How Do I Upload Word Document From Alphasmart Neo 2 To Macbook Air

vrf says:

Well, here's yet another reason to hackintosh that netbook* one time I buy one.

Slap-up work, Mark! I'm certain the folks at Renlearn are eagerly downloading your app as we speak.

*I have been defendant by the woodchuck of bringing netbooks into every thread, so I have to alive up to my reputation.
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typical plane [dihapus] bilang:

Woot! Thanks Marking. I'll certainly be giving it a attempt when I go home from work. I've got files on my Neo that need to be backed upwardly anyway. This sounds awesome. I detest using the Equally manager so this type of app sounds correct up my alley.

At present if someone could effigy out a way to brand the alphabeam software beam files to the neo I'd be in hog sky.

-Cel
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Oldwoodchuck says:

Un -

Great stuff! Makes the Neo a lot more useful in my eyes. Sexy!

Uh, Vance? Well, OK - honesty compels me to admit that I was browsing the hackintosh pages last night myself. After seeing and trying typing on an HP Mini yesterday in a All-time Buy I think information technology's about equally cute equally a box full of puppies (Golden Retriever puppies, also). And a darn nice keyboard. The footling sucker booted right up, boing!

Into Windows, splodge!

No, don't say that, Alan. XP SP3 is a very dainty Bone. Squeamish. OK. Tolerable.

Sigh.

We're all impressed, Un. You lot rock, dude!
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KeesvL says:

Mark,

If there'southward a part of sky reserved for AlphaSmartians you'll definitely be in it! This is terrific!

I'm reminded of the program Alphassist a immature German once wrote for Mac OSX, later on the onetime and cranky Get Utility app wouldn't run anymore. There was, for some fourth dimension, a link to it on the defunct AlphaSmart Community Centre, but it was removed soon by highest order as being suspect of copyright infringement (something I didn't believe then, and don't do now).
Existence written for the AS3000, it was much superior, both in appearance and functionality, to the Get Utility, though not half equally sleek as what you lot have contrived.
To brand things worse, forumwise, I was advocating AlphaSmart should purchase Alphassist and distribute it. Nothing came of this, sadly, and all that remained were understandably hard feelings on the role of the programmer.

I trust the fate of AlphaSync will be dissimilar. Subsequently all, the in a higher place happened years agone, and AlphaSmart is now a division of Renaissance Learning. RL cares about what people want, doesn't it?

Kees
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H0OK says:

Darn. I desire a Macbook. ;-)
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scotia3 says:

Great work Marker. I wish information technology would work with a Dana. I am a recent catechumen from windows to a macbook and love the mac. Would get in a lot more convenient to exist able to sync with your clever app than having to use the palm desktop software. Anyway, I am certain the people wil Neos and Macs will love it.
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mcmatti says:

Mark, this is really, truly, terrific. Only had a run a risk to burn it up on my United states of america Neo 1, and everything worked beautifully. Loved the ability to rename the Neo's numbered files, but the "woot!" moment was finding a preferences checkbox for auto-starting whenever a Neo is plugged in.

Tin't thanks enough.
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hushful eye [dihapus] bilang:

I feel so jealous now. In days like this, having a pc sucks.
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Oldwoodchuck says:

Nah, Nelson, don't say that. In days like Windows 2000, having a PC sucked. Present, it really doesn't matter. All the platforms allow you to work easily and simply.

This is nifty for mac/neo owners, but it's just a convenience. Your business concern is to write. All the rest is self-indulgent geekery. Don't go hung upward on the buttons and lights. Focus on the words.
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typical airplane [dihapus] bilang:

Hey Mark,

I got to play with it tonight. Let me say that I certainly like how easy it is. Right now I only have 1 feature asking:

Maybe I'yard a lilliputian weird but can we add a characteristic called delete that actually removes the files from the Neo? I tend to have more 8 files on my Neo. The tool lets me add together more files just non take whatsoever away at the moment.

Outside of that, the tool is running marvelously. Information technology's fast to open and makes a connexion to the Neo really quickly. I've tested the backup, clear and inspector buttons which all run like a champ. Information technology makes things way easier to install fonts too. I'm really happy with it.

