[Nfb-krafters-korner] OT opinion please

[Blindhands at aol.com]

I did not have a Braille display with my old Packmate.  I couldn't  afford 
it at that time.
 
Laptops are cheap like $300, but I couldn't use my Brailler machine to  
print unless I got the program which is more then the laptop.  The packmate  
worked with the Braille Blazer or whatever the name of it is.
 
Thanks for your thoughts on this.  This baby even has the 40 cell  Braille 
display.
Joyce  Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
Blindhands at AOL.com   

 
In a message dated 9/16/2013 4:04:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Terry.Powers at nih.gov writes:

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.

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From: Blindhands at aol.com  [mailto:Blindhands at aol.com] 
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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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