Hello list,
I think if anyone is going to be involved with technology of any kind, they
need to at least learn how to wade through the manual! This is good
practice when learning technology of any kind! I think the BN manual with
the context sensitive help is quite good! I do agree there are some things
not in the manual but I will say that one can be up and running with the BN
by carefully reading through the first chapters of the manual. The index
certainly can bring one to a number of answers to questions. I'm simply
saying that learning how to read manuals will help one learn technology
more quickly in the long haul! I often exited the manual and tried some of
the suggestions in the section I was reading. Between my reading and
doing, I was able to do any number of tasks with my BN in a matter of days.
I also agree that one can learn how to operate a BN and learn quite a bit
from others! I don't have a problem with that! I do think however that
one will find many treasures and have many questions answered very quickly
once they get use to reading parts of the manual. I often find I have
missed something the first time I read a given section. The BN manual is
written quite well so give it a try and use the context sensitive help when
attempting to perform a given function with the BN. It all comes together
in time! This list has truly been useful for me as well! I'm sure once
6.1 is available, we all will help one another with this new upgrade!
Jim Aldrich
At 10:47 PM 10/04/2004 , you wrote:
Hi all,
I also think that manuals are rarely written well enough for the
average user to profit from. The level of competence required to read,
understand and implement from a written document varies greatly as does
the skill levels of the readers involved. It also simply may be that
some learn best by one method of teaching rather than another. I have
read passages in manuals and simply failed to understand what was
intended but someone with some practical experience can explain it in a
sentence or two and total comprehension is attained. Personal reading
comprehension levels seem to be really irrelevant to the question
also. I work as a professional and academic in a doctoral environment
but still some things about the BrailleNote remain total mysteries for
me. I eventually manage to get some things done with experimentation but
just reading the instructions often fails to bring enlightenment. I
firmly believe that manuals are written primarily for those who already
understand what they contain by people who write for that audience and
fail to understand where most work from daily. I immediately suspect
anyone who tells me to read the manual in either crude or polite
terms. There certainly is little reason for rudeness and the admonition
about reading the manual rarely helps anyone in my experience.
Lisa
----- Original Message ----- From: "rhonda clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: RE: [Braillenote] PK demo, scrolling
My thought about this subject is that we don't know how long a person has
been blind, or how well braille can be read. I doubt someone working in
the medical profession has a learning disability.
If we don't want to help someone, just hit the delete, and the message
will go away. Regards.
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