Hi there again are the r n i b opting out again just like braille on cookers but that is a very good point just say something goes wrong when a blind person tries to put in a new drive then where would you stand. Just to clarify though if you connect the device to your wireless network would this benefit a blind person yet? thanks.At 21:51 08/07/2012, you wrote:
The onus should be on the RNIB to replace faulty hard drives, not us. Cheers Alex -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eleanor Burke Sent: 08 July 2012 09:04 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics - Amy On Strike! Well that is not a good start for TVonics now in Administration, if people are going to have to start replacing their hard drives within one or two months of obtaining the equipment. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mobeen Iqbal" <mobeeniqbal@xxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2012 1:04 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: TVonics - Amy On Strike! > Hello Carol. > > This is probably due to a failing hard drive. The hard drives used in > these machines were cheap hitachi drives, i've already had one behaving > strangely. My box wouldn't offer me the option to format or to record. I > have replaced the hard drive in the unit with a better drive made by > seagate, formatted it and have had no further problems, no crashes, etc. > Because the voice runs from the hard drive, if there are any errors on the > drive or if its failing, it can cause you to experience crashes/freezing. > I can replace the drive for you if you wish, please contact me off list > and we can go from there. I'd recommend it to be honest, because if you do > a lot of recording and the drive fails it would've been pointless you > recording all those tv shows to watch later! > > all the best, > > Mo. > > > On 07/07/2012 12:52, Carol Pearson wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> We have a fairly regular saying at home which is "Amy's on strike". This >> simply means that she fails to speak, often after booting up, when we >> first go to use her. Of course, we find ways round, sometimes needing to >> reboot the box again; but I wonder if anyone else is finding this >> problem and if you have a better solution than a bit of hit and miss and, >> finally, if you've concluded what's going on and why! >> >> Carol P >> >> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> ** and in the Subject line type >> ** unsubscribe >> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >> ** immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >> ** or send a message, to >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq >> > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] > ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the > ** immediately-following link:- > ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] > ** or send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq
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