Actually, Paul, With the Voice Note, if an email message has a blank subject field, the VN is silent.
The first time, or two, this happened, I thought my unit had froze. You have to down arrow to hear the from line. I personally think it would be helpful to know the status of a message as read, or unread. Crystal > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Don Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 19:16:37 -0700 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] bn vn speech >Hi Paul, >Thanks for that good example. I hadn't seen that one, but that's what I get >for always leaving the speech turned off. <smile >Don >On Fri, 21 May 2004 14:54:50 -0700, Paul Henrichsen wrote: >Hi, Don. Your mentioning of e-mail in your message made me think. Every >once in a while, if I am reading e-mail with my bn, I get a subject line >that is blank on the display. I have to down arrow to see who it is from. >Only speech in that case tells you what that subject line is. Usually, >though, it is just some spam message. >At 5/20/2004, you wrote: >>I changed the subject to hopefully be a bit more relevant. >>I almost never use the speech on my braillenote except for software >>upgrades and a few other rare things. >>I certainly don't thinkk less of those with a voicenote as that's a real >>part of what it takes to provide the resources for my braillenote. It's >>great that we can >>have the best of both worlds. >>The only thing I do wish is that the braille display more completely >>provided info that is only provided with speech or tones. I'm talking >>about such things as >>resets which can be more difficult to perform if you can't hear the >>tone. Also, some messages such as those relating to email are more >>complete and useful >>with speech than braille. >>I know PDI has been made aware of these shortcomings and am confident >>they're addressing them. >>This is a list for the braillenote/voicenote line of notetakers, and >>that's as it should be for a list maintained and moderated by Pulsedata Inc. >>I really appreciate the fact that this list is here and that competent PDI >>staff are monitoring and providing useful info for the use of these >>devices as well as >>listening to reasonable concerns and suggested improvements. >>I hope they continue too! >>Don >>___ >>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 >Paul Henrichsen ><[EMAIL PROTECTED] ><home.pacbell.net/paulh52 >___ >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 >___ >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
