[nabs-l] Bt vs qt apex

[cape.amanda at gmail.com]

I'm used to both. That's y I can't decide.

Amanda

> On Aug 25, 2014, at 11:09 AM, Karl Martin Adam <kmaent1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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.
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> I was just approved for a Braillenote apex. Is the bt or qt better?
> 
> Amanda
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