Just hit OK to that dialogue and it will install fine. Don't ask me
why. grin.
At 09:36 AM 11/24/2003, you wrote:
I have done this. You might have to search the Internet for an XP driver.
The person I bought the converter from emailed me the driver. You have to
unzip the files to a folder and then browse to it in the hardware wizard.
What brand of converter do you have?
-----Original Message-----
From: Catherine Close [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 7:03 PM
To: Braillenote List
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Serial to USB - BN To Laptop????
AOn this topic, I purchased one of these converters, and when I attempted
to install it on my laptop it said the drivers were not for XP. Has anyone
installed these drivers successfully and used this, anyway? Cathy t 09:39
AM 11/23/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Yes you can. The belkin usb to serial converter works well.
>Chris Westbrook
>msn or email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>At 10:25 PM 11/22/2003, you wrote:
>>Hello All:
>>
>>I know this is an "old" question but please realize I don't peek into
this
>>list very often. Thus please forgive me!
>>
>>I would like to purchase a lightweight laptop that has just two USB
ports.
>>Can one use a serial to USB cable from BN to the laptop?
>>
>>Thank you!
>>
>>Jeff
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Jim O'Neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 3:34 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] those braille 'N speak transfer blues.
>>
>>
>> > HI rosele,
>> >
>> > thanks I will pass this along.
>> >
>> > I suspect that I will be talking him through much of this.
>> >
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Roselle Ambubuyog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> > Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2003 2:28 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] those braille 'N speak transfer blues.
>> >
>> >
>> > > Jim,
>> > >
>> > > There is an alternative. If the files didn't have an extension, the
>> > BrailleNote wouldn't know they are supposed to be read as being in
>> > contracted Braille. It rightly thinks they are foreign files created
>>using
>> > a different word processor. I'll discuss what can be done using
either
>> > Keysoft version 5 or an earlier version.
>> > >
>> > > If this person is running version 5, then he can:
>> > >
>> > > 1) Go into Keyword, select the drive and folder, and press SPACE
with X
>> > (READ with X) to view all file types, and then navigate and hit ENTER
on
>>the
>> > file from the Braille 'n Speak.
>> > >
>> > > 2) Position the cursor at the top of the file, and put a
top-of-block
>> > marker. Go to the bottom of the file and put a bottom-of-block
marker.
>> > >From within the Block Commands menu, type G for Grade of Braille and
then
>>B
>> > for grade 2 Braille. If he has a multilingual software installed,
then
>> > press L from within the Block Commands menu, then G and B, following
the
>> > prompts.
>> > >
>> > > 3) Exit the file and when asked to save it as a Keyword document,
answer
>>Y
>> > for yes. If he doesn't want to convert it to a Keyword document, then
>> > answer N for no, and then enter the File Manager, select the option to
>> > rename the file, and give it a .brf extension.
>> > >
>> > > If the person is running an earlier Keysoft version, then he can:
>> > >
>> > > 1) Enter the File Manager, select to rename the file, and give it a
.txt
>> > extension.
>> > >
>> > > 2) Exit and go into Keyword, select to create a Keyword type Braille
>> > document (which is the default file type for BT models).
>> > >
>> > > 3) From within the newly created Keyword type Braille document,
enter
>>the
>> > Block Commands menu, and type I to insert a file. Select the file
from
>>the
>> > Braille 'n Speak that he had renamed with a .txt extension, and the
>> > BrailleNote will ask, "Is this a Braille or text document?" Type B for
>> > Braille and that would do the trick. Note that you can do this also
in
>> > version 5. It's like tricking the BrailleNote to think that the file
is
>>in
>> > contracted Braille even though the extension says otherwise.
>> > >
>> > > HTH,
>> > > Roselle
>> > >
>> > > >----- QUOTED MESSAGE -----
>> > > >Sent by: "Jim O'Neill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > >
>> > > >HI Roselle,
>> > >
>> > > >thank you for the help!
>> > >
>> > > >I guess my customer will have a little work to do renaming those
files.
>> > >
>> > >
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