[nabs-l] security alerts on the braillenote

Mon Mar 11 21:20:55 UTC 2013

sophie: 
I don't know you so am reluctant to comment upon your assertion that a slate is inefficient except to say that such assertions are often made by those who do not use a slate extensively and therefore are unfamiliar with how efficient it can be in skilled hands. 
As for electronic petitions, they are IMO worthless since they cannot be verified. Moreover, keeping up with such things as security certificates and current trends in web design is a thankless, if not an impossible task for manufacturers of specialized devices. 
And Apple periodically breaks Braille support and we must wait months for the fix!

Mike Freeman
sent from my iPhone

On Mar 11, 2013, at 13:43, "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:

> As for the slate versus the notetaker, generally, its faster with the notetaker; but a slate can be as fast as a pencil and paper if you have practiced enough. But I would never be fast like that as I did not grow up with it.
> 
> I like the petetion idea too. why not do i t online or at the nfb convention?
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Sophie Trist
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 4:13 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] security alerts on the braillenote
> 
> Mike, I'm going to have to disagree with you here. Slates and
> styluses are very inefficient. On my BN, I can type notes in
> class faster than most sighted kids can write them. On an S&S,
> notetaking would take ten times as long and be three times as
> difficult. Also, I have found Apple's braille support to be very
> nice. Yeah, it's not perfect, but it's great all things
> considered. Okay, sorry for the rant and for getting off topic.
> Kaiti, I like your idea of petitioning Humanware to include an
> updated list of security certificates (as well as a freakin Docx
> converter) into their next update. Does anyone know how we could
> get such a project started?
> 
> Yours sincerely,
> Sophie
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:55:22 -0700
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] security alerts on the braillenote
> 
> The answer is extremely simple although my observation is that
> most blind people do not want to hear it.
> First, piezoelectric braille displays are expensive and the
> demand for them is small enough that their price is unlikely to
> decrease much.
> Second, Apple sells far more i-devices than Humanware, HIMS and
> Levelstar/APH sell note-takers. Therefore, Apple can take
> advantage of economies of scale in production that note-taker
> manufacturers can only dream of. High production quantity
> translates directly into lower prices
> This is the economic consequence of being the minority we know
> ourselves to be. The fact that note-takers are, in essence,
> glorified PDAs with braille displays matters not one whit where
> economics are concerned. The kicker here is that we cannot depend
> upon mainstream devices to meet all our needs
> All the complaining in the world won't change this reality. The
> one consolation we have here is that slates and styluses are
> still cheap!
> 
> Mike Freeman
> sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Mar 11, 2013, at 11:05, Sarah <coastergirl92 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yeah my point is the same why in the world would you have to pay
> over $5,000 for a device that can barely do more than go on
> Facebook or google or Bookshare when an iPhone costs less than
> half the price and you can do anything on it.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Valerie Gibson <valandkayla at gmail.com
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Date sent: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:38:15 -0500
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] security alerts on the braillenote
> 
> I think i saw something about it on the BN mailing list, but
> someone said their computer was doing it too, and I have not had
> that problem.  Overall, the thread on it was not too helpful, but
> maybe I just didn't dig deep enough.
> 
> Another bad part about all this is, I can't even exit the
> internet because the dialog pops up again.  I have to reset my
> BN.
> 
> It's sadly getting to the point where, if not for the braille
> display, the BN would not be worth having?쫆t least that's my
> thinking.
> 
> I know the BN can only do so muc, but if it were half as good as
> a mobile device that would be something.  I don't mean to bash
> the braillenote or the manufacturer, and I appologize if my tone
> is coming across as such, it's just?쫡o spend that much money on
> a device and have your iphone/ipad, which coasts a fifth of the
> price, work more flawlessly is a wee bit disappointing.
> 
> Maybe humanware should up the game and make a iphone/ipad
> docking station with a braille display at the bottom?쫛r an
> iphone/ipad case with a braille display somehow built in.  You
> have to admit, that would be beautiful.  :)
> 
> If anyone figures out a way around this, please let me know.
> Thanks so much.
> On Mar 11, 2013, at 12:09 AM, Zachary N.  Griego-Dreicer
> <zdreicer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> good evening Valerie.  I get those annoying things all the time!
> I can not figure a way around them either.  Do you know of  the
> braillenote mailing list?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On Mar 10, 2013, at 10:59 PM, Valerie Gibson
> <valandkayla at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Quick question.  Does anyone ever get a ton of security alerts
> while using the internet on the braillenote apex?  When I go to
> facebook or bookshare, I'll get:
> Security alert dialog.
> informationyou exchange with this site cannot be viewed or
> changed by others.  However, there is a problem with the site's
> security certificate.  The security certificate is from a trusted
> certifying athority.
> The security certificate date is valid.
> The name on the security certificate is invalid or does not
> match the name of the site.
> Do you want to continue?
> 
> The problem is:
> 1.  I can sometimes get eight or ten of these in a row, and I
> just hit yes on it.
> 2.  When i'm moving to a new line on the dialog, the braillenote
> lags.  for example, from "The name on the security certificate is
> invalid?? to "do you want to continue?? it takes the
> braillenote a second at most to jump from those two line.  When
> you're dealing with four lines, that's four seconds, just to get
> to the prompt.  With all of that added up, it takes about a
> minute to get past that.  I even tried hitting "no" on the prompt
> and it still brings up security stuff..
> 
> Any advice, suggestions, helpful hints, complaints such as this,
> etc? :)
> 
> Thanks
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