I might get a pm qt to play around with someday But now I don't have the time. My braillenote does everything I need it to do, especially with the update!
Josh > ----- Original Message ----- >From: Karen McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],Braillenote List <[email protected] >Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 18:25:14 -0400 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] BN compared to PM >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. >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 >___ >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
