Dan,
To answer your questions the case does do a fairly good job of protecting
the the BN/VN. Since it's a specially designed case design just for the
BrailleNote or VoiceNote there is no way that you can a case at Walmart. I
however do have a case that I bought from a company here in the US who
designed a case for the BrailleNote/VoiceNote when it first came out four
years ago. If you are interested in purchasing this case that I've got.
Email personally and we can debate on the price. my email address is
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jessica