[bookport] Re: Disaster with BookPort
- From: "Aman Singer" <aman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2004 04:30:21 -0400
Hi.
Taken from the BP manual
Layout
The braille input keyboard looks like this:
Table with 6 columns and 3 rows
3
2
1
4
5
6
Esc
Left
Up
Down
Right
Enter
7
BackSpace
Space
Space
Delete
8
table end
This starts at the top left of the BP once you've turned it so the
flash card has its edge towards you. That is, once you have the BP lying
flat with its buttons facing up and the flash card's edge towards you, dot 3
is the top left of the BP, dot 2 is the next button across, and so on. Dot 8
is the bottom right button.
Aman
-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Marlaina Lieberg
Sent: September 12, 2004 4:08 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Disaster with BookPort
Hi Rob. I can't break it, and I'm trying hard! I've been power moving this
little sucker like a mad woman, and it seems ok! GREAT JOB!!!!!
Now, I'm an idiot at times, so here's a question everybody else probably
gets but I haven't spent time on this one. I'm confused about the layout of
the braille keyboard. it tells me to turn the thing 90 degrees to face the
card to my body and I get that, but then I get lost with the orientation.
Maybe if I am lost others are as well? I know meny are using this feature
and loving it, but as I say it's just not one I've tested yet. Can you
explain the actual orientation, you know sort of like a b p braille
orientation for dummies? SMILEs!
I am leaving town for a month, and will have spotty net access, but will try
to keep up with all the changes and stuff. This beta looks fabulous though!
Thank you a million for seeming to fix my power move challenge! I'll have
to now go find a new one, eh?
Best to you all, and thanks for the great work!
Marlaina Lieberg
----- Original Message -----
From: "ROB MEREDITH" <rmeredith@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 7:44 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Disaster with BookPort
> Marlaina:
>
> It would be great if you were willing to try out this new beta firmware =
> and see if you still have problems with the power move commands in Audible
=
> files. It should be fixed.
>
> Rob Meredith
>
> >>> marlaina@xxxxxxxxxx 08/16/04 05:05PM >>>
> Hi Rob.
>
> Interesting, for I have this error message on every audible file on which
=
> I
> use power move, not just this one. it initially says something like
> f s challenge this file is not formatted for the BookPort
> or something like that. It says it so quickly that I may be missing
> something here.
> ]
> In format 4, this was a 5-hour length file so I would guess it was about =
> 58
> megs perhaps? But again, while this was the first disaster, it is not the
> first time I got this message. Up till now, I just ignored the message =
> and
> pressed read and then power moved where I needed to be and it did just =
> fine.
> I had reported this here before, but as I say, I wasn't worried for =
> nothing
> distructive ever happened.
>
> marlaina Lieberg
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "ROB MEREDITH" <rmeredith@xxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 12:21 PM
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Disaster with BookPort
>
>
> > Marlaina:
> >
> > What else can you tell me about the Audible file that caused the =
> problem?
> =3D
> > Is it very large? We have not had the problem with the Power Move =
> commands
> =3D
> > that you have had.
> >
> > Rob Meredith
> >
> > >>> marlaina@xxxxxxxxxx 08/16/04 01:58AM >>>
> > Larry, I thought I would report that the f s challenge error appeared as
=
> =3D
> > it
> > usually does when using power move with an audible file, but this time =
> it
> > wiped all files off my BookPort. the disaster is I had one that I had
> > thoroughly marked up for use to grab text for a power point presentation
=
> I
> > was preparing for a client this week! YIKES!! But, no matter, I still
=
> =3D
> > love
> > the thing, I just really hope you guys can figure out this f s challenge
> > error that tells me the files aren't formatted for my BookPort. After =
> it
> > first appeared and before took them all away, I tried to read my book by
> > pressing 2 as I normally do. I got one instance of an error message =3D
> > saying
> > i/o error, then no files. I confirmed that they are gone when
connecting=
>
> > BookPort to my PC. As I write this, I am resending the book. The other
> > file can be recreated, I just have to sit down and do it.
> >
> > Anyway, thought you or somebody at APH would like to know that this
> > happened.
> >
> > Marlaina Lieberg
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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