<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi:<div><br></div><div>We have one here at our Library for the blind. When I looked at it in 2021 or so, it was much the same as you describe. It's Braille feels great, but it is kind of loud and the refresh rate is slow. It would be good for reading something straight through, but if you're doing a lot of scrolling, it could get annoying</div><div><br></div><div>Wes</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 2, 2023, at 8:18 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFBCS <nfbcs@nfbnet.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">I was reading about the Canute braille display. There’s a link to an article about it in the latest Top Tech Tidbits. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">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? <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The cost was 1895 pounds, so it would have to be a good thing to throw down that money.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Tracy<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>NFBCS mailing list</span><br><span>NFBCS@nfbnet.org</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfbcs_nfbnet.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFBCS:</span><br><span>http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfbcs_nfbnet.org/wmajerus%40gmail.com</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>