[Blindtlk] PAC Mate question

Sat Oct 25 16:12:41 UTC 2008

I have some question on the PAC Mate.

1. I'm looking at buying a PAC Mate, either TNS or QX- Which is the better 
for tasks like: basic email, typing word documents, surfing the internet, 
able play Ebook/DAISY, voice recording and general note take in class.

2. Will the TNS or QX work with Windows Vista, or do I still need to work on 
Windows XP?

3. How do I get internet access?

Oh is a TNS for $200 through $250-- and a PAC Mate QX for $400 a good deal ?

Sorry new to Note Takers.

Any information would be great.

Feel to contact me off list, or call me.
Thanks

Yours,
Sean Moore

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>   1. Server Report (David Andrews)
>   2. Window-Eyes 7.01 Is Now Available!] (Raul A. Gallegos)
>   3. Board Meeting: National Association of Guide Dog Users
>      (Marion & Martin)
>   4. Braille Math Translation Made Easy with the (Peter Altschul)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:53:28 -0500
> From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Server Report
> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
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> Dear NFBNET.ORG users:
>
> I am pleased to be able to tell you that we have successfully gotten
> the new nfbnet.org server to work and switched services over to
> it.  There are still a few things to clean up, but most things are as
> they were previously, or as you would expect them to be with the new 
> software.
>
> We still need to process the message archives to adjust some links,
> which have changed.  Otherwise our mailing lists should function as
> they did before.  This processing may not take place until early next
> week, but otherwise the lists should function normally.
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> For you web masters, the sites are up and running.  We are going to
> try and sync content once more tonight, to capture the changes that
> some of you made last weekend or earlier this week.  That should
> happen this evening, hopefully.  I will write web masters separately
> with new instructions.
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> If you have any problems, or find something that doesn't work, please
> contact me at dandrews at visi.com
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> Once again I thank everybody for your patience.  Because of the
> complexity, the process was somewhat messier then we would have
> liked.  It turns out that there was a bug in the software that IBM
> uses to control the RAID array for our disk drives.  They
> characterized it as a "code issue," but it was a bug if you ask
> me.  Once we got the firmware updated things happened as expected.
>
> Happy computing!
>
> David Andrews,  SysOp and List Owner
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:41:30 -0500
> From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <raul at asmodean.net> (by way of David Andrews
> <dandrews at visi.com>)
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Window-Eyes 7.01 Is Now Available!]
> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Window-Eyes 7.01 Is Now Available!
> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:08:30 -0400
> From: gw-news at gwmicro.com
> Reply-To: aaron at gwmicro.com
> To: gw-news at gwmicro.com
>
>
>
> GW Micro is proud to announce the official release of Window-Eyes 7.01.
>
> Thanks to customer feedback and the tireless efforts of the Window-Eyes
> Error Reporting feature (and those who choose to send in error reports)
> Window-Eyes 7.01 boasts more stability, reliability, and performance
> than ever before.
>
> Window-Eyes scripting is changing the accessible landscape of computers,
> and the increased stability that Window-Eyes 7.01 provides means being
> able to spend more time focusing on script development. Window-Eyes 7.01
> also resolves several issues that affected localized versions of
> Window-Eyes, and has increased Window-Eyes marketability across the globe.
>
> While Window-Eyes 7.01 is a minor upgrade, it packs a significant punch
> including a few new features along with several bug fixes. A complete
> list of all changes is included below.
>
> Window-Eyes 7.01 is a FREE upgrade to Window-Eyes 7.0 users. To install
> Window-Eyes 7.01, you must already have a working copy of Window-Eyes
> 7.0 installed (Retail, Demo, Evaluation, Dongle, Everlock, and
> LTO/Payment Plan versions are all supported). To download the upgrade,
> select the "Window-Eyes Update" option from the Window-Eyes Help menu,
> or navigate directly to www.gwmicro.com/upgrade </upgrade>, and enter
> your serial number manually.
>
> If you have any questions or comments please contact us at
> support at gwmicro.com <mailto:support at gwmicro.com>, or via phone at
> 260-489-3671.
>
> Enjoy!
>
>
>    Enhancements between Window-Eyes 7.01 and Window-Eyes 7.0
>
> We have resolved several memory leaks, and fixed several stability
> issues thanks to the Window-Eyes error reporting feature. Window-Eyes
> 7.01 is a significant improvement over Window-Eyes 7.0 in terms of
> stability and responsiveness.
>
> We fixed a problem where Window-Eyes could hang while leaving and
> entering Browse mode quickly.
>
> We fixed a problem where list boxes were not reading correctly in Visual
> Studio 2005/2008.
>
> We fixed a a problem where Browse Mode would not refresh when a link was
> activated in Firefox 3.
>
> Many upper Unicode characters (most above 7fh) were not getting
> translated correctly in English grade 2 braille. This problem has been
> resolved.
