[icon-discuss] Re: Think Outside Sierra and the Braille+
- From: "John Esak" <john@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:32:28 -0400
good point, web browsing and the numpad... should have thought about that...
John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Rich Ring
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 8:29 AM
> To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Think Outside Sierra and the Braille+
>
>
> Actually, I'd like the numpad to function, as it would be quite
> convenient
> for web browsing.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Esak" <john@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 11:32 PM
> Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Think Outside Sierra and the Braille+
>
>
> > You bring up an interesting point worth noting again...You say
> the keypad
> > did not work on your portable USB player. Well, I'm using a plain,
> > vanilla,
> > regular, run of the mill USB keyboard and my keypad does not work on the
> > Icon either. Perhaps, it isn't supposed to work, or a known thing.
> >
> > The only reason I would ever want it would be for JAWS... and that is
> > completely not needed on the Icon, so it's no loss to me.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of kaye zimpher
> >> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 12:39 PM
> >> To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Think Outside Sierra and the Braille+
> >>
> >>
> >> To be honest, I have forgotten the brand. It is a full sized flexible
> >> keyboard. It rolls up. The keys take some getting use to and the
> >> number pad
> >> does not work with the icon, but it does well.
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "CB" <cnoc78@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 9:20 PM
> >> Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Think Outside Sierra and the Braille+
> >>
> >>
> >> > What type of USB keyboard are you using? Is it full size? I
> >> am still on
> >> > the hunt for a small USB keyboard. The one they sell with the
> >> Small Talk
> >> > Ultra would be perfect.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "kaye zimpher" <kayezimpher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> > Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 7:01 PM
> >> > Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Think Outside Sierra and the Braille+
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Love my usb keyboard
> >> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> >> From: "Michael D. Barber" <m.barber@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> >> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 5:48 PM
> >> >> Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Think Outside Sierra and the Braille+
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>>I hate to ask, but did you reset the Braille plus and then try
> >> again? I
> >> >>> imagine you probably did though.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Michael
> >> >>>
> >> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >> >>> From: icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >>> [mailto:icon-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Richard
> >> >>> Turner
> >> >>> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2007 4:35 PM
> >> >>> To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >>> Subject: [icon-discuss] Think Outside Sierra and the Braille+
> >> >>>
> >> >>> OK, before I throw the Think Outside Keyboard against the
> wall, does
> >> >>> anyone
> >> >>> have a sure-fired way to get the two devices to see each other and
> >> >>> actually
> >> >>> work?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I had it working twice. Then, nothing. I tried every
> combination I
> >> >>> could
> >> >>> think of in the order I turned each one on, etc.
> >> >>> I finally removed the Think Outside from the Bluetooth list on the
> >> >>> Braille+.
> >> >>> I then turned them both off. I even took the battery out of the
> >> >>> keyboard
> >> >>> and let it sit for a while.
> >> >>> I turned the braille+ back on. I put the battery in the
> keyboard and
> >> >>> closed
> >> >>> the sliders that lock the keyboard in place and supposedly turn it
> >> >>> on.
> >> >>> No lights were flashing, so I held in the button until the
> >> green light
> >> >>> was
> >> >>> flashing to say it was in discovery mode.
> >> >>> I opened the Bluetooth control panel on the Braille+ and selected
> >> >>> find
> >> >>> devices. It came back with an empty list.
> >> >>> I tried holding the button in on the keyboard for a couple of
> >> seconds as
> >> >>> Michael Jones had suggested I do. Nothing.
> >> >>> I tried several times with different timing, order in which I did
> >> >>> things,
> >> >>> etc.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> At this point, I'm hoping it isn't too late to get a refund on the
> >> >>> keyboard
> >> >>> from the place I bought it.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> So, unless someone has dealt with this kind of frustration
> >> and found a
> >> >>> way
> >> >>> around it, the idea of using a Bluetooth keyboard has lost its
> >> >>> luster.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Thanks,
> >> >>> Richard
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> ---
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >
> >
>
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