Well I stand by what I said for now At any rate!
However I will hold judgement!
("So faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these
is love.")
I Hope To Hear From You Again Very Soon!
May GOD BLESS You And Give You HIS PEACE!
From Your Friend, In OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST And OUR BLESSED
VIRGIN MOTHER Mary, Kristen
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From: Alex Parks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Kristen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],
[email protected]
Date sent: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:29:54 -0400
Subject: re: [Braillenote] my wish list
I would have agreed a few years ago that a PDA cannot do all a
computer can, but with technology so small and powerful I am not
so sure anymore. The way I see it, if it can be done in a
cost-effective manner and will benefit the user, go for it. Who
would have ever imagined a cell phone the size of the new IPhones
(a bit thicker than a credit card) with 8gb of storage? I could
go on and on about new technology, but I do not think it will be
long until a high-end PDA can match a low-end PC. Just my
thought.
Have a great day,
Alex
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From: Kristen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Joseph Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED],[email protected]
Date sent: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:41:43 -0400
Subject: re: [Braillenote] my wish list
Hello Everyone,
Ok, List members' And staff at human ware,
I do not think I understood much about why They want these
things.
However, Just off hand I think that PDF support would be hard if
not
impossible to do.
People who use computers' who are blind or visually impaired even
have
a hard time using that type of file format!
Why would we be able too use it on the BRAILLENOTE / VOICENOTE!
Second: I hope very much that instant messaging is in the near
future!
I am willing to wait some for it because I want it to work
Fantastically!
However, I can not wait to be able to do it on my voiceNote!
Third: Please slow down, calm down this is not a computer it's a
P-D-A
so it more then likely will never I repeat and stress (NEVER) be
able
to do a lot of things that a computer can do!
That's all I can think Of for now!
"I Am The Resurrection And The Life!"
"Yo Soy La Resurrección E La Vida!"
"GOD Give Me The Strength To Accept The Things I Can Not Change,
Courage To Change The Things I Can,
And The Wisdom To Know The Difference!"
I hope to hear from you again very soon!
May GOD BLESS You And Give You HIS PEACE!
Sincerely, In Our LORD And SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, And Our BLESSED
Virgin
MOTHER Mary, Kristen
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From: Joseph Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Bob Cavanaugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
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Date sent: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:50:41 -0700
Subject: re: [Braillenote] my wish list
Hi Bob and list,
Well, these are good suggestions (in my opinion). However, I'll
explain this first because we can go further:
There are things that BrailleNote cannot do while a PC can. The
reason: This is due to the design of the BrailleNote. Windows CE
devices are meant to be PC companion, not PC replacements. Also,
hardware limitations must be put into consideration, as there are
features that, if they are added, could destroy current hardware.
In order for some of Bob's suggestions to come alive, a major
fundamental hardware change is needed.
Here are my comments and opinions regarding Bob's suggestions:
1. Amplitude Modulation (AM) support: this requires fundamental
changes to the hardware. Also please note that AM uses more
hardware resources than FM does. But I view that it can be
useful.
2. Auto advance of braille display: I believe that it can be
implemented, however, there should be a universal setting to
determine this.
3. Keybase: It is actually implemented. (I'll definitely
mention this in my BrailleNote podcast. The first letter
navigation to choose field type can be useful, though.
4. Email: You'll actually need to create this particular folder
in order to do it. The User Guide only tells you examples of
folders that you can create. Also, My Email is not one of seven
default items (this is why it is not mentioned).
5. Voice memos: This isn't possible, as hardware only supports
recording in mono. Also, if this is implemented, be aware that
it will use tons of hardware and software resources. Although
the CPU on the mPower supports encoding and decoding media files,
it does not, however have capabilities to convert from mono to
stereo (you'll need a special codec designed for it).
6. Voice memos: Yet another hardware change should be made in
order for the microphone to take advantage of this. This
particular feature cannot be implemented because it is a hardware
thing, not a software thing. Although Noise Reduction can be
used, it will eat a lot of resources.
7. Hiding some prompts in Options Menu: The prompts "Spell" and
"Repeat with punctuation" are there as a help device. It is
especially useful for VoiceNote products. These two commands
supplements Repeat command (SPACE with r/REPEAT key).
8. Internet options menu at the Address prompt: An excellent
suggestion. Can be beneficial.
9. Web browser (progress tones): Actually, it is already there.
10. File manager (moving folders): An excellent suggestion.
11. File manager (percentage indicator when copying folders): In
my opinion, it should be implemented on files as well as folders.
12. Keyplus (converting decimals to fraction): That is an
excellent suggestion.
13. File Manager (elimination of folder name file): Actually,
you cannot remove these files, as file systems need it in order
to track folders.
14. Options menu (appearance of Spell option in Media Player):
This option is useless as media files are not text and are
treated differently.
15. Database in keylist or keybase: COULDB files are system
(Pocket Access files); because system needs it, it must be
protected from accidental editing.
16. General (elimination of stutter when inserting network
cards): This is because of the sound driver's interference with
network card drivers. This requires an update to the sound card
driver.
17. Keybase: This is rather a system algorithm to keep files and
folders intact. This thing happens with not just KeyBase files,
but with all applications. To eliminate this, an upgrade to
Windows CE is needed.
18. Voice memos: What if someone needs to hear the memo again?
But I think this can be implemented, as this is critical when
copying large notes.
19. General (pronunciation): There is a workaround, and it is
to use Pronunciation Dictionary. In order to do this, the
pronunciation table must be updated.
20. Wordprocessor (computer braille in file names under BRF and
KeySoft 2.0 files): These are computer files that are designed to
work with computer programs (especially BRF files) such as
Duxbury. Another reason: usually extensions are in computer
braille, so in order to keep the file title intact, computer
braille is used on the file name as well.
21. Database in Keylist or Keybase: Can you describe further
about this?
22. Wordprocessor: This is not supported in Windows CE 4.2 (it
requires at least Windows CE 6.0).
23. General (inclusion of CSV file creation and recording FM
Radio in User Guide): Why not. But please remember that a CSV
(Comma Separated Values) file is actually an Excel file, and the
quality of FM Radio recording depends on reception. I'd think
that it is useful.
24. Keybase: These are needed especially by database engines for
reference purposes.
25. General: Good suggestion for HW staff.
26. General: Actually, it is already present in General folder.
This is because Xbase technology uses General Public License.
27. General (inclusion of Character Count in Information Menu):
That could be useful.
28. Notification: These are actually system notifications and
there are no way to stop it. Although a workaround can be
developed by HW.
29. Spell Checker: Cool. I think it can be simple as not
counting caps as part of a word.
30. General (disappearance of GPS item in Task Menu for QT when
GPS is not installed): That can be a life saver.
31. General (inclusion of FM Radio in Task Menu on QT): I've
tested this and it should be implemented.
32. General (PDF translation): PDF support is not even included
yet. In order to do this, PDF support must be included.
33. Inclusion of PDF support: HumanWare is still trying to do
this.
34. File Manager (mark): This is useful to check file contents
before deleting the file itself.
35. User Guide update: You'll need to contact Kate Dasler at
HumanWare (or whoever the Technical Author is) to discuss about
User Guide changes in detail.
36. (Notification: This requires changes in notification
algorithms. Messages like "Connected" is a system prompt
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