[nabs-l] Braille Sense U2 vs BrailleNote Touch

Wed Dec 14 23:43:07 UTC 2016

Hi Vejas,
My BrailleNote Touch is the 506th made, so this might not be a problem for
Touches that were made later. My first problem was that the motherboard
broke somehow. My second problem I'm entirely sure about, but their theory
when I sent it back was that something was wrong with the touch sensing tech
on the screen because it kept thinking I was pressing on the dot three spot
and suddenly my notes were full of pages of apostrophes. They said a lot of
people were having this problem, so I imagine that's something they'll fix.
On the other hand they said it would be back to me in a week and it took a
month, so it could have been something else.
I'm not sure my experience is indicative of the BN Touch, especially now
that it's more than six months out. Also I always have weird technology
glitches. I think I have some sort of magnetic field or something that
breaks everything I touch in a mysterious way that often baffles tech
support. But on the whole I really do like the Touch and recommend it.
Jameyanne

-----Original Message-----
From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Vejas
Vasiliauskas via NABS-L
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 6:27 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Vejas Vasiliauskas <alpineimagination at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Sense U2 vs BrailleNote Touch

Hi Jameyanne,
Could I just ask you the reasons why you had to send your Touch back in
twice? I would be frustrated with that too, and do not want to be in a
similar situation. Hopefully some of these glitches can be fixed in the next
update so other users don't have to re-send them in.
Vejas 

> On Dec 14, 2016, at 14:24, Jameyanne Fuller via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
> 
> I don't know anything about the Braille Sense or Neo-Braille, but I have a
> BN Touch and I really like it. Mine had to be sent back twice and that was
> frustrating, but it seems to be working better now, and I like the ability
> to go on the internet and download third party apps. I really like touch
> Braille. I got the BN Touch because my Apex was six years old and had had
> virtually every part replaced on it and I didn't want it going to pieces
on
> me my first semester of law school. There are a couple features of the
Apex
> that I miss that aren't on the BN Touch. There's no built-in dictionary,
you
> have to download one, and in the word processor, it doesn't open a file to
> the spot where you left off, you have to find your spot, and you can't
> switch between documents like you can on the Apex. I'm using the word
> processor a lot for class, and it would be nice to be able to switch
between
> the reading and my notes, but Humanware does say that's coming, and I have
> found the whole system generally less glitchy once it updated to version
2,
> which now also has the KNFB reader.
> Hope this is helpful.
> Jameyanne
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NABS-L [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Vejas
> Vasiliauskas via NABS-L
> Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 5:11 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Vejas Vasiliauskas <alpineimagination at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Sense U2 vs BrailleNote Touch
> 
> Hi Miso,
> I am in a very similar situation to yourself.
> For me, what is putting me off on the Braille Sense U2 is that it has been
> around for a long time, and I don't know how long they will continue to be
> updating their hardware.
> For me, it's a toss-up between the Braillenote Touch and the Neo-Braille,
> which I saw at convention and think is great. However, besides seeing it
at
> national convention and discussions about it on the NABS list, I have not
> seen anyone else discuss it. I didn't even see it at our state convention.
> This is a bit worrying, because I would think if there's a new cool piece
of
> technology it would be all over the place and being discussed  everywhere.
> Good luck,
> Vejas  
> 
>> On Dec 14, 2016, at 00:15, Miso Kwak via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
wrote:
>> 
>> Hi NABS listers,
>> I am writing to hear about juser experience of Braille Sense U2 and BN
> touch.
>> 
>> I currently have BrailleNote Apex, which I had for about 3.5 years
>> now. The device has some repair work that could be done but it's still
>> functioning well for the most part.
>> While considering the repair, I began wondering if it would be more
>> economically efficient to trade in the Apex and get BN touch.
>> This being said, I have been thinking about Braille Sense U2 as well.
>> 
>> Both repair and purchase would have to go through the department of
>> rehab so nothing is for sure at this point but some perspectives of
>> pros and cons of using either BN touch or Braille Sense U2 would be
>> helpful.
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> Miso Kwak
>> 
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