[blindlaw] BrailleNote Touch Thoughts

[Kelby Carlson]

I have my own personal Apex, but the county insisted that I use
exclusively county-provided equipment for work, and HumanWare no
longer sells the Apex. I unfortunately did not do much independent
research before the county bought it, and the reviews I did read did
not indicate it was this bad.

On 1/10/19, Angela Matney via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I have one and use it in very specific situations. What I really like about
> it is the ability to type very quietly, without the typical keyboard
> clatter. I use it when I am taking notes at conferences, CLEs, etc. I ended
> up with this device because my first choice was not going to be available. I
> wanted something with onboard notetaking capabilities because, while I use
> braille displays and iOS devices every day, Apple has been known to "break"
> braille support before. So the Touch fit the bill for something that was
> quiet and functioned as a stand-alone notetaker. I don't use any of the
> other apps on the unit, though. I agree that, over all, a tablet or phone
> with a braille display provides more functionality.
>
> Angela Matney, CIPP/US
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Deepa Goraya via
> BlindLaw
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2019 12:55 AM
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> Cc: Deepa Goraya <deepa.goraya at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] BrailleNote Touch Thoughts
>
>
>
> I  bought one a couple years ago and want to get rid of itt. I don't like
> it
> much either. It constantly freezes and is too heavy and complicated. I
> didn't use the glass tablet at all.
>
> Deepinder K. Goraya, ESQ.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BlindLaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of kelby
> carlson via BlindLaw
> Sent: Wednesday, January 9, 2019 8:36 PM
> To: blind-tlk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: kelby carlson <kelbycarlson at gmail.com>
> Subject: [blindlaw] BrailleNote Touch Thoughts
>
> Does anyone here use the BrailleNote Touch? My employer purchased it for me
> even though it was not my top choice. I have not had it long, but to be
> honest I do not understand the rave reviews it is getting. It has some
> pretty obvious design flaws, perhaps the biggest being that any document
> over about 500 kb opens incredibly slowly. (I did contact tech support
> about
> this, and I am not the only one to have reported this problem.) I also
> really don't understand the appeal of a "braille tablet"--if you want that,
> why not just get an an actual tablet and a braille display at less than
> half
> the price?
>
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Kelby Carlson