Susan, I think the MP3 files sound great! I wish I could use them. that just might be the way to learn the Pac mate. Now how would you phrase it differently? i am serious. thanks. Isaac
On Thu, 2 Jun 2005, Susan Stageberg wrote: > Well, I agree with you, Isaac, although I'd probably phrase it differently > (smile). You know, for learning the PacMate, the MP3 tutorial files that come > with the machine are pretty cool. FS has gotten into doing these audio > tutorials and they're kind of fun. > > > Susie > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Isaac Obie > Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 3:57 PM > To: Braillenote List > Subject: RE: [Braillenote] BN compared to PM > > > 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 > > > ___ > 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 >
