Hi all, I would agree with the statement of making the BN's more stabil. I am very happy wwith my Apex and PK it is only the crashes that get in the way of my enjoyment. I haven't had as much problems as others on the list, I use the email program and have never had it totally go on me. I have had a couple of times where I couldn't move or delete emails but this was just a matter of making more room on the flash drive and then I could move or delete messages again. The only thing I really would like to see in a upgrade very soon is the docx support. I use microsoft 2007 on my computers so some of the documents I creat aren't accessable on my BN's. However I can set word to automatically save them as a earlier version which I currently do because a number of people I deal with don't have the latest versions of word. However as more and more people start to move over to the newest word program it would be nice if I didn't have to send the document to my computer to translate before opening it on my Apex.
Well that's my main issue for now. >From Shaz. BN QT Apex and PK user. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Lee" <[email protected]> To: "Aleeha Dudley" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 4:54 AM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] more braillenote feedback suggestions | Hi, | I think, for sake of time and space, I'd like to offer jwo | questions that convention attendees should ask HW (in my opinion) | and for us to ponder for a while: | * What is better - stability in long term or useful features in | short term? Although useful features would make Apex an | attractive solution, from usability perspective, it is better | that we have a stable product to make Apex a dependable platform | (and I'm sure majority of bugs could have been fikxed with | stability). | * Wouldn't partnerships yield more fruits - since KeySoft is | driven by user requests, bug reports and keeping up with current | standards, I believe more user partnerships with HW could help | both parties in the end (not only from usability with reports and | suggestions, but also allowing users to contribute useful gifts | to other users in the form of user-written KeySoft extensions). | As for responses from company (and from users), we do have | occasional posts from HW staff (when matters that require | clarification arises). However, the trend is that users are | filling the role of tech support here (if they have useful | solutions or ideas), and we do now have a situation where | "experts" are located at key parts of the world (including "next | generation experts" like Aine, I'd say). | But to keep the content relevant to the subject, the above two | questions are things that I think even users may wish to ponder | from time to time and ask at conventions (for both ACB and NFB, | as well as other exhibit times and locations). | Thanks. | Cheers, | Joseph | ----- Original Message ----- | From: Aleeha Dudley <[email protected] | To: Lanie <[email protected] | Date sent: Thu, 31 May 2012 13:14:23 -0400 | Subject: Re: [Braillenote] more braillenote feedback suggestions | | Hi, | I have seen these issues only if I accidentally press a thumb | key while switching tasks. I don't think I've encountered it | without the press of said thumb key. | | | Aleeha | | On May 31, 2012, at 1:06 PM, Lanie <[email protected]> wrote: | | I'm sorry if some of you are getting this twice. I got a | delivery failure, so I don't think it went through. Another | thing that should be fixed is the way in the middle of writing or | after switching to another application, the BrailleNote often | deletes the text out of a plain Braille or Microsoft Word file. | Has anyone else had this happen? I had it just a few minutes ago. | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: Snow Bunny <[email protected] | To: [email protected] | Date sent: Thu, 31 May 2012 12:07:28 -0400 | Subject: Re: [Braillenote] more braillenote feedback suggestions | | Also, have a Humanware staff presence on this list. Beth | Original message: | In addition: | 1. Fix the massive number of minor to serious bugs that have | plagued | users for years. For instance, KNG speech defaults to rate 6 | when | reading in other languages, keymail often corrupts its own | database, | wireless connectivity is spotty to useless in many situations, | you | can't paste from the clipboard or use spellcheck in webpage edit | fields, keychat menu items have no shortcut or the shortcut | fails to | activate the item, popups in keyweb still take far too long to | move | through, deleting characters often makes the cursor jump... | need I go | on? | 2. Add promised features: multi-tasking, bluetooth object | exchange, | docx support (which, need I remind you, the Victor Reader has | had for | a couple years), unit conversion for keyplus, and so on. | 3. Offer more than one feature in each (very expensive) | upgrade, or | lower/toss out the upgrade price. | 4. Be more vocal with us, the paying customers, about | developments and | patches. I realize many companies don't make upcoming features | public, | but it would be nice to hear that the people at hw are still at | least | updating keysoft, instead of adding an open-source pdf | conversion tool | and not fixing anything. | 5. Fix long-standing pronunciation errors. For instance, the | abbreviations mr, ms, mrs, dr, st, and so forth should not end a | sentance, even though they are followed by a period. Other | words are | still broken, like "wasted". The pronunciation dictionary needs | a | major overhaul, while we're on the subject: it should support, | at | least, spaces and numbers, though regular expressions would be | ideal. | Failing that, the interface just feels old and awkward. | | On 5/31/12, Jessica Brown <[email protected]> wrote: | I would like to add that It would be good if the bn supported | flash player. I have found that many sites are not accessible | on | the bn because you need flash player to use them. Also, an sdk | would be good so that people outside of hw can make programs for | the bn. Just some ideas for people who will be going to the | conference. | | ----- Original Message ----- | From: "Matthew J" <[email protected] | To: <[email protected] | Date sent: Thu, 31 May 2012 14:18:12 +0100 | Subject: [Braillenote] more braillenote feedback suggestions | | Ok, here's a quick list off the top of my head. Considering the | bn is sucha | lackluster product, I could undoubtedly think of many more given | time: | | | | 1: tables and footnotes in documents need to be made far more | accessible | | 2: language support: writing in multiple languages is a chore, | reading in | them in anything but the word processor is almost impossible | | 3: Imap support, better syncing with outlook contacts and the | ability to | import CSV contact files or some other format of contacts. | Keymail must be | made far more intuitive and less clunky, this must include the | reading of | html e-mail natively. | | 4: the reading of secured pdfs | | 5: updating the internet explorer engine to something less | prehistoric | | 6: the use of more IM protocols and the upgrade to the XMPP | protocol in use, | so that facebook, msn, ETC, can be made useable from keychat, as | no one uses | google talk. | | 7: the ability to read Excel spreadsheets. | | 8: a twitter client along the lines of the one the braille sense | clients | have would not go amiss. | | 9: better compatibility with windows 7 64 bit and windows 7 in | general for | networking, syncing ETC. | | 10: .docx support! | | | | I can personally attest to every problem on this list and also I | know quite | a few people who would quite happily use an apex if it fixed | some | of these | issues. I think humanware does not realize how offputting these | defects are | to a large number of young, technically-able users who are | choosing hims or | a mainstream solution. Outside of England, the use of Braille | note's in | Europe is very low because of the language support issue, for | example. | | Anyway, just my 2p worth, | | MJ | | ___ | 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 | | | | | -- | 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. | 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 | | ___ | 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. 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