[NFBCS] Canute

[sean.mcmahon.dc at gmail.com]

The orbit research folks also have a multi-line display, has anyone here
used that?  Do we have that all-in-1 device they talked about at last years
convention that does tactile graphics?  For those of you who use these
displays, are there separate controls for panning down vs. panning
right/left on the same line?

Sean

 

 

From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Robert Jaquiss via NFBCS
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Hello:

 

     The braille on the Canute is good. The presentation is double spaced,
that is there is a blank between the lines like in books for beginning
readers. I can't imagine doing much tactile graphics with a Canute. The
Canute needs to be plugged in to household current. When the Canute
refreshes, it sounds like an old fashioned mechanical calculator. I suggest
try before you buy.

 

Regards,

 

Robert

 

 

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I was reading about the Canute braille display.  There's a link to an
article about it in the latest Top Tech Tidbits. 

It's a 40-cell, 9-line braille display.  The creators say it can be used to
read maps, spreadsheets, Powerpoint slides, flow diagrams, draw, and feel a
replay of soccer games, as well as play some video games.  Sounds pretty
cool, but has anyone here actually used it recently?  

I got a demo in early 2020, just before the pandemic, and it was
interesting, but the refresh was pretty slow.  If I'm looking at a
spreadsheet, I usually check one set of columns, then scroll to check the
next, and I don't want to wait for a long refresh.  I wonder if anything has
changed since, though.

The cost was 1895 pounds, so it would have to be a good thing to throw down
that money.

Tracy

 

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