[access-uk] Re: Olympus Sonority
- From: Eleanor Martha Burke <eleanormarthaburke@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 19:57:47 +0000
why not write to the developers and put a case forward as to how they could
improve it and build your case on your own programming skills.
> On 10 Nov 2014, at 19:09, Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> More gripes about the DM5, or in this case the Sonority software that
> comes with it. Basically I don't think I have ever had the misfortune
> to use a less intuitive piece of badly written software in my life.
>
> Why do the authors of any kind of software to do with audio think it has
> to break all the human interface standards that are out there?
>
> I cannot get my DM5 to connect to Windows 7. Sometimes when I plug in
> the USB it goes totally silent. I cannot find two of the options
> mentioned in the manual. Basically my choices for USB settings are 'PC
> connection', 'AC adaptor' or 'variable'. And at no time do I get the
> quoted 'Storage' or 'composite' options presented to me.
>
> So I cannot switch the thing into mass-storage device mode.
>
> Also, 'initialization' of the micro SD card never seems to complete.
>
> I have version 1.10 of the firmware, but of course without it being
> connected I can't even update that.
>
> This piece of kit is billed as being suitable for us blind folks but
> it's a pity they forgot the principles of accessibility when they wrote
> the rubbish software.
>
> Mike
>
> --
> Michael A. Ray
> Analyst/Programmer
> Witley, Surrey, South-east UK
>
> The box said: 'install Windows XP, 7 or better'. So I installed Linux
>
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