[Electronics-Talk] note takers

[David Waybright]

Hello, first, the BRaillenote Touch Plus is the newest version of the Braillenote Touch and is for a lack of better terms discontinued and people should not be seeking purchasing a new one. Updates have stopped and most programs are being prevented from being insttaled due to the old version of android.

The Braillenote evolve is in essence a laptop with a braille display and no screen a small portable windows 11 laptop that's not bulky. It will have the latest intel ultra laptop processors and can run either JAWS or NVDA and has a version of keysoft to help migrate you from a more notetaker experience to a more windows experience. currently you can get the perkins keyboard version and later this year or early next year will be the QWERTY keyboard version.

Optima is coming out with an Optimus notetaker that is built on the Framework comapny's Framework Laptop motherboard. Their goal is the same as Framework's that you or anyone you chose who has the skills to open and fix your notetaker can do it without sending it into the manufacturer. They have the option to use their version of braille cells or the industry standard cells. This will also be similar to the braillenote evolve where it's a full windows 11 laptop without a screen but with a braille display.

I know if you reach out to humanware they will come out to demo the evolve for you. as for optima, I'm not sure but assume they would do a similar thing.

Thanks,


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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:39:25 +0000
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Well, I think there are the:

Braillenote Touch Plus from Humanware, android-based, they have a newer model
Braillenote Evolve from Humanware, Windows-based, can use NVDA or JAWS, Jonathan Mosen did an extensive review on AccessOn a month or two back, QWERTY model coming
BrailleSense 7 from Selvas, Android-based.
BT Braille from Blazie Technologies, Linux-based, Braille and speech versions.

Dave


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Hi List,
I know there are other lists specifically for Braille note takers, but not sure what they are and just wanted to make this one post. Wondering what the newest Braille note takers are on the market and what people like? Thanks so much

Drew
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