Hi, Josh, I think the Keynote Companion was a great PDA! The commands are almost the same as the BrailleNote. I think the Braille Companion's commands were probably the same as the braille style keyboard for the BN. DOS was the operating system for the Companions.
When I looked at a friend's Braille 'n Speak, I was shocked. The speech was terrible and he had to go through hoops to do the same things I could so easily do with my KNC! The thing which makes the BN stand out is its built-in braille display. I started out with the KNC and the VoiceNote QT, but I wouldn't want to use them, as fine as they are, because I've become so braille dependent. Still, it's good to be able to buy a voice-only product if you can't afford a braille display. Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF^CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 1:39 PM Subject: [Braillenote] thank god for the braille note! : Hi, : : I just got off the phone with one of my friends who goes to the same college : that I do. She has a braille lite m20 or m40 or something like that. We : tried using my braille note flash card in her PDA (E.G. braille Lite,) but : it didn't work. There's a program that needs to be run just to access the : flash drive and it was corrupted. I told her several times to push for bvs : to get her a braille note, at least a braille note 18 bt if not more. Oh and : also, she lost seven pages of class--notes that she needs for class. This : has never happened yet. In fact, today I spent 20 minutes erasing every file : and folder on my flash disk and did a complete re-install of keysoft5. I'm : so glad I got away from freedom scientific PDA's!! : And hopefully she'll be getting a braillenote soon too! It's so easy to use. : No graphical user interface and no having to learn to use pocket jaws with a : six-key keyboard. Jaws with a braille keyboard? doesn't sound right to me. : In fact, I'm almost sorry that my Vision teacher didn't buy me a keynote : companion in high school instead of a braille lite18. The braille lite : doesn't use neither dos or windows, I don't know what it uses, but I : personally, call it the Blazie operating system. I think one of the main : reasons for braille note's stability is that it uses windows as it's : underlying operating system. Whereas the braille lite does not. Were the : keynote companions just as good of PDA's? I know the Keynote Companions used : dos as their operating systems. : : Josh : : : ___ : 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 :
