While we are on this thread, has anyone on this list tried using the Touch with
the Executive Products case that does not include the physical keyboard? As
much as I would like to try it, because I think that would slim the unit down a
bit, there are times when I am multitasking that I am pretty certain
TouchBraile would not be as efficient for me. Also, I personally still make
more errors when using TouchBraille, but I will admit freely that I would
flatter myself to even call myself an intermediate TouchBraille user at this
point. I definitely need to practice more. That said, I have been using
TouchBraille quite a bit recently.
-----Original Message-----
From: braillenote-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <braillenote-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On
Behalf Of simon bonenfant
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2018 9:52 AM
To: Ann Parsons <akp@sero.email>
Cc: braillenote@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; louvins1@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: [BNU] Re: how I use my touch.
Agreed. I also find my self locking the touch traveling from one place to
another then opening the touch again and I'm in another program or application
doing something I did not authorize and my battery goes down because of it too.
Another thing I would say is sort of a problem is the lack of features from the
apex. What I mean by this is the touch has no built in dictionary, no built in
recorder, etc. While I could download apps for this from the google play store
I think that with a built in feature such as how the apex had it programs would
be a lot more simplified. That being said I still use my touch to write
documents, check email, use third party apps like skype, etc.
On a more positive note I like the new way keyMail works at managing emails a
lot better then the apex ever could.
Thanks.
Simon.
sent from my braille note touch.
On Mar 8, 2018 9:01 AM, Ann Parsons <akp@sero.email> wrote:
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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/Re
leaseNotes/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.
Download and enjoy!
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