Speaking from my own experience, I have had no problems with my bt. I understand that the bt is hw's primary machine, but I find it disheartening and completely unacceptable that they would offer such low quality for the qt models. It is not only Sabahatin's unfortunate experience, but how long has hw known about the problems that make the qt completely useless as a braille display (at least with iOS)? For Sabahatin, I recommend that you just keep using your iPhone. I used my iPod and a keyboard on a trip of several days back in June and was surprisingly happy with it. I just converted a few bookshare books to the iBooks format, loaded them on there, and was all set. You may also want to look into a braille display for the iPhone, like the $1,000 Braille Pen (12 cells). I am not sure if you can use a keyboard and display at the same time, since you prefer qwerty to braille. Do you know about the aiphone and viphone lists?
On 8/9/11, Kelby Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: > Just a question. Have you found the BT similarly unusable? > Because I got one last month and have been quite enjoying it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[email protected] > To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected] > Date sent: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:39:10 +0300 > Subject: [Braillenote] I Give Up. > > After a long period of non-use, the Apex QT 32 finally gets some > use. So I plug it in, reset after a flat battery, charge up as > usual, and prep it for a long trip I know I'll need it for. > > And then what happens? Of course, when I switch it on on the > bus, I find the QT keyboard part non-functional, making it > necessary for me to try all the resets, finishing with a full > erase. The Apex is taken out of its case and rubbed down and all > the buttons pushed in case there's anything stuck, but alas! The > QT is now completely unusable, lacking as it does the arrow keys, > escape, everything on the top row except equals and the left read > key. > > At this point I'm about ready to declare the Apex QT a failure. > I'll be doing the exchange as soon as I get back. This message > is brought to you courtesy of my bluetooth keyboard and iPhone. > A surprisingly functional combination, too! Meanwhile, my advice > to potential Apex QT users and buyers: hold off until HumanWare > pull their fingers out. This product is not ready for sale. > > Cheers, > Sabahattin > > ___ > 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 > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap ___ 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
