Hi, I'd second Karen's comments, I'd prefer an append mode as well.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Karen McDonald Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 12:05 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] taking notes at high speed Hi, Jonathan and everyone, I'm so glad that this is something that the developers are taking seriously. I'm thinking that I would personally like an append mode better. Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 11:22 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] taking notes at high speed > Hi Karen and all who have contributed great ideas to this discussion. > The development team and I were talking about this very issue quite > recently. It seems to me that, broadly speaking, we have two options. > We could have an append mode that automatically appended all typed > text to the bottom of the file, or some command that disables our > "space with" functions. Maybe a really foolproof command like space > with all eight dots could be used to toggle this on and off. Do people > have a preference for either an append mode or a function that > disables the space bar in conjunction with other letters? Jonathan > Mosen BrailleNote Product Marketing Manager > Pulse Data International Ltd > > DDI: +64-3-373-6192 > Fax: +64-3-384 4933 > Mobile: +64-21 466 736 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Internet: www.pulsedata.com > > > > "Karen McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 28/05/2004 01:09 p.m. > Please respond to > Braillenote List <[email protected]> > > > To > "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> > cc > > Subject > Re: [Braillenote] taking notes at high speed > > > > > > > Exactly. That's what I had in mind. I've been placed at the top of > documents without warning more than once and I've been quite annoyed. > What do you all at PDI think about a toggle command? > > Karen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peggy Kern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 8:55 PM > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] taking notes at high speed > > > > I vaguely remember it, but don't remember all the details. Whatever > > the decision would be (if any), it seems it would have to be > > something that > an > > individual user could toggle on and off, so that whoever didn't have > > a problem with the chord commands could leave it as is, but whoever > > did > could > > change the option to change the append mode or thumbkeys or > > whatever. Isn't it fun to brainstorm? <grin> > > > > Peggy > > > > At 08:52 PM 5/27/2004 -0400, you wrote: > > >I use the previous and next key all the time so that wouldn't be > > >good > for > > >me. I do wish that there was a way that an append mode could be > > >implemented. A long time ago there was a discussion about this and > several > > >people expressed interest in such a feature. Peggy, do you > > >remember > that > > >discussion? > > > > > >Karen > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Peggy Kern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 8:47 PM > > >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] taking notes at high speed > > > > > > > > > > I've had this kind of thing happen with several types of > > > > notetakers, > and > > > > not just the BN. I was wondering if there would be a place to > > > > put a special chord key, that would make it easily reachable, > > > > but not a > key > > > > that's used for other things like the spacebar is. I can't > > > > think of > where > > > > that hypothetical key could be placed though. I picture it on > > > > the > front > > >by > > > > the thumbkeys, but there's really no room. Still, if there was > > > > a > place > > > > that a special chord key could be easily accessed and the user > > > > could > hit > > > > that key and the appropriate other keys, instead of the spacebar > > > > and > other > > > > keys, it might help people avoid the problem many have reported > > > > of > being > > > > bounced out of documents or moved to another position in > > > > documents. > > >Hmmmm, > > > > I wonder if an option could be added to the thumbkey option to > > > > make > them > > >be > > > > chord keys instead of doing what they normally do. I know for > myself > I > > > > almost never use the previous and next thumbkeys. If I were one > > > > who > had a > > > > problem with accidental chords, I might like to have the option > > > > of > using > > > > one of these as a chord key. Just brainstorming as I type, > wondering > if > > > > there's a solution to this situation. > > > > > > > > Peggy > > > > > > > > At 03:34 PM 5/27/2004 -0500, you wrote: > > > > >No, this is not possible. And, it can be frustrating. > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > > > >Brian Albriton > > > > >Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 2:54 PM > > > > >To: Braillenote List (E-mail) > > > > >Subject: [Braillenote] taking notes at high speed > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Pardon me folks. > > > > >I'm reposting this on the off chance I've missed the answers. > > > > >One problem my wife has found in keying information very > > > > >quickly on > the > > > > >Braille note. > > > > >That problem is if one hits a chord by accident, one winds up > > > > >out > of > the > > > > >document and has to find one's way back. > > > > >Is there a way to temporarily disable the chording function? > > > > > > > > > >___ > > > > >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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >___ > > > > >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 > > > > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kernsac > > > > MSN Messenger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___ > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > >___ > > >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 > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kernsac > > MSN Messenger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > ___ > > 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 > > > > > ___ > 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 > > > ___ > 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 > ___ 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 -- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. 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