[nabs-l] Braille Sense U2 vs BrailleNote Touch

Thu Dec 15 00:17:53 UTC 2016

Well, the Neobraille is a Google tablet too isn't it?

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Hendrickson via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
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Date sent: Wed, 14 Dec 2016 17:08:57 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Sense U2 vs BrailleNote Touch

Hi to all.  I've done a lot of research on the different devices 
out
there for the blind.  I personally fell the bn-touch is the best 
of
the lot.  What other device than the touch is a full function 
tablet
able to go to the google play store and download different aps.  
Also,
the word processor alone is what I think would be very useful for
anyone who is going back to college.  There are a lot of very 
nice
small tutorials on youtube that can give help in using the touch.  
The
problem with the braille-sense u2, is that it is running windows
mobile, which is like 10 years out of date.  The touch will be 
able to
be updated very easily.  You could have the touch for years, and 
when
android is updated as long as that update would benefit 
accessibility
for us, the touch would get that update.  Human-ware works with 
google
whenever human-ware wants to make a major update to the touch, so
google can be sure the touch will stay compatible.  The touch is 
also
very fast at connecting to wifi networks.  This would be very 
useful
if you had to connect your touch to a secure campus network.  You
couldn't do this kind of connecting on the apex.  I'm currently 
saving
up money to purchase a 32 cell touch.  I've got close to $1000 
saved
up already with more money coming available for my touch in the 
next
few months.  The touch would also be very helpful if someone had 
a
computer issue.

On 12/14/16, 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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