[nabs-l] Braille N Speak

Sat Feb 11 01:58:45 UTC 2012

Joshua,
Blaze himself created it; remember back then blazie engineering and two 
other companies were separate; they merged to make freedom scientific.
And, yes I had a braille blazer back when they were popular and still do.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Joshua Lester
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 7:55 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille N Speak

Back to the topic of the Braille N Speak, are there any still in existance?
Who was responsible for creating it?
Now, to take you back further, does anyone remember the Braille Blazor?
I had one, all the way, from elementary to high school!
Man, that thing was loud!
It's still at the high school.
Blessings, Joshua

On 2/10/12, Ignasi Cambra <ignasicambra at gmail.com> wrote:
> People speed screen readers up just because it's efficient. I mean
> it's great to hear things slowly, but when I listen to my computer I
> just want to get information as quickly as possible. I don't enjoy the
> voice, it's just a tool for me to get the information I need.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 10, 2012, at 7:41 PM, Joshua Lester
> <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
>
>> I leave the speed, and pitch on normal.
>> I just think it's absurd to speed it up!
>> I've also known people, who enjoy speeding up, and raising the pitch,
>> when they're using screenreaders.
>> People speed Jaws up, and it's quite commical, but I couldn't work
>> with it like that!
>> Blessings, Joshua
>>
>> On 2/10/12, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> Joshua,
>>> If you cannot understand higher pitch, then just keep the pitch and
>>> speed
>>> normal and you will be fine.
>>> I agree higher pitch is hard to understand.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Joshua Lester
>>> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 3:31 AM
>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille N Speak
>>>
>>> That's like turning the pitch, and the speed up on the NLS tape player.
>>> Why did NLS move to cartridges?
>>> Leave the cassettes alone!
>>> Blessings, Joshua
>>>
>>> On 2/10/12, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> Oh, let's see...
>>>> Hangman
>>>> Simon
>>>> Bongo
>>>> Solitaire
>>>> Logic (a game for guessing the string of characters based on telling 
>>>> you
>>>> how
>>>> many correct, but not which ones)
>>>> Dino
>>>> Chess
>>>> Blackjack
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Desiree Oudinot" <turtlepower17 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 11:15 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille N Speak
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I was comparing the games on the Blazie note-takers to those of the
>>>> Braille Note. Yeah, Bongo was great. So was Simon. I'm trying to
>>>> remember what other ones there were now. And even though the voice on
>>>> the Braille Lite was pretty bad, you could change the frequency in
>>>> speech parameters which made it sound neat. I'm not even sure how to
>>>> describe what it did. Maybe someone else can think of a way? Anyway,
>>>> there was a specific pitch, if you set it high enough, and then set
>>>> the frequency as high as it would go, and it sounded hilarious! If
>>>> only I could get the Braille Lite to work again, I would make a
>>>> recording of it.
>>>>
>>>> On 2/10/12, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hahaha. Okay, maybe that is not funny, but I always find trying to 
>>>>> make
>>>>> fake
>>>>> voices sound right amusing.
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Ignasi Cambra Díaz" <ignasicambra at gmail.com>
>>>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:08 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille N Speak
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I had the 2000. It was pretty good at the time! I remember we bought
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> straight from the US because buying it in Spain took lots of time.
>>>>>> They
>>>>>> even sent it to me with both Spanish and French languages, but the
>>>>>> truth
>>>>>> is
>>>>>>
>>>>>> that no matter what it spoke it always had this thick english accent.
>>>>>> On Feb 9, 2012, at 10:37 PM, <frandi.galindo at gmail.com>
>>>>>> <frandi.galindo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  Wow, now that takes me back.  Remember the classic?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Joshua Lester
>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:14 PM
>>>>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>>>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Braille N Speak
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi, it's Joshua Lester.
>>>>>>> Ashley brought back memories, on the bullying thread, by bringing up
>>>>>>> the Braille N Speak!
>>>>>>> I had one, in Elementary school, but I don't have it anymore.
>>>>>>> I was just wondering.
>>>>>>> Does anyone still have a Braille N Speak?
>>>>>>> I'm interested in owning one, just for collecting value.
>>>>>>> I'd be interested in purchasing one, if possible.
>>>>>>> Thanks, Joshua
>>>>>>>
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