And one other advantage that the Braille Sense has is a built-in network card.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terri Pannett Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 11:27 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] BrailleNote compared to BrailleSense The manual says the BS will create headers and footers. I saw nothing about footnotes or endnotes. Terri Pannett, Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 9:07 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] BrailleNote compared to BrailleSense > Hi, Richard, But how many people really use the more powerful word > processor commands that the bn has? Maybe lots of people do. I don't know. > I don't. I usually just want to take notes. The braille sense is supposed > to be able to do footnotes and end notes, or so I have heard. They also > seem to be coming out with upgrades rather rapidly, with a new one coming > out in just a few weeks. There was a nice discussion on the occusource > conference page on Friday. I suspect gw will put it up on their site soon. > The speed at which they are coming out with software upgrades is > impressive to say the least. > At 6/10/2005, you wrote: > >>I find that opinion, not fact dominates here. >>Frankly, the biggest problem I see with the Braille Sense is that is a >>relatively new product. >>Since the manual is a translation from Korean, there are bound to be >>areas where it is not as clear as one might like. >>However, the product already has several advantages. For a student, it >>can play Daisy books. >>It can stream audio. >>It can connect via usb. >>The Word processor has quite a way to go before I would consider it to >>be in the same league as the BN family of products, but it is $1000 >>cheaper, and I feel that it is a product worth watching. >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terri >>Pannett >>Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 12:51 PM >>To: BrailleNote list >>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. 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