[Electronics-Talk] Orbit Reader review

Tue Sep 11 12:41:48 UTC 2018

It is possible to go line by line, but it seems to vary somewhat.  In some
files it works as it should, and in others not so much.  I'm guessing it
has to do with how the file was formatted, maybe with line feeds or
without.  Also, the Orbit has 2 modes, read and edit, and the line by line
seems to work right in edit all the time, though I haven't edited much
yet.
The Orbit also has scroll keys to just move right or left through the
text, if one wants to read everything and isn't interested in skipping
lines. That's what I'd think you would do, singing a song, but I'm not in
a choir.

Without cursor routing, one has to move around the old-fashioned way--word
by word, or letter by letter.  The first notetakers I bought years ago
didn't have cursor routing.  I remember when it was a big innovation. 
Cursor routing is certainly more convenient, but the old way works.
Tracy

> 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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> 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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