[blindlaw] BrailleNote Touch Thoughts

Fri May 24 15:36:30 UTC 2019

James,

I was thinking of getting a 5th gen ElBraille 40 when they come out in the next month or so. Are you not pleased with your ElBraille? I was considering a  surface instead as I could use it in my backpack with a braille display on my lap. Any thoughts?

Best regards,
Aimee

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> On Jan 11, 2019, at 1:48 PM, James T. Fetter via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I agree. I have an ElBraille, supposedly a fully functional Windows machine but with a Braille rather than a qwerty keyboard. Thankfully, the Braille display can be powered on without booting up the entire machine. I have found that pairing it with my iPhone makes far more sense than trying to memorize the 10,000 new Jaws commands that I would have to learn to use it effectively as a full-blown Windows machine.
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>> On 1/11/2019 1:36 PM, Tai Tomasi via BlindLaw wrote:
>> With all due respect, the BrailleNote Touch is already obsolete in today's highly technological world.  All Braille notetakers are behind the times and lack the capabilities of most modern tablets available to the general public. Generally, they  have less storage and fewer functions than tablets released even five years ago! The ability to run operating systems like Android is a nice touch, but unless that functionality is perfectly integrated, it doesn't work well and apps either never work with the units or begin crashing. If I were recommending technology to today's up and coming law students and attorneys, I would not recommend a notetaker specifically designed for the blind, but rather a good Braille display and tablet of some sort, in addition to a good laptop. For advanced users, an iPad or Surface  Pro can nearly replace use of a laptop, though I myself still prefer a laptop for many tasks. I use a 40-cell Braille display, iPad, iPhone, desktop computer, and an ultraportable laptop running JAWS. Purchasing all of these items would cost as much, or less, than a Braille notetaker and provide more flexibility and functionality. Just my opinion.
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BlindLaw <blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Roanna Bacchus via BlindLaw
>> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2019 12:21 PM
>> To: Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. via BlindLaw <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Roanna Bacchus <rbacchus228 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [blindlaw] BrailleNote Touch Thoughts
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>> Hi Olesgun thanks for your message. Humanware is constantly developing the BrailleNote Touch with new features and other improvements. They have excellent and very satisfactory customer service. I am a BrailleNote Touch user. I don't think that this product will become obselete.
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>> Roanna Bacchus
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>>> On Jan 11, 2019 1:13 PM, "Olusegun -- Victory Associates LTD, Inc. via BlindLaw" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> If Blitab ever comes out of darkness and sees the light of day, it
>>> will most definitely knock both the BrailleNote Touch and HIMS Polaris
>>> into obsolescence fast and quick.
>>> 
>>> Blitab will run Android as its OS!
>>> 
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Olusegun
>>> Denver, Colorado
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