[icon-discuss] Re: Your BrailleingddstIcon Can be a NOAA Weather Radio

From: Chase Crispin <chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx>
To: icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:25:41 -0500
From looking on the APH site, Braille+ should be written Braille Plus anyway.
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:56:23 -0700, Richard Turner wrote:


>You just have to do it as computer braille. I write braille and hit 
>control l then write the plus 
>sign, so it comes out braille+.
>Richard 
>
>On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:47:48 -0600, Nimer Jaber wrote:
>
>
>>I don't think it will be ing if you put it on its own.
>>Nimer J
>>
>>
>>David Poehlman wrote:
>>>any way to get the plus sign not to be written out as i n g?
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: "Chase Crispin" <chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: <icon-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 9:26 AM
>>>Subject: [icon-discuss] Re: Your Brailleing.stiCon Can be a NOAA 
>>>Weather 
>>>Radio
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks!  Works well!
>>>On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:23:11 -0400, MICHAEL MCCARTY wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Here's a cool idea.  Load the browser of your Braille+/iCon and go to
>>>>http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/streamaudio.htm and look for your city in
>>>>the list of online NOAA stations.  When you find it, click on the link
>>>>for your city.  If you are prompted to either 1, open the file or 2,
>>>>save the file, choose 1.
>>>>
>>>>The Braille+/iCon will respont that "the file will be open after it has
>>>>been downloaded" and your audio player should load.  After a second or
>>>>two the NOAA Weather Station for your area should start playing.
>>>>
>>>>Now this is cool, but lets take this one step further.
>>>>
>>>>Close your audio player and return to the browser.
>>>>
>>>>Click on the same link you were just listening to, but this time choose
>>>>2.
>>>>
>>>>Save the file on your hard drive in whatever folder you wish.  Be sure
>>>>to change the filename to reflect something useful that you'll be able
>>>>to find.  Many filenames from this site look something like this:
>>>>
>>>>louisville.mp3.m3u
>>>>
>>>>Leave the .m3u on the end of the file, but change the rest to whatever
>>>>you wish.
>>>>
>>>>When you have that done, navigate to the file you saved and click on it.
>>>>
>>>>With any luck, your audio player will load and you should hear the NOAA
>>>>Weather Station for your area. Now, anytime you want weather
>>>>information, its available.  Just turn on the wireless and click on
>>>>this file.
>>>>
>>>>I have tested most of these links and have found that the Braille+/iCon
>>>>can play most of them.  There are a few that play direct from a
>>>>browser, these will NOT play with the Braille+iCon.  Many cities have
>>>>an alternate link, if the first one doesn't work, try this one.
>>>>
>>>>Man this device rocks!
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>For answers to the most frequently asked questions about Icon and
>>>>Braille +, Visit
>>>>the LevelStar and APH FAQ pages:
>>>>Visit the LevelStar FAQ page at
>>>>http://www.levelstar.com/support-faqs.php
>>>>Visit the APH FAQ page at
>>>>http://sun1.aph.org/webcast/brailleplus2/faq.html
>>>>
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>>>For answers to the most frequently asked questions about Icon and 
>>>Braille +, Visit
>>>the LevelStar and APH FAQ pages:
>>>Visit the LevelStar FAQ page at
>>>http://www.levelstar.com/support-faqs.php
>>>Visit the APH FAQ page at
>>>http://sun1.aph.org/webcast/brailleplus2/faq.html
>>>
>>
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>>For answers to the most frequently asked questions about Icon and 
>>Braille +, Visit
>>the LevelStar and APH FAQ pages:
>>Visit the LevelStar FAQ page at
>>http://www.levelstar.com/support-faqs.php
>>Visit the APH FAQ page at
>>http://sun1.aph.org/webcast/brailleplus2/faq.html
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