Hi Pdi and list, One thing that would be helpful in both the speech and braille would be an automatic percentage counter on emails like there is when linking or connecting to a web page or site. This would be especially true if the email isn't downloading very fast or if it is a long email that goes past the default setting and therefore takes longer to download. Yes, you can do this by hitting enter, but if you are deaf-blind or if you are using speech and doing something else and the bn just sits beeping, sometimes you wonder if it's still really connected or what? Another thing I would like to see is the bn knowing when it's been disconnected by something other than the user, for example, by the server either because of a glitch or something else. I haven't noticed it as much with this loner, but my unit used to get disconnected and still continued to beep away and say "connecting to-- as if it were still getting email. (This is a version using the classic motherboard and 4.01 recently updated to 4.02. Also, if I don't want to miss an important phone call, could some way be found to make the bn recognize and automatically disconnect when a call came in on "call waiting? I know this is a little long, but I think this would help both deaf-blind and hearing people a little.
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dean Jackson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 12:34:34 +1300 >Subject: [Braillenote] speech verses Braille display >Hi all, >This morning, I have been in touch with Jonathan Mosen, the BrailleNote >product manager, who has advised me to let you all know Pulse Data is still >committed to finding ways of making the BrailleNote more accessible to those >who are unable to hear the speech output. However, we are unable at this >point in time, to state a time frame in which the extra features will be >implemented. >We are interested in seeking feedback on ways that KeySoft is more helpful >with spoken messages as it is with displayed messages, that we may >investigate the possibility of trying to rectify the situation. >I acknowledge that there have already been a couple of messages on the list >in this regard and we would really like to receive more of these. >We look forward to your response! > Regards, >Dean Jackson >Customer/Technical Analyst >Pulse Data International Ltd. >DDI: +64 3 373 6184 >Fax: +64-3-384 4933 >Email: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Internet: >www.pulsedata.com >__________________________ >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
