Hi Brenda! I agree with you, but can I ask where you live? That is, do you live in the us? If you do, I think it's illegal for a company to deny you access, and I would be willing to bet you could sue and win. Anyway, I'm a little bit in the situation you're in, because when I try to active sync with our pc, something screws up and my wife can no longer connect her pda to the pc, that is, the pc just won't recognize it or will for a second and drop her pda. Not a good situation. I have always advocated that the bn do as much as it can independently, as I believe the time is coming when the line between pdas and pcs will become more and more blurred. Also, the bn is more portable and smaller than any laptop I have yet seen, and I've seen a few. Also, rather some like it or not, some blind people can't afford both a bn and a pc. This may not make some people happy to hear this, but not every blind person has the funding and that's all there is to it. Why won't the company let you use their pc by the way? There seems to be a wrong thing there. anyway, thanks for the suggestion and good luck!!!
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: Brenda Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 02:21:15 -0500 >Subject: [Braillenote] A suggestion: >Hi! >I guess it's time to put a suggestion on here. Yes, I know I'm a new user and >don't know all the ins-and-outs of the system, but there is one thing I do >know. Not everyone who buys this system has access to a PC. I'm not allowed >even to have this unit at work to load my files on that PC. Can you do some >thinking that's a bit different? I'd say I don't want any of that evil stuff >from that company I don't like, just the ability to convert it. I'd like to >have as many accessable webbsites as possible and the ability to translate >zips and html files within my unit here. >Now I have plenty of questions about printers and such, but they can wait >until another day. Thanks so much for all the people who have taken the time >to teach me today. You see, I'm a blind person who works as a Spanish >linguist. I come home tired and usually just check my emails. I hope someday >to be able to download magazines, newspapers, books, or whatever I want and >just relax and read. No, I don't necessarily want braille, since I don't have >the display. I used to be online with Braille and Speak, was a co-host on a >system, who had to monitor live chats and forum posts. Voice is the least >expensive thing. I think there are good people working for this company, who >probably listen a lot and think a bit, too. The fellow users are nice people >too. >It's just that I think you never thought of this as an independent all-purpose >unit. Anything is possible, isn't it? >So what's my sugesstion in a nutshell? What if Braillenote was all you had? >Consider as programmers, what would you put into it? >Brenda Mueller >P.S. I think they'll all be off on Saturday, but we can be nice and make >plenty of polite suggestions. Where are all those hundreds of people reading >here? >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
