[nabs-l] Notetaker Reviews

[Sean Whalen]

Hi Joe,

Let me preface this by saying that I know absolutely nothing about the
BrailleSense. Having used both a Braille Note and PacMAte, I prefer the
PacMate by far. The Braille display is a separate piece, however it is so
seamlessly integrated into the unit, that had I not been told this, I would
have never noticed. PacMate is larger than either of the other two, but no
larger than a small laptop.

I like PacMate because:

The OS is windows mobile and very familiar if you have used a phone or pda
that runs Windows Mobile.

If you use a qwerty keyboard and are a JAWS user, many of the commands will
be very familiar.

You can open and edit Excell files. (you may be able to do this with the
newest version of Keysoft, I don't know)

You get a 40 cell Braille display.

As has been mentioned, you can install many third party applications.

I have had the PacMate for a year and have found it to be stable. The wheel
for navigation is not my thing, but you don't have to use it.

If you want to check it out before you make a purchase, I could bring it to
Sport one night.

Let me know if there is anything else I can tell you.

All the best,

Sean