[nfbcs] 40-cell braille display

[Curtis Chong]

Hello Tracy:

 

I am afraid that there are no longer any 40-cell displays that just function
as displays. At least, my research has not uncovered any.

 

The two top contenders in the marketplace, both priced at $2,995, seem to be
the HumanWare Brailliant BI 40
<https://store.humanware.com/hus/brailliant-bi-40-new-generation.html>  and
the Vispero Focus 40 Blue 5th Generation
<https://www.freedomscientific.com/products/blindness/focus40brailledisplay/
> .

 

Although Freedom Scientific is a longstanding company, having been around
for a very long time, I have been involved in situations where older models
of its braille displays are no longer supported-models like the original
Focus 40. On the plus side, prices have gone down over the years even though
$2,995 is still quite a bit of change for those of us who have to buy this
on our own.

 

If I were still working and really needed a braille display for my job, my
recommendation would be to acquire a Focus Blue 40 Fifth Generation.

 

Cordially,

 

Curtis Chong