The Bluetooth on the SmartVision2 is poor at best. The way it worked before the
firmware update was better and after the update is much worse. If I ranked the
Bluetooth on the SmartVision2 before and after the update! On an Ranking of 1
being very bad and 10 being very good! Before it would have been an 4 and after
the update it would be an 2.
Now it has trouble connecting to my Jabra Supreme after it is powered on and
connected to AC power when the lock screen is shown. I can turn off and on the
Headset and it will still not talk through the headset. I basically have to
turn off the headset, press the power button to put the phone to sleep. Then
turn on the Headset give it 20 or so seconds, then go and press the power
button to wake the phone up. Then it will talk through the headset.
I've also noticed when on a call of 3 to 5 hours the headset will cut in and
out a lot and sometimes as much as 5 or so seconds. Before it would cut in and
out about 1 second at a time. No rhyme or reason when it happens.
I've also noticed if you have to switch Headsets while on a call and when you
end a call with the replacement headset! You don't always have speech at that
point.
Like I said, the Bluetooth changes have made the phone much worse with this
update.
This phone has always been bad at handling more than one Bluetooth Connection
at a time. If I try to use an Bluetooth keyboard along with a Bluetooth headset
while on a call! The phone has issues at doing all of that.
This is true before and after the update. For me, is why the phone gets an poor
ranking on Bluetooth.
There are things I like about this phone but the way Bluetooth is doesn't rank
as one of them. Very poor.
Signed: Stephen Giggar
Hardware eventually fails, software eventually works.
No amount of bandwidth can fix poor design.
-----Original Message-----
From: smartvisionau-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:smartvisionau-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vivien Palcic
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 5:27 AM
To: smartvisionau@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [smartvisionau] Re: Using SmartVision II with Braille Displays
Hi Dave,
I haven't played with word wrap settings myself, so can't comment at this
stage; but as for BRLTTY, yes, it certainly does work with the SmartVision2. I
was indeed using it as an alternative to BrailleBack, which was giving me far
too much frustration and instability, but I have a Brailliant BI 40 display,
and have never used the VarioUltra. I was finding BRLTTY to be more reliable -
especially with cursor routing and tracking when editing text, which was
certainly unsatisfactory in BrailleBack. I did, however, find some of the
navigation commands in BRLTTY (especially the ones involving a cursor routing
button in combination with Space) to be rather awkward, but I'm not sure if
this is specific to my display. I have been trying out BrailleBack again since
it was recently updated, but much to my disappointment, the cursor
routing/tracking issues still remain unresolved, and similarly I'm finding
bluetooth connection unreliable even when the two devices are theoretically
paired. (Not good enough, Google, after all the waiting!)
Regards
Vivien
On 11/14/2018 5:45 AM, Dave Van Der Molen wrote:
I now have my SmartVision II Premium. I've connected my Mini Seika******************************************************
braille display to my SmartVision. The only problem I'm having is
that I can't seem to turn "word wrap" on. Has anyone else experienced
that problem with braille displays and the SmartVision II?
My second question is whether any of you have connected the
SmartVision II to a Vario Ultra braille display. Sounds like in order
to do this, you have to install the BRLTTY app onto the Android device
you're using. Does anyone know if that app works with SmartVision?
Dave
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