I have further thoughts on why I think an append mode would be better. If one is in a document and wants to check battery power, the space function would be disabled and that wouldn't be good. I think it would disable some of the functionality of the machine to disable the "space with" function. Would it be possible to add both features and then everyone would be happy?
Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Mosen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 11:22 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] taking notes at high speed > Hi Karen and all who have contributed great ideas to this discussion. The > development team and I were talking about this very issue quite recently. > It seems to me that, broadly speaking, we have two options. We could have > an append mode that automatically appended all typed text to the bottom of > the file, or some command that disables our "space with" functions. Maybe > a really foolproof command like space with all eight dots could be used to > toggle this on and off. Do people have a preference for either an append > mode or a function that disables the space bar in conjunction with other > letters? > Jonathan Mosen > BrailleNote Product Marketing Manager > Pulse Data International Ltd > > DDI: +64-3-373-6192 > Fax: +64-3-384 4933 > Mobile: +64-21 466 736 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Internet: www.pulsedata.com > > > > "Karen McDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 28/05/2004 01:09 p.m. > Please respond to > Braillenote List <[email protected]> > > > To > "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> > cc > > Subject > Re: [Braillenote] taking notes at high speed > > > > > > > Exactly. That's what I had in mind. I've been placed at the top of > documents without warning more than once and I've been quite annoyed. What > do you all at PDI think about a toggle command? > > Karen > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peggy Kern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 8:55 PM > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] taking notes at high speed > > > > I vaguely remember it, but don't remember all the details. Whatever the > > decision would be (if any), it seems it would have to be something that > an > > individual user could toggle on and off, so that whoever didn't have a > > problem with the chord commands could leave it as is, but whoever did > could > > change the option to change the append mode or thumbkeys or > > whatever. Isn't it fun to brainstorm? <grin> > > > > Peggy > > > > At 08:52 PM 5/27/2004 -0400, you wrote: > > >I use the previous and next key all the time so that wouldn't be good > for > > >me. I do wish that there was a way that an append mode could be > > >implemented. A long time ago there was a discussion about this and > several > > >people expressed interest in such a feature. Peggy, do you remember > that > > >discussion? > > > > > >Karen > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Peggy Kern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 8:47 PM > > >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] taking notes at high speed > > > > > > > > > > I've had this kind of thing happen with several types of notetakers, > and > > > > not just the BN. I was wondering if there would be a place to put a > > > > special chord key, that would make it easily reachable, but not a > key > > > > that's used for other things like the spacebar is. I can't think of > where > > > > that hypothetical key could be placed though. I picture it on the > front > > >by > > > > the thumbkeys, but there's really no room. Still, if there was a > place > > > > that a special chord key could be easily accessed and the user could > hit > > > > that key and the appropriate other keys, instead of the spacebar and > other > > > > keys, it might help people avoid the problem many have reported of > being > > > > bounced out of documents or moved to another position in documents. > > >Hmmmm, > > > > I wonder if an option could be added to the thumbkey option to make > them > > >be > > > > chord keys instead of doing what they normally do. I know for > myself > I > > > > almost never use the previous and next thumbkeys. If I were one who > had a > > > > problem with accidental chords, I might like to have the option of > using > > > > one of these as a chord key. Just brainstorming as I type, > wondering > if > > > > there's a solution to this situation. > > > > > > > > Peggy > > > > > > > > At 03:34 PM 5/27/2004 -0500, you wrote: > > > > >No, this is not possible. And, it can be frustrating. > > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian > > > > >Albriton > > > > >Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 2:54 PM > > > > >To: Braillenote List (E-mail) > > > > >Subject: [Braillenote] taking notes at high speed > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Pardon me folks. > > > > >I'm reposting this on the off chance I've missed the answers. > > > > >One problem my wife has found in keying information very quickly on > the > > > > >Braille note. > > > > >That problem is if one hits a chord by accident, one winds up out > of > the > > > > >document and has to find one's way back. > > > > >Is there a way to temporarily disable the chording function? > > > > > > > > > >___ > > > > >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 > > > > > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kernsac > > > > MSN Messenger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ___ > > > > 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 > > > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kernsac > > MSN Messenger [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > ___ > > 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 > > > ___ > 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 >
