[nfbcs] Computer Braille Help, Please?

Nancy Coffman nancylc at sprynet.com
Mon Jan 6 01:13:07 UTC 2014


I don't think the Empower will do wpa2. The Braille Edge has 40 cells but no on-board networking capability except as a display using Bluetooth or USB. The APEX has a new update for using Nemeth code. That might be helpful if you are using it for math functions.

Nancy Coffman
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> On Dec 27, 2013, at 9:49 AM, Mikayla Gephart <mikgephart at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> Personally, I like the Braille keyboard, but I never experiensed the Quarty on an Apex. In computer braille, dots 4 and 6 are the period, and you use neemeth numbers for passwords. Hope this helps!
> Mikayla
> 
> Sent from my iPad
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>> On Dec 27, 2013, at 6:46 AM, "I. C. Bray" <i.c.bray at win.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Nichole,
>> 
>> That is precisely what I am having...  PROBLEMS with Networking on the 
>> MPower.
>> I think I need to see an Apex... HOWEVER, the question is:
>> Braille Keyboard, or QWERTY...
>> I "need" an 80-cell display for Math & Calculus &  Linear Analysis... SO... 
>> In a perfect world, what should I do?
>> The Apex might be better in qwerty for me, but it only has a 32 cell, if I'm 
>> not mistaken... *sigh*
>> 
>> Decisions decisions...
>> 
>> Ian
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Nicole Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
>> To: "'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2013 11:27 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Computer Braille Help, Please?
>> 
>> 
>> : If you have bad network/internet experiences with the Mpower, don't let 
>> this
>> : scare you away from an Apex as it is much better  on the Apex.
>> :
>> : -----Original Message-----
>> : From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of I. C. Bray
>> : Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 2:47 AM
>> : To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>> : Subject: [nfbcs] Computer Braille Help, Please?
>> :
>> : Hello all,
>> :
>> : I have borrowed / inherrited  an older BrailleNote M Power to play with to
>> : see if I want to consider getting the Apex.
>> :
>> : I am trying to figure out how to connect it to wireless...
>> : There are a few characters that I don't know in Braille (or have forgot) 
>> and
>> : was hoping someone would help me with some of them?
>> :
>> : I have to type the SSID for my Network and it is:
>> : SDS_NET2.4
>> : I know to use U-Chord for Upper Case, but I cannot figure out how to type
>> : the underscore.
>> : The next question I have is, do do I use dropped (nemeth) numbers after my 
>> #
>> : Sign, or not?
>> : I am also supposing that I use 4,6 for the "dot"... correct?
>> :
>> : The other thing is, I have a password in the form:
>> :
>> : Capital,lower,Capital,lower,lower,number,number,exclaimation
>> : point,number,capital
>> :
>> : Can someone disambiguate this for me?
>> :
>> : Example, Password =  RaBBit35!
>> : How would I input that in "Computer Braille"?
>> :
>> : Thanks
>> : Ian
>> :
>> :
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