[Pibe-division] info for ophthalmologist eye reportstudents visually impaired and additional disabilities

Jing Crystal Wu 吴晶 wujing19861209 at hotmail.com
Wed May 4 01:34:42 UTC 2011


Dear Marianne,

I am also using Braillesense, mainly using it in school or take notes in 
daily life. The web browser is so so so so  slow. What is your expeirence to 
use Braille Sense?

Crystal
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marianne Denning" <MDenning at finneytown.org>
To: "Professionals in Blindness Education Division List" 
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Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 2:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Pibe-division] info for ophthalmologist eye reportstudents 
visually impaired and additional disabilities


> Sarah, I use Kurzweil.  I have used it for over 10 years and love it. 
> When you are ready to make a purchase talk with a technology specialist to 
> see which is best for your needs at the time.
>
> I use the Braillesense from HIMS.  I had a Braillenote in the past.  I use 
> JAWS too.  I think we all make decisions about technology based on price, 
> best fit and our preferences.
> Marianne Denning
> Intervention Specialist, Visually Impaired
> Finneytown Secondary Campus
> mdenning at finneytown.org
> 513-931-0712
> ________________________________________
> From: pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org [pibe-division-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Sara Rooz [sararooz at gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 7:47 PM
> To: pibe-division at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Marianne Denning
> Subject: [Pibe-division] info for ophthalmologist eye report students 
> visually impaired and additional disabilities
>
> Marianne, thanks for all the information you provided me with . I do not 
> as of yet own either openbook or kurzweill. I have a stand alone machine, 
> Aladin Ambassador, from a company that went out of business a few years 
> ago, telesensory. I needed to buy myself a new notetaker to store 
> information for my job earlier this year, so I am strapped for cash to buy 
> either product. However, I plan to buy either product sometime in the 
> future. Just curious to know, which product do you use. I ended buying 
> myself a pacmate omni, since I like the company and customer service is 
> very happy assistance to assist when needed. Also, the proice was more 
> affordable than the braillenote from humanware. I went down to the NFB 
> technology and had a chance to see all notetakerxs from various companies. 
> All work on a windows platform, but the prices range from 2895 from 
> freedom scientific to 6000$ from humanwareand one company Hims is based in 
> Korea. I found the speech output on that product hardd to understand. So, 
> since price was a consideration I bought the pacmate omni from Freedom 
> scientific. Thanks again for all the valuable information.
> Sara Rooz TVI in New York City
> Independent Related Service Provider vision Education services in New York 
> City
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