[Nfb-krafters-korner] OT opinion please

[Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI) [E]]

Joyce;
You will be lucky to get a refurbished unit of any kind for $2,000.  I am looking for a lap top, too.  
Check with the people that do the tidbits magazine.  If you go with a lap top, it means buying a speech package.  Will the Packmate last much longer, just with a new battery?  Many things to think about.  Is the braille display good enough from the packmate to use with a lap top?  
I would talk it out with a tech person.  It might mean taking out a loan, but you do not want to change the battery and then, something else go wrong.

Terry P.

-----Original Message-----
From: Blindhands at aol.com [mailto:Blindhands at aol.com] 
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 3:00 PM
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Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] OT opinion please

I have an old Packmate. It is the one that when the battery goes dead  you lose most everything. Now the battery will not hold a charge and they want like $800 to upgrade it and I think replace the battery. I used this to interface with Brailer to print things out in Braille. I am a typer.  

So my question to everyone is:
1. Should I just get a lap top for taking notes.
2. Is there a note taker with keyboard that would not be too expensive that  I could do what the Packmate did?
3. $800 is out of my range to upgrade the Packmate, but ...

Any suggestions?
 
Any one has a note taker that they don't use and might be willing to part with? 

 
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com 
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