Hi laura,
Thanks very much for your answers to my questions.
Anita
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laura Wolk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Questions.
> Hello Anita:
>
> I will try to answer your questions as best I can. You may want to look at
> downloading a copy of the BN's Manual from PDI's site to answer some of
your
> more in depth answers. OK, here we go.
>
> 1. There is a setting in the BN's keymail menu called setup options. Under
> this menu is an option called "directory of services." Opening this menu
> will give you access to the database that stors the records of your email
> addresses which the BN will access. You can add, edit, or remove these
> services as you wish.
>
> 2. The commands on the BT and QT keyboards do not differ in this setup,
> except in how the actual words are written (meaning, obviously, that the
BT
> keyboard uses braille input and the QT keyboard uses a qwerty-style input
by
> default.)
>
> 3. Generally speaking, you can use the same email address which your
> computer accesses. With this being said, there are many email services
which
> are inaccessible by the BN. Among these are hotmail, I believe yahoo, and
a
> few others. So, if the email address your computer accesses falls under
> these domains, you wil be unable to access that email address from the BN.
> Similarly, other internet service providers, such as AOL and I believe
Juno,
> do not have the specific protocol for the BN to be able to dial into their
> service. Therefore, if your ISP falls within any of these domains, you
will
> have to consider changing ISP's or just not using the BN's keymail/keyweb
> functionality.
>
> 4. I can't really answer your question regarding effected speed because I
do
> not have high speed internet. I've heard it works fine though.
>
> 5. I am not going to go in depth as to how keyweb works, because this
topic
> is very broad and has many separate subtopics. This is an example where I
> think the manual would be your best place to find answers to your
questions.
> Keyweb is very easy to use, and, if the websites are accessible, useful.
>
> 6. The battery of the BN lasts approximately 20 hours. As the battery
ages,
> this time span will grow shorter, until you must send in your unit to have
a
> separate battery put in to replace the old one.
>
> 7. Yes web braille is very accessible, I've used it many times. To do so,
> you simply proceed as you normally would--enter the url, enter
> username/password, click on the online catalog, fill in the appropriate
edit
> fields, select the volumes of the book you wish to have, and save them to
a
> particular drive and folder of the bn using the space with s (control with
> s) saving function. You must make sure to give the volume of the file a
.brf
> extension, otherwise it will be unreadable on the BN.
>
> 8. For more information about the MP3 player, see the manual. It is also
> very easy (simplified) to use. You simply press m from the main menu,
select
> the drive/folder where the mp3 resides, and press enter. Various commands
> exist to stop, pause, etc the file. Currently, only a few bit rates are
> supported for mp3's on the BN.
>
> 9. Yes it is possible to download, save, and run application programs on
the
> BN. Keep in mind that such programs must be issued by PDI in order to run
> correctly on the BN family because off the shelf software is not accepted
by
> the keysoft system, and no software developer kit exists to date.
>
> HTH, Laura
>
>
>
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