The PAC Mate Omni supports PDF, Word 2007, Powerpoint 2007 and much more. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karyn Campbell Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 8:20 AM To: Braillenote Discussion List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Press Release: KeySoft 8.0
Richard, You are right that this is not student-friendly due to the lack of better support for complex Word documents. As I said in a previous post, people cannot continually ask for things to be sent as text files or in rich text format. They will be told to get a solution that better meets their needs and the BN is looking like it is not it. Thank you for the info on how other devices handle Word documents. Do any of the devices you mentioned, the voice sense, the Braille sense, the Braille Plus or the Ikon, handle Word 2007 documents? I would be interested in knowing the answer to that one. I too would have thought that an OS upgrade, as difficult as it might be, is long overdue. Again, we will be left behind if this is not the case. I also agree with those who say that the fix for Bookshare should have been released as a patch. As I have said, HW had some good publicity with the release of the DBC but have followed this up with a collossal failure on the Bookshare issue and, I would add, more which includes lack of Word support and support for HTML E-mail, both of which users have been asking for for years. I am growing tired of hearing that the Word issue is a Microsoft issue. We have been told this for so many years that I begin to wonder where the truth lies on that one. Barbara, did you get an answer yet regarding your question about the DBC and Keysoft 8.0 due to the Bookshare issue? I hope you get an answer and that other DBC users get an answer on that one as well. Karyn Campbell, Illinois USA, [email protected] VN QT M Power user running KS 7.5 B 28. Check out my Blog at packerbrat.livejournal.com Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.19/1859 - Release Date: 12/20/2008 2:34 PM ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
