[bookport] Re: New Firmware and Software Betas
- From: "Lou Kolb" <loukolb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 14:31:22 -0400
Robert, I've found that the upper case pitch raise works for some files and
not for others. It doesn't seem to work on .brf files, at least the ones
from Book Share, However, on some material I had scanned myself, it worked
great. Could be a translation issue. And as long as I'm discussing the
beta, I notice that even though the lock beep may be turned off, the unit
still powers up when a key is pressed. Not sure I see the need for this
unless it was impossible to program the unit to stay off unless the unlock
command was issued. But this, of course, is a very minor complaint and I
continue to be amazed at the improvements APH is making. The BP is still,
far and away my favorite piece of access technology. Lou
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Carter" <r-carter@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 6:48 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: New Firmware and Software Betas
> Hi All,
>
> I just tried the new search feature on the New York times downloaded from
> Bookshare. It worked like a charm. I did notice that even though both the
> number key and the nine key are defined as space, only the number key
> activates the chord f to start entering the search string.
>
> Also, the documentation indicated that pitch changes should now be heard
> for uppercase characters. I don't think this is working but am not
positive.
>
> Great job you all. This is really cool!
>
> Robert Carter
>
> At 03:05 PM 8/9/2004, you wrote:
>
> >The most exciting part of this message is the beta firmware. You may =
> >download it at=20
> >
> >www.aph.org/beta/bpfw_beta.exe.
> >
> >
> >
> >Book Port Revision History
> >
> >Revision History
> >
> >Firmware Version 1.1.X, August 2004
> > * Adds a means of entering text to find using a braille
keyboard.
> > * Identifies capital letters when using the letter movement =
> >commands by raising the pitch of the pronunciation of that letter.
> > * Changes the behavior of files where the reading position is at
=
> >the end of the file. The unit now resets a file's position back to the =
> >beginning of the file if you press the Read command while at the end of =
> >the file or if Auto File Advance moves to a file where the reading =
> >position is at the end.
> > * Adds the Lock Beep command to the menu to let you turn off the
=
> >behavior of making keys beep when you press one of them while the unit is
=
> >locked.
> > * Corrects a problem where pausing a memo during recording could
=
> >cause unpredictable behavior.
> >
> >Software Version 1.5.X, August 2004
> > * Corrects the "Bad Parameter Format" error message when sending
=
> >some MP3 files with time compression and pause removal.
>
>
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