> engineering team can write programs for the BrailleNote. If an SDK is >> released, Humanware won't have to do all the work; I believe that users >> and >> programmers such as Joseph Lee, Alex Hall, Marvin Vasquez, and Tyler Z, if >> given the opportunity, could write programs which would add many more >> features to the BrailleNote. Please Humanware; make your product a truly >> competitive one! Unleash the full potential of the BrailleNote!! >> >> I'm sorry if any of you think this sounds harsh, but I think it needs to >> be >> said! If we want new features and a better BrailleNote experience, we need >> to speak up and keep speaking up with Humanware. >> >> Chris Nusbaum >> Email and Google Talk/Keychat (on the BrailleNote) ID: >> [email protected] >> Skype: christpher.nusbaum3 or search for Chris Nusbaum >> >> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight. The real >> problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that exists. If a >> blind person has the proper training and opportunity, blindness can be >> reduced to a mere physical nuisance." >> -- Kenneth Jernigan >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: JD Townsend <[email protected] >> To: Bn Braillenote list <[email protected] Date sent: Fri, 09 >> Mar 2012 09:37:32 -0500 >> Subject: [Braillenote] Speech Recognision >> >> >> No, the BrailleNotes do not have a voice recognition application. >> I do believe that it would be a most welcome addition. It would steem >> that >> the Apex line might be able to support this. >> >> As I said, interesting. >> >> >> >> JD Townsend >> Daytona Beach, Florida, Earth >> Helping the light dependent to see. >> >> ___ >> 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 >> >> >> ___ >> 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 >> >> >> ___ >> 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 >> >> >> ___ >> 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 >> >> > > > -- > Sent via gmail.com > Email: [email protected] > Skype: joshgregory93 > twitter: JoshG93 > > ___ > 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 > > -- 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. 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