[NFBP-Talk] almost 90 braille volumes

Sun Jun 10 22:21:42 UTC 2018

145 volumes for the encyclopedia? That would only take up about 14mb megabytes on the orbit20 sd card. 7 volumes for the dictionary? That would be a little less than a single megabyte, 1mb of digital e-braille. You could carry all that on your orbit20 and still have tons and tons and tons of room left over. 

Josh

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From: Roy McCutcheon
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2018 18:16
To: Josh Kennedy
Subject: Re: [NFBP-Talk] almost 90 braille volumes

You would think there would be a dictionary and encyclopedia on the NLS site. Being that I can access knowledge through the internet or SIRI or Alexa I haven't really thought about the availability of those materials.

   I remember when I was a child in the early 197-'s the World Book Encyclopedia was available in 145 volumes. Also, the Vest Pocket Dictionary was available in 7 volumes. I had one of those. I was 10 years old and my parents got it for me. The print version could fit in your vest pocket, hence the name.

     Roy McCutcheon

On 6/10/2018 5:11 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote:
Also, do you know where I can get a braille dictionary and encyclopedia from, in digital e-braille files, that I can put on my orbit reader 20? It would be great to have a dictionary and encyclopedia on there. And also a nemeth math reference. 

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From: Roy McCutcheon
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2018 16:53
To: Josh Kennedy
Subject: Re: [NFBP-Talk] almost 90 braille volumes

Yes, it is similar to a Perkins Brailler. So far I've had mine connected to the computer all the time so the battery is still at 100 percent. I'll be taking it on the road with me tomorrow so I'll be using it on battery power. I'm the secretary for my local chapter so I'll be using it to take the minutes and read the previous month's minutes. 

   Not only is it similar to a Perkins Brailler but it's just a little more than the price of a used one and it does a heck of a lot more.

     Roy McCutcheon

On 6/10/2018 2:38 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote:
Yes my orbit works great. Battery is at 10 percent so I amcharging it right now. It really is the best note taker book reader I ever owned! And its tough and rugged just like a perkins brailler, don’t you think so? 

Josh

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From: Roy McCutcheon via NFBP-Talk
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2018 09:33
To: Josh Kennedy via NFBP-Talk
Cc: Roy McCutcheon
Subject: Re: [NFBP-Talk] almost 90 braille volumes

My Orbit Reader arrived Wednesday and I've been in heaven ever since. This is the best Braille display I've ever had, and I've had five of them since 1991. And you can't beat the price! And, when I use it in stand-alone mode I'm actually writing Braille again. It's been a long time since I wrote Braille. It's all been typing on the keyboard until now. This Braille display is so compact, yet so powerful. I also got it to work with my IPhone. That has NEVER happened before. Loving my Orbit!

     Roy McCutcheon

On 6/9/2018 12:10 PM, Josh Kennedy via NFBP-Talk wrote:
Hi,
On my orbit reader20 I have almost 90 volumes of braille books. And those 90 volumes only take up maybe 6 or 7 mb megabytes of space and I have an 8gb gigabyte sd card in the orbit reader20 low cost braille display. This is so cool that I can carry around many many braille volumes in a device the size of the old braille n speaks or maybe a little larger… Two braille files are huge, about 4mb megabyte braille files. I can search through 42 volumes of braille for a specific keyword and it takes about 20 or so seconds to search. Well that is if you’re looking for something that does not exist in that file. I have a huge compilation of newsletter archives I turned into both and ueb and EBAE copies and put them on the orbit reader20 $449 braille display. Orbit reader lets me find certain text, do forward and backwards searches in a few seconds, move by braille page, line, paragraph, set and clear bookmarks, and much more! This $449 brand new braille display is the best I ever owned! It gets nearly 40 hours on a single charge. Has a replaceable battery. And it simply displays any braille you choose to feed into it no matter what the code. Right now I’m reading an UEB copy of old technical raised dot computing articles I compiled into a huge word document then translated to braille. It took my computer 2 or 3 minutes to translate the huge 2mb word document into a nearly 4mb ascii or ansi contracted UEB braille file. Orbit reader opens that huge file in about a quarter or one fourth of a second. Paperless braille like orbit 20 and the upcoming multiline canute360 is the future of braille I do believe! 

Josh

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