>
> If the user profile path contained Unicode characters that didn't map
> into ANSI, you were not able to install script package files. This
> problem has been resolved.
>
> Window-Eyes would only read part of words with upper Unicode characters
> in PowerPoint 2003.  This problem has been resolved.
>
> Added the WEUpdate script to the factory default scripts.  This script
> will automatically check for Window-Eyes updates and let you know if
> there is an update available.
>
>
>        iTunes
>
> We resolved several issues relating to iTunes, including support for
> using the Window-Eyes Find command while in the iTunes store, resolving
> the issue of not being able to activate links using the Insert-Tab
> dialog, resolving the double reading in listviews and treeviews,
> speaking expanded and collapsed when you open and close tree view nodes,
> speaking the pull down menus correctly under Windows Vista, and
> resolving a problem where set files could not be associated to the
> iTunes window (or any window whose title was null). In addition,
> Window-Eyes does not automatically enable Browse Mode when the iTunes
> Store option is selected, meaning you can successfully arrow through all
> of the main items without suddenly getting tossed into Browse Mode.
>
>
>        Scripting
>
> If Window-Eyes is localized in a language that a script was not
> localized in, the hotkeys won't work because they're not localized to
> the Window-Eyes language. To resolve this issue, we have added a new
> property to the Key object called UntranslatedName. From now on, our
> policy is to hard code default hotkey names in your script, always in
> English, even if you are writing the script in another language, because
> Window-Eyes will always be able to interrupt English hotkey names. They
> can still be displayed to the user in the script language, but they
> should be stored in INI files, and in scripts as English. This way no
> matter what language Window-Eyes is localized in, or what languages the
> script you are trying to use is localized in, the hotkeys will always
> work. Once again, default hotkey names should not exist in the XML
> resource, because they should never be localized. Keyboard.Key will
> accept both Key.Name and Key.Unstranslated name. Refer to the
> documentation for more information.
>
> Added Mouse.ButtonDownEx and Mouse.ClickEx methods. Both methods provide
> the ability to enhance their respective functions with key modifiers. In
> addition, ClickEx fixes a problem of interrupting speech after
> performing the mouse click.
>
> If a null string was returned through various Speech event handlers,
> speech would get disabled. This was mainly a problem with Visual Basic
> which would return null for speech events that weren?t specifically
> hooked.  This problem has been resolved.
>
> The scripting error dialog would sometimes pass a blank string for the
> error description. Now, if Window-Eyes cannot retrieve the error
> description, a default message will be used rather than displaying a
> blank string.
>
> You can now use language id strings in the XML resource, such as "en" or
> "en-us" instead of having to use a hexadecimal number.
>
> If was possible for a script to not successfully restart, but you would
> still hear the restart message. This problem has been resolved.
>
> We fixed a problem where scripts could error when invoking
> Keyboard.Registerhotkey on launch.
>
> We fixed a problem where you couldn't Control or Shift-Click using the
> keyboard (meaning you couldn't tap the Control key and then press the
> Left Mouse button hotkey to perform a left click).
>
> We fixed a version comparison problem when installing script package 
> files.
>
> Window-Eyes now ensures that any read only attributes on script files
> being installing, uninstall, or used when created packages are cleared.
> This resolved a problem of script files not getting installed, or
> removed correctly.
>
> The Window-Eyes Scripting Manual has been updated.
>
> The gw-news list is an announce only list used for GW Micro news and
> product information.
>
> -- 
> Raul A. Gallegos -- http://www.asmodean.net
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:12:11 -0400
> From: "Marion & Martin" <swampfox1833 at verizon.net>
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Board Meeting: National Association of Guide Dog
> Users
> To: "NAGDU List" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>, "flagdu list"
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> Please disseminate the following message as widely as appropriate!
>
>    On Sunday, October 26, 2008, at 8:00 pm Eastern, the Board of Directors 
> of the National Association of Guide Dog Users (NAGDU), a division of the 
> National Federation of the Blind,  will hold its monthly meeting. This 
> meeting is open to anyone who wishes to observe the proceedings. Times 
> will be specified during this meeting for participant questions and input; 
> however, only members of the Board may make and vote on motions. The 
> call-in instructions are pasted below my signature.
>    The Association has been very busy dealing with a number of important 
> issues of interest to service animal users. In particular, we are working 
> with a national transportation service and a biological manufacturing 
> company to modify their discriminatory practices regarding persons with 
> disabilities who choose to use service animals. We are also in touch with 
> a hospital in new York to establish more effective policies and training 
> for their staff. I would like to thank maurice Mines (colorado), Bryan 
