[BNU] Re: The BrailleNote and Bugs
- From: Devin Prater <r.d.t.prater@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: koala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Braille Note <braillenote@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 12:28:07 -0600
Well, I'll say that what the BN does, most of the time it does well. I have an
mPower, 8.1, and it works well. I use it for reading, mostly, and a calculator.
I love the calculator on the BN. I don't think any company for the blind have
ever achieved such a great calculator.
sent from the braille plus
Sharon S <koala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi Dave and all. It is great to see these positive messages about the BN. I
>get fed up at times with people complaining that the BN doesn't do all they
>want it to do, the things that would require major updates to both software
>and hardware. I am very happy with my Apex it does all I need it to do and I
>have a PC for those things the Apex can't handle. My only complaint about
>humanware is that they stopped supporting the PK and haven't offered a
>replacement. Because of this I have just recieved a grant which I will be
>using to buy a braille sence mini to replace my out of date PK. As I say if
>humanware had an option like the PK I would happily buy it because there are
>times I can't take my Apex with me due to medical issues so need a lighter
>and smaller machine to take instead.
>
>Well that was way more then I was going to say but I can say it has been
>good to open up some messages from happy BN users.
>From Shaz.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Dave Sheridan" <dsheridan65@xxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <carlos.lopez.1209@xxxxxxxxx>
>Cc: "BrailleNote Users Mailing List" <braillenote@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 6:07 AM
>Subject: [BNU] Re: The BrailleNote and Bugs
>
>
>Hi Carlos and everyone
>
>I have used a range of technology over the past 10 years including a pc with
>JAWS and the Scannor, also supplied by Humanware. Although there are times
>when my Apex crashes, seizes up etc, on reflection it doesn't misbehave any
>more than the other pieces of tech I have mentioned. What I can say as a
>braille user is that it's provided me with more independence in the
>workplace than I had prior to owning one. I can genuinely say 3 years on
>from first receiving it is that without it I don't think I would be able to
>do my job these days without it. The other positive element to go with this
>is the support that is there from the staff at Humanware. I have mentioned
>Tom before from the office in the uk, any issue relating to the Apex I can
>email him about and get a prompt response within no more than an hour. So,
>in conclusion, yes wecan. All moan about the kit we are using but I have
>both thumbs up to the Apex as it is a quality piece of kit.
>
>All the best from Dave
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 26 Feb 2014, at 23:31, Carlos Lopez <carlos.lopez.1209@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I hope this isn't off topic. I'm just expressing my thoughts about the
>> BrailleNote.
>>
>> I'm getting very annoyed by the bn's instability. I've been experiencing
>> many bugs with the BrailleNote lately. My bn has frozen or just locked up
>> out of nowhere, refused to turn on, choked on digital talking books and
>> caused me to lose all my data, didn't load some pages in Keyweb, given me
>> a million exception command and data misalignment messages, etc and I've
>> had to reset millions of times. Also, some touch cursor keys have been
>> getting damaged. I've already sent it twice to Humanware for repair: the
>> first time was because the braille display got damaged and the second time
>> was because of a damaged touch cursor key. Both times were months from
>> each other. To be more specific, I sent my bn for repair the first time
>> last April and then in August. Early last month, I started having
>> problems with other touch cursor keys, but then they stopped because I
>> sprayed the display with compressed air. However, now I'm having problems
>> again with a touch cursor key. It isn't working.
>>
>> The BrailleNote has indeed been a helpful device since I use it for almost
>> everything including for school and to surf the Internet. However, the
>> constant bugs are really irritating. If this continues, I may just lose
>> my faith in the BrailleNote.
>>
>> --
>> Carlos
>>
>> Sent from my BrailleNote Apex BT 32 running KeySoft 9.4 build 1226 from
>> the HumanWare BrailleNote family
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