I agree with you here David. I've had my mPower BT 32 for just over a month now, with no problems. I love it. Chris Hallsworth BrailleNote mPower user Website: www.chrishallsworth.co.nr ----- Original Message ----- From: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Grant Hardy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 7:02 AM Subject: re: [Braillenote] The Notetaker Debate
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 >___ >Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. >If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a >copy to the list as well. >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 ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. 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 ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. 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
