[gui-talk] [Fwd: New Software for the Braille Sense and Voice Senseis Released]

Sun Dec 7 06:05:17 UTC 2008

Hi, Raul.

Downloaded and installed the latest firmware and everything is 
copacetic.

I have one question or, perhaps, a report of a bug, however. When using 
the Word Processor or writing email and using the Grade 2 translator 
(default mode), if I write an abbreviation such as NFB which is all 
capitals by doing the usual braille thing and preceding it by two 
dot-6's, at somewhat random intervals or almost always if I go back and 
listen to my text with Enter-G, every word after that appears in all 
caps even though I did not write them that way until a word with a 
beginning capital letter (also done by preceding by dot-6) is 
encountered, after which things return to normal. Am I missing something 
here (I don't own Duxbury) or is there a flaw here? When I learned 
braille, continuous capitalization denoted by two dot-6 symbols 
terminated with punctuation or a space so that one had to preceed 
*every* word one wanted to be all capitals with two dot-6's. Yet this 
doesn't seem to be the way the Braille Sense Plus firmware works. Is 
this by design or is it a "feature"? (har)

Thanks.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <raul at asmodean.net>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 10:06 AM
Subject: [gui-talk] [Fwd: New Software for the Braille Sense and Voice 
Senseis Released]

The message below is the official announcement. Unfortunately the links
in this message were broken, so I've pasted the working links below.

Audible offer: http://www.audible.com/braillesense

Audible software which includes the GW Micro devices:
http://www.gwmicro.com/audible

Voice Sense firmware: 
http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Downloads/?fileNo=1118

Braille Sense Plus firmware:
http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Downloads/?fileNo=1124

Braille Sense Original firmware:
http://www.gwmicro.com/Support/Downloads/?fileNo=1102

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: New Software for the Braille Sense and Voice Sense is Released
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:10:21 -0500
From: gw-news at gwmicro.com
Reply-To: raul at gwmicro.com
To: gw-news at gwmicro.com

GW Micro is proud to announce the release of new software for the Voice
Sense, Braille Sense original, and the Braille Sense Plus. Version 1.3
of the Voice Sense software and version 5.2 of the Braille Sense Plus
offer substantial improvements and enhancements.

Among the enhancements include support for Audible books. Now you can
listen to supported Audible type 4 files. Simply download the audio book
on your PC, transfer it to your Sense notetaker, and listen to your
books while on the go. Go to www.gwmicro.com/audible </audible> to
download the software for your specific Sense notetaker. For a free
30-day trial, go to www.audible.com/braillesense
<http://www.audible.com/braillesense>.

The Braille Sense original and Braille Sense Plus now have the ability
to turn on the LCD with one simple keystroke. For teachers in the
classroom, they can simply press ENTER-4-5-6 to turn the LCD on or off.
This will let the teacher easily see everything displayed on the Braille
display in text on the LCD. So, whether you can read Braille or not, you
can press one keystroke, and be able to find out exactly what the
Braille display is showing.

On the Braille Sense Plus, deaf-blind consumers can use the new Flip LCD
function. This brand new concept is only available on the Braille Sense
Plus, and allows it to be used as a face-to-face communication device.
Simply turn on the Flip LCD option, and sighted people that are located
directly across from the deaf-blind consumer can read everything on the
LCD without the need to read the text upside down or over the shoulder
of the consumer, making the Braille Sense Plus one of the easiest ways
deaf-blind consumers can communicate to the sighted world.

All Sense notetakers also allow for the easy operation of one-handed
mode. If you need to enable one-hand mode, press BACKSPACE-1-2-3, and
one-hand mode will automatically turn on. This ease of operation
improves the ability for anyone with dexterity issues to operate any
Sense notetaker.

While accessing the Internet wirelessly, the Sense notetakers now
support WPA2 wireless encryption along with the traditional WPA and WEP
encryption, which were already previously supported. With any of the
Sense notetakers, you can use 802.11b or 802.11g. Note that the Braille
Sense original requires a wireless card for this type of access.

While accessing the Internet, take advantage of the new email capability
to open HTML emails in the Web Browser by pressing BACKSPACE-O. Rather
than trying to read an HTML email in plain text, get access to all HTML
in the email that the Web Browser supports, including links that are
sent to you by your friends for easy access to websites that are
referred to in an HTML email.

The Media Player boasts a wealth of new features, including the ability
to change the speed of a recording without changing the pitch. You can
also easily press S to shuffle files in your playlist, or press R to
repeat a media file. If you enjoy streaming media, you can now enter the
link of the streaming media directly from the Media Player without
opening the Web Browser. Catch your favorite show quickly and easily
with this new feature.

All Sense notetakers now include the latest Duxbury Braille translator
tables to ensure that each notetaker adheres to the newest standards.

These are just a few of the enhancements and features that have been
added. To see the complete list of changes as well as download the free
update, visit the following links appropriate to your specific Sense
notetaker.

     * Voice Sense 1.3 Firmware Download 
</Support/Downloads/?fileNo=1118>
     * Braille Sense Plus 5.2 Firmware Download
       </Support/Downloads/?fileNo=1124>
     * Braille Sense (Original) 5.2 Firmware Download
       </Support/Downloads/?fileNo=1102>

For any questions or comments, please contact GW Micro Technical Support
at (260) 489-3671 or via email at support at gwmicro.com
<mailto:support at gwmicro.com>.

The gw-news list is an announce only list used for GW Micro news and
product information.

__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus
signature database 3667 (20081205) __________

The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.

http://www.eset.com

-- 
Raul A. Gallegos -- http://www.asmodean.net

__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus 
signature database 3667 (20081205) __________

The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.

http://www.eset.com

_______________________________________________
gui-talk mailing list
gui-talk at nfbnet.org
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
gui-talk:
http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/k7uij%40panix.com