[nfbcs] Notetaker Reviews

Mon Sep 7 18:25:51 UTC 2009

If he had health issues, I wasn't aware of them.  Money issues yes, but ...

Dave

At 12:55 AM 9/7/2009, you wrote:
>I could be mistaken, but I think he passed away recently.
>I know he had health issues in recent years.
>
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>>Speaking of braille displays (well, not really), has anyone heard where Dave
>>Pilisher of the now defunct company Sighted Electronics has gone?
>>I googled his name and got 1 hit -- his name was in an attendance list at
>>some meeting in 2006, representing SightedElectronics. But now that company
>>is gone and I can't find Dave anywhere. I wanted to see if he is still in
>>the blindness business or if he gave it up (hopefully not in disgust).
>>
>>For that matter, where is Nick, the technician at S.E. who always repaired
>>my embosser?
>>I remember speaking to him a few years ago and he had joined another company
>>doing the same thing he did for S.E., but since I don't have his last name
>>and can't remember where he was living when I talked to him or whom he was
>>working for, I'm out of ideas.
>>
>>Just checking.  I would not mind using his services again if my embosser
>>need a repair.
>>
>>TIA
>>--le
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Wunder" <gwunder at earthlink.net>
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>>Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 9:50 PM
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>>Hello Joe. I don't have a lot of information to share with you, but at least
>>that means my note will be relatively brief.
>>
>>I have used a BrailleNote from Humanware for quite a while now. I'm very
>>impressed with the way that it lets me edit documents, and I have used
>>KeySoft long enough that it now seems intuitive to me whereas it might not
>>have before. I like the fact that I do not get bogus messages from Windows
>>which come from trying to use software which was really designed for
>>something else.
>>
>>The long and short of why I use a BrailleNote over a Pac mate is very
>>simple. What I noticed was a significant difference in the rate of time it
>>took to refresh the Braille display when I said I wanted the machine to
>>advance to the next display full of Braille text. I like to deliver my
>>remarks directly from the BrailleNote if I can. This gives me the
>>opportunity to revise them almost up to the point where I deliver them. It
>>may be that this allows me to slip in a piece of humor which occurred 30
>>minutes before the banquet, or to incorporate what, after a daylong
>>convention session appears to be a theme which was not apparent at the
>>beginning. In any event, if you are going to use the Braille display for
>>rapid reading, even a fraction of a second difference in how quickly the
>>unit responds when you tell it to give you the next Braille line to read is
>>of tremendous importance. I did not find that the Pac mate had nearly as
>>rapid a refresh rate as did the BrailleNote, and in some respects I'm very
>>sorry about that because I appreciated very much the quietness of the Pac
>>mate keyboard relative to the BrailleNote.
>>
>>I have no hands-on experience with the Braille Sense but have heard very
>>good things about it from Curtis Chon and other people who work for the Iowa
>>Department for the Blind. Perhaps they will chime in with some thoughts of
>>their own.
>>
>>Warmest regards,
>>
>>Gary
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Orozco" <jsorozco at gmail.com>
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>>Subject: [nfbcs] Notetaker Reviews
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>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>Sorry for the cross-post.
>>>
>>>Is it correct that the Braille Sense Plus, BrailleNote mPower and Pac Mate
>>>are the only three Braille notetakers at the moment?  I have an mPower I
>>>want to get rid of, but at six thousand dollars for a new device the damn
>>>thing had better do what I need it to.  KeySoft is not all that amusing
>>>for
>>>me, but for anyone considering the mPower it has more to do with personal
>>>preference.
>>>
>>>I found a comparison chart on GW Micro's web site over these three
>>>products,
>>>but I would be interested in another round of personal reviews from anyone
>>>who can speak to their likes and dislikes on the units.
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance for any assistance.
>>>
>>>Joe Orozco
>>>
>>>"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the
>>>crowd."--Max Lucado
>>>
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