well lets see. If I were to use a pacmate for the first time I'd probably have to play around with it for awhile before I'd be able to use it good for doing things in the classroom. For one thing, there's no help button for if I forget a command. I use jaws on my desktop computer too, and yes, maybe someday I'll get one of those laptalks made by beyond sight as a notetaker. But I will surely keep my braillenote! For one thing, the laptalk does not have gps, the braille note does. Try carrying around a laptop computer, even without a monitor, and your gps receiver...not practical. PDI is not putting us in a bubble because of not having to worry about graphical interfaces with windows ce. They're giving us the advantage in the classroom, workplace, etc. Yes keysoft can be improved, but when I use a notetaker or PDA, I want to get access to my information as quickly as possible. The one thing they could do is add a or give us a faster processor. It takes a long time when deleting emails and opening big files. A sighted person is ok with pocket pc because he or she can see what he/she'd doing and most of those programs on a sighted person's PDA is mouse driven anyway so its just as efficient as our braillenotes. I also think that keysoft has a better spell-checker than a normal PDA does. Graphical interface on a computer? yes, it's practical. I wouldn't want a desktop or laptop computer with nothing but windows xp and keysoft and no way to access windows xp. But for a PDA? windows ce and keysoft work good together. Keep up the good work PDI!!
Josh
