[Nfb-krafters-korner] Note taker

Wed Sep 5 04:14:35 UTC 2012

I don't have the room for a desk top even if I wanted one. I like laptop 
computers a lot better. Heck, they are a lot more portable than a desk top.
Kendra
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Terrence van Ettinger" <terrencevane at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 9:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Note taker


> 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
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