Hi, is an operating system upgrade included? Or, are we still stuck with windows CE 4.2? Just wondering. On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:36:32 -0800, Maurice Sloane wrote:
>Unveiling KeySoft 8.0 > > > >Longueuil, January 29, 2009 - HumanWare is pleased to announce KeySoft version >8.0, the latest upgrade to the KeySoft software suite. Version 8.0 will be >available for mPower and PK platforms in March. KeySoft 8.0 requires one count >of a Software Maintenance Agreement (SMA). > > > > >What's new in KeySoft 8.0? > > > > >Experience new ways to communicate in real time and enrich your book reading >experience with this new KeySoft version. Are you interested in learning more >about GPS navigation? You now have the opportunity to try for a period of 90 >days the acclaimed Sendero GPS. Version 8.0 is packed with a wide range of >features to enhance the way you work and learn. > > > > >1.1 KeyChat > > >Communicate in real time with colleagues, friends and family using state of >the >art instant messaging (IM) services. Designed using the newest open instant >messaging standards, KeyChat can communicate through Google Talk, iChat and >other chatting services. Google Talk is an innovative and free IM service. It >offers an efficient, clutter-free, and easy way to chat. Google Talk smoothly >integrates with the popular Gmail system, allowing you to chat in real time >with your email contacts as well. Read and write messages in your preferred >grade of Braille, manage conversations and follow chat history with familiar >KeySoft commands. Receive an Audio or Braille notice when a message arrives. >Add new friends or select from your KeyList contacts, or simply go online and >enjoy! > > > > >1.2 Reading Audible.com books > > >KeySoft 8.0 will support Audible.com books. Audible.com offers a wide audio >book collection for general and specialized audiences, including the latest >best sellers. Teachers and parents can also join their new Audible Kids >service >to access fun and educational content for school age kids or get tips and >ideas >on how to help children get the most out of their listening experience. Fully >integrated into KeyBook, you can listen to Audible books and customize various >settings such as narration speed and audio tone. Set bookmarks, create text >notes, and jump to any place in the book. To obtain Audible books, you will >need to become a member of the Audible service and use the Audible manager to >authorize your BrailleNote to play the protected Audible books. HumanWare >customers can enjoy the complete Audible collection for a free 14 day period > > > > >1.3 Direct access to the new Bookshare site > > >The existing support for unpacking electronic books from Bookshare.org is >enhanced to include the new .zip or bks2 formats adopted by Bookshare. KeySoft >provides everything necessary to wirelessly access the Bookshare.org web site, >download the text, Braille or DAISY electronic book and unpack and read the >book, without having to use a PC. > > > > >1.4 Support for NIMAS books > > >KeySoft will now play NIMAS books. NIMAS books are text files with a structure >that is similar to that of DAISY books. KeyBook's rich navigation used with >DAISY files is also available for NIMAS files. NIMAS books are instantly >translated into your preferred Braille grade. Choose to read in Braille or let >Eloquence speech read to you. Move through DAISY elements or use the familiar >KeySoft sentence and paragraph navigation commands. NIMAS (National >Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard) is the format for educational >textbooks in the United States. NIMAS guides the production and electronic >distribution of digital versions of textbooks and other instructional >materials >so they can be more easily converted into accessible formats. For more >information, please visit: http://nimas.cast.org/ <http://nimas.cast.org/> . > > > > >1.5 Get a taste of GPS > > >KeySoft version 8.0 represents a great opportunity to get familiar with GPS. >It >includes the latest version of Sendero GPS and users can take advantage of a >90-day free trial period to browse their preferred map or navigate outdoors. >After this trial period, users can continue to enjoy their system at a >preferred price. Users are required to download the desired maps from the >Sendero site. For real time navigation, you will need a GPS receiver. > > > > >1.6 More printers available to students > > >Students and teachers can now select from a wide range of Hewlett Packard >printers. Most new models from the Deskjet, Officejet, Laser jet and >Photosmart >product lines are supported. Printers supported via the KeySoft generic >printing engine must have a USB port. This functionality is only available to >mPower users. > >The new printing engine can create images of documents in JPEG format. As JPEG >files are compatible formats, users can transfer documents to the PC or to >non-BrailleNote users without losing the rich formatting available in Keyword. > > > > >1.7 Eloquence speech is now supported in the PK > > >Use the highly responsive and accurate KeyNote Gold speech that has been one >of >KeySoft's strongest features or switch to the familiar Eloquence speech that >is >now widely available on access technology products. > > >1.8 French Version > > >KeySoft 8.0 will be released simultaneously in English and French. The same >functions are available on both versions. > > >Recent mPower & PK Purchases > > >Customers that have purchased a new mPower or PK units after January 1st 2009 >are eligible to receive a free KeySoft 8 upgrade. > > >Compatibility > > >KeySoft 8.0 is not supported by the Classic models of the BrailleNote and >VoiceNote. As previously stated, KeySoft 7.5 was the last release for these >Classic devices. > > >Contact > > >Please contact your regional HumanWare office in the USA, Canada, the UK, New >Zealand and Australia for regional pricing and orders. > > > >USA: 1 800 722-3393 or 925 680-7100 > >UK/Europe: +44 1933 415 800 > >Canada: 1 888 723-7273 or +1 450 463 1717 > >Australia/Asia: +61 2 9686 2600 > >New Zealand: +64 3 384 4555 > > > > > >Posted by: > > > >Maurice Sloane > >HumanWare NZ > >___ >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
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