Well, robustness is very hard to say since none of us go around testing these devices to destruction, though I would like to see that done with some already broken units just to see what they can physically take. You have the braille display, which is sensitive to any foreign particles on any device, but other than that both units have the standard hard plastic housing what amounts to a small computer. I imagine that they could handle about the same amount of physical abuse: not much. I have heard of them being dropped, but almost always in a case, and surviving. The only time I came close to that was last fall when I tripped over something and fell forward. The apex was on my shoulder and swung down ahead of me, but I managed to intercept it with my hand before it could hit the ground, thankfully. Aside from that close call I have not yet dropped the apex or in any other way subjected it to stresses for which it was not designed, at least I do not think I have. In short, like anything, each unit is different, but none will handle too much abuse without alerting you to their displeasure by not working or in some other way rebelling. It is like that with any computer; my sister is careful with her laptop, yet it died after just three years of school. Yet I know a man who took his laptop, from the same company and not ruggedized or anything, to Iraq for a tour of duty and brought it home still working (despite a hole in the screen from a rock and a lot of dust inside it). I think it all comes down to the individual unit, but I would not test any of them.
On 2/12/11, Vicky Collins <[email protected]> wrote: > I own the Voice Sense, the Braille Sense OnHand and the Braillenote Apex. > But, I find it kind of hard to do general comparisons, as each product will > have its plusses and minuses. > > As for the interface on each, well, I can use, and get used to, either one. > I just have to remember which device I'm using at the time, grin. Although, > I also do find the file manager to be a little easier and quicker with the > Sense note takers. > > The alarm on the planner of the BN is much louder than that of the schedule > manager or wake up alarm on the Sense products, which is a big plus if one > is either sleeping or in the other room when the alarm sounds. I also like > the go to feature of the planner on the Apex, allowing one to go forward or > backward by a specified number of days or weeks or months or years, which is > something not available on the Sense products. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Terri Pannett <[email protected]> > To: "Dean Martineau" <[email protected]>, "'Braille Note'" > <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, Feb 12, 2011 19:47:03 > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] off topic: braille sense vs braillenote apex > >> >> >> I own both the Apex and the BrailleSense Plus. I must disagree with you >> about the battery life. The BSP's battery doesn't drain as rapidly as the >> >> Apex battery because the power automatically shuts down to a minimum when >> the unit is turned off. You have to put the Apex into Deep Sleep mode in >> order to do the same thing. >> >> I, too, prefer the Keysoft interface, however, if you happen to forget a >> command for the BSP, you can open a menu using the alt key and navigate >> around it using the arrow keys. Qwerty, of course.) You can do the same >> thing with the braille-style keyboard. >> >> Although the BSP doesn't support NLS books, its media player has more >> features than the one on the Apex including bookmarks for all files and >> the >> ability to speed up or slow down the reader for any audiobook or mp3 file, >> >> not just Daisy. >> >> Neither the calculator nor the word processor have as many features as the >> >> ones for the BN. >> >> I like the file manager of the BrailleSense Plus better than the one for >> the >> BN. It's so easy to go from folder to subfolder! >> >> Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. >> >> >> ___ >> 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 > > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap ___ 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
