The notetakers that do have detachable Braille displays are quite a bit larger. Although the 2 units are very firmly attached it would still make me a little nervous to carry one around the way I can with my BNQT32. Also, the models of other notetakers with the qwerty keyboard are even larger!
The VoiceNote is definitely smaller than the BrailleNote; there is no display on the front. Other than this, the two units are virtually identical. All BrailleNotes come with KeyNote speech. When the Braille display on my BN died, I would jokingly call it "a VoiceNote with a growth on the front." It works fine as a notetaker with only speech, but it is wonderful to have the Braille back! Sarah -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Don Bishop Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 10:49 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] detachable braille display I'm quite happy with the present configuration of the braillenote thank you very much! It's true that other note takers have detachable displays, but that's partly because they came out with a voice-only notetaker and added the braile later. I haven't seen any of these units, so really can't say for sure about their construction, but I do know that my braillenote is solidly built and I don't have to worry about parts of it becomming detached from each other. I've never seen a voicenote so don't know if it is smaller or the same size as a braillenote, nor whether it can be configured for braille as the 18 and 32-cell bn units can be. In otherwords, if you buy a bn-18 you can have that display replaced with a 32-cell display and still retain the original unit. Since I bought my braillenote for the braille display, the only thing I might possibly be interested in would be a detachable speech module, <grin>, but that's highly unlikely. Bottom line "if it ain't broke don't fix it!" Don ___ 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
