Indded, or perhaps in a meeting checking something you wanted to say or a date to arrange for a next meeting. I don't know why they done that. Find me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/barkingbabs Barbara Wilson M: 07917710779 T: 02887784046 E: barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IM: creativeeyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype: creativeeyes ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Pearson To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 4:25 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: First impression of penfriend... I wouldn't want that high level if I was checking items in public or reading a letter, for example ... -- Carol carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx On Twitter: http://twitter.com/songbird49a ---- Original Message ---- From: David Russell To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 12:06 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: First impression of penfriend... > Got mine this morning. So far I have just recorded one > label and stuck it onto a bag of chicken. It is still > intact and the pen still speaks the info after two hours. > > I did notice the high volume level, but that is my only > criticism so far, as it seems to work fairly well. > > > David > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Barbara > Wilson > Sent: 01 August 2009 11:59 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: First impression of penfriend... > > > Can't believe someone on this list has missed the > Penfriend! > > > Find me on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/barkingbabs > Barbara Wilson > M: 07917710779 > T: 02887784046 > E: barkingbabs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > IM: creativeeyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Skype: creativeeyes > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: william lomas > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 11:55 AM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: First impression of penfriend... > > > ah you don't know? big smile > It is a new labelling device from the RNIB to let you > read food packages etc. record what you want to hear and > when you touch the pen to the adhesive lable, it reads > back what you said use for foods, dvd's, cd's, etc etc > > > On 1 Aug 2009, at 11:49, Saqib wrote: > > > Hi. What is a pen friend. Is this a new device? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Barry G > To: Access Mailing List > Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 11:46 AM > Subject: [access-uk] First impression of penfriend... > > > Well, mine came this morning and here's my first > impressions... > > The labelling and reading function works well, it's easy > to use, smaller and lighter than I expected. It picks up > the tags and plays the note quickly, and the sound > quality is fine - it does exactly what it says on the box > and I reckon it's an excellent little device. > > My concerns... > > Mine came with a short fly lead to convert between the > standard headphone jack and the smaller jack socket on > the penfriend - someone mentioned that there had been a > manufacturing glitch and the wrong jacks were fitted to > the early batches. It would seem that these > mis-manufactured models have been issued to customers. > > I tried the mp3 player function and there are no > instructions for using this feature on the product guide > at rnib.org other than telling you to paste the music to > the mp3 folder on the device. That's fine, but there are > no instructions for operating it. Can't remember which, > but either the power or the record button toggles > play/stop. Sound quality is not sparkling, but it's > acceptable in a device that doesn't try to be a dedicated > mp3 player. There appears to be no way of moving from > file to file however, so at first glance, it's not really > very useable. > > My single serious gripe is the volume! The product guide > and the tags on the packaging correctly say that the > device defaults to the same volume each time the machine > is switched off and on, and this is rather high. The > real pain, on mine at least, is that it jumps to this > high volume each time a new label is scanned, even though > the volume has been turned down, so you have to reset it > on each scan! I'm hoping that there may be firmware > updates that will include a fix for this, but there is no > mention of this in the product information. > > Finally, the online product info sheet says the following: > RNIB are developing some associated products that are > pre-recorded. If you wish to listen to RNIB's > pre-recorded information then you will need to use the > download feature. You must have access to the web and > connect to www.rnib.org.uk/penfriend. You will see a list > of titles available for download. These titles are free > or are part of any subscription system that you may have > joined with RNIB. Click on any single title to download > and save on to your computer's hard drive. For example, > c:\penfriend\downloads. After you have downloaded all the > titles you are entitled to, connect PenFriend to the > computer using the USB cable. Next, enter or double > click on any title and an audio installer programme will > appear, and then just follow the simple instructions on > screen. This programme will automatically load the audio > file onto PenFriend. Repeat the process for the other > titles that you have downloaded. Remember, a copy of all > titles is always kept on your hard drive so there is no > need to back up. The audio files will be kept on the AP4 > folder in PenFriend. > Well, the link doesn't exist or is broken. > > All the best, > Barry G > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version > of virus signature database 4295 (20090731) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version > of virus signature database 4295 (20090731) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version > of virus signature database 4295 (20090731) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4296 (20090801) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com