[Electronics-Talk] Orbit Reader review

[Carol Feazell]

I presume one can go from line to line on command. I say this as I wonder if
I could read along with choir songs and that, of course, wouldn't be
straight reading and I also wonder how easily corrections or deletions can
be made without the cursor router. I'm trying to figure all this out to
consider returning to the choir but whether or not, I likely will get one. I
have put in a request for a possible birthday present. I have 8 kids
(adults) so perhaps together they could do that. We'll see.

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				Do they make Braille displays with
autoscroll? 

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Subject: [Electronics-Talk] Orbit Reader review

I just bought the Orbit Reader from APH.  It is a braille notetaker and
reader that costs $449.  I've only had it a few days, but I'm happy with it.

It's about the size of a fat paperback book.  It has 20 braille cells.  The
braille quality is excellent.  It has no speech, and no cursor routing keys.
It makes a noise when the braille refreshes, like shuffling a deck of cards
or pushing over a line of dominoes.  I can't use it to read sneakily when
there are people around and I'm supposed to be doing something else, but
neither my husband nor I find the noise annoying.  I was concerned because I
had heard the refresh rate is slow, and I am a fast reader, but it's fast
enough not to slow me down.

It also connects via Bluetooth or USB to other devices.  I connected it to
my iPhone very easily, and it works well.  The commands when connected are
different from those in stand-alone, and I'm still learning them, but so
far, so good. Don't know why they did that-just to confuse me, I guess.

 

When editing, it writes exactly what I put in.  There's no translation or
formatting.  This is exactly what I want, as I tend to write in shorthand
and also frequently switch between Grade 2 and computer code.  I also use
braille music.  I don't want any translation.

 

If I could add something, I'd add an auto-scroll.

And it would be nice if the notetaker makers would get together and agree on
a set of standard commands, so I wouldn't have to learn a whole new set for
each one.

 

I've bought notetakers with all the bells and whistles, but I found I didn't
really use most of them. I keep my own version of a calendar and an address
book, and, if I want to surf the Web or mess with email, it's easy to
connect to another device to do that. Really, I could have saved myself 2000
bucks, if this had been out last time I was notetaker shopping.  It's basic,
but basic is all I need.  And the price is right.

Tracy

 

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