Hi, I have both an notebook and an Apex. They are both used for differant things and are good for what I do. The Apex is lighter for taking to work or out somewhere where I need to access my planner. Also my notebook has very little battery life left in it and even before my battery started to go it didn't last near as long as the Apex. I love my braille display in the Apex because sometimes I like to read things by braille and because I have the QT when teaching braille to our clients if they have a question about how to write something if I can't remember then I type it into my Apex then the braille display shows me how it is ment to be written. The Apex is also good if you want to read something butalso keep both ears open for listening to people talk, I use this when taking minutes of a meeting.
The notebook can handle heaps more emails then the Apex can and I prefer it for using the net. So as you see I like both the options and I am lucky enough to have them both. When my notebook crashed late last year I was using my Apex for most things but there was some stuff I had to go to a PC to do. >From Shaz. BN QT Apex and PK user. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Nusbaum" <[email protected]> To: "Blind Talk list" <[email protected]>; "NABS list" <[email protected]> Cc: "BrailleNote list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2011 12:01 PM Subject: [Braillenote] notetakers: are they worth buying anymore? | Hi all, | | I don't have a set opinion on this matter as of yet, but I'd like | to initiate the discussion. I'm noticing a trend in the | blindness technology field: PC's can do most everything a | notetaker (BrailleNote, BrailleSense, PacMate, etc.) can do, with | some obvious changes and differences, and in some cases can do | and support more than the notetaker. This is also true with the | ever-improving accessible smartphones and tablets: the iPhone, | iPad, iPod Touch, (the semiaccessible) Android phones, the KNFB | Reader, etc. Yes, the notetakers have built-in Braille displays, | but you can also install a stand-alone Braille display on a | computer to display what's on the screen, or you could just buy a | screen reader (text-to-speech, not text-to-Braille) as a | replacement for the Braille display... that is, if you think it | is in fact a replacement for refreshable Braille. That's another | question for all of you in this discussion. So, here's the | question: with all the advancements and capabilities of a | computer and screen readers or stand-alone refreshable Braille | displays, is it worth it, in your opinion, to buy a notetaker | anymore? What, given all the things a PC can do, is the real | purpose of the notetakers now? I'd love to hear your thoughts! | | Chris | | "A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities motto) | | The I C.A.N. Foundation helps visually impaired youth in | Maryland have the ability to confidently say "I can!" How? Click | on this link to learn more and to contribute: | www.icanfoundation.info or like us on Facebook at I C.A.N. | Foundation. | | Sent from my 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
