[Trainer-Talk] Braille display options small and less expensive

Fri Mar 15 02:47:26 UTC 2019

Hey Reg and Others,
First I would love to make a little slight correction. The Orbit Reader Braille display does support flat text files within its file browser utility. However, it does not translate them from print to Braille, or vice-versa. When you browse and open files, it will just assume you are working with flat plain Braille files, or files formatted as Braille. So, .BRF, .BRL, and other Braille related files are supported. .TXT files are, too, but they will be displayed in Computer Braille. 
If you want to translate Braille, you can use either BrailleBlaster® from APH, or Send to Braille or other programs mentioned previously. I know I made the same assumption when I first got to play with an Orbit Reader, but no, you can't translate Braille or text files. 

Hope this may be of some help. By the way, on another note, bookshare does in fact produce .BRF files on-depmand, so you can download your BRF files from there. 

Sincerely,
Humberto 

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> On Mar 14, 2019, at 10:10 AM, Reginald George via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I believe that book share offers most of their materials in Daisy and braille format. So that should not be a problem. It does have a scratchpad and it takes an SD card and you can search across files and the battery lasts about 30 hours which is way longer than the braille me and you can use the keyboard to find where to edit on the line even without the routing buttons. I think it’s a great compromise for the price and I love the braille. Although it’s not totally silent.But it purposely only deals with TXT and braille files. It’s a reader and note taker. No RTF or pdf or Daisy or Word files. But that should not be a problem because you can save those as text. it will do contracted and all that.
> 
> Reg
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> On Mar 12, 2019, at 4:34 PM, Ashley via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Humberto,
> 
> Yes, I saw the Orbit Reader a while back. Its a good crisp display and has familiar thumb keys.
> I suppose it would work. I assume it can pair with IOS devices and a pc; maybe not at the same time, but can do this separately. 
> 
> Marianne, what features are on it and is it user friendly? I wonder the extent of the word processor. I know its primarily a braille display. Can you type in contracted braille and convert that to Word? I would guess not.
> Does the Orbit reader read .RTF files and text pdfs? I know it reads brf files and I think docx.
> I hope it reads Daisy files too since bookshare files are that format. I do not use bookshare yet but plan to.
> And, thanks for the heads up about the wait time.
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> Ashley
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Humberto Avila via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Mar 12, 2019 5:56 PM
>> To: Ashley via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Humberto Avila <humberto_avila.it104 at outlook.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Trainer-Talk] Braille display options small and less expensive
>> 
>> Dear Ashley:
>> 
>> Have you taken a look at the Orbit Reader 20 Braile display from APH? I have played quite a bit with this display and it is very sturdy and lightweight. It can also do Brailling, both as a Braille display, and an integrated writing / editing app in which you can read and write in it with its stand alone mode.
>> 
>> Try this link:
>> 
>> http://www.aph.org/orbit-reader-20
>> 
>> 
>> Good luck and happy Braille display-hunting!
>> 
>> Humberto
>> 
>> 
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>> On 3/12/19 1:35 PM, Ashley via Trainer-Talk wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I'm looking at buying a small display for  myself and possibly to recommend to others I may work with in the future.
>> 
>> Most displays are in the thousands. However, smaller displays are cheaper, but I do not know the options out there.
>> 
>> Do you recommend a display that is 18 or 20 cells and costs less than 1,000?
>> 
>> I've seen the vario ultra and it is  sturdy but even the small version is expensive.
>> I've also seen the Brailliant but they do not have a display this size.
>> 
>> I'd also like the display to have features such as a calendar, clock, and timer and preferabily space for notes too.
>> 
>> Thanks for any ideas.
>> 
>> Ashley
>> 
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