That settles it for me. I have always wondered about the difference concerning the Braille displays in the two units. I'm a very fast Braille reader, and I would prefer the one with the better Braille display and it wouldn't matter to me what else the other unit had to offer. That's my two cents worth.
Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Truong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Braillenote List'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 5:50 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] BN compared to PM Hi, I actually have both units! A PM bx440 and a BN32. Personally I prefer the PM because I love the ability to script my screen reader and I love the ability to experiment with third party products Such as Skype for pocket PC, Resco Audio player Recorder, Pocket Player etc etc. I'm also able to try a range of compact flash cards ranging from fm radio tuner cards to Mobile phone CF cards. Basically as long as the software on these CF cards are accessible and the third party software has drivers for the Mobile 2003 operating system, I'm good to go. But even if the software isn't accessible, the Jaws scripting language can take care of that in most cases. Having said all of that, my Partner Robyn prefers the BN32 for it's simplistic approach to the everyday tasks of Email, Web browsing, contacts management, database management and file management etc. Heck, she just loves Keysoft! She absolutely loves the Braille on the BN which I have to say is much better than the Braille on the PM Braille displays. The Braille on the BN is a lot easier to feel than the Braille on the PM displays and that's even with the PM Display set to 100% firmness. Ah well, having both units has at least prevented any more domestic arguments over who would have the use of a PDA for the day. Now she takes the BN32 to work and I've got the Pac Mate. Surely that can't be a bad thing. David Truong E-mail and MS messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: blindboxer1967 Home Page: http://members.optusnet.com.au/davidtruong/ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Isaac Obie Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 6:57 AM 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. 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