I do, in fact, use my BrailleNote for words to choir anthems, but I don't like the strap that came with the unit, so I used an old, basic, plain, wide shoulder strap that came off something else. It seems to work fine, But if I can remember I'll ask another choir member if they see any marks on my robe. I've sometimes shortened the strap enough that it fits around my waist, but you can't do that with the strap that came with the unit. It sounds like you might have found a good solution. HTH God bless! Paula and Tex
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peggy Kern Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 9:56 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: [Braillenote] BrailleNote's shoulder strap and good clothes Hi, all. I tried to send this earlier, but used the wrong nickname for one of the lists, and haven't seen it come through to either, so am resending to both. (I wonder what poor person might have gotten my message and wondered what in the world I was talking about? <shuddering and blushing>) Anyway, I'm trying again. <smile> Peggy Hi, all. I'm posting to both the BrailleNote and GPS lists, since I'm sure most of us at one time or another wear our BrailleNotes so we can either read or write while standing, or use our GPS systems while walking. I'm involved in Sacramento's annual BEST OF BROADWAY production, and since what I do is sing in the pit (a little booth with microphones, where we're allowed to use words and music), I have the words to the songs on my BrailleNote, which I wear while singing so I can read the words. We're only visible from the chest up, or maybe from the chin up, so it doesn't look weird. Anyway, I've been wearing a nice white blouse, but at the end of this weekend's shows, after washing the blouse, I asked my husband to look at it to make sure it looked okay. Apparently, because of the type of material it is, the BrailleNote strap had caused little snags on the shoulder, especially where the rubber thing goes. We bought a little seatbelt pad thing that's sold to make seatbelts more comfortable, and I velcroed it to the BrailleNote's strap around the rubber thing. It feels more comfortable, and we're hoping that will keep me from snagging the new white shirt I bought. I'm just wondering if anyone else who loves to carry their BrailleNotes with them and occasionally has to do so while wearing nice shirts, has had to deal with a situation like this. If so, how did you handle it? I suppose I could just Braille the words to the songs and put them in a binder, but after the next two weekends of shows, I won't need them, and it seems so much easier to just delete files and folders rather than to Braille all kinds of stuff only to turn around and through the papers away. So I'll be interested to hear if this has ever been an issue for any of you, and how you handled it. Peggy mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kernsac MSN Messenger [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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
