Hello List,
I'd like to thank all of you who responded to Bob Mates post.
A special thanks to those who understand that not all of us have
or use computers. For me, the price of a computer is not why I
don't have one. I have owned three, the first was from Mr
Langford of the Texas Center For The Physically Impaired, and it
cost me only $50.00. I gave it and all the others away to blind
people who could use a computer with JAWS installed, because I
couldn't learn to use them. I am not able to remember all the
commands a computer require, nor have I ever been comfortable
with the keyboard. I've never been a typist, and have found it
difficult to learn to type after losing my vision at age 62.
Braille, however was very easy to learn and my BrailleNote (soon
to be an MPower) serves me very well. The Braille keyboard is as
easy to operate as the Perkins Braillewriter was, and the help
menu moves me through operations without my fingers losing there
place on the keyboard. And, when I get stuck, there's always
Rhonda Clark, Seville Allen, and sometimes this list to learn
from.
I think that most of us who don't use or own a computer,
realize that notetakers, regardless of how Sophisticated they
are, will never replace a personal computer. I believe what we
would like is for our notetaker to perform as advertised, and to
have people respond to our questions without telling us how much
better off we'd be if we used a computer.
Ms. Cranston, I love it when you emerge from your rock with
your words of wisdom. Reading your messages to the list, I
believe that you own both a notetaker and a computer, so I'd like
to thank you for responding to our queries without being critical
because we only use our BN, PK, or VN and not a computer. Please
come out from under your rock as often as you wish.
Sammie Clay
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