[Trainer-talk] Braille display, reading brf files, product advice

[Dr. Denise M Robinson]

on adapted braille laptops like the braille note, you can set it up to auto
scroll so you never have to keep hitting that forward button to read
anything....great for increasing reading speed too
Denise

On Sun, Dec 30, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Barbara Johnson <teatime45 at comcast.net>wrote:

> I used to have an 18-cell Braille display, on which I read .brf files.  You
> just have to hit the forward button incessantly and put up with a few blank
> areas.  I was willing to put up with the inconvenience.
>
> I have a Mac Mini running both Lion OS and Windows on BootCamp.  With a
> blue
> tooth Braille display you have to choose which operating system you want it
> to work with.  Once you choose, the display won't work with the other
> operating system, even if technically it is compatible with both systems.
>  I
> don't know what happens when you move from an IPhone to a Windows computer,
> but I imagine the same issue would crop up.  If you're serious about using
> the same display on a computer and the IPhone, you may have to get a Mac.
>
> Since I often have to produce documents containing tables, I prefer to use
> Windows.  As far as I can determine, the table functions in Apple's
> TextEdit
> and Pages word processors are not accessible.  I have heard that Pages has
> problems re-naming files, but someone else would have to enlighten us on
> that.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Trainer-talk [mailto:trainer-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Sarah
> Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2012 12:56 PM
> To: trainer-talk at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Trainer-talk] Braille display, reading brf files, product advice
>
> Good afternoon. I would like to buy a braille display I can use with I
> devices and my pc. I am a fast reader. If I buy a display with less cells,
> will that slow down my reading speed? Is there a way to read Braille files
> from bookshare and nls without using a notetaker? I have an iPhone 4s. If I
> no longer use a notetaker, would anyone recommend a mac laptop, a laptop
> running windows,  or an iPad for writing documents? If anyone would
> recommend an iPad, what size would be the best? Feel free to email me off
> list. Thank you.
>     Sarah
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