I think this is more a hardware problem, like a short somewhere, because
the speech would cut in and out, and the tones sounded funny. I'll be
anxious to see what they find. My BN got there this morning. Wish I could
be there with it.
I brought my BN home from work. It's on version 3.07, and I'd forgotten
how far we've come. It downloaded email, then disconnected. At first I
thought something was wrong, and then I remembered that's what it used to
do before we got the browser. It's kind of fun to be reminded of the
differences.
Peggy
At 07:46 PM 2/23/2004 -0600, you wrote:
I have had this happen to me a few times. I will just be using mine and then
boom or lack of and speech is gone. I have to do a reset to get the voice
back. Even though I go through the voice options, with left thumb+space no
sound will ever be made. Until I reset.
I have also had braille turn off on me when the bn goes to sleep by itself,
but using right thumb+space will turn it back on. This did not start
happening to the upgrade to keysoft v5.x
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Subject: [Braillenote] Fwd: My poor BN has lost its voice
Well, I saw my message testing the list, but never saw my first message, so
I'm forwarding a copy to the list again.
Peggy <wanting sympathy for her poor BN, LOL>
>Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:21:48 -0800
>To: Braillenote
>From: Peggy Kern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: My poor BN has lost its voice
>
>Well, guys, the flu bug must be really severe here on the west coast,
>because my poor BN has lost its voice. It happened while I was away for a
>family funeral, of all things. I noticed one evening that the BN's speech
>sounded distorted, and that when I'd turn it on, or press enter, or press
>the command for current character or something, it would make a pathetic
>little wheeze or cry. Now the speech is pretty much all gone, except that
>every once in a while it will make a valiant effort and try to say "speech
>on" or "speech request" as I cycle through. But usually it's just
>pathetically silent. Fortunately, it still functioned okay and I was able
>to do email while away, but it was so quiet: no modem dialing noise,
>usually no beeps; only the sound of the Braille display changing. I have
>a call into Humanware's service department, but with all the problems I
>keep hearing about their phone problems, I just hope their voice mail
>works. Oh well, if I don't hear back, I can always call back in an hour
>or so. I just can't imagine what happened to it. I didn't drop it or
>bang it on anything, and I don't think I said anything to offend it and
>make it not want to talk to me. But after four years of reliable service,
>only going in for the mother board upgrade and a battery change, I guess I
>can't complain too much. But I hate the thought of having to send it away
>again, especially now that I've also got GPS. <sigh> Oh well, I have my
>BN from work which I can use as a backup, though it's only version 3.07.
>
>Speaking of versions, does anyone know how much it would cost to have
>version 5.0 burned into ROM, and whether it's worth it?
>
>Peggy
>
>
>
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