Hi all,
I changed the subject line. I find I don't use my Touch all that much
either. You can play BARD books if you download the BARD app for
Android. Maybe that's why the Victor App hasn't been updated to
include BARD books.
I find I don't use my Touch because of a couple of reasons, and perhaps
this may help others. I find it heavy and clunky. I can't transport
it well because if I lock the screen, it often comes unlocked and I
lose battery life. In addition, I am still disappointed with the
planner and the contacts. I find that going through the options in the
planner is really clunky because it puts in what it thinks you want.
Yes, you can erase these by typing in the fields now, but really, why
can't we just have the fields blank so we can type in them ourselves
without depending on the touch to add in what it thinks we want?
Also, when making recurring appointments, the Touch screws up every
time! You tell it weekly, and it doesn't get the day right. You tell
it monthly, and it's always off by two or three days. Apparently, it
can't follow a calendar. It's not an acceptable planner. I live by my
planner, and it has to work. That's why I use the Apex for my calendar
exclusively now.
Same for the contacts. It's clunky.
I use the Apex when I want to go out because it's lighter, it has my
accurate calendar in it, and it's far more forgiving when it comes to
battery life and traveling.
I find that there is absolutely *no* info that I know of about
programs. Nobody on here talks about FaceBook, or Messenger. I don't
know where to get information on these. I'm fairly stumped about some
of this stuff. I'd like some kind of tutorial or info sheet about
Facebook and Messenger, most importantly, how the Hell to read the
messages and how to respond.
Sorry to grouse like this, but really, I turned off my Touch last week,
and I haven't used it since I turned it on this morning to get the
update. Far as I'm concerned, you can dispense with the touch screen.
That would decrease its size and weight markedly.
Ann P.
Original message:
I really hope the members of this list can keep contacting humanware
and asking them if the touch can have an NLS user key to play bard
books. The lack of such a user key is one of the reasons why I don't
use my touch all that much. I forgot what Andrew's email is, but he
would be the one to email.
On 3/8/18, Devin Prater <d.prater@xxxxxx> wrote:
Well, I guess those features are pretty good, but I was hoping for more
app-specific fixes, like the Victor Reader app being able to download and
play BARD and Bookstore apps and keep playing in the background and such. Ah
well, better luck next time.
On Mar 7, 2018, at 11:03 PM, Sam Joehl <blink183@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
You can view the release notes here:
https://humanware.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com/braillenote/Touch/ReleaseNotes/release/500/en.html
I upgraded to Version 5 and my hardware keyboard started working again.
Prior to this I was experiencing degredation where the hardware keyboard
gradually ceased functioning and I was getting constant alerts about apps
crashing. I was even having trouble with the TouchBraille keyboard where
finger recognition wouldn't work and spurious characters were being
entered without action on my part. It was getting to the point where I was
ready to do a factory reset. Updating to version 5 appeared to fix this
issue. I suspect that parts of KeySoft or Android had become corrupted. I
tried running a file system repair and deleting my cache in the boot
diagnostic menu but these did not fix my issues. I'm glad I was able to
resolve them without having to wipe my Touch, but it was extremely
frustrating to have to wait for a KeySoft update in order to resolve them.
I would like to see a feature where an in-place re-install could be
performed without having to wipe the entire unit if you can still operate
it. Clearly this is possible since this is how the updates are performed,
but I would like to be able to re-install KeySoft without having to wait
for a KeySoft update to be released. With individual app updates being
released in the future, I suspect that entire KeySoft updates that
re-install core system files will not be released very frequently.
-----Original Message-----
From: braillenote-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:braillenote-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Matthew Dyer
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2018 1:52 PM
To: jldail13@xxxxxxxxx; braillenote@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [BNU] Re: braillenote touch 5.0 now available for download
I wonder ware you can get the release notes. I no longer have my unit any
more do to a problem I had a few months ago which is off topic so will
leave it at that.
Matthew
On 03/07/2018 11:18 AM, Jessica Dail wrote:
Hi all,
I'm writing to informm you that version 5.0 of the braillenote touch
software is now available for download.
The 2 major features in this release are:
• supported for both Usb and bluetooth keyboinds, for both navigation and
input.
• One-handed mode, this feature is useful for indeviduals who are limited
to the use of only one hand.
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