The Braille Sense is not as heavy as it was described below. Its weight is 2.7 pounds. Although there laptops that weigh less than that, they are not the norm.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of meearls Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 1:42 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] BrailleNote compared to BrailleSense I have seen this product and it weighs about 3 to 4 pounds which excluded it from my list right away. It is a very handsome unit with beautiful spaceous keys but for all of that, buy a laptop. Now my friend much preferres that over the pk but I bought the pk because it has gps now the bs will have it later. Most all of the others except human will have the gps later and I simply can't wait for later and that was the key to my deciding to go with the pk. And boy am I glad I did too. Mary Ellen Earls Remember! Today is the Tomorrow you thought about yesterday. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terri Pannett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BrailleNote list" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 10:51 AM Subject: [Braillenote] BrailleNote compared to BrailleSense > Hi, List, > > Has anyone seen the BrailleSense? How does it compare with the > BrailleNote? > > I have never seen one, but I have read some of the manual for the > BrailleSense and I can make some observations: > > 1. The BrailleSense has some software features like Daisy Player and the > ability to record things. > > 2. It has all the ports of the BN plus two USB ports, one a master port > and one a slave port. > > 3. The speech is elloquence, and I don't like it as much as Keynote Gold. > I used to use eloquence on my PC and found its voice to be too strident. > > 4. There is no QWERTY model, a disadvantage to me because I prefer the > QWERTY keyboard, but you can plug in a USB QT keyboard. I think you can > do the same with the BN PK. > > 5. The manual is not as easy to understand as the BrailleNote's manual. > > 6. Nothing is mentioned about what braille translator is used nor does > the manual mention what type of software is used to read the programs' > information. The BrailleNote manual states Keysoft is the software which > reads the information and runs the word processor, calculator, etc. > > 7. All of the BN family will allow you to read sentence by sentence, but > the BrailleSense has no such option. > > 8. The BN cursor never blinks, but the BrailleSense has blinking cursor. > I hate blinking cursors! > > 9. The BN has more flexibility fo reading punctuation than the BS. > > 10. I think there is an easier learning curve for the BN than for the BS, > especially for people like me who aren't used to BT keyboards. > > 11. The BS's word processor will allow you to create headers and footers, > but it won't let you move or copy sentences and it won't let you turn page > numbering off. Not being able to move/copy sentences is a disadvantage. > I'd rather have that feature than headers and footers. > > 12. The BS will allow you to use overwrite or insert mode, but when you > are in insert mode, the cursor blinks all the time. I prefer the BN's > still cursor. > > 13. I like the seamless environment of Keysoft. I wouldn't want to see > dialog boxes and all the other graphics the BS shows. > > I conclude that the BN and Keysoft meet my current needs, but I would like > to see improvements in Keymail and Keyweb. I believe the BS probably has > bugs in it, too. For what it's worth, I'm glad I bought the BN and I > don't think the BS would meet my needs as well as the BN does. > > Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, > California > > ___ > 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
