It would be great if HW could do something other than webinars,
which are hard for me to work with.
I love the BrailleNote Apex, and it has brought me a lot of joy.
I can do things that I couldn't before. After the Braille N
Speak and the BrailleLite, the Apex is great! I mean, I like the
ability for the BrailleLite to have different games on it, such
as HangMan.
"Blindness is not what defines me, yet there are many things
that do."
Jasmine Kotsay, 2007
----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Hall <[email protected]
To: Jasmine Kotsay <[email protected]
Date sent: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:38:09 -0400
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Braille Note Apex - can it keep up
andwillHumanwarerise to the challenge
Training makes sense. After all, webinars happen all the time,
so why
not sessions on a regular schedule?
Chris, I agree. In fact, I can confidently say two things about
my apex:
1. It was a mistake to upgrade to it, as hw has failed to
deliver on
what they said the apex would eventually be able to do.
2. I will never buy a BrailleNote again, and I hesitate to buy
any
blindness notetaker at all. More likely I will get a braile
display
and pair it with my computer and iPod.
Currently, I use my apex as a braille terminal, book reader, and
the
occasional wordprocessor, and that's it. I only use the book
reader
because I like keynote gold and because I have already loaded a
bunch
of books onto it, but I could as easily switch to the iPod and
will
probably do so once this batch of books is done. That leaves
only the
terminal (which would be covered by a dedicated braille display)
and
wordprocessing. HIMS' new Braille Edge has basic functions built
into
it like a wordprocessor and a calculator, so I could have the
advantage of typing a calculation into the calculator directly,
and
using the notetaking part of the display, as well as all the
benefits
of my iPod (which is $250 but more powerful than my $6,200 apex).
I
think emailing Gil is a great idea, and I will do so today. As I
always say, I hope hw will prove me wrong and release a new bn or
keysoft upgrade that blows us all away. However, they have
failed to
do anything of the kind for years, and I don't see that changing.
On 3/26/12, Jasmine Kotsay <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
When I was talkingab extra training in my earlier post, I didn't
mean that there wasn't any training at all. I had good
training,
but I meant that it would be great for HW to offer training as
well.
"Blindness is not what defines me, yet there are many things
that do."
Jasmine Kotsay, 2007
----- Original Message -----
From: Joseph Lee <[email protected]
To: josh gregory <[email protected]>,
[email protected]
Date sent: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 13:07:13 -0700
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Braille Note Apex - can it keep up
and
willHumanwarerise to the challenge
Hi folks,
I think you might want to talk to Tech Support staff at HW. I'm
glad you've brought those concerns.
As for training, we actually do have some provisions for it -
not
by HW, but training by users for others. And we already have a
website for doing this "indirectly" via podcasts.
The number one thing I'd like to stress would be opening up the
doors for third-party program development, which would open the
doops to below suggestions. As for sites, this is the operating
system in control, not KeySoft unless HW introduces a way to
change how BN identifies itself to web serervers.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Joseph
----- Original Message -----
From: josh gregory <[email protected]
To: Jasmine Kotsay <[email protected]
Date sent: Sat, 24 Mar 2012 10:56:38 -0700
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Braille Note Apex - can it keep up
and
willHumanwarerise to the challenge
Not a bad ending line, Jasmine! :) And to Vaun: Send directly to
them,
putting it on here is like shouting into space, you'll never get
a
direct answer, lol. Sorry, but to quote my good friend Chris
Nusbaum,
"it needs to be said." There's a lot of truth to it, too.
Regards,
Josh
On 3/24/12, Jasmine Kotsay <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
I agree. There should be training sessions for the BN. I'm
still pretty new at the BN, and it would have been great to be
able to go to extra training. And I agree with the rest of
what
you said as well.
There are many other things I would like to be able to do with
the BrailleNote Apex, such as read full websites.
"Blindness is not what defines me, yet there are many things
that do."
Jasmine Kotsay, 2007
----- Original Message -----
From: Vaughan Roles <[email protected]
To: braillenote <[email protected]
Date sent: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:42:48 +1100
Subject: [Braillenote] Braille Note Apex - can it keep up and
will Humanwarerise to the challenge
Hi list,
I ask you all to read this post and, if you have comments, make
them
so those at Humanware see that I am not the only one with these
views.
I have been using a Braille Note Apex now for just over a year.
What
the unit does, it does really well. It's an excellent note
taker,
gives a great braille reading experience and has an easy to use
calendar. The contacts app is great if you use it exclusively
for
keeping track of your contacts, but if you want to synchronize
between
devices it can be a little clunkey.
I work as a criminal lawyer and use the braille note every day
in
court. I don't use it because its my ideal device, but it is,
until
the last round of American tech shows, the best available unit.
I
carry an iPhone to access the net and look up law. If I had
the
choice, I would do all this from the braille note.
The braille note would blow the competition away if it had:-
1. Imap email access;
2. some way to attach a portable reading solution to it.
This,
respectfully, is critical to students and professionals alike.
Anyone
who buys the Braille Note is buying portability. It is not
enough to
be able to type notes - you also need to be able to read on the
go.
3. A platform where full sites render instead of mobile sites.
4. The ability to do footnoting and have this transfer into
either
word 2003 or, preferably, word 2007 and 2010 files.
Another huge advantage for time poor people such as myself
would
be a
regular series of training sessions. Freedom Scientific do
this
really
well with Jaws - Humanware could emulate this for the Apex.
I hear many people say it is already easy to use and can be
learnt
quickly. That's true, but if that were the test for whether or
not
companies should run training for end users, why does Apple
have
so
many training sessions for their products? The training
sessions
should be focused on specific applications within the Braille
Note
family and follow a pattern. E.g. getting started, using the
word
processer, advanced word processing - I think you get the
drift.
I think Humanware makes great products, but unless features are
updated quickly on the Braille Note Apex, there is a danger
that
the
Braille Sense U2 from Hims or the other note takers announced
at
the
tech shows will start taking significant market share. This
would be a
pity given Humanware's undisputed commitment to Braille over
the
last
20 years.
Finally, can someone tell me if Humanware monitor this list or
should
I send these suggestions to the R and D team in Canada?
Vaughan
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