[blindkid] Kids' Preferences for Reading Electronic Braille?

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Hi Allison,

I can't speak for what is trending now but my son used a refreshable
Braille display (the Focus 40) paired with an iPad. He downloads books
primarily from Read2Go and outputs them in Braille on the Focus. We
recently downloaded the KNFB reader and have experimented with that to
create Braille output. It works pretty well... except when it doesn't. :)

I hope this helps!

*:) Carolynn B*
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On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Allison Hilliker via blindkid <
blindkid at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi Parents,
>
> A colleague asked me a question today that I didn't have a clear answer
> for. What is the most common way that K-12 students are preferring to read
> electronic Braille these days? Are most students still using note-takers
> like a Braille Note or Braille Sense? I suspect this method is still very
> common, but I would guess that it is less popular than it used to be. Is
> that true? If kids use note-takers, do they prefer BRF, DAISY, or another
> file type for reading texts?
>
> If your kids/teens are not using a note-taker, are they using
> iPhones/iPads with Braille displays, are they hooking displays up to
> computers and using their screen reader with the display, or a combination
> of those? Are Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, or tablets most common?  And if the
> answer is that it varies, then which option are your Braille readers liking
> best?
>
> Just curious. Thanks in advance.
>
> Best,
> Allison
>
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