Hi Andrea,
Welcome to the list! I hope you enjoy this list and your Apex! To
get started with your Apex, I would suggest two things to read;
1, your Apex user guide, and 2, the introduction to the
BrailleNote on braillenoteusers.info. The above Web site is a
great resource for all BrailleNote users. I would also encourage
you to listen to Joseph Lee's "BrailleNote: Its Potential,"
podcast series, which you can also find in the Media Center of
braillenoteusers.info. The direct link to the Media Center is
braillenoteusers.info/media. Hope this helps, welcome to the
list, and feel free to ask any questions of us that you have!
Chris
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrea Damitio" <[email protected]
To: <[email protected]
Date sent: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:48:16 -0800
Subject: [Braillenote] Let me Introduce Myself
Hello -
My name is Andrea Damitio, and I am from Olympia, Washington. I
just
subscribed to this list at the invitation of Joseph, and he had
suggested
that I briefly tell you a bit about myself as a newcomer to the
list.
I bought my first ever note taker, the APEX Voice Note with
QWERTY keyboard,
at the ACB Convention this past July in Reno. I am somewhat
newly blind,
and began to realize at convention, just how handy note takers
could be.
However, I'm a bit embarrassed to say, after so much excitement
to receive
my new device, I haven't done much more than take it out of the
box, and put
some loc dots on the keys, as I'm a bit bewildered as to where to
begin.
I was thrilled to see that Accessible World was offering a
webinar on the
Braille/Voice Note last night, and was so glad to be able to
participate. I
learned so much about the device, and what kind of features that
it offers,
along with some great resources on how to get started. I was
surprised to
see just how much that it can do, beyond just taking notes!
One of the first things that Joseph, whom I met at the webinar
last night,
suggested that I do, is to get involved in this list serve, so I
could hook
up with others that have the same unit, and configuration that I
do.
I plan on going through the User's Manual this weekend to get
started, and
checking out some of the tutorial podcasts as well.
I'm fairly computer literate, as I have been a Windows user,
among some
other specific software, for the past 25 years, and am just
finishing up
some private tutoring, to get me back to where I used to be, by
learning to
use the software that I was proficient on, by using JAWS.
I'm hopeful that my learning curve doesn't take a lot of time, as
I catch on
pretty quickly, but I would ask any of you that have the same
unit that I
do, to please feel free to offer any words of wisdom, and
resources that
might have helped you along the way.
I have included my email address in my signature line below, and
would
encourage anyone that is willing, and interested, to contact me
either
through the list, or off-line via my personal email.
I look forward to getting to know all of you, and want to extend
my thanks
up front, for your taking the time to read this, and for your
consideration
in regards to my request.
May you all have a wonderful, warm, safe, and family filled
Thanksgiving,
and enjoy all of the friends and family that you choose to spend
the
holidays with!
Sincerely -
Andrea J
Andrea M. Damitio
Olympia, Washington
E-mail: <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]
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