Hi,
I vote for the all keys and spacebar disabling command as well. It would be
a simple keystroke to toggle space commands back on to check battery
status, the time or whatever.
Robert Carter
At 11:43 PM 5/29/2004, you wrote:
I also prefer a "disable spacebar" command using space with all 8 dots.
Lisa
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From: "Richard Hutcheson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 11:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] taking notes at high speed
Disable spagebar chords. On/off spacebar plus all 8 dots sounds pretty good.
Richard Hutcheson
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----- Original Message -----
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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
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> 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
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> 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
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> > 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?
> > > > >
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