Hi there,
According to my tests, Apex does not leave a space between words
and parenthesis. Also, using both letter sign and without, the
one of the letter sign was translated as "ness," whereas the one
without was translated corrctly. For instance, the phrase "the
computer(s)", when translated as text reads fine; however, when a
letter sign is inserted, the "ness" value is added.
Also, according to my tests, there's no way of choosing to
display the letter sign or not (well, braille is displayed
according to how you typed it). However, invoking speech
synthesizer (Eloquence and KeyNote Gold), it reads the passage
fine (the word without the letter sign is read fine).
As for slash character, I personally tend to put in dots 4-5-6,
3-4 and clarity. When it is translated, the normal slash
appears. Also, you don't need dot 4 before the slash (I think it
was UEB). Yes, KeySoft does support UEB - the default viewing
language would still be USA even if you've changed to UEB and
performed either of: Clear Settings Reset, ROM Clean Reset, and
erasing and formatting Flash Disk (I've discovered it thanks to a
BrailleNote List member who shall remain nameless).
As for CF cards, I personally agree that it is somewhat of a bad
idea to remove it at first; however, with potentials of USB and
support for SDHC and external CF card reader... well, I'll leave
it up to people to decide.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Joseph
----- Original Message -----
From: "Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc."
<[email protected]
To: <[email protected]
Date sent: Sat, 8 May 2010 19:39:26 -0600
Subject: Re: [GWN] Suggestion for a future release
Hi Joseph:
Thanks a trillion for the comparisons. To be sure I understand
the last
part of your message pertaining to the Apex, permit me to tell a
little
story, <smile>!
I have an older BrailleNote running Keysoft 5.1 Build 22, and an
MPower that
I can't use because it was DOA when it got to me; I had bought it
from a
seller on one of the buy and sell blindness-related mailing
lists.
Anyway, back to my ancient Keysoft 5.1. Using this BrailleNote I
can write
words like: piece(s), buy(s), look(s)--you get the idea! On
this
BrailleNote, no spaces are inserted between the last character
and the one
appearing in parentheses. In fact, the words appear the way I
have them
written.
Now back to the Apex--if I understand your take on my note to the
list, does
the Apex leave a space between the last character and a character
appearing
in parentheses? Example: look (dots 5-6s). Also, does the Apex
insert a
dot 4 and dots 3-4 to represent the slash character? Is there a
way I can
tell the Apex that I DO NOT wish to have Braille apearing on my
notetaker
screen in this way?
Sorry I don't have the Apex to try things out. I could not come
up with the
$2,399 or so needed to upgrade this dead MPower to the Apex.
Moreover, I am
disappointed that Humanware did away with the Compactflash Card.
I hope my long-winded explanation does make some modicum of
sense. Thanks
for your help!
Sincerely,
Olusegun
Denver, Colorado
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