i see. now if only the braille/voice sense had one. On Nov 13, 2009, at 4:07 PM, Terri Pannett wrote:
> The BrailleNote can convert decimals to fractions and vice versa. You can > also add, subtract, multiply and divide with fractions. > > There is supposed to be a mathematical way to convert a decimal to a fraction > without using a calculator but I've forgotten how. Math wasn't my best > subject in school, (grin). > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandon Misch" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 9:18 PM > Subject: Re: [GWN] Some thoughts! > > > i see. thought that every calculator did that. guess i am just used to old fs > notetakers since the pm has that. would be a nice feature to have. plus, > regardless of precision, the fraction would be close to what it would be if > it was set to 2 places after the decimal point or 3. > > On Nov 13, 2009, at 12:01 AM, Mike Freeman wrote: > >> Most note-takers or calculators won't give that to you because they have no >> way of knowing the precision you desire. >> >> Mike >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Brandon Misch <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Date: Thursday, Nov 12, 2009 5:37:57 >> Subject: Re: [GWN] Some thoughts! >> >>> >>> >>> one thing i would like to see in the calculator is a fraction mode. that >>> way, when you're addiding subtractiting or deviding a number with a >>> remainder in it instead of getting 1.45 you can get the eqivalent answer >>> but in a fraction instead of a dicimal point. >>> >>> On Nov 11, 2009, at 10:32 PM, Terri Pannett wrote: >>> >>>> The word processor needs to be expanded so people can write documents with >>>> tabs in them. Also, I'd like to see foreign language and unicode >>>> character support. More important still, I'd like to be able to tell the >>>> BSP what paragraph boundaries I want to use for my documents. It's >>>> annoying to be unable to scroll a .brf document paragraph by paragraph >>>> because each hard return is considered to be the end of a paragraph. >>>> >>>> Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Leake" <[email protected]> >>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 3:00 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [GWN] Some thoughts! >>>> >>>> >>>> ar let's have access to .docxfiles, excel and powerpoint plus a programme >>>> for reading pdf documents. that really would keep up with the competition. >>>> ar >>>> ar Cheers >>>> ar >>>> ar Paul >>>> ar >>>> ar [email protected] >>>> ar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colleen Roth" <[email protected]> >>>> ar To: <[email protected]> >>>> ar Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 10:41 PM >>>> ar Subject: Re: [GWN] Some thoughts! >>>> ar >>>> ar >>>>>> I do think that the Braille Note has some things it was lacking before. >>>>>> I just got a Braille Sense Plus. >>>>>> I have a Braille Sense Classic and I find it easier and nker than the >>>>>> Braille Note to use. The editing features and ease of writing in braille >>>>>> and then looking at a document in ascii is wonderful. >>>>>> Colleen >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: "James Aldrich" <[email protected]> >>>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>>> Date: 2009/11/11 22:02:14 >>>>>> Subject: [GWN] Some thoughts! >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello all! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I see that the competition finally came up to the real world with the >>>>>>> announcement of their new notetaker the Apex! Based on what I have >>>>>>> seen, >>>>>>> I'm still loyal to GW Micro. I think the Braille Sense Plus and Voice >>>>>>> Sense >>>>>>> have better support and one can't beat the streaming audio available to >>>>>>> them. I think one can turn it on and write something down more quickly >>>>>>> as >>>>>>> well! The Keysoft is still being used in the competition product! If >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> Braille Sense Plus can be kept slightly under $6,000, I think GW Micro >>>>>>> has >>>>>>> the market! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks to Don Bishop, he gave me a site to listen to XM Radio on my VS. >>>>>>> It >>>>>>> works great! One must have an online account with XM RADIO. If you >>>>>>> have >>>>>>> that, go to: >>>>>>> http://mobile.musicdock.com >>>>>>> Simply log in with your XM INFO AND YOU ARE GOOD TO GO. Look for link >>>>>>> you >>>>>>> wish to listen to, press enter and you will hear your content! 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