I should think such conversions would be rather iffy though I do remember the Blazie function. I never quite figured out how one could automagically translate, say, 0.14285714285712 into one seventh!
Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Brandon Misch <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Friday, Nov 13, 2009 13:16:32 Subject: Re: [GWN] Some thoughts! > > > 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: > > > >ar Most note-takers or calculators won't give that to you because they have > >no way of knowing the precision you desire. > >ar > >ar Mike > >ar > >ar ----- Original Message ----- > >ar From: Brandon Misch <[email protected]> > >ar To: [email protected] > >ar Date: Thursday, Nov 12, 2009 5:37:57 > >ar Subject: Re: [GWN] Some thoughts! > >ar > >>> > >>> > >>> 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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