Hi,
Does this upgrade apply to the braille sense classic? I don't see it in
the list.
Thanks!
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*From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
*Sent:* Thursday, July 01, 2010 5:30 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* [GWN] New Firmware for Sense Notetakers
Version 5.5 has been officially released for the Sense notetakers,
including the Braille Sense Plus, Braille Sense Plus QWERTY, and Voice
Sense. This FREE upgrade boasts a variety of new features and software
enhancements including support for Word 2007 documents (.docx format),
and the capability to sync with Outlook 2007. Customers will also find
the new ability to easily import and export contacts from the Address
Manager to other applications using the standard csv format, making the
Sense notetakers compatible with almost any contact management software.
Printing
Printing support has been greatly enhanced. The Braille Sense
notetakers now support printers compatible with PCL 3 and PCL 5. What
does this mean to you? It means the Sense notetakers can now print to a
larger number of printers. If you are a Voice Sense customer, you will
also be happy as the ability to print via Bluetooth has been added for
all Sense notetakers. If you are working from your favorite comfortable
chair, you can now print wirelessly with this new Bluetooth printing
ability.
Email
Other software enhancements include better email support through the
implementation of TLS. Some Internet service providers (ISPs) require
certain types of authentication in order to send email. The new TLS
implementation will greatly enhance your email experience by ensuring
you will be able to send email through more ISPs than before. A Sent
box and Outbox have also been added to help standardize the interface
with other mobile devices.
Media Player
Do you want better control of the way your Sense notetaker sounds? You
now have it with an overhaul of the Media Player's options. You can now
adjust the treble, midrange, and bass of whatever audio files you are
playing. Configure each setting to meet your listening preference, sit
back, and enjoy the high-quality sound you get from a Sense notetaker.
Web Browser
If you visit a lot of websites that require you to login, you will enjoy
the new feature of the Web Browser allowing support for cookies. For
example, if you are a Bookshare user, and you want your Sense notetaker
to remember your username and password, it can now easily be done. And,
speaking of Bookshare, another software enhancement of the firmware is
that the unzip tool can now unzip Bookshare books.
If you find yourself in a hotel, and you try to connect to a Wi-Fi
network, you are typically taken to a login page. Don't be stuck this
July at your favorite summer show without version 5.5, as it now allows
better handling of these dynamic refreshes, providing you with a better
web experience. Enjoy the new list of favorites that has been added to
the Web Browser, including skweezer.com, a website making it easier for
mobile devices to access the web. Note that you will need to rename your
current Favorites folder to take advantage of the new list of favorites.
The DAISY Player
If you are a teacher or student, you can now enjoy more textbooks on the
Sense notetakers with the implementation of NIMAS and NISO in the DAISY
Player. This widely-used standard will provide you with hours of
learning by listening to all of your textbooks on your favorite Sense
notetaker.
Do you want to read your DAISY book in just Braille? Simply turn off
the speech, and start reading at your own pace. And, whether you are
reading in just Braille or with speech, easily move between phrases,
sentences, and words with the new enhanced navigation features. Using a
book that you need to search? You can now search for any phrase,
allowing even faster navigation.
Many DAISY books are recorded with speech, but perhaps you don't want to
hear the speech that was recorded. You now have the ability to toggle
back and forth between the recorded speech of the DAISY book and text
only. So, you have the option to either listen to the recorded speech
or synthesized speech from your Sense notetaker.
MSN Messenger
With the addition of Windows Live Messenger, Microsoft has dropped
support for the older protocols used by MSN Messenger. This means that
older versions of Messenger no longer work. With the new firmware, the
new protocols for Windows Live Messenger are now supported by the Sense
notetakers, allowing you to quickly and easily chat with all of your
favorite Messenger contacts.
Utilities
The calculator has been updated so that the display is not read every
time you type in a number. For example, if you typed in 1 and then 2,
you would have heard twelve. If you typed in 3, then you would have
immediately heard one hundred twenty-three. This was confusing to some
customers, so now if you type in 1, 2, 3; you will only hear 1, 2, 3.
You can now synchronize your time when connected to the Internet to make
it easier to set your clock. Note that you must set your time zone and
Daylight Saving Time options before you synchronize your time.
Format your flashdisk, SD card, or any other type of memory with the
built-in format tool.
Two brand new utilities have been added. The new sleep timer allows you
to put your Sense notetaker to sleep whenever you need it, and you can
now choose to show your passwords when you are typing them in. If you
prefer to have your passwords hidden, then you will hear "star" as you
type in your password. Or, if you unhide your passwords, then you will
hear everything you type in to a password field.
SenseNav 2010
A new version of SenseNav is now available with updated maps and packed
with new features too numerous to mention here. Information on the new
SenseNav will be announced separately.
Discover these exciting new features and software enhancements by
upgrading your Sense notetaker today. For instructions on how to
upgrade your Sense notetaker, go to www.gwmicro.com/kb1028 to learn how
to upgrade your unit if it is connected to the Internet. Or, check out
www.gwmicro.com/kb1091 to learn how to upgrade your unit if it is not
connected to the Internet. For a complete list of new features and
enhancements, go to
