Hi, Kathy,
I have had this unit since November and it arrived having been checked over
by Humanware first. It is in excellent condition. As I said, I am not using
a table at all. In most situations where I must take notes, the unit is on
my lap. I can Braille fast--fast enough to keep up with a speaker most of
the time.
Evelyn
At 11:28 AM 9/9/05, you wrote:
Hi Evelyn
I feel for you with your brailling problem. This is why I had to give up
my Braillemate and go to a Transtype originally back in the 90's. As my
fingers got weaker, I was not able to hold down the dots with even
pressure and time the releasing of some and the pressing of others
accurately enough not to keep inadvertantly typing chords and making all
sorts of goofy things happen. Artic tried setting up an ergo braille for
me with varying key pressure options and the option for the keys to type
on the contact or on the release to try to make it work, but I still
eventually had to just give up and go to qwerty where I either hit the key
or didn't and I still have problems. I keep thinking of going back to the
braille keyboard as it seems logical it would be easier not to have to
find different keys all over the place, but then I remember the problems
getting them all to register they've been hit at the same time and
released at the same time and I just stick with what I've got.
The suggestion to change your ergonomics might help the most. If you can
get a straight on attack to the keys like in piano playing it's more apt
to register accurately, but then you've got the pressure for the thumb
keys going the other direction as in away from you rather than downwarrd
toward the table, and this may throw off the timing. Do you know how fast
you braille? I used to at about 105 to 110 wpm and I still find strangely
enough that I'm more accurate when I type faster except that I can't let
go of the shift fast enough to turn off the caps for the I when I hit
the ' so I get I" always. Does slowing down help? What about speeding up?
Is your unit old enough it might need cleaning of contacts? Can that be
done, Jonathan?
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