Hi, Rich,
That company is out of business now. My only point in putting the
information on this list is that I suspect that such a modification
could be made to the BN wout its costying a fortune. Of course, it
would ultimately depend on the design.
I would like to see far fewer reasons to have to send a major piece
of adaptive technology clear across the country for repair and have
to be without it for perhaps weeks reduced in frequency. Battery
replacement is, I believe, doable. Obviously, thorough cleaning and
repair requires that shipment, long wait, and the risk of damage
during ransit, let alone cost.
Evelyn
At 02:32 PM 8/7/2006, you wrote:
And who did this for you?
I know that Freedom Scientific doesn't do that kind of modifications.
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Hi,
I have an old Braille Lite 40. A few years ago I had it modified so
that it now has a replaceable battery and also uses metal hidride
rather than nicads. I had some other work done at the same time, so I
can't say for sure what the cost was, but I think my total bill was
under $300 for everything, including cleaning.
Evelyn
At 02:24 PM 8/7/2006, you wrote:
>The problem comes, not so much in the design of such a product with
>such a replaceable battery, but the modification of an existing
>product to make its battery user-replaceable. This may very well,
>if it ever came to pass, cause an increase in the price of the BN.
>One other point to keep in mind is that most of us have had to send
>our BN's away for at least a week or two, possibly twice, in
>order to have the hardware modified, and most users I know would be
>very hesitant to part with their units again unless the need were dire.
>
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>I don't believe, albeit I am not sure what it all entails, that
redesigning
>the BrailleNote so as to allow people to install a battery(ies) would
>necessary increase the cost by a thousand dollars or even more. There
is a
>third party note taker that has this functionality and it does not even
cost
>up to $6,000. It can be done if there is the will!
>
>Sincerely,
>Olusegun
>
>
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