Hi Linda, I had the same feeling when I started reading books with a braille notetaker. I got over it in about a day or so! And have never looked back, metaphorically speaking. Those mistakes you mention are scanning errors, and while they can be annoying, those errors are easily decipherable, and a tiny price to pay for having access to all the books you can buy! And that doesn't even count Bookshare, which I can't use, now that I'm living in the UK.
One thing I do that helps a bit with that feeling of progress that you miss is to go to the end of the book, and determine how many pages it is. Then, when you need a little boost, check where you are, and you'll be able to see how long you have to the end of the book. Hth! Happy reading! Rachael > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Linda Lupaczyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Humanware" <[email protected] >Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 23:13:20 -0500 >Subject: [Braillenote] I finally did it! >Hell, and another big thank you to all of you who tried to help when I was >having trouble downloading books from bookshare. I have finally been able >to get books into my Braillenote and have been enjoying reading during down >times at work. I have noticed some problems with some of the Braille, and >I'm not sure if this is computer Braille I'm not familiar with or Braille >errors. The first book I tried to read "and then there was light", the >story of a blind man who was a part of the French resistance during WW2 had >a lot of errors in it. Since this was my first experience reading a >downloaded book, however, I decided to reserve judgment until I read >something else to compare it with. I am now reading "the cross and the >scalpel", and the Braille is much better in that book. There are some >mistakes I have been able to figure out because I learned to read print with >an optacon, and that helped me to work some things out. For instance, most >of the time, when the word "soon" comes up, it is brailled as #500l. It >took me a while to figure that one out, and there are still some that I >can't quite make out. Is this due to scanner errors? >Being a Braille reader, I have notice that I miss the feeling of making >progress one gets from reading from the top of the page to the bottom, or >from turning pages and seeing them build. Maybe that sounds kind of crazy, >but I did notice a feeling of not going anywhere like riding on a stationary >bike rather than on a two-wheeler or a tandem where you can measure the >progress in miles and feel the speed of your progress. Is that crazy, or >did any of you feel the same when you started reading books using a Braille >display? Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the reading and am going to continue, >but I have noticed this adjustment. >Now for one more question -- When I finish the book, and don't want to keep >it in my Braillenote anymore, how can I delete it? I was going to look >through the manual to see if I could find directions for purging a book from >the system but I wanted to read more than I wanted to do that this >afternoon. >Thank you all again for your help. >Linda >___ >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
