[Audyssey] the keeper of the keys - Re: What has happened to Liam?
I taught myself to use one, and they are far more useful to a blind person than having someone else write and read info back to you. The method is very slow, but you can use it without sighted assistance, which means independence. Brailling product keys onto Dymo tape, which will not wear out very easily, can be done with a slate and stylus, a brailler, or a machine made specifically for embossing onto Dymo tape. Lastly, I wonder how many people caught the reference in the subject line. (grin) --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original Message - From: Bryan Peterson bpeterson2...@cableone.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam? Exactly. Not everyone can use a slate and stylus. I can't and I tried to learn for years, mostly at te insistance of Joke Rehab people. Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul. -Original Message- From: loriduncan Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 8:22 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam? I've never written like that before, only ever used brail, but if they were written down by a sighted person, at least there would still be a record of them, and I live with family too, so have someone to rread them out. Perhaps, Liam could come up with some form of account system to register his games, like Aprone has for Swamp. -Original Message- From: Charles Rivard Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 10:42 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam? If a sighted person were to write them down for you, could you read their writing? A better solution would be a slate and stylus and a piece of heavy paper. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original Message - From: loriduncan lori_dunca...@hotmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 3:02 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam? Hi Thomas, the old drive I had was actually similar to a phone or ipod in that it was a square device, but thinking about it now, it was more trouble than it was worth, it sat on a small base, like a docking station, and had 2 usb cables plugged into it, and the other ends went into my computer. What I'd really like, is one that's more like a tiny memory stick, where you just take the cap off the end and slide it in to a single usb port, but I don't know which make is the best, or where would have them in the uk. I struggle to trust sites like ebay and buying products which are used. I also have a really ancient perkins brailer, but the keys are jammed lol. The only other way I can think of to back up my keys, is to have a sighted person write them down for me. -Original Message- From: Thomas Ward Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 4:10 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam? Hi Lori, That's strange, but what I have learned the hard way is one should always make backups of their backups. Especially, if it is something very important. for example, here in the US a USB flash drive is under $20 in US dollars so is probably less in pounds. I have a couple of them I keep in my desk drawer just for extremely important information like product keys so even if my main backup system gets damaged in some way I have an alternative source to go get that data. Perhaps you can consider something similar in the future. I know this will sound extremely harsh, but in a lot of cases it isn't the responsibility of the company or individual who sells you a product to replace your product key if you lose it. Corporations like Microsoft charge big fees if you lose your product keys therefore it is in the end user's best interests to find a way to backup that information in multiple ways to avoid paying for new keys. If you don't safeguard that information then it will cost you money to get new keys. We are fortunate that most audio game developers aren't quite that strict about key replacement policies and perhaps that is why so many blind customers are extremely lax about their keys, and just assume if something happens they deserve a free key replacement even though in the real world that kind of service would be rare. On 8/30/14, loriduncan lori_dunca...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi, it is totally wrong. I got Super Egghunt Pluss for Christmas last year, and had all my keys saved to my portible hard drive as well as my c drive. The c drive got infected with a really bad virus, meaning I had to get it replaced, and when i inserted the back-up drive to put my keys back into the computer, I was told the drive was corrupted, so ended up losing everything anyway. What he
Re: [Audyssey] the keeper of the keys - Re: What has happened to Liam?
At least with a labeler it's not painfully slow. Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul. -Original Message- From: Charles Rivard Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 12:37 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] the keeper of the keys - Re: What has happened to Liam? I taught myself to use one, and they are far more useful to a blind person than having someone else write and read info back to you. The method is very slow, but you can use it without sighted assistance, which means independence. Brailling product keys onto Dymo tape, which will not wear out very easily, can be done with a slate and stylus, a brailler, or a machine made specifically for embossing onto Dymo tape. Lastly, I wonder how many people caught the reference in the subject line. (grin) --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original Message - From: Bryan Peterson bpeterson2...@cableone.net To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam? Exactly. Not everyone can use a slate and stylus. I can't and I tried to learn for years, mostly at te insistance of Joke Rehab people. Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul. -Original Message- From: loriduncan Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 8:22 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam? I've never written like that before, only ever used brail, but if they were written down by a sighted person, at least there would still be a record of them, and I live with family too, so have someone to rread them out. Perhaps, Liam could come up with some form of account system to register his games, like Aprone has for Swamp. -Original Message- From: Charles Rivard Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 10:42 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam? If a sighted person were to write them down for you, could you read their writing? A better solution would be a slate and stylus and a piece of heavy paper. --- Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, you! really! are! finished! - Original Message - From: loriduncan lori_dunca...@hotmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 3:02 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam? Hi Thomas, the old drive I had was actually similar to a phone or ipod in that it was a square device, but thinking about it now, it was more trouble than it was worth, it sat on a small base, like a docking station, and had 2 usb cables plugged into it, and the other ends went into my computer. What I'd really like, is one that's more like a tiny memory stick, where you just take the cap off the end and slide it in to a single usb port, but I don't know which make is the best, or where would have them in the uk. I struggle to trust sites like ebay and buying products which are used. I also have a really ancient perkins brailer, but the keys are jammed lol. The only other way I can think of to back up my keys, is to have a sighted person write them down for me. -Original Message- From: Thomas Ward Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 4:10 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] What has happened to Liam? Hi Lori, That's strange, but what I have learned the hard way is one should always make backups of their backups. Especially, if it is something very important. for example, here in the US a USB flash drive is under $20 in US dollars so is probably less in pounds. I have a couple of them I keep in my desk drawer just for extremely important information like product keys so even if my main backup system gets damaged in some way I have an alternative source to go get that data. Perhaps you can consider something similar in the future. I know this will sound extremely harsh, but in a lot of cases it isn't the responsibility of the company or individual who sells you a product to replace your product key if you lose it. Corporations like Microsoft charge big fees if you lose your product keys therefore it is in the end user's best interests to find a way to backup that information in multiple ways to avoid paying for new keys. If you don't safeguard that information then it will cost you money to get new keys. We are fortunate that most audio game developers aren't quite that strict about key replacement policies and perhaps that is why so many blind customers are extremely lax about their keys, and just assume if something happens they deserve a free key replacement even though in the real world that kind of service would be rare. On 8/30/14, loriduncan lori_dunca...@hotmail.com wrote: Hi, it is totally wrong. I got Super Egghunt Pluss for Christmas last year, and
