Hear Hear, Richard. I borrow a PacMate in the early days to check it out and see how easy it was to use and the technical support was lousy. I don't know whether their packaging has changed but their manuals on CD were not labelled with Braille and most of the staff I spoke to, with the exception of one, were rather unhelpful.
The BrailleNote may not have everything the PacMate has to offer, but Humanware's tech support beats Freedom Scientific's hands down and I'm telling you, that's really important when you get into trouble. I would love to be able to, say, balance my check-book and have the access to the bar-code scanners and, as I said before, have a Braille music program installed as well but hey! I ain't handing my beautiful BN over for a machine I'm not sure I like and which has lousy tech support behind it. Cheers! Michele -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richard Turner Sent: Saturday, 16 September 2006 6:40 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] [PM] Freedom Scientific's Open PlanforHumanWareNotetaker users I wasn't going to chime in on this one, but I can't resist. Remember, this is only my opinion, and it is worth every penny you paid for it, grin. If anyone who trades in for the PacMate thinks they will have fewer headaches and/or fewer bugs and/or better tech support, they are truly living in a fantasy world. Richard Turner ___ 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 ___ 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
