Joseph,
A very interesting technical/non-technical summary there. I think you
should have made explicit the value that some of us place on the quality of
the Braille translation. There is a danger of the quite valid complaints
about Humanware's not doing this, that or the other's drowning out this huge
plus point for those who are of but simple tastes. As for your view on the
blindness PDA market, there is certainly a debate to be had here. I can
only contribute my own experience to this: in courtroom-based advocacy I,
for my part, find the all-in-one computer/braille display indispensable. a
laptop and bluetooth display is a poor substitute (not mobile enough), a PDA
and 18-cell display or even less is not enough Braille, even if one leaves
aside the prohibition on use of PDAs and mobile phones in most courts.
Until there is a really credible substitute for the all-in-one solution the
Apex provides, I will always have a need for it and I can't imagine I'm the
only one in this position even if I'm the only one who writes about it.
It's the same issue that you get in opinion polling - some folks are less
motivated to write into discussion fora such as this than others. I am with
you all up to a point on the frustration with Humanware's not making the
most of what they have, but let's not lose sight of not just the positives,
but the mundane, boring positives.
Mark
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