[nabs-l] Braille Sense U2 mini question
Neel Sheth
sheth.neel.s at gmail.com
Fri Aug 14 04:13:48 UTC 2015
Hello,
I have been using braille note APEX since high school. I am about
to enter college, and have gotten the braille sense U2.
To be completely honest, I do prefer the braille sensse, but
there are areas in which I feel it is lacking. For example, there
is no bookreader. True, downloading books from bookshare is much
easier on the U2, but not having a bookreader to open the book is
annoying at the very least.
You can put the unit into read only mode, but I sometimes forget
to take that extra step, and end up modifying the file by
accident.
Another area where the braille sense is lacking, is in
converting braille type forms to font indicators. For example, I
cannot put dots 4-6 before a word and expect that word to be
italicised when the document is exported as a DOC file.
Other than these issues, yes the braille sense U2 is a good
product.
----- Original Message -----
From: Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
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Date sent: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 22:39:49 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Sense U2 mini question
Hi, Tripp and all,
I have a BrailleSense On-Hand, which was one of the predecessors
to
the U2 and the U2 Mini, and I love it. I love the portability and
how
intuitive it is. (PS, you move documents by locating them in the
file
list, spacing to select them, then using traditional cut, copy,
and
paste commands to move them between folders and drives).
I used the BrailleNote line of products until right before I
entered
college and got the BrailleSense, and I definitely think it was
the
right choice for me even without the extra features the U2 has
and the
On-Hand does not. One thing I know my professors appreciate is
how
quiet the keyboard is; gone are the days of sounding like you're
angry
when you type. I've been able to do everything I usually do on a
notetaker, plus the additional twitter and facebook plug ins are
nice.
I'd love to see what a U2 can do with the Youtube, Excel, and
other
features.
On 8/13/15, Kathryn Bottner via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
I have a Braille Sense and I love the device. It is very light,
and
portable, which is one of the many reasons I chose it over the
other note
takers.
I've still not figured out all the nifty things it can do, as
well as how
to
save a document you create from the note taker itself to a flash
drive.
If anyone has any questions, about the Braille Sense, feel free
to email me
off list at kat.bottner at gmail.com.
-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
Joshua
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Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 6:41 PM
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Cc: Joshua Hendrickson <louvins at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Sense U2 mini question
Hi. I don't have a braillesense u2, but I'd love to get one.
I've done a
lot of research comparing the humanware braillenote to the hims
braillesense
u2, and at least for me, the u2 wins every time. I've heard
from some
people who have the braillenote apex, that their devices
constantly freezes
up, and others have said they don't like the email client the
braillenote
has. The u2, has a lot of things that the braillenote doesn't
have like a
dropbox ap, that might come in handy for getting assignments to
teachers.
If I could get a hims device, I'd go with the u2 full size, not
the minni,
but that is just me. The minni doesn't have as many USB ports
as the
regular does, but the price is a bit lower then the full size
u2. I think
the minni has
18 cells on the display instead of 32. Good luck, and I hope
whatever
decision you decide, that it works out for you.
On 8/13/15, Trinh via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
Hi everyone,
Hope all of you are doing well. I'm considering about maybe
getting
the Braille Sense U2 mini for college. I'd like to hear some
feedback
from those of you who might have been using the device so I can
make a
final decision.
Thank you,
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Kaiti Shelton
University of Dayton-Music Therapy
President, Ohio Association of Blind Students 2013-Present
Secretary, The National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts
Division 2015-2016
"You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you
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