Thank y'all!!!!!!

-Cel
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hushed heart [dihapus] bilang:

Oldwoodchuck - Hahahaha, you're just so right! I tin can't aid being geeky sometimes, or but want the new thing like a child. I must say this app sounds really comfy; of form is not a NEED to anybody, but a very nice thought that will ease use.

Windows is ok, especially XP. Vista? Well, actually a bit too many bells and whistles, and as well thirsty on resource, but I must run in on my newest laptop and have got used to it. Both my other computers become on XP. I don't think 2000 sucked that much. I was fifty-fifty happy with my one-time win95 pentiun and office 97.

So absurd to see somebody telling me not to be indulgent with gadgets and things and focus on writing. I accept given that lecture so many times to others. I gauge I'1000 a case of "practice as I say, non equally I do".

Thanks then much, OWC. Cheers.

Nelson
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unexpected_human says:

Thanks for the feedback.

I didn't know about Alphassist. Sounds like information technology arose for much the same reason (I wrote the get-go version of AlphaSync when RL didn't have a version of ASM that worked OSX 10.5).

I don't believe that AlphaSync violates any copyright - the code was written cleanly using just information that anyone can meet with a USB bus analyser. My principal worry is to not cause RL back up headaches. This is why the public version does non allow Bone/applet uploads or changing of applet settings.

Cel - I tried to add a delete command equally you suggest. However, I take not been able to find a sensible* way to make this piece of work over USB. If you select the AlphaWord applet icon, yous tin clear all AW files, leaving just the 8 file spaces.

-- Mark

* a possible option is to clear all files, then re-load those that were non deleted. Even so, this is both slow and risky (eg if the user unplugs the Neo while the transfers are running).
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d_b_cohen says:

Mark,

A phenomenal slice of piece of work. Congratulations and thank you!

Nelson, you should take a look at the Windows vii beta. Information technology is Vista with all of the bloat removed (and a fair few features cribbed from the Mac!). Runs very well on my lowly Acer netbook. Really what Vista should have been.

David.
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typical plane [dihapus] bilang:

Thanks for the update and ideas Mark.

-Cel
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Oldwoodchuck says:

My son-in-police-the-geek, who runs a programming tools inquiry group for MS, is very high on Windows vii. Says they tossed the cowboys out and got good engineers in for this one (this is non an exact quote - he'due south more diplomatic than this). Says that this is what Vista should have been (no, he's not quoting DB - he really did say that). The Windows 7 managing director is a top notch guy and very into basics.
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mariseo says:

Well, UH ... looks like I'll have to take my Neo out of the bag information technology has been in for a couple of months.

I've been back to using my Dana for my primary writing for some time at present, after a couple of years of Neo. Given that it is about six years one-time, and the E and A keys worn nigh blank, information technology is however an extraordinary automobile, and just equally groundbreaking as it was at the time I bought it.

Neo I liked very much and travelled with information technology to many parts of the world, I just gave information technology that suspension for the terminal while.

I'll go dig it out and say hullo.

Brian

LATER: Hats off, UH ... well washed, groovy and tidy and really elegant. The simply glitch is that, occasionally the preview doesn't show the text that information technology usually does. Haven't played around enough to see when that happens, though. But well done.

PS ... dainty to say 'how-do-you-do' to Neo again. Information technology'due south as well easy to forget what a actually elegant motorcar it is too. Isn't it astonishing how the relative simplicity of Neo, and to a slightly lesser extent the Dana, last through every other new engineering science.

Case in indicate: I had to practise some xv,000 words for a motoring supplement last week, against a tight deadline. I opted to practice it on Dana instead of MacBook, because of the non-lark factor.
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vrf says:

I seriously have no thought what yous guys are referring to when you talk about this "non-distraction factor."

Oh, wait...
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Serpententacle says:

Thanks for this program. Makes life easier! Bravo.
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Serpententacle says:

It'southward funny. Information technology worked the first fourth dimension I tried information technology, but when I tried information technology over again later.... it keeps unexpectedly quitting.
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m_n201277 says:

ach, it does non piece of work with my Alphasmart 3000. Neither does a version of Alphassist.

