[bookshare-discuss] Re: pacmate question
- From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:01:38 -0500
Thanks, Traci, Hope you get that new charger.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: traci
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 7:25 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: pacmate question
Evan,
leave it to me to not say what I mean. I do this all the time. When I moved,
somehow the charger got packed in another box. Since it wasn't me who packed
the charger, I had no idea what box it was stored in. All my stuff went into a
storage locker for about two months. This meant that I had to find another pm
user to charge the pm every few days just to make sure I didn't have all my
files deleted. By the time I moved and had allmy boxes unpacked, it was a week
since the last charge and all files were lost. So it seemed easier to store the
files on a sd card which I could access via the computer or my cell phone
without worrying about losing the files if something wasn't charged every few
days.
----- Original Message -----
From: EVAN REESE
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 6:27 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: pacmate question
I bought a new charger for my unit from Freedom Scientific about a month
ago. It cost $55.
I don't know whether you need to charge the Pac Mate to install the drivers
on it or not. I don't hook it up to my computer. But if you just want to use
the braille display on the PC, I don't think you need to install anything on
the Pac Mate itself.
What I don't understand is why you stopped using it because you couldn't
afford the Omni update. I mean, why would the fact that you could not afford
the Omni make what you have less useful?
Just wondering.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: traci
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:58 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] pacmate question
Hi,
I have a question and I hope someone will answer it it. I have a pacmate
40 but stopped using it since I could not afford the omni update. I recently
movbed and I found the charger and couldn't find the pacmate itself. Then I
found the pacmate and have misplaced the charger. My first question is will it
cost me an arm and a leg to replace the charger if I go through Freedom
Scientific? Is it even worth it to replace the charger when all of my files are
stored on memory cards which I transfer between my cell phone and computer. I
found the communications cord to the thing and plugged in the braille display
just to see what would happen and I got the prompt asking me to insert the pm
cd. So now my question becomes if I find the cd, won't I have to figure out a
way to charge the pm just to install the drivers once I have inserted the cd
into the computer? am i confusing anyon here? I'm planning to use the braille
display as a means to assisting me with proofing bookshare titles and just to
have braille backup when I'm on the web. Any suggestions or hand holding
through this process would be appreciated. Even if it appears that I will have
to swuirel away my pennies and buy omni, I will do that if it seems in my best
interest to do so. Thanks in advance.
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