Hi, I use the recorder for meetings. One I have to take minutes
so I have the recording to back me up incase I can't make sense
of some of the notes I have taken or if I missed something. The
other is where I am chair so I sometimes miss things that have
been said because I am discussing an upcoming issue with my
deputy or secretary so I have the recording to go back to later
and make sure I understand all the issues that were discussed.
So it is not just students that need the recorder it is adults as
well.
The one thing I have noticed though is if you type or read the
braille display on the MPower while recording you get allot of
noise from the machine and it is hard to hear the people. I fixed
this by always using an external mic when recording important
items.
I haven't used the PK much for recording but this is mainly
because when I am at these meetings I need the bigger display and
I type quicker on the computer style keyboard I have on my
MPower.
From Shaz.
BN QT MPower and PK user.
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From: "Alana Jovanovski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "'Joseph Lee'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"'Braillenote
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Date sent: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:03:36 +1000
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] My thoughts on recent threads
Yeah, I like th recorder too. I think it is a very important
tool in high
school. I sometimes find it quicker than trying to take notes,
especially
when a lot of students are reading summaries of their work to the
class.
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Subject: [Braillenote] My thoughts on recent threads
Hi folks,
Well, as a college student who is busy with his studies, I had no
time
reading all these recent posts in detail. But I have my own
thoughts
regarding recent posts:
* This is the time of year when new feature sets for the next
version of
KeySoft is actually released (well, the actual release, really).
I saw some
posts about lack of communication from HumanWare, particularly
about feature
sets. I also read many comments about the next version of KeySoft
and
suggestions, as well as a message (and the site as well) about a
supposed
new hardware revision that has been announced to be released next
year. As
to what will be included, I don't know myself, but my guess is
that it will
be a new OS, an upgraded motherboard, etc. Perhaps it will have
WiFi chip, a
new Bluetooth stack, but I don't know. My point is this: don't
lose hope.
Maybe HumanWare is planning something big (just like KS6.1).
Remember what
happened with KeySoft 6.1: HW announced on late June and it was
not
available until late January of 2005. I'm sure it will be like
that, but
given the lack of communications about KeySoft version since May
of this
year, I'm thinking that it will be announced soon (I hope it
would be next
week or early October). As to hardware release, since ther is
generally four
to five months between product releases, I think it will be
announced at
conventions around July of 2009 (that's only my prediction based
on
statistical figures; read the archives for this list and
BNAnnounce list;
you should recognize a pattern that the new KS announcements,
particularly
hardware were made around July).
* As to processing power, Alex is right. I agree with some people
here that,
despite the size, BrailleNote is really a PDA in terms of
software. This
means that there are hardware limitations and software issues
that must be
counted, such as low memory, processor, etc. My suggestion for
those who
want a PC-like features to investigate a subnotebook or a Ultra
Mobile PC
(UMPC). As to someone saying things about larger KeySoft System
Disk, I
don't think so - when the BN is upgraded to at least CE 5.0,
Flash Disk
BECOMES KeySoft System Disk, since all OS data will be stored
there instead
of partitioning portion of RAM (right now, KS disk is using a
portion of
RAM.
* I don't know what's the logic behind it, but I personally don't
think that
recorder should be eliminated. As I've outlined several weeks
ago, we have
many people here - old folks, young students like myself, those
who are good
at computers, those who doesn't know what a computer is, and so
forth. In my
opinion, if there is something that you would like to use, then
use it; if
not, don't use it (sorry for harsh language here). For students
like myself,
having a recorder means that we can record lectures and
discussions when we
have no time for notetaking (when the instructor gives me
permission),
record some useful notes, etc. As to FM Radio, since it was a
built-in
hardware chip when the mPower was first released (back in 2005)
but was not
active until sometime later, it is something that we have to live
with
(again, if you don't want to use the radio, that's fine).
So here are my points for the day: recognize limitations: what
the
BrailleNote can do, and what it cannot do. Surely, BrailleNote
can be a tool
for teaching braille via games (for some folks), notetaking, etc.
Also,
BrailleNote can be used in many ways, such as listening to music
or voice
notes, using USB flash drives to read books, etc. But there are
things which
the BN cannot do, such as running a software that's designed for
a PC and
other things. Also, note that if a hardware item was "in there"
when the
product was released but not active at that time, we cannot do
anything
about it (a good example would be the recorder on the PK). So,
please
recognize the limits of this device, just like we recognize
limits about
ourselves - for me, I don't know much about software development,
and even
though I can explain many things about BrailleNote, I cannot say
that I'm
from HumanWare because I'm not an employee - I'm just a freshman
student at
University of California, Riverside studying computer science
(Alex, can you
help me with some C++ code later?). That's all.
Sorry if my poxt was somewhat offensive. Hope you understood my
point here.
Cheers,
Joseph
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