I also have Duxbury on my vmware machine and noticed that 12.4 is free. but haven't installed it yet. I was rather surprised.
Kawal. > On 5 Jan 2020, at 9:13 pm, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Thanks. I have Duxbury on my PC, so I think I can probably live without > HTCom. I actually remember that when I demoed their display, the only way to > get files onto the device was by using some crappy Windows protocol. You had > to go into Utilities or something like that, and it was this dumb little > applet. I think it might have been called V-Term. Transferring files took > **forever! That was the other thing I didn't like. > > With my VU, I just treat it like a drive, so if I can move files back and > forth that way, I'd be happy. > Cheers, > Donna > >> On Jan 5, 2020, at 3:06 PM, alia robinson <ali...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> it remembers your place unless it has an issue where you had to shut it >> down, also if you suspend the editer you have to remember and press a cursor >> routing button or it will go back a bit, but if you close a file and open it >> again your place is kept. I couldn’t deal with that either. the HTCom >> software is crap to be blunt. what I do is contract my braille, connect it, >> and it acts like a storage device and I copy it over. the editer is okay, >> but I never use it honestly. for reading once you get files on it’s great. >> you can open several files at once and switch easily between them. it’s also >> easy to switch bluetooth devices. just think of HTCom as unuseable because >> it is for mac. even on my husband’s windows machine it’s not the greatest. >> He said it’s like software from the 80’s to early 90’s! that’s actually what >> I wrote them about having better ways of getting files on the device and on >> board translation. >> >> >> >> On Jan 5, 2020, at 4:00 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> When you say the software, I assume you're referring to that transfer app >> HTCom? What is the Notepad/book reader/word processor like? 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