<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=""><div class="">Yeah, if you're wanting something with a QWERTY keyboard, that's basically your only option. Hims sells the QBraille, which is a sort of "half-and-half" display. it has a Braille keyboard for entering text, but it also has, for instance, function keys, the Windows key, Alt, Ctrl, etc. A lot of people have said that the placement of the space bar is impractical, though.</div><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 26, 2020, at 2:00 PM, Brian Mackey <<a href="mailto:bmackey88@gmail.com" class="">bmackey88@gmail.com</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: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">That is a good perk for those who aren’t familiar with doing a lot of typing on the Braille keyboard and. I might be leaning more towards Braille displays that have the QWERTY keyboard since I do a lot over the years using that style of keyboard.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Andy [<a href="mailto:guitarwizandy@optonline.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:guitarwizandy@optonline.net</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, December 26, 2020 1:59 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Brian Mackey <<a href="mailto:bmackey88@gmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">bmackey88@gmail.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>NJTechDiv Listserv <<a href="mailto:njtechdiv@nfbnet.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">njtechdiv@nfbnet.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [NJTechDiv] Recommendations Needed<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">I'd recommend it if you need to do a lot of typing, since, as I said, it has a QWERTY keyboard. You can even type in Braille on it, actually, using the S, D, F/J, K, L keys.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">On Dec 26, 2020, at 1:56 PM, Brian Mackey <<a href="mailto:bmackey88@gmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">bmackey88@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Thanks, I am putting it into consideration.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Andy [<a href="mailto:guitarwizandy@optonline.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">mailto:guitarwizandy@optonline.net</span></a>]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, December 26, 2020 1:51 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Brian Mackey <<a href="mailto:bmackey88@gmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">bmackey88@gmail.com</span></a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>NJTechDiv Listserv <<a href="mailto:njtechdiv@nfbnet.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">njtechdiv@nfbnet.org</span></a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [NJTechDiv] Recommendations Needed</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Hi, I forgot to mention that Jonathan Mosen did an excellent review of this Braille display <a href="https://mosen.org/episode-82-review-and-demonstration-of-the-mantis-q40-braille-display-from-aph/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">for</span></a> his podcast, Mosen At Large. It's definitely worth listening to.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">On Dec 26, 2020, at 1:09 PM, Brian Mackey <<a href="mailto:bmackey88@gmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">bmackey88@gmail.com</span></a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Andy,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">As of right now, I would like to use it for the following:</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Braille out stuff I need to read during church services</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Generate Braille copies of my treasury reports for chapter or state affiliate meetings</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div style="margin-left: 0.5in;" class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">·</span><span style="font-size: 7pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Read books in Braille from BARD and Bookshare</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Andy [<a href="mailto:guitarwizandy@optonline.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">mailto:guitarwizandy@optonline.net</span></a>]<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, December 26, 2020 1:03 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Brian Mackey <<a href="mailto:bmackey88@gmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">bmackey88@gmail.com</span></a>>; New Jersey Technology Division List <<a href="mailto:njtechdiv@nfbnet.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">njtechdiv@nfbnet.org</span></a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [NJTechDiv] Recommendations Needed</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Brian, what do you plan on doing with it? What will be your primary use case?<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;" class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">On Dec 26, 2020, at 1:01 PM, Brian Mackey via NJTechDiv <<a href="mailto:njtechdiv@nfbnet.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="color: purple;" class="">njtechdiv@nfbnet.org</span></a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""> <o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">Greetings to all,</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">I will soon be in the market for my first refreshable Braille display. Hopefully I will be able to do some comparison shopping and test driving during the national convention in New Orleans this upcoming summer, assuming that it will be in person at at a reduced or full compacity. With that said, for those of you who are on this list and have a Braille display, I would like to hear your recommendations for a first time refreshable display user. I have already received one from NFB of Massachusetts president and national board member Amy Ruell to look at the 5<sup class="">th</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>generation Focus Braille displays.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">Please let me know at your earliest convenience. I will take recommendations up through the June 2021 Technology Division meeting to take place on June 14<sup class="">th</sup>.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">Thank you in advance.</span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: "Freestyle Script";" class="">Brian A. Mackey<br class=""></span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">Brian A. Mackey<br class="">Owner, Mackey Enterprises, LLC<br class="">Treasurer & Webmaster, National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania<br class="">Webmaster, National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey, Delaware, Nevada, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, South Dakota, West Virginia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, & Arkansas<br class="">Webmaster, National Federation of the Blind DeafBlind Division<br class="">Member, NFB Blind Users Innovating & Leading Design (BUILD) Team<br class="">609-680-8488<br class=""></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a href="mailto:Bmackey88@gmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);" class="">Bmackey88@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""><br class="">“Happy are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price to make those dreams come true”<br class=""> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">-Vince Papale</i></span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">NJTechDiv mailing list<br class=""></span><a href="mailto:NJTechDiv@nfbnet.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">NJTechDiv@nfbnet.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/njtechdiv_nfbnet.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/njtechdiv_nfbnet.org</span></a><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class="">To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NJTechDiv:<br class=""></span><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/njtechdiv_nfbnet.org/guitarwizandy%40optonline.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);" class="">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/njtechdiv_nfbnet.org/guitarwizandy%40optonline.net</span></a></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></body></html>