MessageHi Ian, Have you tried it with HT Com 2? Speed is now hardly an issue at all, when you translate the file. I think you are basing your experiences on the old Worm software for DOS and the like. All the best -- Computer Room Services: the long cane for blind computer users. Telephone Voice: +44(0)1438 742286, Fax/BBS: +44(0)1438 759589 mobile: +44(0)7956 334938, Email: Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web site: http://www.comproom.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ian Macrae Sent: 17 January 2005 10:23 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: ANOTHER BOOKWORM QUESTION Hi Steve and all, Can't be more specific about uploading difficulties I'm afraid as it was stuff picked up on the rumour mill some time ago. I was merely testing the water to see if people had shared experience. Thanks for the info about adaptors. Also I'd be very interested to hear other worm users' experience of the onboard translator. For me, accuracy was no the only issue. There was also the question of speed of translation. Cipher did this almost instantaneously while the Worm's own translator massively extended the upload time. Cheers now. Ian -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve Nutt Sent: 17 January 2005 08:10 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: ANOTHER BOOKWORM QUESTION Hi Ian, Certainly there are Serial to USB adapters. They are all over the place and nothing special, and they work with the Bookworm, or at least my Xercom one does. I can't answer the question about Cipher, but have you tried the Worm's own translator recently? The programmer, Wolfgang Hubert, is working very hard on UK Braille, and I think he has about a 95 percent accuracy rate now, and getting better. Finally, as a UK distributor of The Worm, I am not familiar with problems with the software not sending files to it. Care to elaborate? Finally, don't forget to download the latest version from Handy Tech. There are quite frequent releases of the software now. HTH All the best -- Computer Room Services: the long cane for blind computer users. Telephone Voice: +44(0)1438 742286, Fax/BBS: +44(0)1438 759589 mobile: +44(0)7956 334938, Email: Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web site: http://www.comproom.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ian Macrae Sent: 16 January 2005 20:39 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] ANOTHER BOOKWORM QUESTION Hi all, Can anyone tell me whether there exist such things as serial to USB adapters? If there are such things, would I need to be careful about the sort of USB connector to be sure that my PC would be able to send texts to my worm? Is anyone else doing things this way? It'd be really nice not to have to faff about in the back of the PC plugging the worm up to the serial port. Also, does anyone know whether there are issues with using Cipher with XP home as this is the translation program I have. finally, I'd heard hat there'd been problems with the new BW software either failing to send material or sending it as gobbledegook to the worm. Cheers now. Ian http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this.