Hi Lee,
The VGA port is gone from units produced
after 2005. It is named Hardware Revision
2.5.
Cheers,
Joseph
----- Original Message -----
From: Lee Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Date sent: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:44:09 -0500
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] BrailleNote BT and
BrailleSense comparison?
I wonder if the port is missing from all new
units or is it an option?
That was one of the features I liked about
the Braille Sense, since I'll
be Mom's sighted computer support.
Thanks,
Lee
Joseph Lee wrote:
Hi Alex,
Good comparison, with one correction: these
days Braille Sense does
not come with a dedicated VGA port anymore
(I used to have this kind
of unit without VGA port).
Cheers,
Joseph
----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Parks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Lee Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[email protected]
Date sent: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:17:44 -0500
Subject: re: [Braillenote] BrailleNote BT
and
BrailleSense comparison?
Hi,
I have extensive use with the BNBT, but have
only seen a Braille
Sense. However, from my experience and
information on the
companies' websites, here is what I think:
BrailleNote Advantages:
416 mHZ processor instead of 400
Bluetooth built-in instead of through an
external card
Three USB ports (two for devices, one for
activesync connection)
instead of only two (one device connection
and one activesync)
SD card support
Easy-to-learn, intuitive menu-driven system
GPS option
Overall smaller size, though not by a great
deal
Thumb key Braille navigation (very easy and
comfortable, the best
system I have seen)
PCMCIA slot (the PC cards themselves are
hard
to find, but with
an adapter the BN can take two CF cards--one
adapted and one in
the dedicated CF slot)
Built-in 56K dial-up modem
Dictionary/thesaurus option (not sure what
the Braille Sense does
about that)
Twice the onboard storage--128mb instead of
64mb
Choice of Eloquence or KeyNote Gold speech
Braille Sense advantages:
Full media playback controls (play/pause,
stop, skip track, and
so on)
Interface looks more like Windows, but
keyboard shortcuts are
given
Built-in LCD screen (though many times I
find
that emailing or
giving a document to someone on external
media is just as easy,
if not easier because they can edit it and
such as they read)
Built-in VGA port to connect the device to
an
external monitor or
projector (the BN can do this through a
compactflash-VGA adapter)
Built-in DSL jack
Two CF slots
Removable battery--you can have more than
one, so you could carry
a secondary battery if the one in the unit
goes flat, and no
settings are lost because of an emergency
backup battery in the
unit itself
Built-in stereo speakers (the BN has a
single
speaker)
The Braille Sense costs less, though I am
not
sure by how much
They Both:
have 32 cells of Braille, but the BN can
also
have 18 or none
Have headphone and microphone jacks
Have built-in microphones, both mono
have a Braille keyboard (eight keys plus
space) but the BN can
also come in a QWERTY version
Can only use WIFI through an external card
Can hold two CF cards, but the BN uses an
adapter in its PCMCIA
slot for one of them
Have cursor routing buttons above the
Braille
so you can move the
cursor to anywhere on the display
I mainly concentrated on hardware since
software is always
changing, but if you want more info I will
be
glad to help (any
software features, though, will come from
www.gwmicro.com, but I
can give exact details on the BN side).
Hope this helps, and best of luck on your
decision. As expected,
though, I would say go with the BrailleNote.
Have a great day,
Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: Lee Gray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Date sent: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:27:11 -0500
Subject: [Braillenote] BrailleNote BT and
BrailleSense
comparison?
Hello all,
I've been doing research on notetakers for
my
mother. I'm still
torn
between the BrailleNote BT and the
BrailleSense. Does anyone on
the
list have experience with both, and would
you
mind sharing that
experience?
If this is considered off-topic, please
email
me privately.
Thank you,
Lee
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