<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I have used the Orbit Reader 20. Some notes:<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>* No cursor routing keys. If this is a problem for you, you may not want one of these. Cursor routing keys are useful for editing documents, since you can jump the cursor to the exact point that you're editing. Unfortunately, Orbit doesn't have them.</div><div class="">* Very, very high-quality cells. I work for the NJ Commission, and the quality of the Braille cells is amazing. The technology the Orbit uses is different than most other displays. If you have neuropathy, for instance, you may want one. You can press down on these cells all day and night, and they won't give to pressure. (Don't; I don't want your display breaking, but just to give you and idea).</div><div class="">* Very noisy. When the display refreshes to the next line, it will make quite a bit of noise due to the newer Braille cell technology, which differs than the current widely-used technology. If you're in an environment where that's a problem, then the Orbit may not be the best choice.</div><div class="">* Note-taking capability. The display itself has a (very, very basic) note-taker. It's primarily designed for quick notes. I suppose it's possible to use for a lecture situation, etc, but there's no reverse translator: what you see is what you get. So, if you tried to display your notes on a computer, for instance, you would see what essentially amounts to computer Braille. If you had Duxbury or something, then you could translate your notes back to Word format or something similar, however.</div><div class="">* A basic reader. The Orbit supports .txt, .brl, and .brf files. It's possible, then, to read books from Bookshare and BARD/NLS with this device: from Bookshare, select .brf as your file format. For NLS/BARD, all you need to do is download the Braille file (to my knowledge; I haven't tested NLS/BARD files).</div><div class="">* Bluetooth/USB support. The Orbit is capable of pairing with your various devices for Braille output, and has an 8-dot keyboard for input.</div><div class="">* Made of plastic. Some people may find that concerning, though it does feel pretty solid to me.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The various caveats would really depend on your situation. For me, the noise is really annoying, and the lack of cursor routing keys make it, in my view, very annoying for editing documents, typing in edit fields, and similar purposes. If you do a lot of Braille reading, though, you may appreciate its (very basic) reader functionality. The reader supports setting bookmarks, and will save positions when you exit books.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 6, 2019, at 4:45 PM, Brian Mackey via NJTechDiv <<a href="mailto:njtechdiv@nfbnet.org" class="">njtechdiv@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Greetings to all,<br class=""><br class="">I put my name down to consider getting the Orbit Reader 20, but I am still on the fence. 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