O Levpparde, what hast thou donst ?

is in that location any costless application capable of transferring AS 3000 files?

any take a chance alphasync could see an upgrade to include the AS 3000 ?

if I tin can help whatever information from my (german) As 3000, I'd exist happy to !!!
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triciawriting says:

Wow, I get abroad for a little while and await what cool stuff shows up! Cheers, Mark. Tin't expect to try information technology.

Btw, is there a difference betwixt a "recent Neo" and an older ane?
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- Jez says:

Thank you, unexpected_human, Thank you.

Your program works perfectly. The app's icon is on my dock.

Two thumbs upwardly, mate!

Thanks,

- Jez
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nevinsons goggles says:

It's an splendid app, isn't it? I'd like to try and port it to Windows if I ever get the time - though it would definitely be a stretch for my programming skills.
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- Jez says:

nevinsons_goggles (such a wonderful "name" - is there a story behind information technology?) why not inquire unexpected_human for porting tips. Maybe he'll be prepared to pitch in here and at that place?
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nevinsons goggles says:

Mark (unexpected_human) very kindly sent me the source files a while dorsum. The challenging part actually is writing the Windows drivers; Windows drivers are notoriously troublesome to develop; added to this, I'm not much more a novice at programming in C, though I have a fair scrap of experience in various other languages.

The proper name "Nevinson's goggles" has a slightly convoluted (and probably not terribly interesting!) story behind it. I used to belong to a yahoo group focused on the Eiffel Belfry Eating place and the literary and artistic figures that frequented it in the 1910s and 20s. CRW Nevinson was a British WWI artist who belonged to this set. The goggles is a reference to the fact that, in a publicity photo for an exhibition of 1915 or sixteen (can't retrieve exactly), he wore his goggles pushed up over his cap in gild to obscure the crimson cantankerous that gave him away equally an ambulance driver rather than an infantryman. It struck me equally an interesting slice of "spin", and quite revealing of his graphic symbol.
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- Jez says:

Great. I thought it a very interesting story.

I Googled "CRW Nevinson" and non simply was I rewarded with his wonderful artwork (in Google images) there was a portrait of him, likewise, wearing his goggles pushed up his hat.

Really pleased I asked you if there was a story behind the proper noun, cheers for responding. Makes me wonder what other stories are out their, on this forum, that led to their "names."
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LM Writer says:

Has anyone tried AlphaSync with a Neo2?
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- Jez says:

Thank you, nevinsons_goggles. I joined the Yahoo group. Very intriguing.
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vrf says:

At that place's an commodity on this tool at Cult of Mac:
world wide web.cultofmac.com/nanowrimo-writers-sync-your-alphasmart-...
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LM Writer says:

To answer my own question a few weeks ago, I decided to give this a try. I'm happy to report that AlphaSync works with my Neo2 and MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard.

Thank you in one case, again, unexpected human, for a marvelous addition to our Neos!
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Gene Wilburn says:

This sounded so promising. I too have a Macbook Pro running Snowfall Leopard, and a Neo, merely my experience was less happy.

Every fourth dimension the Neo connects with AlphaSync, AlphaSync goes poof! and leaves the screen. I tin can connect the Neo with AlphaSmartManager, just non AlphaSync.

Also bad. It would be so useful.

Gene
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LM Writer says:

Sorry to hear, Factor. Perhaps unexpected human being can counterbalance in and help.

By the fashion, is your Macbook Pro new--something from Santa this year? Have y'all installed Scrivener?

Liz
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Ziginox says:

Will this work with Tiger PPC or is it Inthell merely? (the PDF doesn't say...)
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nevinsons goggles says:

Runs fine on ten.four Tiger.

Thanks, Mike
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Snuffles says:

Wow! Talk about instant. Elevate a file beyond to Bean or Srivener and bang its there. Superb, Thank you then much.

As for the backup button. I was a bit scared of that one. Where would they go? So I striking the push button(icon) and woof!

Ok, now lets observe them.

Expect here, an AlphaSync folder in Documents with a prepare of perfectly nested folders nether today'southward date. Even the spell check file. Perfect.

