Well, I have thought of changing folders for emails and the like, and I even suggested it to hw years ago. Ready for a shocker? They never did it. With the apex it isn't as much of a concern, and as there is one more mPower upgrade left I doubt this will ever happen. To that I say: iPhone and computer with a braille display. On Aug 15, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Marvin <[email protected]> wrote:
> I accidentally posted this to the wrong list before, so I'm sending it to the > right list this time. I made sure of that before sending it. Lol! > I've got an idea I'm surprised none of us til now has thought of. Someone > posted a very useful hack for the bn registry a good while back, and I use it > every time my bn has the ultimate fit and needs a hard reset. This hack > allows us to choose where we want our cookies and stuff to be stored by > keyweb. For now, this choice isn't very easy to make in terms of the speed > at which it can be done, and the fact that it goes back to default whenever a > hard reset does occur. > My idea is this: in addition to allowing this choice from within keysoft, we > should also be given the option of choosing where other things, like our > email and address list and databases are stored (especially for the mPower > because of its internal memory limitations!), so we don't have to see those > folders on the flash disk whenever we want access to something. > Here's another idea I just thought of. I sort of hinted at it when I wrote > about the macros feature on the Blazie notetakers. In that email, I proposed > a hypothetical macro that would switch pronunciation dictionary files > whenever you wanted to switch from kng speech to eloquence. It would be far > more efficient for keysoft if the one dictionary had separate sections for > both synthesizers. This would allow us to correct the pronunciation for only > the current synth. This is necessary because eloquence is VERY VERY hard to > correct when it's not saying something right. In all my years of working > with it, I can't for the life of me figure out how to get it to stress > syllables in words like I've been able to do with KNG speech. (Just so you > know, putting a dash before the first part of a word deemphasizes that > syllable, and stringing together parts of the pronunciation with dashes takes > emphasis off those parts that have dashes before them.) > As an example, my correction for the letters "gb", which is the abbreviation > for "gigabytes". Normally, kng says something that sounds like gig ah bytes. > This is obviously erroneous! So I corrected it by typing "gigga-bytes". For > another example, we take the word "an". I don't like the way kng used to > pronounce it, so I redid the way it says "an" so it sounds more the way we > speak naturally. I typed comun. Funnily enough, it doesn't pronounce it > "unn", like you'd expect. This particular syllable by itself comes out like > the second syllable in the word calendar. So the word "an" now comes out of > kng speech on my bn exactly like that "en" in calendar. > I've been sort of selfish. I think I'm going to write an article on changing > the pronunciation of words in kng speech. Maybe I'll even zip up some audio > samples and my pronunciation dictionary for anyone who wants it. Everyone > have a good day. > > ___ > 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 Mac Mini) [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
