[Blindtlk] Perkins Brailler question

[Steve P. Deeley]

Just for your edification, I am still using my Perkins from 1965.  It works 
great!!!
Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark J. Cadigan" <kramc11 at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Perkins Brailler question


> Apologies you have the next generation Perkins. I personally don't like it
> at all. After midterms, send it in to get repaired, and try to get one of
> the old reliable original mottles. My Perkins is probably about 20 years 
> old
> and still going strong.
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Aleeha Dudley" <blindcowgirl1993 at gmail.com>
> To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 7:56 PM
> Subject: [Blindtlk] Perkins Brailler question
>
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>> Hi all,
>>     I just wanted to see if any of you have experienced this problem
>> before. I have a Next Generation Perkins Brailler and it is only about
>> a month old. I am using it in my chemistry and biology courses and we
>> have exams next week, so I hope there is a quick fix, but I can't find
>> one. When i am Brailling, the keys will randomly get stuck and the
>> embossing head will not advance. I am releasing all of the keys each
>> time I type a character, but the embossing head stays on the same cell
>> until I press the space bar. It has gotten to where I cannot Braille
>> at my normal speed because of this problem. I cannot even get through
>> one line of Braille without having to stop and hit the space bar to
>> move to the right place at least five times. Does anyone have any
>> suggestions?
>> Thanks,
>> Aleeha
>>
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