Hello Roger. Indeed, yes. It would, however, have been nice had a few little tweaks been made and, quite possibly, that will happen in the future.
I do intend, once 2020 is safely here, to make myself known to both the technical people at RNIB, and also to the developers themselves. I am fortunate, extremely so, to have had a good opportunity to use one of these devices on my own hardware and software platform combination. Crucially, I have not as yet been successful in my attempts to interface my iPhone with the Orbit. I have no idea why that should be at the point, asI have used the default Orbit status, (no pairing required … it just works), so the phone should be ablate connect. However, it would seem not. So that is one area where I need to pay attention too shortly. Possibly, if I were to deliberately enable the more secure, standard pairing mode on the Orbit, it may just make a difference. Until now that had not occurred to me. However, I shall investigate that. I’ve had an Orbit here on loan since the middle of October. So have had ample opportunities to discover just what the device can do, and, perhaps more importantly, what it cannot do. I shall put up a comprehensive review of the device on the Techno-Chat blog, (watch this speed), shortly. On that note, if anybody else has any articles or reviews, written by them personally, and they’d like exposure, if the subject matter is technology-related, I would be happy to consider them for the BLOG. Contact me off list if this is something you’d like to do. Please use the address supp...@mac-access.net <mailto:supp...@mac-access.net> rather than my private address. Many thanks for reading my waffle. Gordon. On 20 Dec 2019, at 21:09, Roger Firman <ro...@golden-chord.com> wrote: Dear Gordon, Good to hear from you. As you say, it is offering something at a lower price-point. Regards, Roger. -----Original Message----- From: Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net> Sent: 20 December 2019 20:55 To: Techno-Chat ... Technology Enthusiasm! <techno-chat@techno-chat.net> Subject: Re: [Techno-Chat]: Orbit Devices Hi Roger My apologies for the delay in responding to you here. Things have been really hectic lately. Yes, indeed, it is a shame that they’ve increased the prices. But having had one on loan for the last couple of months, I can recommend the Orbit as an alternative option for those on a low budget. There are, of course, always drawbacks wen one pays for the cheapest option. For instance, the Orbit Reader 20 has no routing keys, so it’s difficult to put the cursor on a precise spot. One thing I have discovered which annoys me is that if you’re reading something, and a Bluetooth® connection is established with a regular device using the Orbit as a display, the mode jumps to Bluetooth® whether you want it too or not. On 25 Oct 2019, at 05:32, Roger Firman <ro...@golden-chord.com> wrote: Dear Gordon, That there is a choice for braille displays is a good thing, including the financial option. In the next few years it will be interesting to see how developments take place, it is a pity that there has been such a price increase of the Orbit Reader and again this could place it beyond what some can afford to pay. Best wishes, Roger. ------------------------------ This post, like all posts to the Techno Chat E-Mail group has been scanned by our server-side antivirus/malware solution. This should not, however, be viewed as a substitution for your own security strategy. We assume no culpability whatever, implicit or otherwise, for any compromise to your systems as a result of opening any post to this group. Suffice it to say that we remain vigilant within the boundaries of reason. We strongly urge you to do likewise! You have been warned!!! 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