[nfbcs] Braille+

[Mike Freeman]

Joe:

I believe that the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) is the 
distributor for the Braille Plus. That would also be indicated from 
Cindy's mention of the Book Port and its supposed upgraded version. 
Although I think she is partly correct in inferring that APH had trouble 
getting the device from the manufacturer, it was also a case of the 
Victor Reader Stream upstaging the Book Port a bit, at least insofar as 
access to NLS digital talking books was concerned, and APH judged that 
between difficulties in obtaining the Book Port replacement and the 
availibility of the Stream, it decided not to go ahead. Moreover, the 
Braille Plus can play NLS digital talking books.

The Braille Sense Plus is a PDA cum note-taker on the order of the 
Braille Note made by a South Korean firm known as HIMS. Just as the 
Braille Note has a brother without the display, the Voice Note, the 
Braille Sense Plus has a counterpart, the Voice Sense although I'm not 
sure there's a "Plus" version yet.

The Braille Sense Plus is like the Braille Note except that it has 
built-in wi-fi, bluetooth and Ethernet cards. It has email, web browser, 
address manager, media player, a built-in FM radio and a daisy player.

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
To: "'NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Braille+


Interesting.  Was this AFB you were dealing with?  I somehow felt they 
would
be more diligent about their order requests.  I presume you mean AFB 
since
they appear to be the primary distributor for the product, but let us 
know
if you meant someone else.

Mike,

What is this Braille Sense Plus you wrote about?

Joe Orozco

"Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity."--James 
M.
Barrie
-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
Behalf
Of slery
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 12:16 AM
To: 'NFBnet NFBCS Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Braille+

Joe,

This is just something to think about but I was ready to purchase one in
August and they were having trouble getting units from the manufacturer. 
I
was told the end of August.  The end of August came and I was told the 
end
of September and the end of September came and then it was the end of 
the
year.

This past week they called me to tell me they were finally in.  When I 
said
that I had decided to cancel my order, I was asked if I was sure because
they didn't know when they would have more.

I really liked this unit but decided to cancel my order because the 
problems
getting it and I remember when they had problems with the new version of 
the
Bookport.  They ended up scrapping the new Bookport because they 
couldn't
get the units from the manufacturer.

Just a little something to think about for this device.

Cindy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Joe Orozco
> Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:38 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org; nfbcs at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nfbcs] Braille+
>
>
> Hello all,
>
> Can anyone using the Braille+ provide a user review?  Likes?
> Dislikes?  I'm looking into making the investment but want some
> firsthand accounts of how well the product works, how it synchronizes
> with the PC and how the Internet browsing functions.  Thanks in
> advance.
>
> Best,
>
> Joe Orozco
>
> "Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for
> humanity."--James M. Barrie
>
>
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