Hi, There are I guess really three bif players on the market for braille notetakers. They are Humanware, Freedom Scientific and GW Micro.
Humanware as I'm sure you know make the braille note and Mpower Freedom Scientific make pac mate and GW Micro and HIMs (in Korea) make the Braille Sense. Each has their advantages and disadvantages; Braillenote and Mpower are very reliable, and the menu system is very intuitive. But perhaps you'd be better off asking someone who has had more experience with the Braille note family of products for thoughts here. The Pac Mate is the only braille note taker on the markdt as far as I know which uses mainstream software, and so can be expanded. But unlike the braillenote and mpower, it is not as reliable, as I have heard tha it frezes occaisionally and needs considerable resetting which can be inconvient. The pac mate comes with a 20 or 40 cell display, which can be detatched and used with either a pc or a laptop. whereas the braille note and braille sense comes with a 32 cell display. The braille sense comes with a removable battery, which neither of the other tow come with, which means that if the unit needs to be sent back you can simply get a new battery or even use the braille sense unit without a battery. These are some of the advantags and disadvantages of these proeucts, but if you would like any further info, you can eithe contact me and I can give you my impressions of these products from what I know and what I've read, or you can also look on the following websites: Braille Note - http://www.humanware.com Pac Mate - http://www.freedomscientific.com or if you live in the uk you can look on http://www.sightandsound.co.uk Braille Sense - http://www.gwmicro.com or if you live in the uk you can look on http://www.forcetenco.co.uk If you would like to contact me off list for any further info or just to chat you can contact me by: MSN =- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype - saulky1984 Email - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best Wishes James -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of samer Sent: 18 November 2005 16:13 To: [email protected] Subject: [Braillenote] hi listers i have to buy a brail note and i need your advice in which is the best`1 in the market is it the brail light which is supported by the freedom scientific or which 1 any advice will be great apreciated thanks a lot ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
