[Nfb-krafters-korner] Note taker

Wed Sep 5 04:06:12 UTC 2012

Agreed; I still like having a laptop available (though right now I  
only have a desktop as my laptop was sacrificed to the need for  
internet. '-() Usually it's for webpages that don't have mobile  
versions, and also for precise sound editing (though that really  
doesn't fall under notetaking.)

Terrence
On Sep 4, 2012, at 7:54 PM, Kendra Schaber wrote:

> Hi all, I also have a laptop computer but I mostly use it for my E  
> Mail, the internet and file management. Even when I get an Iphone  
> 4s, I can't see myself getting rid of my laptop computer or my book  
> port plus. The Iphone 4s will enhanse me especially when I want to  
> get E Mail when I am not at an area with the internet or look up  
> plants while I am at work because they currently don't get the  
> internet. I can probabry have better acdcess to my football and  
> hockey games than I do now with just a laptop computer and a  
> televition if I get the right apts for it. I can also have an  
> amazing GPS with an Iphone. I currently use the ask someone with  
> eyeballs for getting directions and at times, a route plan in  
> unfimiliar areas. I have seen my friend's GPS in action and it's  
> the best one that I have ever seen. Heck, it works even better than  
> most directions that I get whenever I ask for them.
> Kendra
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ramona Walhof"  
> <ramona.walhof at gmail.com>
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters- 
> korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 7:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Note taker
>
>
>> Just for one more approach:  I use the BrailleNote Apex which I  
>> use for reading books, writing everything from minutes to books,  
>> knitting patterns, computer instructions, and on and on.  I cannot  
>> be without it, even to send it in for servicing.  Unfortunately,  
>> it is becoming obsolete.
>> I watched several people using I phones at the last NFB  
>> convention, and they all seemed much less efficient than I am with  
>> my BrailleNote.  I keep thinking I should investigate the I phone,  
>> but I cannot function without the Braille display, and I am not  
>> very good at figuring out this stuff without help, so I am in no  
>> hurry.
>>
>> Ramona
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miranda B."  
>> <knownoflove at gmail.com>
>> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters- 
>> korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 7:24 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Note taker
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Which Bluetooth keyboards do you recommend for the iPhone? I'm  
>>> assuming the
>>> Apple keyboard is the size of a standard computer keyboard, and  
>>> I'd like
>>> something a bit more portable. Please, correct me if I'm wrong on  
>>> that size.
>>> Thanks, and have a great week!
>>>
>>> In Christ, Miranda
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of  
>>> Terrence van
>>> Ettinger
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 9:20 PM
>>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Note taker
>>>
>>> These are the same kinds of things I do with my iPhone. I'm  
>>> always taking
>>> notes, making appointments, etc. on my iPhone, no matter where  
>>> I'm at.
>>> especially if I have a working Bluetooth keyboard.
>>>
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>>> On Sep 4, 2012, at 4:56 PM, "Neva Fairchild"  
>>> <nevafairchild at verizon.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I use a PACMate Omni from work for both personal and professional
>>>> tasks. I use it a lot. I love my iPhone, but it hasn't replaced my
>>> PACMate.
>>>> I read lyrics for choir, keep lists and notes, write documents  
>>>> on the
>>>> road, set calendar appointments, play MP3 files, and essentially  
>>>> organize
>>> my life.
>>>> If the building is on fire,, my dog and my PACMatee go with me.
>>>>
>>>> Be kind, always. It is the most important rule of man; be kind  
>>>> in all
>>>> things. Anger steals your joy, fear steals your heart, worry steals
>>>> your life. But, in kindness there is never a fault...Steve Carter
>>>>
>>>> Neva Fairchild
>>>> 972 416-7039
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Blindhands at aol.com
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 4:41 PM
>>>> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Note taker
>>>>
>>>> What kind of note taker do you have?  Do you use it a lot?  Why  do
>>>> you like it?
>>>>
>>>> Joyce  Kane
>>>> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
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