Hi Peter, I just got your message on the Elba list last night. I'm sorry I didn't respond faster but I think it's reasonable to wait until the next work day to respond. First of all, I deal primarily with the U.S. market and so I don't do a lot with dual language machines. As I understand it though you have to choose a language that will be your default. This is due to the prompts and everything else being set up in that language. Then you can add up to 3 more languages to the machine but these will primarily be used in documents. For example, if I were taking a French class I could write files for that class in French and have them read back to me in French. Everything on the Elba can be set up by the user. If you got the wrong version, such as a French machine and you wanted English all you have to do is flash a new firmware to the Elba. This is done in the same way as updating the firmware. You will need to talk to your distributor or Papenmeier to obtain this software. As for the version number of the Elba, there are two versions. The one that you see when the machine is turned on is a hardware version. This number is usually either 1.21 or 1.23. There is really very little difference between the versions. It only affected a specific language issue with certain languages. The version that the manual refers to is also spoken when the Elba boots. It should come up just before you get to the control center. Depending on the country you are in, this will probably be either 1.41 or 1.50. This is the firmware version and when the machine is updated this changes. In the U.S. the released version is 1.41 and I will be posting a 1.5 version this week. As for USB drives, we don't support them. The USB port is a client and not a host. I believe that this rules out your USB modem option also. I hope this helps you get started. Let me know if I can be of more help. Tommy -----Original Message----- From: blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:blinux-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of peter.rayner@xxxxxx Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 8:27 AM To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Elba list and questions Like several others here I'm noticing a distinct lack of response from the elba discussion list. I received the usual confirmation of my message last week but haven't seen a single item on the list. I'll ask the same questions here ... it's only technically "on topic" since the beast runs linux underneath but I acknowledge there's a better list ... if it works. Oh, the list owner hasn't responded either. Here's my questions: 1) I ordered, I hope, both English and French for the machine. I assumed this would cover both speech synthesis and braille. But I don't see language options in the braille set-up. Can I enter and read Grade II braille in more than one language? If not, I would like to change this from French to English since I can scarcely read French grade II yet anyway. If necessary, is this possible at the user level or do I need help from Papenmeier and/or the local distributor? I also would not mind changing the language of interaction from French to English. I'm used to calling this the "locale" and know how to set it on other distributions of linux but it didn't seem to work here. 2) USB keys? I didn't see these in the manual as among the supported mass storage options. They are my preferred option though. Are they supported? 3) Wireless. I'm guessing the version of the manual I have is not up-to-date. Does anyone know a list of currently made and supported wireless cards? 4) USB ADSL modems. This is very unlikely. I note pppoe is supported but how about devices like the eagle-usb-based modems often supplied with ADSL accounts, at least in France. I've only just got these to work on my normal linux box so am not optimistic here. 5) Site for updates. When I boot up my machine says elba rev 123 my manual is for 1.41 and people are talking about a more recent update. I couldn't find this on the papenmeier site and the manual wasn't forthcoming about *where* one found these. Again, apologies for the marginal topic-group match and people should perhaps reply to me off-line. regards Peter -- Peter Rayner LSCE - CEA de Saclay Orme des Merisiers, 91191 Gif/Yvette work: +33 (1) 69 08 88 11; mobile: +33 (6) 75 46 56 52; fax: +33 (1) 69 08 77 16 mail-to: peter.rayner@xxxxxx _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list