[nabs-l] Braille Sense U2 mini question

Fri Aug 14 04:13:48 UTC 2015

Hello,
I have been using braille note APEX since high school. I am about 
to enter college, and have gotten the braille sense U2.
To be completely honest, I do prefer the braille sensse, but 
there are areas in which I feel it is lacking. For example, there 
is no bookreader. True, downloading books from bookshare is much 
easier on the U2, but not having a bookreader to open the book is 
annoying at the very least.
You can put the unit into read only mode, but I sometimes forget 
to take that extra step, and end up modifying the file by 
accident.
Another area where the braille sense is lacking, is in
converting braille type forms to font indicators. For example, I 
cannot put dots 4-6 before a word and expect that word to be 
italicised when the document is exported as a DOC file.
Other than these issues, yes the braille sense U2 is a good 
product.
 ----- Original Message -----
From: Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
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Date sent: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 22:39:49 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Sense U2 mini question

Hi, Tripp and all,

I have a BrailleSense On-Hand, which was one of the predecessors 
to
the U2 and the U2 Mini, and I love it. I love the portability and 
how
intuitive it is.  (PS, you move documents by locating them in the 
file
list, spacing to select them, then using traditional cut, copy, 
and
paste commands to move them between folders and drives).

I used the BrailleNote line of products until right before I 
entered
college and got the BrailleSense, and I definitely think it was 
the
right choice for me even without the extra features the U2 has 
and the
On-Hand does not.  One thing I know my professors appreciate is 
how
quiet the keyboard is; gone are the days of sounding like you're 
angry
when you type.  I've been able to do everything I usually do on a
notetaker, plus the additional twitter and facebook plug ins are 
nice.
I'd love to see what a U2 can do with the Youtube, Excel, and 
other
features.

On 8/13/15, Kathryn Bottner via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
 I have a Braille Sense and I love the device. It is very light, 
and
 portable, which is one of the many reasons I chose it over the 
other note
 takers.
 I've still not figured out all the nifty things it can do, as 
well as how
 to
 save a document you create from the note taker itself to a flash 
drive.
 If anyone has any questions, about the Braille Sense, feel free 
to email me
 off list at kat.bottner at gmail.com.

 -----Original Message-----
 From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
Joshua
 Hendrickson via nabs-l
 Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 6:41 PM
 To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
 Cc: Joshua Hendrickson <louvins at gmail.com
 Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille Sense U2 mini question

 Hi.  I don't have a braillesense u2, but I'd love to get one.  
I've done a
 lot of research comparing the humanware braillenote to the hims
 braillesense
 u2, and at least for me, the u2 wins every time.  I've heard 
from some
 people who have the braillenote apex, that their devices 
constantly freezes
 up, and others have said they don't like the email client the 
braillenote
 has.  The u2, has a lot of things that the braillenote doesn't 
have like a
 dropbox ap, that might come in handy for getting assignments to 
teachers.
 If I could get a hims device, I'd go with the u2 full size, not 
the minni,
 but that is just me.  The minni doesn't have as many USB ports 
as the
 regular does, but the price is a bit lower then the full size 
u2.  I think
 the minni has
 18 cells on the display instead of 32.  Good luck, and I hope 
whatever
 decision you decide, that it works out for you.

 On 8/13/15, Trinh via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
 Hi everyone,
 Hope all of you are doing well. I'm considering about maybe 
getting
 the Braille Sense U2 mini for college. I'd like to hear some 
feedback
 from those of you who might have been using the device so I can 
make a
 final decision.

 Thank you,

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