That is true, to a point. The BrailleNote does a much better job of
handling and manipulating files while they are on the flash card, it just
treats the card as another drive. Also, the BrailleNote doesn't have a
limit on what brands of CF cards will work with it. I only hesitate to
get into the specifics of the competition's products on the list because
other people have been reprimanded for doing so. I agree with you about
free speech, as far as that goes, and also about the current occupant of
the White House. Can't wait until the second week of November, when this
will all be over.
Sarah
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Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 2:05 PM
To: Braillenote List
Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Keyboard Noise
whatever happened to comparison? whatever happned to free speech? I bet
the courts would take a dim view of this. but okay.... they do have one
other thing in common--their flash card capacilities.
Isaac
On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Sarah Cranston wrote:
> The Department will fix it because it belongs to their loaner pool. It
was on loan to the library to make Braille labels. Even though this
isn't their current product, it's new enough so the company won't give us
much of a problem.
> Yes, the file system is extremely different from a BrailleNote. The
two notetakers have very little in common, other than the refreshable
Braille display. I'll say no more on that subject, I've heard it's a bad
idea to discuss the competition on-list.
>
> Sarah
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Isaac Obie
> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 1:42 PM
> To: Braillenote List
> Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Keyboard Noise
>
>
> I bet you could get it fixed even though it isn't yours. I bet they won't
> fix it cause they'll say it's old technology. I've never seen these units,
> but I hear people really like them. I bet their file managers are much
> simpler than the one in the bn.
> Isaac
>
> On Thu, 21 Oct 2004, Sarah Cranston wrote:
>
>> Oh, what I wouldn't give to have a backup BrailleNote. On the same
day I discovered my BN's latest failure, I also found out that the
Millennium I use at work had utterly and completely died. I was really
sad because, not only isn't it mine, but I was planning to use it as a
backup while my BN was in the hospital. Oh well, life is what happens to
you while you're busy making other plans.
>>
>> Sarah
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Karen
>> McDonald
>> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 12:28 PM
>> To: Braillenote List
>> Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Keybord Noise
>>
>>
>> I have one of the brand-new units and I can attest to the
quietness. When I
>> compare this unit to my older one, I'm amazed at the difference. By the
>> way, I love the new Braille display. I was a little bit doubtful when
>> Jonathan assured me that this Braille display would be better than the
older
>> one but it's true. The cursor routing buttons are more responsive and
>> overall, I like the new unit even better than I did the older
one. But I'm
>> happy to have both BrailleNotes, and when I need to send this newer
one back
>> to California, I'll have the older one as a backup.
>>
>> Karen
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Susan Stageberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 1:01 PM
>> Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Keybord Noise
>>
>>
>>> In the beginning, the BT keys were pretty noisy and clackety, but in
>>> newer versions they are as quiet as the QT keys, in my estimation. And
>>> all of it is quieter than a slate and stylus. Turn the speech off in a
>>> quiet setting and few people will know, and those who do will be
>>> fascinated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Susie Stageberg
>>> Project ASSIST with Windows
>>> Iowa Department for the Blind
>>> (515) 281-1351
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mary Ellen
>>> Earls
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 2:42 PM
>>> To: Braillenote List
>>> Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Keybord Noise
>>>
>>>
>>> Well the couple of times I heard demos of things on the Braille Note Bt,
>>> I
>>> could hear a sort of light clacking sound as the keys came up from being
>>>
>>> pushed down. That was one of the main reasons why I chose the qt model
>>> over
>>> the bt because the bt was too noisy for my book. I understand they have
>>> quietened it down just a bit but still with the qt it is extremely
>>> quiet. It is even quieter than my IBM which is one of the quietest
>>> computers out
>>> there.
>>>
>>> Mary Ellen Earls
>>> Remember! Today is the Tomorrow you thought about yesterday.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "ALGAYZAG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 9:00 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Keybord Noise
>>>
>>>
>>>> You can scarcely hear the keys on the QT. I don't know about the BT.
>>>> Al Gayzagian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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