They are CSV files, I think. Maybe CVS. Anyways, there should be ways to upload
them to Google and have them in your Google contacts, therefore being able to
be on Android.
Sent from my Mac.
Devin Prater
d.prater@xxxxxx
On May 24, 2016, at 6:21 AM, Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Sammie,
Yes, it's nice to be back. I appreciate your forwarding of the information
from Greg Stillson, but you didn't give his email address, so I can't follow
up on this.
I'm wondering if one can export the address book into one of those files that
is separated with commas? I don't know what the file extension is, but if
this capability were added to the mix, it might be easier to accept. I would
love to hear his response to this. I have hundreds of addresses and phone
numbers in my Apex and the thought of recreating them gives me the gru. I
don't mind having a GMail account, but not being able to utilize the contacts
which have been accumulated over the past several years is daunting.
Joseph, what do you call a mail file that is exported and has separaters in
it between the records? That is a standard way to export addresses and so on
to files that are compatible with other mailers.
I don't care about my folders, those I can recreate, but it's the contacts--.
Ann P.
Original message:
Hello Ann,
It's good to see your name again on a Braillenote list. Yes,
the Touch is discussed on this list. Also, there's a pod cast
from Greg Stilson on the Humanware web page, which can be
downloaded to the Victor Stream Second Generation. I read your
other message with the questions, and I've learned - much to my
dismay - that the Touch will not recognize any of your old files
unless they are in either DOCX, DOC, or ridgetext format.
Hello Sammie
I am glad to hear the VA will be purchasing the Touch for you
and I believe that after you understand a bit of the reasoning of
why we have changed some of the dynamics from the past
BrailleNotes you will love your Touch and be using it every day.
I am also happy to tell you that on every BrailleNote Touch you
will receive as the default book in the Victor reader app, the
BrailleNote Touch Audio Tutorial, done by a company called Mystic
Access. This is a fantastic, very comprehensive tutorial
describing how to use your Touch in almost any situation you can
imagine. Now on to your questions. I have answered them inline
preceeded by GS:
1. Whenever I turn my Victor Stream, Second Generation on to
use it with wireless, it seems to be downloading some
"pod-casts". So my first questions (plural) are queries about
the Stream and these "pod-casts". They are: Will any of these
"pod-casts" contain your discussion group discussing the Touch
and if so, how can I retrieve them from the Stream? Are all the
"pod-casts" that the Victor Stream is downloading for me coming
from Humanware, and if so, what are they telling me about?
2. The second part of my questions concern being able to
obtain a copy of your discussion group, even if I can't
participate in it without a computer or get it on My Victor
Stream. If none of this is possible, can a copy be released on
an SD card which can be purchased for the price of the SD card of
about 64 GB so that after listening to your lecture I can use it
in my Touch.
GS: Yes I believe tomorrow the Stream will have access to an
archived copy of the presentation tonight on Tech Talk. You will
be able to access this by pressing your WIFI bookshelf button
above the number 2 on your Stream. Once on the WIFI bookshelf
you can press 1 repeatedly until you get to your podcast
bookshelf. Use your 4 or 6 keys to find the HumanWare podcast
and press the confirm, pound key. You can then use the 4 and 6
keys to cycle through all the podcasts that are listed there to
find the tech talk podcast I am doing this evening. Press Play
to start playing it.
Another question, which was partially answered by Brian was:
"Will I be able to back-up the folders and files on the SD card
in my Apex and then restore it for use in the Touch." Brian said
that unlike upgrades in the past, the Touch would recognize the
names of my folders but would only see files if they were DOCX,
DOC, or Ridge-text files and that I would have to convert each
file in each folder that was not in one of those formats to one
of those formats. What I neglected to ask him was: "If I
converted each file on my SD card in my Apex to my choice of one
of those formats, would I have to back-up and restore for use on
the Touch or can I just slide the SD card into the Touch and
everything that's been converted will be recognized."
GS: Just slide your card into the touch and everything will be
recognized. You can then even copy your folders from your SD
card to your internal storage on the Touch.
The most important question, to me, which I entirely forgot
even to mention while with Pat and Brian concerns my e-mail
folders and files; and the e-mail settings and configurations
both for DSL and wireless. The question is: If I back-up these
folders and files to my SD card (which I do monthly with my Apex)
and then restore them to the Touch, will the Touch recognize, and
let me use them without having to recreate them again? To me,
these folders and files include all the addresses in my e-mail
address folder; the settings I have, including passwords; and the
e-mail folder, including the "in-box, out-box, send, receive,
all, draft, trash, my e-mail, plus folders I have created and
their files?" Also, using the Touch, will I be able to create,
and use separately if I wish, two or more address folders? If
not, is there a way to convert all of that to one of the formats
which will be recognized by the Touch? Currently in my e-mail
address folder, I have, all commingled, the addresses of friends,
businesses, and other people I share visual resources with and
I'd like to know if it will be possible using the Touch to have
them separated for use or mix them if I want someone in another
address list to get a copy of what I'm sending? I guess what I'm
trying to ask is: "Will I be able to create separate address
lists for friends, business, and resources and send only to one
of those list if I wish; or mix and mingle the addresses in each
list if needed. Also, with the Touch, will I be able to send
messages with my "from line" to people on my list without a "to
line" showing and all the recipients be listed in the blind?
GS: This is a difficult one to answer. Because we have
completely moved away from proprietary formats that only work on
the BrailleNote and are moving into the 21st century with cloud
storage and commonly used file types, these past address list
files, which only worked on the older BrailleNotes either will
need to be re-created on your Touch, or uploaded to a cloud email
address such as a gMail account As the Touch is a certified
Google device it is highly recommended to use it with a gMail
account. These are extremely easy to create and allows all your
calendars, contacts, emails and google apps to be stored in one
place. You will be able to connect your Touch to WIFI and your
email accounts but you will not be able to import those into the
Touch. But the Touch makes this process exponentially easier
than it was on past BrailleNotes. I know that ITG or our support
teams will be able to assist you with this process if you need
help.
Now, for what I hope is my last question in this message. I
think I asked someone about this before, but I'd really like an
answer from "the horse's mouth" so to speak. I know that there
are many dictionaries and thesauruses which can be found on the
internet, but will the Touch also have the Oxford Dictionary and
Thesaurus that I've loved since they were introduced in my
M-Power about ten years ago. I like the idea of them being in my
notetaker where they are accessible without me having to stop
what I'm doing and going to the internet in the middle of a
document. If that's not possible, can something be done to let
those of us who already have the Oxford Dictionary/Thesaurus in
their Apex get permission to put them into the Touch? Currently,
in my opinion, the only thing missing in our Oxford Dictionary is
the history of words and where they should be hyphenated so I
know where to separate them if necessary.
GS: At version 1 of the software there is no oxford dictionary,
but as you mentioned you do have many dictionaries available to
you from the GooglePlay store. We will be assessing if we need
to do an app ourselves or if the ones on the PlayStore meet our
customers needs. Once again this goes to using available file
types and apps that everyone can use, not things specific to the
BrailleNote.
Best regards
Greg
--
Ann K. Parsons
Portal Tutoring
EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx
web site: http://www.portaltutoring.info
Skype: Putertutor
"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost."
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