Re: milestone311 firmware upgrade
- From: Jean Menzies <jemenzies@xxxxxxx>
- To: milestone311@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:58:35 -0600
Hi Dora,
Here is the body of the e-mail newsletter minus the attachments. I'm not
sure how I got signed up for it either.
Dear Milestone 311 Customer,?
With this email you receive the firmware 3.1 for your Milestone 311, as well
as advanced information about Speakout - our new hardware add-on for
Milestone
311 to tag objects of your daily life.
1. Firmware 3.1
The new firmware mainly includes the software needed for the Speakout module
(see description below), it supports pauses during long voice records and it
supports SD memory cards of the SD HC standards now commonly introduced.
Such SD cards usually have huge storage capacity, such as 4 or 8 GB. Further
details
about the contents of the new firmware can be found in the attached release
notes.
Update is straightforward - simply put the attached file MSW.BIN into the
root directory of your Milestone 311. It does not matter if you do this with
the
internal memory or a SD memory card - both will work. We do, however,
recommend to do it from the SD memory card as it showed to confuse the user
less.
The individual steps are like this:
- Connect your Milestone to your PC, via USB. If Milestone is in MP3 mode,
DAISY mode or memory card voice recorder mode, make sure you have a SD card
inserted
in the SD card slot.
- Milestone shows up as additional drive on your PC.
- Now copy the file MSW.BIN on the root directoy of the drive.
- Safely disconnect Milestone from your PC, by <abmelden> it. If you don't
know how to do this, wait for 15 seconds, then pull the cable out. This way
you
make sure that the file has been copied fully before the connection is
interrupted.
Upon removal of USB, Milestone will do the rest automatically. The update
takes about one minute. When finished, Milestone welcomes you with the
works:
"Software updated. Three, One". If your Milestone is DAISY capable, this
will be mentioned in addition.
Regardless if you have installed DAISY on your Milestone 311 or not, you can
put the same firmware 3.1, because Milestone 311 automatically adjusts
accordingly
at runtime.
For further details of the new firmware, please refer to the attached
release notes.
2.?Speakout
Let the tag speak to you:?Speakout is a small hardware add-on for Milestone
311 to record your own short or detailed description to tags. Be it food,
files,
medical drugs, bottles or frozen food - a small tag on an item helps to
identify it by playing back the notation you previously put on it. Dedicated
tags
for CD?s are also included. Speakout is based on the RFID technology (Radio
Frequency Identification).
The next 3 lines of text are the instruction manual:?Keep the play button of
Milestone 311 pressed to seek tags. They are being announced when found. Now
press record to associate a voice message to it. Now seek the tag again.
When it is found you hear your voice from the previous record. You can
playback
and re-record your tags as many times as you want. Period.
Want to read more tags??Messages to individual tags, e.g., tags placed at
public places such as bus stops, museums or buildings, can easily be
downloaded
to your personal unit. Also, you can copy your individual tag notes to the
Milestone of your colleague, let?s say to share tag information in an office
efficiently.
Ask your distributor for further information. As introduction special
Speakout comes with 60 tags until the end of June 2007. As of July, 30 tags
will be
included. See the attached information leaflet for advanced
information.?Have fun with Milestone 311 and Speakout!
Best regards,
Bones Ltd., Switzerland
============================
Bones GmbH
Zentralstrasse 68
CH-8212 Neuhausen / Switzerland
info@xxxxxxxx
www.bones.ch
============================
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Dear Milestone 311 Customer,
With this email you receive the firmware 3.1 for your Milestone 311,
as well as advanced information about Speakout - our new hardware add-
on for Milestone 311 to tag objects of your daily life.
1. Firmware 3.1
The new firmware mainly includes the software needed for the Speakout
module (see description below), it supports pauses during long voice
records and it supports SD memory cards of the SD HC standards now
commonly introduced. Such SD cards usually have huge storage
capacity, such as 4 or 8 GB. Further details about the contents of
the new firmware can be found in the attached release notes.
Update is straightforward - simply put the attached file MSW.BIN into
the root directory of your Milestone 311. It does not matter if you
do this with the internal memory or a SD memory card - both will
work. We do, however, recommend to do it from the SD memory card as
it showed to confuse the user less. The individual steps are like this:
- Connect your Milestone to your PC, via USB. If Milestone is in MP3
mode, DAISY mode or memory card voice recorder mode, make sure you
have a SD card inserted in the SD card slot.
- Milestone shows up as additional drive on your PC.
- Now copy the file MSW.BIN on the root directoy of the drive.
- Safely disconnect Milestone from your PC, by <abmelden> it. If you
don't know how to do this, wait for 15 seconds, then pull the cable
out. This way you make sure that the file has been copied fully
before the connection is interrupted.
Upon removal of USB, Milestone will do the rest automatically. The
update takes about one minute. When finished, Milestone welcomes you
with the works: "Software updated. Three, One". If your Milestone is
DAISY capable, this will be mentioned in addition.
Regardless if you have installed DAISY on your Milestone 311 or not,
you can put the same firmware 3.1, because Milestone 311
automatically adjusts accordingly at runtime.
For further details of the new firmware, please refer to the attached
release notes.
2. Speakout
Let the tag speak to you: Speakout is a small hardware add-on for
Milestone 311 to record your own short or detailed description to
tags. Be it food, files, medical drugs, bottles or frozen food - a
small tag on an item helps to identify it by playing back the
notation you previously put on it. Dedicated tags for CD's are also
included. Speakout is based on the RFID technology (Radio Frequency
Identification).
The next 3 lines of text are the instruction manual: Keep the play
button of Milestone 311 pressed to seek tags. They are being
announced when found. Now press record to associate a voice message
to it. Now seek the tag again. When it is found you hear your voice
from the previous record. You can playback and re-record your tags as
many times as you want. Period.
Want to read more tags? Messages to individual tags, e.g., tags
placed at public places such as bus stops, museums or buildings, can
easily be downloaded to your personal unit. Also, you can copy your
individual tag notes to the Milestone of your colleague, let's say
to share tag information in an office efficiently.
Ask your distributor for further information. As introduction special
Speakout comes with 60 tags until the end of June 2007. As of July,
30 tags will be included. See the attached information leaflet for
advanced information. Have fun with Milestone 311 and Speakout!
Best regards,
Bones Ltd., Switzerland
============================
Bones GmbH
Zentralstrasse 68
CH-8212 Neuhausen / Switzerland
info@xxxxxxxx
www.bones.ch
============================
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----- Original Message -----
From: "dora cozzolino" <doracozz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <milestone311@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 2:52 PM
Subject: Re: milestone311 firmware upgrade
> What newsletter?
>
> DoraAt 06:47 AM 6/25/07 -0600, you wrote:
>>I just got the Milestone newsletter with a firmware upgrade attached. I
>>have a couple questions. It mentions DAISY. I know mine does not have
>>DAISY. I live in Canada, and we do have DAISY library titles here. How do
>>I get the DAISY upgrade? Also, how do I determin what firmware version I
>>do have? I think I read on a Google search to press the mode button and
>>when I hear battery, immediately press the left arrow. I do that and I
>>only hear my serial number.
>>Jean
>>
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