[nabs-l] Braille Sense U2 vs BrailleNote Touch

Wed Dec 14 23:55:54 UTC 2016

The only problem I have ith the BNT at the moment is the small memory,
and lack of support for Thai.

On 12/14/16, Jameyanne Fuller via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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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