[Nfbc-info] next generation brailler

[Ken Volonte]

Hi Chad and Ilene.  Thanks for your description of the new design.  I think 
I'll just keep Cuthbert.  We learned long division together and banged out 
many a resolution on my old dining room table.

    I still can't write poetry on the computer.  I have to see how the poem 
lays out on the page; word against word.  It's good to hear a Brailler being 
used when in the course of doing business.

     My old Brailler has only needed to be serviced once in fifty years and 
that's testimony as to the quality of its design.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eileen Misrahi " <eileenmis at dslextreme.com>
To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] next generation brailler


> Hi Chad,
>
> You are correct. I demonstrated the product at CSUN this past March. The 
> new
> generation Brailler only takes 8 X 11 1/2" paper. Therefore, if one wants 
> to
> use larger paper, they will need to purchase the Perkins classic. The 
> margin
> stops are in the front where the carriage is located on the Perkins 
> classic
> and there are tactile markings. The carriage is located on top where the
> embossed Braille is produced. I did not like this configuration, as I 
> think
> there might be issues with it and some unnecessary repairs. It's nice to
> have the eraser, but I use a pencil Braille eraser, which does the trick
> quite nicely for me. The handle is built-in as part of the design, so when
> one picks it up the flat bottom of the Brailler is next to one's side. The
> other feature I did like of the new Brailler is that it took less pressure
> to use the Braille keys. This might be important for those that do not 
> have
> much strength in their fingers. These are my thoughts of the new 
> generation
> Perkins Brailler.
>
> Eileen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On
> Behalf Of Chad Allen
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 1:02 PM
> To: 'NFB of California List'
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] next generation brailler
>
> I hear it has an erase button.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On
> Behalf Of Ken Volonte
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 12:30 PM
> To: NFB of California List
> Subject: [Nfbc-info] next generation brailler
>
> Hi listers.   I've just heard of the "next generation Perkins
> Braillewriter".  Does anyone have one, and is it really that different 
> from
> my old trusty Brailler that I've had since I was in the second grade?  I
> know that Perkins came out with an electric Brailler about twenty years 
> ago.
>
> Is this a new design, or is it just a marketing issue?
>
>
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