[Njtechdiv] Orbit Reader review

[Kevin]

This sounds like something I could really use!  This product looks 
great.  Thanks for sharing.



On 9/10/2018 8:45 AM, Tracy Carcione via Njtechdiv wrote:
>
> I just bought the Orbit Reader from APH. It is a braille notetaker and 
> reader that costs $449.  I’ve only had it a few days, but I’m happy 
> with it.
>
> It’s about the size of a fat paperback book.  It has 20 braille 
> cells.  The braille quality is excellent.  It has no speech, and no 
> cursor routing keys.  It makes a noise when the braille refreshes, 
> like shuffling a deck of cards or pushing over a line of dominoes.  I 
> can’t use it to read sneakily when there are people around and I’m 
> supposed to be doing something else, but neither my husband nor I find 
> the noise annoying.  I was concerned because I had heard the refresh 
> rate is slow, and I am a fast reader, but it’s fast enough not to slow 
> me down.
>
> It also connects via Bluetooth or USB to other devices.  I connected 
> it to my iPhone very easily, and it works well.  The commands when 
> connected are different from those in stand-alone, and I’m still 
> learning them, but so far, so good. Don’t know why they did that—just 
> to confuse me, I guess.
>
> When editing, it writes exactly what I put in.  There’s no translation 
> or formatting.  This is exactly what I want, as I tend to write in 
> shorthand and also frequently switch between Grade 2 and computer 
> code.  I also use braille music.  I don’t want any translation.
>
> If I could add something, I’d add an auto-scroll.
>
> And it would be nice if the notetaker makers would get together and 
> agree on a set of standard commands, so I wouldn’t have to learn a 
> whole new set for each one.
>
> I’ve bought notetakers with all the bells and whistles, but I found I 
> didn’t really use most of them. I keep my own version of a calendar 
> and an address book, and, if I want to surf the Web or mess with 
> email, it’s easy to connect to another device to do that. Really, I 
> could have saved myself 2000 bucks, if this had been out last time I 
> was notetaker shopping.  It’s basic, but basic is all I need.  And the 
> price is right.
>
> Tracy
>
>
>
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