[BlindTlk] seeking opinions of the 5th generation Focus 40 braille display

[madison.martin2000 at outlook.com]

Hi Ed,
Just out of curiosity why'd you replace your 4th gen? I sent mine in for a cleaning but since we just did that a year or two ago I'm worried about it; I frequently have to arrow character by character to tell what I'm reading as I often can't tell what I'm reading otherwise. 

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From: BlindTlk <blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Edward Green via BlindTlk
Sent: November 27, 2022 11:37 PM
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Cc: Edward Green <ergreen1981 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] seeking opinions of the 5th generation Focus 40 braille display

Hi Madison,

I literally replaced my 4th gen with a 5th gen last week.

My initial impressions are that it's better built - mainly metal rather than mainly plastic.

It's slightly heavier and slightly longer.

You may already be aware, but it now has some limited notetaking functionality and file creation capability, supporting SD cards and limited data transfer via cable.

I haven’t noticed any difference in the braille.

Cheers,

Ed


On 28 November 2022 05:13:31 Madison Martin via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I currently have a 4th generation Focus 40 display but some of the 
> cells are getting flat and I fear that it may be coming to the end of 
> it's life. Now I know that there are plenty of 40 cell displays but 
> I'd prefer to stick with the Focus line as I know that they work well 
> with Jaws. I know that they're fairly similar but I'd still love to 
> hear from any users who are on this list. Is there anything that I 
> should know before getting one (aside from the obvious that they're 
> really expensive)? Are there any potencial issues/problems that I 
> should be aware of? Are there any differences between the 4th and 5th 
> generations? And also just overall general impressions of the display. 
> Look forward to reading any thoughts/info that anyone can provide me!! 
> Thanks Madison
>  
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