Hi, I am using a macbook air at the moment and I frequently use it as a notetaker. I really love that capability as it saves me so much time - of course depending where you are you need to trust your typing if you are not using it with a braille display and you need to remember that others can see what you type - not a good time to write soemthing about the meeting you are in being dull!
But really it is great - if it had a bigger memory it would be better - but I get round this with an external hard drive for storage of stuff I don't need on a daily basis. In my view worth the money and I would not go back to my packmate now Julie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Eickmeier Sent: 25 September 2008 17:19 To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind Subject: Re: iPod question Yeah, I have to agree totally. I think if the Macbook Air is going to serve any purpose in the blind community, it's going to take the place of all these expensive notetakers. On Sep 23, 2008, at 4:18 PM, UCLA Bruins Fan wrote: > Yes, NLS really needs to get with the program! > I didn't even think of burning books to CDS. I thought that the only > way you could get NLS books was either on tape, or through a victor > stream or Icon, niether of which I own. I don't see the need to have > a stream and an Ipod, and pretty much just use my macbook for a > portable note taking device. I know it can be a bit of a pain, but my > braillenote bit the dust recently, and I'm thinking I'll just buy a > macbook air to replace it once I've saved up the money. I see no > point in purchasing expensive blindness products if something like the > air is available on the mainstream market, though of course this is > just my opinion and personal preference. > I can't help but wonder if apple will eventually give suppliers of > portable devices like the braillenote and Icon a run for their money. > Thoughts? > Olivia > > Olivia > > On Sep 22, 2008, at 9:53 PM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: > >> Hello; I agree with you completely on nls needing to get on the >> bandwagon as well. I hate it that the only way I can currently >> download books from the texas state library system is to download >> them to my windows computer and then burn them onto a cd. The >> problem is that they are committed to the overdrive media console >> which so far doesn't have a mac version. We also need to work on >> yahoo. they have a lot of good webmaster's tools, but they are only >> available to windows and linnex. Take care, and good luck, Max On >> Sep 22, 2008, at 6:16 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >> >>> And I also have an Icon or more accurately the Braille Plus. I very >>> much appreciate the Braille Plus, but truly the iPod offers some >>> distinct advantages such as no physical hard drive, quite speedy to >>> move from track to track with no choppy buffering, and yes, a small >>> size. I do wish Apple and the National Library Service could work >>> together on making it possible to load NLS books on the iPod. Now >>> that would be mighty cool for sure. >>> >>> >> >> Max Ivey Jr. >> The Midway Marketplace >> Office 936-273-6960 >> Cell 281-989-0448 >> www.midwaymarketplace.com >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > >
