> ----- Original Message ----- >From: Isaac Obie <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 16:56:39 -0400 (EDT) >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] BN compared to PM Gello all, The reason I chose the BN over the PM is that the BN is a much more portable device than the PM because the BN is much smaller. In my opinion if you are going to buy a PM you might as well buy a laptop with a braille display and save yourself money. Well thats my opinion on why I chose the BN .Greg
>Hi Susan, >I like the PM! I just don't like reading the manual! If someone sat and >taught me the thing, I'd learn it very quickly! I've noticed this already! >but I've not really had any one teach me the BN. I think I'd prefer the PM >if I had my choice. I think it's a power machine and it's really for power >users. No offense meant, I wouldn't recommend the PM for the little old >ladies and gentlemen of the world. <smile >Isaac >On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Susan Stageberg wrote: >> I agree with Jim bout learning the BrailleNote with very little effort. I >> had opportunity to thoroughly test a PacMate with the BT keyboard. I found >> the multi-layered commands very hard to remember from one time to the next >> and while I realize that the PacMate is a very sophisticated and powerful >> little critter, it just never floated my boat. All this is to say what we >> all keep saying: this is really, really an individual thing. Not only do >> different people have different needs when it comes to a portable device, >> but different people think differently, and what seems logical and intuitive >> to one may be completely Greek to the next. PacMate comes under that Greek >> category as far as I'm concerned. >> Susie >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James >> Aldrich >> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 3:10 PM >> To: Braillenote List >> Subject: Re: [Braillenote] BN compared to PM >> Hi Beth, >> What you say is so, but I can say from my personal experience I was doing a >> great deal with my BN in a very short time after receiving it. I was able >> to feel very comfortable with it during a convention presentation. It >> really doesn't take much to accomplish a great deal with a BN, VN or PK. I >> think I could learn a competition product in time but it would take more >> time for me to do so. I agree! One eventually needs to find the patience >> to read any part of the manual. >> Feel free to write me privately about my next question if you wish, but am >> curious to find out when you hope to decide on which notetaker you will >> get? Was just wondering! >> Jim >> At 05:15 AM 06/02/2005 , you wrote: >>>Hi, all. I would like to point out that, no matter how intuitive a system >>>is, there is still a large learning curve associated with it. You must >>>read, study and learn the manual of the BN, just as you would the PM. Beth >>>___ >>>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 >> ___ >> 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 >> ___ >> 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 >___ >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
