[blindkid] Stand Alone Braille Display for Academics

[Holly Baker Miller]

If there is a need to buy new equipment anyway, the stand alone units are
significantly less expensive.  Not that schools should ever use cost as a
deciding factor but it's a lot easier to make the argument something is the
most appropriate when it's a couple thousand dollars less than the
alternative!

Hank has a 40 cell brailliant and is very happy with it.

Holly



On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 7:52 PM, Chris Nusbaum via blindkid <
blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Eric:
>
> I am a totally blind high school student who tries to keep my finger on the
> pulse of access technology as best I can. After experimenting with
> stand-alone Braille displays for some time and talking extensively with
> blind students who use them, I decided that the BrailleNote Apex I had been
> using for some time was ineffective for my needs and that a stand-alone
> display would be much more efficient. I therefore collected a lot of
> information about the displays on the market, chose the one I wanted, and
> brought all my justifications to my IEP meeting where I presented them to
> the school system people. I now have a Braille Edge from HIMS which I am
> using with great success at school and at home. I would be glad to help you
> with your justification by giving you the information I compiled and
> providing you with some personal experiences from a high school student who
> switched from a BrailleNote to a stand-alone display. Please feel free to
> email or call me about this; my phone number is (443) 547-2409 and my
> email
> address is dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Chris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindkid [mailto:blindkid-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of DrV via
> blindkid
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2015 2:25 AM
> To: Blind Kid Mailing List, (for parents of blind children)
> Cc: DrV
> Subject: [blindkid] Stand Alone Braille Display for Academics
>
> Hi All,
> Hope you all had great summers.
> The braille displays we check out in the exhibit hall at convention were
> pretty cool.
> I know a BrailleNote can be also be used, but the stand-alone units seem to
> offer addition advantages & flexibility.
> For those of you who have successfully gotten the standalone braille
> displays to hook up to laptops, desktops & iPads etc - how did you justify
> the need? or what wording would you suggest using to justify the need?
> Thanks
> Eric
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