Tim, Matthew is talking about the Brailliant, not the
BrailleNote, and there is no carrying case shipped with the
units. I have one.
At 09:20 PM 2/17/2006, you wrote:
Matthew,
Yes, there should be a carrying case and shoulder strap that shipped with
the unit. I would be surprised if a vendor provided a unit without the
protective covering afforded by the carrying case.
Was the BrailleNote shown to you a braille key model or was it a model using
a QWERTY keyboard?
Tim
Phoenix, AZ
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Subject: [Braillenote] Some Brailliant questions
Hello, the staff at Humanware were kind enough to loan the Foundation For
Blind Children here in Phoenix a Brailliant for my looking over. I asked if
they could get a unit here so that I could see if it would meet my needs for
an upcoming job. My questions which couldn't be answered by the man showing
it to me are: what is the purpose of the jack in front of the USB and power
sockets? It felt like a headphone jack. While I was dismayed that it does
not have thumb keys, I suppose I'd get used to tapping the button to advance
to the next line. I wonder though, why they set that as button five on the
right? When I'm reading, my left hand travels back to the left side of the
line when my right hand reaches the middle, so it's natural to tap a button
on the left. I'm assuming that like all of the other braille displays I've
used, that I can custom configure these buttons to do exactly what and where
I want by using the key define function in my screen reader, which happens
to be Jaws. Has anyone ever thought of a foot pedal to advance up and down
text, instead of thumb keys or buttons? Also, does this display have auto
advance like the Braille Note does? I never have gotten the auto advance
timed just right for my reading speed, but I'm just wondering. Is there a
carrying case which slips over the Brailliant to protect it while not in
use? That was another thing the man didn't know, as he hadn't been the one
to unpack it.
Thanks a lot.
Matthew
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