[nabs-l] Assistive Technology

[Ashley Bramlett]

hi,
I think the major issue with the braille notetakers is expense. I bet ya if 
they were more affordable; maybe a third of the price, more consumers would 
buy them or consumer's families would.

Like you I love my braille note and hope they make them for years to come.
I see many benefits and we already discuss this on list.
I'll just say, I love the ease of use; the fact I can type in the braille 
wordprocessor in braille and read it.
I hate relying on speech and have to hear voice over with the ipod for 
music.
Its not easy for me.
With the notetaker, I read and write and use the calendar to my heart's 
content, using braille only. I like this and feel it makes me more equal.
I don't have to struggle with synthetic speech then. now you may argue, you 
can buy a braille display with the ipad or ipod touch. True, but you still 
don't have the ease of functionality for editing as with the notetaker; with 
the notetaker, I can use my placemarkers and find command and of course 
cursor routing keys. This enables me to study and do other reading tasks 
more effectively.

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Gloria G via nabs-l
Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 4:42 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: [nabs-l] Assistive Technology

    Hi all,
I hope everyone is having a wonderful Sunday afternoonh. I have noticed, as 
I am sure most of you have, there are some pieces of assistive technology 
such as, the Braille note,which are obsolete becoming due to the fact many 
people are preferring to use the iPad, iPhone and other Iproducts with 
Braille displays. I just was wondering, how many of you are still using your 
Braille notes, and if so, what benefits do you see in using the Braille note 
over using any of the -iproducts? I will agree that the iPad, iPhone and so 
on, are great pieces of technology and it is great that blind individuals 
are able to use the products without having to purchase any additional 
software to make them accessible, but I know that I still love using my 
Braille note, and it is kind of sad to see some of these old, but great 
pieces of technology go out of the window. Thank you for your input.
GG
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