[GUI-Talk] Query about Braille notetakers, with apology if off topic

[Jen]

Georgia, if you mean the PacMate BX - Freedom Scientific doesn't make the PacMate anymore, either the BX or the QX (QWERTY keyboard) model. The PacMate BX used to be a braille notetaker, but they've replaced the PacMate with the ElBraille as of 2017. I used to have a BrailleNote Classic, and it isn't made anymore, either. It served me for over ten wonderful years before it died.






On Monday, September 13, 2021, 05:43:56 PM EDT, Georgia Kitchen via GUI-Talk <gui-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote: 





Hi,

Personally, I like the humanware notetakers. The only ones I have had werethe braille note classic, braille note empower and the braille note apex.
The ones I bought--mmost of the used have text to speech. Currently, after
talking with Roger, the humanware dealer from Wisconsin, I like the sound
of the bix 40, I hope I am saying it right. I am not sure if it is windows
or android. I have not yet looked at its manual. I understand that it has
basic note-taking features, a calendar and a calculator. It is a braille
display mainly. I  understand that it will have text to speech but the
software for the speech is not available yet. I do not want to buy anything
without being able to handle it beforehand. It is my understanding that it
will be able to download bard books, bookshare and NFB Newsline. Hmm, maybe
it is only 32 cells. I like to keep my stuff a while, so I am wondering
about the battery. I believe it has a proprietary battery.  If that is the
case, I would personally have to think whether I want a notetaker/braille
display with speech. I believe rogers company is called accessible
information systems in jamesville, wisconsin. So there is a lot to consider
regarding ppersonal preferences for these devices. My older 2 BrailleNotes--their batteries can be replaced by batteries but the apex has a
battery that is not replaceable anymore, at least to my knowledge. I have
never owned any of the braille displays that are made in Germany, but I
understand they are well-made devices. They do not have any speech on
them.
ope that helps a bit.

Georgia

On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 12:58 PM TaraPrakash via GUI-Talk <
gui-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Thank you Jen
> Sounds very promising. However, as per the URL below, it needs braille
> display and jaws separately. Jaws one can understand but the braille
> display is the whole point of my query.
>
> https://www.freedomscientific.com/products/blindness/elbraille40/
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Sep 13, 2021, at 12:11 PM, Jen via GUI-Talk <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > ElBraille 40 uses JAWS
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Georgia Kitchen
Genesee County Chapter National Federation of the Blind
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