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

[Danielle Ledet]

I love my Humanware BrailleNote Touch Plus. I have the 32 cells.

On 9/13/21, Jen via GUI-Talk <gui-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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.
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> On Monday, September 13, 2021, 05:43:56 PM EDT, Georgia Kitchen via GUI-Talk
> <gui-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> 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.
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> Georgia
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> On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 12:58 PM TaraPrakash via GUI-Talk <
> gui-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> https://www.freedomscientific.com/products/blindness/elbraille40/
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>> Sent from my iPhone
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>> > On Sep 13, 2021, at 12:11 PM, Jen via GUI-Talk <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> wrote:
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>> > ElBraille 40 uses JAWS
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> Genesee County Chapter National Federation of the Blind
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