I recently decided to replace the netbook I had been using in the booth with a tablet computer. Actually, this was long overdue, as the netbook – not the fastest to begin with – had been getting slower and slower, taking somewhere around 5 minutes just to start up and deciding to freeze up at the most inopportune moments because its little RAM was simply not up to the task of processing four (or more) programs and a browser simultaneously. When the notice pooped up that I should replace the battery or it could just shut down without warning, I took that as a sign and switched to a tablet.<\/p>\n
It just so happened that this was shortly before September 30 – Translator Day – when there was a virtual conference over on ProZ. Now, you can say what you like about that platform, but some offers really are good, and the conferences, both virtual and in the flesh, are of that group. One of the things they talked about was a little device that lets you share files from a USB drive via wifi, turns LAN into WLAN, and is also a backup battery. I was immediately convinced and bought one, and I wanted to share how it works with you. However, someone else has already done so, so rather than raving myself, I will share the post by Sebastiano Gigliobianco originally published on the tablet interpreter blog<\/a>:<\/i><\/p>\n USB drives and tablets? Solved! <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n In this article, I will show you how to access a thumb drive, an external USB hard drive or an SD storage card from your tablet.<\/p>\n The The Although Please note<\/b>: <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I recently decided to replace the netbook I had been using in the booth with a tablet computer. Actually, this was long overdue, as the netbook – not the fastest to begin with – had been getting slower and slower, taking somewhere around 5 minutes just to start up and deciding to freeze up at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[90,494,112,205,495,496,497,498,499],"class_list":["post-9817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unkategorisiert","tag-english","tag-filehub","tag-interpretation","tag-interpreting","tag-proz","tag-ravpower","tag-tablet","tag-tablet-interpreting","tag-tools-for-interpreters","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.a-z-translations.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9817"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.a-z-translations.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.a-z-translations.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.a-z-translations.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.a-z-translations.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9817"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.a-z-translations.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10802,"href":"https:\/\/www.a-z-translations.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9817\/revisions\/10802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.a-z-translations.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.a-z-translations.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.a-z-translations.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nOne of the sessions this year was a webinar on tablet interpreting! Yeah! Naturally, I signed up. Although I was unable to watch it live, the recording is still online<\/a>, so I could watch it at my leisure later. And it really was so worth it! Loads and loads of excellent information and tips by Alexander Drechsel<\/a> and Josh Goldsmith<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n
\nRecently, I was contacted by a
\nstudent interpreter from Munich, Sebastiano Gigliobianco. He, too, is an
\n enthusiastic tablet interpreter, and I am happy to say he has cracked
\nthe USB-drive-and-tablet issue. I publish his text here, slightly
\nedited, in the hope that you find it just as informative and useful as I
\n did.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n
\n freelance interpreters in particular, the lack of a USB port remains a
\nbig problem when it comes to tablets. Although WiFi-enabled thumb drives
\n have been widely available on the market, they do not solve the problem
\n that many of us face when being handed a thumb drive with documents,
\nfiles or the latest version of a PowerPoint presentation.<\/p>\n
\n only thing that you need, aside from your tablet and your drive, is a
\nfile hub. Again, there are several products on the market, and it is not
\n my intention to advertise one or the other. I will just talk about the
\none that I bought: the RavPower<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n RavPower is a portable router which is able to create a WiFi network
\nthat shares a wired internet connection or hooks up to an existing WiFi
\nas a repeater of sorts. It also doubles as a power bank that can charge
\nyour phone or tablet while you\u2019re out and about. Without a doubt the
\nmost interesting feature, however, is the ability to share the contents
\nof a USB drive, SD card or USB hard drive over a secure WiFi network.
\nThis can be done by either entering the address 10.10.10.254 into the
\naddress bar of your browser or by using the official FileHub Plus app.
\nFileHub Plus lets you open and manage most file formats (PDF, Office,
\nvideo, audio etc.) which can then be opened in other applications as
\nwell such as Mail, iBooks, Readdle Documents, VLC and so on.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nAlthough
\n it is possible to open the files with one application and then export
\nthem into another, the constant back-and-forth is cumbersome and
\ntime-consuming. Apps such as Readdle Documents<\/a>
\n (my standard file manager on the iPad) usually have a built-in
\ncapability to access remote servers either through a local network or
\nthe internet. After having spent quite some time trying out different
\nsettings, I was finally able to find the correct ones that allow you to
\naccess the RavPower directly from Documents without having to open
\nanother app first.<\/p>\n\nSettings for Readdle Documents<\/h2>\n
\n
\n the official app will recognise the RavPower as a single unit having
\ntwo devices plugged in (USB and SD card), Documents will see them as two
\n different servers and have to be saved as such:<\/i><\/p>\n\n
\nSettings for GoodReader<\/span><\/h2>\n
\n
\n address: 10.10.10.254 (GoodReader then lets you navigate to all
\nconnected storage devices. Alternatively, you can enter the direct URL
\nfor USB and\/or SD – see above under Readdle Documents.)<\/li>\n
\n The settings with other versions of the RavPower or with other apps may
\n vary. To find out if the shared folder has changed, download the
\nofficial FileHub Plus app and click on \u00abFile\/Folder\u00bb to see the devices
\ncurrently plugged in. Simply copy the names and paste them in the shared
\n folder fields.<\/i>
\nBy saving these settings, you can access
\neither the USB stick or the SD card plugged into the RavPower with your
\ntablet or smartphone. Moreover, you can also connect the RavPower to the
\n internet either with an Ethernet cable or over WiFi using it as a
\nrepeater, for example while being at home or in a hotel.
\nI suggest
\n using an SD card instead of a USB drive for permanent storage, since
\nthe RavPower has only one USB port for charging and data transfer. This
\nmay cause the thumb drive to get warm, and it drains the battery
\nquicker.
\nI have been happily using this solution to access files
\non my thumb drive, SD card or external hard drive, using nothing but my
\niPad. I believe it to be a very practical solution if we are handed a
\npen drive (maybe in the booth, 5 minutes before the conference begins)
\nand only have a tablet. It is also very useful on long journeys when we
\nwant to bring our favorite podcasts, videos or other big files without
\nclogging up the internal memory of our device.<\/p>\n\nLinks<\/h2>\n
\n