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

Fri Mar 15 14:56:39 UTC 2019

All: I heard a rumor from another list that APH may not be supporting
the Orbit Reader 20 anymore. I don't have any solid information, just
a second-hand quote from someone at CSUN.

Wayne

On 3/14/19, Reginald George via Trainer-Talk <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Thank you for that clarifivatioj!  You need to mention just how good that
> braille is. They ca it signage quality braille and it is. the refresh is
> slower and it sounds like there’s a trapped  bug trying to get out    every
> time you change  lines but you get used to that. and the braille is better
> in my opinion that a traditional braille display. It is a unique device
>
> Reg
> Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans. Alan
> Saunders, John Lennon
> Sent from my self driving starship!
>
> On Mar 14, 2019, at 7:47 PM, Humberto Avila via Trainer-Talk
> <trainer-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> 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
>
> “Positive thinking leads to a positive attitude which leads to positive
> actions which lead to positive outcomes.”
> — ME
>
>> 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
>> Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans. Alan
>> Saunders, John Lennon
>> Sent from my self driving starship!
>>
>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> [JAWS Certified, 2019]<http://www.freedomscientific.com/certification>
>>>
>>> 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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>>
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