By the way, I've found a way to get around the "cannot find file"
error when clicking on links in some cases: hit space with e (on
the BT, escape on the QT.) It should then say "linking" again and
load the page properly. Sometimes this doesn't work, though. By
the way, I found this work-around first on the Facebook mobile
Web site. Aine, if you'd like, please bring up your questions on
the chat today.
Chris
Chris Nusbaum
"For we walk by faith, not by sight."
2 Corinthians 5:7
Sent from my BrailleNote
----- Original Message -----
From: Aine Kelly-Costello <[email protected]
To: Alex Hall <[email protected]
sent: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 05:06:01 +1200
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] some miscellaneous questions re the
Apex
Thanks for your responses, Alex.
You were correct about changing the visual display code page ...
The characters display correctly in dos but they certainly didn't
work in ansi on the Apex, it was weird.
Re txt and brf files, they both have that bug, definitely. (I
had fun putting all the new lines back into my brf poetry file
for school last year ...)
Re the virtual memory issue, for me when I go options, support
information, space with i; if the virtual memory free is less
than about 90%, it's time to reset. Its memory certainly lasts
much longer than the MPower's did, but particularly if you try
sites with a lot on each page it wheres down gradually. And then
sometimes e-mails say they've sent fine, but they actually
haven't.
Yeah, I'll e-mail Humanware; I told them about a whole heap of
problems a while back but I've probably accumulated a big enough
list to do so again!
Best wishes,
Aine
----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Hall <[email protected]
To: Aine Kelly-Costello <[email protected]
Date sent: Fri, 13 Apr 2012 10:26:05 -0400
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] some miscellaneous questions re the
Apex
My responses are in the message below.
On 4/13/12, Aine Kelly-Costello <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi list,
A collection of miscellaneous questions in regard to the
BrailleNote Apex ...
* Anyone know how to make keynote gold speech change speed
(mine's stuck at about rate 6 or something) in Spanish?
You can't. That bug has been around for years. Email hw about
it;
maybe they'll actually fix something in the next release if they
see
enough interest.
* Can we make accented characters like a acute display correctly
in e-mails we want to send (as in, after they've been received
at
the other end)
I'm not sure why they wouldn't display correctly. Are you using
computer braille? Maybe try setting your code page to something
else
in utilities > miscellaneous options.
* Can we do factorials on the calculator (a quicker way than
going 1*2*3* ...30 or whatever)?
No, sorry.
* Is there a way to receive txt and brf files via e-mail with
the
single spaced non-indented new lines still there?
Txt files: I don't think so. Brf files, though, should not have
that
problem, though I have little experience emailing or receiving
brf
files.
* Anyone know what exactly the virtual memory free percentage
can
safely go down to before e-mails might or might not send?
I'm not sure it matters when sending messages, but bad things
generally happen around 2% if memory serves. Still, the apex
does not
run out of memory like the mPower does, or at least it shouldn't.
* Is there any particular reason we can't enter stuff in the
pronunciation dictionary that contains both alphabetical
characters and punctuation?
Yes, because hw has never added that ability. The pronunciation
dictionary has needed upgrading for a very long time -
punctuation,
numbers, regular expressions, spaces... currently, though, you
can
only add only punctuation or only a single word with no
punctuation.
* Does anyone know what to do when you click a link and the BN
says "cannot find file," - sometimes I press n and the link
works
as normal, other times I press n and the machine freezes and you
have to reset.
I'm not sure why that happens, and I have never found a way to
get
around it or reproduce it. Sorry.
* Anyone found a way to catch the BN cursor on e-mails (or
files)
as it skips ahead of the new line marker it was on while you
type? Specifically, is there some particular key stroke or
strokes that makes it do this? It's rather annoying when you
don't notice before it gets past the computer braille sign in
e-mails you're responding to ... so you're writing in Computer
Braille till you notice..
I find it to happen when I delete at the end of a line, so am
careful
when I do so. That is the only time I have found the cursor to
jump
like that. Incidentally, that's another bug hw hasn't bothered
to
acknowledge, let alone fix, in the years since the apex came out.
Again, email them about it so they might do something.
Any feedback greatly appreciated!
Thank you and best wishes,
Aine Kelly-Costello
P.S. Sorry if someone has already answered any of these
questions on this list, I am new to it and the archives are
HUGE.
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