Hi,Terry,
At one time you might have been right to buy a Braille and Speak product. I
think, though things have sort have slipped with that company. When I went to
a convention, I watched a dialog between people from varius companies. I
didn't like what the people from Freedom Scientific were saying. I thought I
might attend their demo, but before that I went to the display area, and there
was a man from Pulsedata displaying his products and actually helping a man
with his GPS. I decided to sit down at his table and listen for a while.
After a bit, I got his attention and told him I was in the market to buy. I
didn't want the unit that looked like a typewriter. I wanted to know if there
was a thing with a braille keyboard. I took a look at it, so to speak and asked
a few questions. I was impressed. By the end of the time I spent with the
representative, I knew what I was going to do, buy a braille note. Now people
on this list say that Braille and Speak was just a notetaker t!
o carry around and just take notes. That's not so. I was online with it on
Genie and NVN, and Delphi. I even worked as a co-hhost on Delphi for several
years. What were my duties? I had to read all incomming messages each and
every day to check for violations of the copyright laws. I also participated
in live chats, many of which I hosted. That was part of my job as a co-host on
Delphi. I also played in the game forum with text based games. I got a
citizen portable printer and used it to print out my grocery lists and
addressed envelopes to mail lwith my Braille and Speak. After that I found a
guy who was celling online books. I persuaded him to put those books on disk
and send them to me. I happily read for hours, on airplanes, at people's
house's and at home. Now you guessed it. I love to read. One of the best
things Pulsedata did for me was include that bookshare option. I've read books
I never thought I could get. Thanks, guys. I don't know everything about!
Braille Note, to be sure. What other company even has a site for questions?
This is a good thing. I'm staying with Braille Note and Pulsedata. No, I
don't know everything yet. As I need things I'll learn and ask. You were wise
to get the Braille Note at this time. If Pulsedata concentrates on reaching
out to the public of our blind community, there might be a day when the lines
are just as long at their table as it used to be with Blazie. You see, Deane
Blazie was at that table, and he cared.
Now what were some mistakes that Pulsedata made?Why didn't your rep have a
catalog of your products on disk and in braille to give out? They hooked up
the braille display without saying that was an accessory. Not all of us are
using rehab or whatever you call it to buy our equipment. We buy things one
day at a time if we're working.
If someone sees that braille display hooked up, they think it's a part of the
unit and the price, too. I'll tell you something I think Pulsedata did right.
Once you've read the get started stuff, you'll find the whole manual in your
system. It's gotten me out of trouble quite a few times. aNo, I don't know how
to hook up my citizen or my blazie braille embosser yet. One day at a time.
That's how we learn. just an idea. You can use this system for reading books,
to
, not just phone numbers. I'm online everyday. I think these units need some
reading, but you can probably figure out what to do if you want to. I think
people are working to make things more accessable with our units. It's just
that we have to read and learn and ask questions.
Brenda Mueller
Tehry,
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Powers, Terry (NIH/NCI)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "'Braillenote List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 12:35:00 -0500
>Subject: RE: [Braillenote] I understand . . . BUT
>Hi Everyone
>I used to want a braille and speek. A few years ago my computer teacher
>told me about the Braille Note. My office could not afford it, but we
>waited, it seamed like for ever, for NIH to join the CAP problem. I had to
>work for almost 19 years with out my BN and Braille Printer. My Braille
>Note is my PRIDE AND JOY. I know my sight is slowly getting worse so after
>I learn how to work my baby, I will not have to depend on large print so
>much for phone numbers. The calendar will also be very helpful in the
>office and outside.
>Thanks for joining us Jonathan.
>Terry Powers
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Gunn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 8:43 PM
>To: Braillenote List
>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] I understand . . . BUT
>xHello Jonathan:
>I've been following your dialog with Gary and honestly kind of dissappointed
>in your comments. What I hear you saying in not so many words is let's keep
>the blind comunity to itself and let the sighted world be by itself. smile
>I work for a educational software company doing tech support right along
>with the sighted people and through the developement of screen readers am
>able to keep up with my sighted co-workers.
>I really haven't heard you say to the list but when you were hosting Main
>Menu it was in my opinion all about the blind comunity which is greate but
>we have to work in conjunction with sighted people and not separately.
>Having said all that, I feel by your below statement meaning going to Pocket
>PC etc is a downgrade? I think not and that's why I'm disappointed by your
>statement below. This constant talking about blind and sighted is sad and
>in my work, I'm glad I live in the real world.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 2:39 PM
>Subject: Re: [Braillenote] I understand . . . BUT
>> Hi Gary. I can emphatically say, absolutely not, there are no plans to
>> change to Pocket PC. Doing so would be a downgrade in terms of word
>> processing, e-mail and a range of other functionality, to say nothing of
>> the productivity disadvantages imposed by a graphical user interface.
>> Jonathan Mosen
>> BrailleNote Product Marketing Manager
>> Pulse Data International Ltd
>> DDI: +64-3-373-6192
>> Fax: +64-3-384 4933
>> Mobile: +64-21 466 736
>> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Internet: www.pulsedata.com
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