> Brown and Linda Pettit (Wisconsin), and margo Downey (New York) for their 
> respective work on these issues. In all of these cases, NAGDU is 
> attempting to use these incidents to illustrate the pervasiveness of these 
> problems and establish consumer-based training programs within these 
> industries. If you are a guide dog user or interested in blindness and 
> guide dog related issues, you are invited to join the teleconference Board 
> meeting to learn more about these efforts.
>    In addition, NAGDU has created a task force to sponsor the 
> establishment of an advocacy hotline for guide dog users nationwide. Once 
> established, this toll-free advocacy line will be staffed by members of 
> the NFB's National Association of Guide Dog Users. If you are interested 
> in working with NAGDU on this project, please send a message to
> president at nfb-nagdu.org
>
> Fraternally yours,
> Marion Gwizdala, President
> National Association of Guide Dog Users
> National Federation of the Blind
> 813-626-2789
> 800-558-8261
> president at nfb-nagdu.org
>
>
> Conference Participant Instructions
>
>
>
>  1.. At the specified time, call (641) 715-3300
>  2.. When prompted, enter your participant code: 560908#
>
>
> Please note: This conference will be recorded. Participation in the 
> conference implies an agreement to and authorization for such recording in 
> compliance with state and federal laws.
>
>
>
> During the conference call, participants may use the following commands:
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> *3 exits the conference and puts you in the lobby.
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> *6 mutes the participant. Pressing the command again unmutes the 
> participant.
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> ------------------------------
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:07:51 -0500
> From: Peter Altschul <paltschul at CENTURYTEL.NET> (by way of David
> Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>)
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Braille Math Translation Made Easy with the
> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
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> Braille Math Translation Made Easy with the Tiger Software
> SuiteBraille Math Translation Made Easy with the Tiger Software Suite
>
> ViewPlus Technologies Logo
>
> News Release
>
> For Immediate Release - Thursday, October 23, 2008
>
> Braille Math Translation Made Easy with the Tiger Software Suite
>
> October 23, 2008 Corvallis Oregon -ViewPlus Technologies and Design
> Science announced today the release of a new update to the ViewPlus
> Tiger Software Suite
> 4 (TSS) for braille math support within Microsoft Word. The new
> version TSS 4.1 works with Design Science's MathType version 5.0 or
> higher, allowing users
> to create mathematical equations within MathType and translate to
> braille with one touch.
>
> The collaboration between ViewPlus and Design Science has provided
> users with a new option for creating custom math documents. Users who
> prefer to create
> documents within MS Word can insert equations from MathType, add
> desired text and graphics, and translate to braille in one easy step.
> Equations will appear
> in both braille and ink allowing sighted readers to follow along. The
> documents can then be embossed using a Tiger embosser for high
> resolution tactile
> output.
>
> An example image of Nemeth printout
>
> "TSS is another example of the fruitful cooperation between Design
> Science and ViewPlus. TSS makes authoring and reading documents that
> contain math easier
> than ever. Math is taught everyday in every school, and using
> MathType and TSS makes it easy for teachers to provide access to
> materials for everyone in
> the classroom, whether they are sighted or not," said Neil Soiffer,
> Senior Scientist at Design Science.
>
> The Tiger Software Suite currently outputs to Nemeth and LaTeX, and
> additional math codes will be available in 2009. The braille math
> translator within
> TSS is a free update for current 4.0 users.
>
> For more information about the Tiger Software Suite with braille math
> support please visit:
> www.viewplus.com
>
> To learn more about MathType from Design Science, please visit:
> www.dessci.com
>
> About ViewPlus Technologies
> ViewPlus Technologies, Inc. is a private firm that develops and
> manufactures hardware and software for people with sensory
> disabilities, including people
> who are blind, people who have low vision and those who are learning
> disabled. For more information please visit the ViewPlus website,
> www.viewplus.com,
> email
> <mailto:info%40viewplus.com>info at viewplus.com,
> or call 541.754.4002.
>
> About Design Science
> Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Long Beach, California, Design
> Science develops software used by publishing professionals, educators
> and scientists,
> including MathType, Equation Editor in Microsoft Office, WebEQ,
> MathFlow and MathPlayer, to communicate on the web and in print. For
> more information please
> visit
> www.dessci.com.
>
> For more information contact:
>
> Kayleen Hagen
> Public Affairs Coordinator
> ViewPlus Technologies, Inc.
> Phone:541.754.4002 x 221
> <mailto:kayleen.hagen%40viewplus.com>kayleen.hagen at viewplus.com
>
> Bruce Virga
> Vice President, Sales
> Design Science, Inc.
> Phone:800.827.0685/562.432.2920
> <mailto:brucev%40dessci.com>brucev at dessci.com
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>
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