[access-uk] Re: Olympus Sonority
- From: Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:00:49 +0000
I have discovered I was trying to use a DC-only USB cable so the DM5
would not mount :) That was me being a wally.
But I still think the software is rubbish.
And the firmware updater is totally inaccessible.
Mike
On 10/11/2014 19:57, Eleanor Martha Burke wrote:
> 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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Witley, Surrey, South-east UK
The box said: 'install Windows XP, 7 or better'. So I installed Linux
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