Give the man (unexpected_human) a gold star!
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Snuffles says:

Every bit the 'Happy new Neo owner' - I just fired up Alphasmart Manager for the very beginning fourth dimension - did it recognise my Neo? Nope. Dead as a doornail. Nuff said. x points to Alphasync.

I may need to connect AM to a USB port on my Macbook rather than through the port on my keyboard? That may become AM back in the game.

Can I exist bothered right at present?
Nope.
Alphasync all the way for now.
Simples (every bit the meerkat says).
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ahleucha1 says:

Hi all--a quick question--but likewise a thanks, starting time, to the wonderfully named "unexpected man" for his / her / its labor on this software! It'south working wonderfully for me, with 1 smallish glitch (that I don't run into posted in the stream above). When I elevate a file into a discussion processor (I've tried Discussion and Mellel and Pages, just to get a sampling), I become the file transferred but fine, only the so called "not-sign" which looks like this: ¬
is inserted at what seem to be random points in the text. This sign has ASCII number 172; hex AC; HTML ¬, if that'll assistance "random human" or anyone else figure annihilation out?
It seems to have no reference to any symbol / graphic symbol in my neo files: it occurs, in fact, where there are simply spaces in my own neo files.
I'thousand using the latest version of Neo software and of the Mac OS; everything'due south up to date.
The backup works fine, by the mode.
thanks for any tips / advice you lot can give me.
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herbacious_harley_37 (Hàìghlèàgh Winslade BA ) says:

Snuffles,

I take to say that I rarely use ASM but to exercise things similar add Unexpected Human's wonderful fonts. I tend to plug my Neo into my iMac and open Word in Office for Mac and hit the send button then once its done salve the Word file. Im a new MacHead I have a 2nd user iMac (polycarbonate white 1st Intel version) which I won on Ebay last month. I am actually hoping to get a MacBook Pro on my DSA. Your account of AlphaSync has encouraged me to download it onto my iMac and effort it.

Regards

Harley
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herbacious_harley_37 (Hàìghlèàgh Winslade BA ) says:

I've simply been reading though this thread.

A) Moving to a Mac was a good move,

Just:

B) Buying a 14" laptop with Windows 7 was also a adept move.

I never used Vista being a vox recognition user that was out for me merely I agree with both OWC that his son in law was right in that MS got good people in to create Windows 7 and David that Windows 7 has cribbed a few OSX features in my option the about find able is the translucent taskbar.
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ahleucha1 says:

I retrieve I've institute the problem, which is simply that this program works for Apple's Bone 10.iv and 10.5 but not quite perfectly for x.6? Easy plenty to do detect and replace for the "not sign" in the .txt files that are imported to the Mac, but I wonder if Unexpected Human can say if this Bone version is indeed the problem, and if there's a set possible?
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nevinsons goggles says:

Mark (unexpected_human) developed Alphasync in OS 10.5, before Snow Leopard came out. It was issued 'as is' in Jan 09 with no guarantees of ongoing support etc.

Not certain where the problem has come from, only I think the Unicode conversion was a scrap hacky (from my retentiveness of his own comments in the source files, which he kindly sent me some while back).

Have you tried PMing him?
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Snuffles says:

I am on ten.6.2
I will take a get at dragging a file and encounter if its the same for me. If information technology is I volition just copy and paste.

To my mind its still far far easier than Alphasmart Director. It has the Apple mentality through and through, i.e. it does not need a manual.

Most PC products seem (to my heed) to be more complex past nature whereas Apple developers tend to follow a more than intuitive route. And so I am rather biased.
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ahleucha1 says:

Cheers for the suggestion, N'sG--I only sent him a bulletin, and I'll post any response he gives to this stream.
And, Snuffles, information technology'll be good to know if you lot have the aforementioned trouble, with the same ¬ character.
I plant it was at that place in my backup .txt files, too every bit in pasted documents.
And I agree: information technology's still easier than Alphasmart Director; and a find and supersede works to strip the ¬ from files just fine.
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Snuffles says:

Hmm. Its not appearing in my backup text files. Will try the dragged files in the morning.
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