[Nfb-krafters-korner] Note taker

Terrence van Ettinger terrencevane at gmail.com
Wed Sep 5 04:37:31 UTC 2012


Thanks. '-) Well it looks like it might be possible sometime this  
month or next--though I'm trying not to hold on too tightly to that...

Terrence
On Sep 4, 2012, at 8:31 PM, Kendra Schaber wrote:

> Yah, so do I! I hope that you get another laptop too!
> 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 9:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Note taker
>
>
>> I agree. Unfortunately it was sell my laptop or lose internet, and  
>> so  the laptop got sold and now I have a hand-me-down desktop. I  
>> hope it  won't be too long though beffore I get a laptop again,  
>> because I  really do prefer them.
>> On Sep 4, 2012, at 8:14 PM, Kendra Schaber wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Twitter: @LandrasGembar
>>>>>>> Facebook: www.facebook.com/anguslaren
>>>>>>> Skype: landrasphaelan
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>>>>>>> terrencevak
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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/)
>>>>>>>> Blindhands at AOL.com   
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