[Blindtlk] product advice

[Judy Jones]

I'm not wild about the Pac mate and will use the Braille Lite as long as I 
can.

I have another spin-off to the question:  Which of the note takers out there 
operates and behaves most like the Braille Lite?  As much as I hate it, I 
need to be evaluating products in preparation for the day when the braille 
lite can no longer be repaired or supported by FS.

Judy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
To: "'Blind Talk Mailing List'" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 7:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] product advice


> Gloria and all,
>
> I wouldn't go with the PacMate were I you. Not only was the last
> update a few years ago as Gloria said, but the PacMate is running an
> operating system (Windows Mobile) which has been abandoned by Microsoft 
> for
> (I believe) two years now. If you are buying a dedicated notetaker, I 
> would
> go with either the BrailleNote Apex or one of the Sense notetakers. There 
> is
> also the new Braille Plus 18 from APH, which is a notetaker which runs the
> Android operating system and therefore supports many Android apps. Not 
> sure
> what the price is on the Braille Plus, but I'd imagine it's still 
> relatively
> expensive. I would advise you (Sarah) to look at your options and the 
> prices
> of those options and decide what you want to purchase or whether you want 
> to
> buy a notetaker at all.
>
> Mike, I agree with you. Despite all my complaints about Humanware
> and the BrailleNote, notetakers still have their place and I use mine
> regularly (although not for as much as I used to.) Regarding your comment
> about Braille support for iOS, there is in fact a way I have found to go
> from the beginning of a text to the end of it using a Braille display or a
> notetaker. If my cursor is in the text field, I do the Braille equivalent 
> to
> a double-tap command (space with 3-6 on the BrailleNote.) This puts the
> insertion point at the end of the document, which would be the equivalent 
> of
> double-tapping on a text field (when it is editing) on the touch screen. I
> hope this helps!
>
> Good luck in making your decision,
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Gloria
> Whipple
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 8:30 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] product advice
>
> I think the Pac Mate's last update was either 2009or 2010. I am not 
> positive
> though.
>
> Gloria Whipple
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judy 
> Jones
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 16:36
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] product advice
>
> Hi,
>
> It is my understanding that eventually note takers will become a thing of
> the past.  Freedom Scientific is pushing their displays, for instance, and
> their Pac mate hasn't had a platform upgrade in quite a while.  From that
> company the Focus 14 Blue works well in the applications and devices
> mentioned.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sarah" <sarahandfamily at live.com>
> To: <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2013 7:53 AM
> Subject: [Blindtlk] product advice
>
>
>> Good morning. I am considering purchasing a Braille display I can use
>> with
>
>> my iPhone and a pc running jaws or a notetaker. I would like
>> information from anyone that uses a Braille Sense product such as the
>> U2 or OnHand, an
>
>> Apex, or a refreshable Braille display. Will notetakers soon become
>> obsolete since many people now use I devices with a Braille display?   I
>> would like a product that works well with I devices, one I can easily
>> take
>
>> notes, and for use to read brf files from Bookshare. Thank you, and
>> feel free to email me off list.
>>    Sarah
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