[Ohio-talk] editing on orbit

[David Andrews]

I have not yet used the Orbit20 Reader, but I have read about it, and 
would like to make two points.  First, I think what it does, in part 
will depend on whether or not you use it as a stand-alone device, or 
with a screen reader.  Presumably some of them will drive it.

Secondly, compromises were made in its design, to hold down the 
cost.  For example, there are no routing dots. Also, the refresh rate 
is different from what we are used too. It was designed primarily as 
a reader, not an interactive refreshable Braille display.

So, people are getting their hopes up, and may be disappointed. It 
isn't going to do everything well, not for $500.

Dave

At 06:55 AM 1/12/2017, you wrote:
>Maybe I am ot of date, but when I used the Orbit a year ago, you 
>could jump around and I think search. But those editing functions 
>were not there. I had to evaluate the Orbit at that time, and I 
>remember urging them to build in those functins. I hope that they did.
>Barbara
>Barbara Pierce
>President Emerita
>National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
>Barbara.pierce9366 at gmail.com
>440-774-8077
>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the 
>characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise 
>the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create 
>obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life 
>you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
>
> > On Jan 11, 2017, at 6:05 PM, Cheryl Fischer via Ohio-Talk 
> <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Deborah K. wrote the following in an article about Orbit:
> >
> > No matter what we are reading - a paper turned in by a student, a book for
> > pleasure, or a letter a coworker is drafting to send outside the office,
> > reading involves a certain amount of file and text manipulation. The Orbit
> > Reader 20 makes it possible to cut, paste, copy, protect, rename, or delete
> > files. It also offers the user the ability to edit within a file - deleting
> > or inserting text, cutting or copying text, making notes on material being
> > reviewed, and so on.
> >
> >
> >
> > Does the final version of the Orbit Reader allow one to write text into a
> > file?
> >
> >
> >
> > Does it allow one to do a find command to search for a word or other search
> > string?
> >
> > What about moving forward and back by chapter in a book or by heading?
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheryl