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Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Freeman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 8:36 PM Subject: Re: [GWN] Braille Sense and its limits Do mobile devices such as PDAs accept cookies? Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "peter greco" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 8:41 PM Subject: Re: [GWN] Braille Sense and its limits Hi James. I'm almost certain that this has been marked down. Peter. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "James Aldrich" <[email protected] >To: <[email protected] >Date sent: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:58:14 -0600 >Subject: Re: [GWN] Braille Sense and its limits >Hello! >The biggest real limitation of the Sense notetakers is that they don't >recognize cookies of any kind! I wish they did! One cannot submit a >Schwans order from the Schwans site as an example. >Jim >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Alex Hall" <[email protected] >To: <[email protected] >Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 8:56 AM >Subject: Re: [GWN] Braille Sense and its limits >I agree, but simple things that most wordprocessors have, like a word count, >and adding a couple functions to programs like the Database Manager do not >seem outside the realm of possibility for this device; if you can add a >database field at the end, just load all fields into an array or stack/queue >and allow insertion of a new element/node. Word count code is simple. I can >see big things, like enabling dhtml, being long processes that may couse >many problems, but small additions and modifications to programs already in >place seem reasonable. >I also agree that a notetaker is not a pc replacement, but I know people who >have only a notetaker; it can already do a lot, and many use it as their >primary machine, even if they have a pc, because it allows them to work in >Braille and have a clean, easy interface instead of using a computer >keyboard and relying on a screenreader that may not read applications. >Have a great day, >Alex >New email address: [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joseph Lee > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:07 AM > Subject: [GWN] Braille Sense and its limits > Hi folks, > Nice to see a steady flow of suggestions about Braille sense. Some of them >included foreign language support, word count and so forth. Although they >were good ones, one needs to consider if it is worth it to put it on a >device that has technical limits. Not that I am saying that BS family has >outward limits, but in terms of specs and OS, it does have limits. > First, as mike said, Braille Sense is a PDA. In other words, Braille >Sense is meant to be PC companion, not a PC replacement (although I've seen >some people mistaken it for such). In other words, not all things that can >be done on a computer cannot be done under Braille Sense. For instance, not >all websites that a Windows XP machine can handle cannot be navigated using >Braille Sense. > On the hardware side, the line between PC and PDA is becoming less >differentiated - at least when BS is concerned. Braille Sense has one of the >good processors for mobile devices, as well as sufficient memory to run >applications and store useful data. But in terms of software side, it is >not. Braille Sense runs under Windows CE - not regular Wihndows, folks. >Windows CE is a completely different OS architecture than Windows NT family. >Thus, it has limits, such as 32 MB of virtual memory and 32 process limit >(this is the reason why BS would only allow seven programs maximum). As for >virtual memory, I need solid evidence of things such as browser crashing or >other slow downs before explaining what exactly it is and its limits (if >demands requires me to, but right now I am going through summer school in >college). > Also, as I have stressed on another list, writing code for embedded >devices such as Braille Sense carries different requirements. One needs to >be careful about memory usage, processor architecture and so forth. Just >because we imagine things in our heads and pray that it will appear out of >nowhere does not mean that it will happen soon - one needs to plan, compose, >debug, recompile and release the software (if stable enough) numerous times >before a suggestion or feature request will work properly. > Also, it seems that the manual is wrong about type of USB port. Braille >Sense does NOT have USB OTG (On-the-go) technology at all. All it has are >one USB host and one USB client, that's all. If it had OTG port, >theoretically Braille Sense can work with two USB client devices at once - >one on BS's own uSB host port, another one on the USB client port with a >dedicated adapter. > As to what USB OTG standard is, I'll compose the article in question when >there is enough demand. For those who have seen me on other lists, you would >know what OTG is and my article style. > Cheers, > Joseph P.S. Alex, do you agree with me on this one?
