Hi Paul, I don't have a PK. The point that I and others on this list have been making about the BN's functionality is that there is no spreadsheet capacity.
Regards Julie > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Paul Holliman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:41:38 -0000 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] The braille note PK >Hi Diane, >> This, to me, is a serious problem with the PK. I would rather be able to >print to a printer directly and save the time in >> finding a computer to do it for me. >Actually, I would have to disagree with the assertion that this is a problem >with PK! The whole spirit of PK is that it compliments a PC and is intended >to be used in tandem with one, but giving you the portability to work away >from that machine and then handle your data on either or both. This it does >extremely well imho. To date, I've not needed to print anything at a time >when I'm unable to synchronize with a desktop machine. In fact, thinking >about it, in my particular circumstances, I rarely want to print anything at >all anyway, since even sighted colleagues normally exchange data with me in >soft copy and then they can choose to print it if they wish! I'm sure >printing is something that could easily be added to PK, and may well be at >some point, but I do have concerns that if we keep on adding functionality >to the point that we turn PK into a kind of laptop, we're in danger of going >back on the philosophy of a very small and accessible PDA by forcing PK to >grow physically to accommodate all we want to add to it! I've just checked a >friend's mainstream sighted PDA, which is pretty whizzy, and it doesn't >support direct printing - he synchronizes with a desktop machine when he >needs to do this and is perfectly happy with that approach, so we need to be >aware that our PDA isn't so very different from many mainstream >specifications. >Cheers. >Paul. >___ >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
