With great respect, it seems to me that the underlying theme here is that several of you are trying to use the BS Plus -- essentialy a PDA -- as you would a full-bore PC. This is understandable given the cost of braille note-takers. But they generally truly do have only the power of a PDA. They have all the advantages and also the drawbacks of a PDA. They (the braille note-takers) are very good at what they do but they function best if the user is knowledgeable about their limitations.
Mike Freeman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tessa" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 2:21 PM Subject: Re: [GWN] question about email They accumulate, life happens. In thinking on the issue I think I'd create multiple small folders in the email program and have a day's worth of mail in each, doesn't help with the total mass but does make loading faster. Tessa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Roth" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 3:45 PM Subject: Re: [GWN] question about email Hi, I was just wondering why anyone would want that many emails in their in box. I try to delete those I do not need and save those I do to Flash Disk or better yet Cf Card. Colleen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 2009/11/03 19:30:07 Subject: Re: [GWN] QUESTION ABOUT EMAIL > > > The Braille Sense and Voice Sense in many ways are like PDAs for the > blind. On a PDA FOR SIGHTED PEOPLE, IT's probably not going to be used > for thousands of email messages. Since the Sense notetakers build an > index file when the inbox is loaded, the updating and building of this > index file would take longer when there are more messages. Personally > I > try to keep less than 1000 messages in the inbox since the email > program > doesn't have features such as automatic sorting of mail into other > folders. > > Many thanks. > > On 11/2/2009 7:57 AM, Tessa wrote: > > Just to comment on my experience with too much email. I understand > > that > > the > > program will use as much space as the bs+ has available, but so far > > here's > > my experience. > > First my flashdisk has about 5 to 6gb of freespace. > > I've been testing out the email limits by loading as much as I can > > into > > the > > program. > > At about 3,000 messages the bs+ starts acting up, or at least my > > particular > > unit does. The inbox is very slow to load, taking 5 to 10 seconds > > between > > percentages, so overall taking several minutes to load the entire > > inbox. > > At > > 4,000 messages I found it took about 4 to 5 minutes just to load the > > inbox, > > and when adding new mail after the mail had been downloaded it took > > what > > seemed a long time for the new mail to be intigrated with the > > current > > list. > > Large messages take a minute or two to open, I don't know if that's > > normal > > or if it's a result of too much mail. Large being 50k or so. > > I found that several messages when opened gave me the dull ding, but > > oddly > > enough the unit didn't freeze solid but would allow me to exit out > > of > > the > > message and go on to something else. Unfortunately it did freeze up > > while I > > was saving the inbox after deleting some 600 messages. > > So, with this particular machine it appears that 3000 messages is > > about > > the > > practical limit for the inbox. Not to mention that getting around > > amidst > > that many messages and finding anything is a challenge in itself. > > Tessa > > > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > > [email protected] and include leave gw-notetaker in the body of > > the > > message. > > > -- > Raul A. Gallegos > GW Micro Technical Support Team > Voice 260-489-3671, Fax 260-489-2608 > Web http://www.gwmicro.com > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > [email protected] and include leave gw-notetaker in the body of the > message. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-notetaker in the body of the message. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-notetaker in the body of the message. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-notetaker in the body of the message.
