Daniel Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: > I've got to make a fairly fast decision in regards to choosing a Braille > display. Ideally I would have gone with the Baum super vario, but this > is no longer available in Australia.
You could contact Baum and find out what price they would offer you. This would involve importing the hardware, but I've done that before with no difficulties. You would need to calculate the exchange rate and take account of the shipping costs, but that's easy enough. > > So, I am currently considering the humanware Brailliant BI 40 display or > the HIMs braille edge 40. Does anyone own these displays and if so are > they good, or do they have some negative aspects? I know someone who has a Brailliant BI 40 and who is very pleased with it, including the BRLTTY support. I am also considering buying one at some stage, as I want a display with a braille keyboard that can connect to a mobile device via bluetooth. The BRLTTY protocol support for these displays was introduced as of version 4.4 There have been substantial price reductions across the braille display industry in recent years. I don't know what is driving these, or what effects they will have on quality. Any manufacturers who haven't brought their prices down will find it hard to compete in the new environment, which is surely why every manufacturer I checked (Alva, Baum, Handytech, Papenmeier, HumanWare, Freedom Scientific, etc.) offers a 40-cell display below the US$3000 price point. (I am referring to US prices because they are easiest to find on the Web). _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
