Well good job and hope they will take your comments into
consideration. Actually it's not to hard, but yet why should you have
to go through all that crap when they could just provide the damned
cab files to begin with and be done with it. Surely even they realize
that blind Mac users are on the increase.
On Sep 5, 2008, at 4:43 AM, UCLA Bruins Fan wrote:
but you still need a PC for the first steps?
Sounds very complicated, certainly beyond my level of computer know
how! :)
I did write to code factory and suggest that they provide the cab
files on the website.
On Sep 5, 2008, at 1:34 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
Well, let me share a little info. First if you had access to a
windows box, I was told by Code Factory you could capture the cab
files during a portion of the installation.
Here is what I was told.
"If you have a Windows PC, run the EXE installer up to the point
when the Remote Activation Wizard starts. You can then exit this
wizard and end RemoteRegistration.exe through the Windows Task
Manager (opened with Ctrl+Shift+Escape or Ctrl+Alt+Del), under the
Processes tab of this multipage dialog box. Note that you may also
need to end ConfigureRemote.exe and then CABInstall.exe after
terminating RemoteRegistration.exe to completely stop the
installer. The CAB files will be extracted to C:\Program Files
\Mobile Speak Pocket [TTS name], where TTS name is the text-to-
speech voice that the EXE installer you ran would be installing
with Mobile Speak Pocket.
The files you need to copy and run on your device are named
MobileSpeakPocket.CAB, RemoteServer.arm.CAB, and
MSP_[TTSName_Platform].CAB where [TTSName_Platform] may be in the
form Fonix_USEnglish_Multivoice_PocketPC, for example. If you wish
to install the Magnification and Braille components, then the files
you need to copy to the device are named
PPC_Magnification_Component_English.arm.CAB if you installed with
an English TTS or PPC_Magnification_Component_NoLanguage.arm.CAB if
you installed without speech output, and Braille_Component.arm.CAB.
There are different ways of transferring files to your Windows
Mobile device from your Mac or Linux machine, but the following are
most recommended:
Using a card reader for the type of card used on your device. Card
readers cost anywhere from 10 to 30 US dollars and can also be used
to share files between the mobile device and computer. Note that if
your device is using miniSD or microSD cards, an adapter for
inserting such cards into an SD card slot will usually come with
the card when purchased. Thus, you can buy an inexpensive SD card
reader and just use the adapter for the type of card supported by
your device.
Using Bluetooth file transfer. Please refer to the user's manual of
your computer or Bluetooth dongle for more information.
To install the CAB files, you will need sighted assistance since
there is no speech output on the mobile device yet. Launch the file
system browser application on your device. This will be called File
Explorer. Navigate to the CAB files and press Enter to run each.
Note that you may be prompted that the files are unsigned or from
an untrusted publisher, and asked if you wish to continue with the
installation. Press the Left softkey to proceed with installation.
The next prompt will be about the install location for the contents
of the CAB file. Except for RemoteServer.cab, we strongly advise
that you choose the storage card of your device as the install
location for all MSP components in order to have as much free space
as possible in the device memory for running programs and storing
data that cannot be moved to the storage card.
Remember that the CAB files must be installed in the following order:
1. RemoteServer.arm.CAB (install to device's main memory)
2. MSP_[TTSName_Platform].CAB (we recommend installing to the
storage card)
3. MobileSpeakPocket.CAB (we recommend installing to the
storage card)
4. Either PPC_Magnification_Component_English.arm.CAB or
PPC_Magnification_Component_NoLanguage.arm.CAB, and
Braille_Component.arm.CAB, in any order (we recommend installing to
the storage card)
When you are done installing all CAB files, soft reset the device.
Note that you will need to use the Activation Manager on the device
to activate the installed products with a full or trial license.
Please refer to Section 2.4.2 for more information."
And there you have it, direct from the CF folks. Now I will tell
you that I've tried like hell using file jucer to extract the cab
files with no success. From what the author of File Jucer told me,
it would not extract the cab files for some reason of which I've
now forgotten. So, if anyone figures out how to get the damned cab
files out of the archive, then please let me know.
Scott Howell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
