Catherine,
To obtain memory information on the PK:
1. From the Main Menu
2. SPACE with O for KeySoft Options
3. SPACE with I for Support Information mode
4. SPACE with I for Memory Information
Kevinz
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To: Carol Pearson
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Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Is this normal?
Hi all,
I'm sorry if any of you get this message more than once, and I would have
changed the subject line but I have to use gmail on the web at the moment
and can't alter the subject line or do a reply other than what gmail calls
a
"quick reply" without getting exception errors.
I wanted to say thanks for the info/suggestions re my below problems, and
also to ask - how do I check the memory status on the PK? From Joseph's
instructions I thought I should go into the options menu but I don't see
anything about memory/support information mode in there.
Thanks,
Catherine
On 1/25/08, Carol Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Just to add to this thread, Catherine, it's agreed generally that the
notetakers these days just don't seem to be able to manage the speed
some of us oldie Braillists can write at. Some of us suspect one of
the problems is the timing of the spacebar and perhaps that it gets
stuck on occasions. I don't usually encounter your problem as most of
the time I work using Braille only, just thinking that this is
probably marginally faster and also may mean less drain on the
battery. In addition, I often write in public so want to be totally
confident about writing in Braille only.
You mentioned something about one-handed, and this certainly may add
to the problems you're seeing.
In addition to the possiblity of low memory, you may find you have
almost filled your Flash disk. It's surprising how quickly it can
fill, especially if you inadvertently record a file, which then
resides in your My Memos folder and you don't notice ... Take a look
there.
Oh, there's something else I notice too and that is that speed writing
is not accomplished so well if you're actually holding the BN, or have
it resting on your knees but not very flat. Sometimes when I'm caught
out and the spacebar appears to be lagging behind, I realise I'm not
sitting in a very good position.
I do hope these pointers go some way to sorting your problems. All I
can say is that you're not alone. Anyway, it seems as though you're
taking the time to learn things and make the best out of your PK, and
that's really good.
Come back if your questions aren't fully covered with your various
responses, or if you need to ask further questions.
Cheers now.
--
Carol
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From: "Kevin Chao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Joseph Lee'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Catherine Turner'"
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Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 6:58 PM
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Is this normal?
> Catherine and Joseph,
>
> Well, Joseph already answered the first and third question rather
> well I thought. As for the issue of the PK's speech stopping in the
> middle of no where. I thought myself that this was an issue of
> memory being low, but I hav seen the memory drop even lower then
> the reported values when speech stopped. I think there is just some
> issue between HumanWare and Baum working out a few kinks in the PK.
> The PK's speech stopping is just one example, another would be at
> the moment the C2 does nothing. This is because Baum isn't giving
> HumanWare the code to access the C2 key.
>
> Well, I don't want to give away too much behind the scenes and will
> end it here.
>
> Kevin
>
>
>
>
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> Lee
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 5:40 AM
> To: Catherine Turner; [email protected]
> Subject: re: [Braillenote] Is this normal?
>
> Hi Catherine,
> 1. The browser: this can be numerous factors, including low memory,
> too many Temp files and so on. I personally recommend that you
> check memohy status frequently (Go to Options/Support Information
> Mode (SPACE with I from Optionsgg/Memory Info (SPACE with I again));
> you'll notice that under KeyWeb, the memohy gets so low (especially
> virtual memory).
> 2. Speech lockup: I have no idea at all. My hypothesis would be
> that it might be due to low memory.
> 3. Faster command execution: I've noticed, on my mPower, that when
> I type fast, speech tends to speed up quite rapidly. Have you tried
> typing without speech - that is, with speech set to off?
> The best "expert" would be Kevin Chao.
> Cheers,
> Joseph
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Catherine Turner"
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>>To: BrailleNote
> <[email protected]
>>Date sent: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:08:24 +0000
>>Subject: [Braillenote] Is this normal?
>
>>Hi,
>
>>I've had my PK for a couple of months ane,
> while it's crashed
>>sometimes in the past it's doing it mor now,
> though that might be me
>>noticing it more because I'm using it more.
>
>>There are three things which happen fairly
> regularly.
>
>>1. One specific thing which seems guaranteed
> to stop it responding at
>>all until I reset is switching from the
> browser to the bookreader. I
>>don't know if this would happen with other
> books but every time I've
>>switched from reading my e-mail in the
> browser to bookreader and tried
>>to open the manual chapter for the browser,
> it either crashes when I
>>press for the Keysoft System Disk or whan I
> press enter for the manual
>>folder. So I have to reset, and can't switch
> between reading about
>>the browser and using it.
>
>>2. Quite often speech stops without me (to
> my knowledge) switching it
>>off. Sounds don't work either. Is there a
> keystroke for muting
>>sound? Maybe I'm pressing it by accident.
> So far from what I've
>>learned I thought the way to switch speech
> off was with space and n3.
>>But I'm not pressing that when this happens
> and when I cycle it round
>>to speech on again I still don't get any
> sound. The last time I reset
>>after this the speech was slower than usual,
> it said something about
>>cannot find string and wouldn't go into the
> main menu as usual and I
>>had to reset again. I'm getting worried.
> Should I be?
>
>>3. Sometimes when I'm typing, speech stops
> and nothing happens when I
>>type; I press backspace/advance/back and get
> the error beep. Then if
>>I wait a few seconds I can carry on typing.
> Since I'm using it with
>>one hand but not in one handed mode (so some
> of my keystrokes may be
>>unclear/slippery plus I still type quite
> fast) maybe the PK can't cope
>>with that/doesn't like it? This doesn't
> worry me as much as the
>>speech stopping/resetting/cannot find string
> thing.
>
>>If anyone has any comments and/or can tell me
> a keystroke for muting
>>sound I might be accidentally pressing I'd be
> interested to hear.
>
>>Thanks,
>>Catherine
>
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