[nabs-l] Bt vs qt apex

[Karl Martin Adam]

It depends on what you're used to typing on.  I have a QT because 
when I first got a notetaker my parents thought it would be best 
for me only to need to learn one keyboard instead of one for the 
notetaker and one for the computer.  I can type at least as fast 
on my QT as people can in Braille, but if your Braille typing 
speed is much higher than your QT typing speed, you should go 
with Braille--unless of course you want to train yourself to type 
quickly on a qwerty keyboard, which will also come in handy using 
a computer.  If you have a real need for producing hardcopy 
Braille or Braille files a BT might be slightly easier, though 
you can always create a braille file on your QT and imput Braille 
with the home row.  If you care more about producing things for 
sighted people or blind people using computers not note takers to 
read, you're probably better off with the QT because you don't 
have to worry about whether things are being correctly translated 
from Braille to text, which sometimes introduces errors.  There 
are issues with things like shortform words if you write in 
Braille and translate to text, so for instance if you want to use 
an abbreviation like AC for air conditioning it will be 
translated from Braille to text as ACCORDING because the Braille 
for the two is the same.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Amanda via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
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Date sent: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:44:39 -0400
Subject: [nabs-l] Bt vs qt apex



I was just approved for a Braillenote apex. Is the bt or qt 
better?

Amanda

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