Go for the Braille Note. I think you've already made up your
mind. And of course, if you want third-party apps, you can get a
Pocket Pc with Mobile Speak, and interface with it through the
ghrl Note. The Bn has given me very few problems and is
extremely efficient. One of the best braille designs I have ever
seen I think, although the Braille Sense had a pretty good design
too.
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grant Hardy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "BrailleNote List" <[email protected]
Date sent: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:23:59 -0700
Subject: [Braillenote] The Notetaker Debate
Hey all,
Well, I've had the opportunity of working with both a PAC Mate
and a
BrailleNote throughout my schooling, and need to reach a decision
about what
notetaker to acquire for next year upon commencing my university
education.
I am leaning heavily towards the BrailleNote at this point,
because I do not
believe the PAC Mate meets the needs of a student in my
situation. Amongst
other things, it is sluggish, you can only work with one level of
directories within applications, the sound is dreadful, Word
files are not
directly supported in their preferred editor, no accessible
interactive
fiction client exists, there is a lack of thumb keys or any other
convenient
means for braille panning, the calculator doesn't support proper
Nemeth, the
connectivity is not as good as the BrailleNote's, no way exists
to
independently control the volume of a streaming MP3 file and the
speech,
multilanguage braille support is nonexistent, no way exists to
translate
text on-the-fly when you copy and paste... you get the idea.
In other words, I'm nearly completely won over that the
BrailleNote is the
way to go. I don't even care that it isn't open to third-party
developers
at this point, because frankly, I think that the BrailleNote
contains nearly
everything I need in terms of notetaking, and most Pocket PC apps
on the PAC
Mate that I download are either just plain inaccessible or
inefficient. I
am wondering though, for the sake of honesty, what people believe
are the
BrailleNote's own downsides. I just think it is helpful to know,
because
admittedly I have not used the BrailleNote in some time.
Obviously it lacks
Excel support, which isn't a huge deal to me. Could we add any
more
items/comments to this list? Thanks.
Grant
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