Well, good news. Apparently, the problems I was having with the "random" mode were due to operator error. Don't know how I made that happen, since what I did is apparently not something the machine is supposed to do...(shrug). But now, it will shuffle all of the elements in my "music" bookshelf, just like it's supposed to ( Read more... )

Just got it today--I'm still figuring it out.

( Pros and cons. )

I now have K1000 on my laptop. (The DSS office can get me an edited copy of my accounting book in Kurzweil format. The law school bought a copy of the software last year (I actually didn't ask for it and in fact told them I didn't need it, but...). Apparently, they did install it on one of the lab machines, but they then removed it later. Possibly ( Read more... )

So, does your screen reader occasionally say things that make no sense to you at all? Mine does. Today's had to be the strangest by far. (There was that one time a few years ago when it started saying the time every 60 seconds, but this was worse ( Read more... )

I just got my brand-spanking-new braille display. It's not one of the super-cool blluetooth ones that can also serve as braille displays for your phone and your PdA and your guide dog. But it's definitely good for what I need. It's a Focus 40 from FreedomScientific. And boy, did it get here fast! I gave up on the BC-640--I'm not sure if it's ( Read more... )