Hi Terri, I don't need or want my BrailleNote to take on the functionality of a laptop computer, but I do think it is about time that it have similar functionality to the PDAs sighted people use. It simply doesn't make any sense to me why the sighted can have a product that does more than my BN for about ten times less cost.
Darrell Shandrow - Shandrow Communications! Technology consultant/instructor, network/systems administrator! A+, CCNA, Network+! Check out high quality telecommunications services at http://ld.net/?nu7i All the best to coalition forces carrying out Operation Iraqi Freedom! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 12:37 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Upgrade my BrailleNote or do something else? > Dear Rose, > > No, you're not strange. Notetakers are notetakers and should never be a > substitute for a PC or laptop. > > If I remember right, the man who started this thread wanted to know the > advantages of upgrading his BN versus the advantages of doing something > else. Since then, people have changed the thread into the debate about the > BN's abilities versus a sighted PDA. > > In the original thread, the man stated he needed more communications access > than the BN could do. > > I received the idea he needed it now, not in some future time. So I > suggested that he consider getting a LapTalk and keep his BN to use as a > braille display and notetaker. > > I still use my PC for email and surfing the web. Perhaps Keysoft 5 is > different, but I haven't been impressed with Keymail and I believed from > reading posts on the list that Keysoft 4.x, Keymail and Keyweb left > something to be desired. That's why I didn't upgrade. > > In the original thread, the man stated he didn't need GPS. Neither do I, > because I don't travel very much. So I can save the $600 or so bucks to buy > something else. > > Let's face it: notetakers will never replace PCs and the BN should not be > compared to sighted PDAs. We have some needs the sighted don't have. But > we need to be able to communicate with the sighted. The most practical way > is to make the best of both worlds: use the BN as a notetaker, braille > display, braille book reader and the other things it can do. Use the PC for > LAN or other needs the BN can't handle. > > Let's get back to the original question. The man thought he may have made a > mistake when he bought a BN. I said he didn't make a mistake, that the BN > is a very useful tool IN CONJUCTION WITHa PC. > > What's so bad about that? The BN can do more things than a regular braille > display, even the Braille Star and others by Handy Tech, which have the > "scratchpads." > > Come on, folks! Don't ask for so many unrealistic things of the BN. The > more you request, the more expensive it will become. > > Terri, Amateur radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, > California > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
