Hi, Yes I know - sorry my comments were meant to be a little flipant - I have used it with my packmate braille display but that is on the blink at the moment.
I really do love the little air though and it saves endless syncing which I used to do - also reduces the possibility of having lots of versions of the same file etc. I am still farily new to the mac - having just reconverted since the air came out. Used a mac years ago with outspoken. Am enjoying it a lot but it has taken me some tome to adjust - mainly I thinbk because I am still also using a windows machine with Jaws. Have found the tips and info from this list really useful - sometimes a little scarey as you all seem to know so much (grin) but am finding myself doing things with mac I never did with windows Just need to push for better vo compatibility with iworks so I can use keynote and I would be one happy bunny. Julie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Poehlman Sent: 26 September 2008 11:26 To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby theblind Subject: Macbook air as note taker for the blind: You can turn off the screen and you can use a braille display. ----- Original Message ----- From: "RATTRAY J." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 4:03 AM Subject: RE: iPod question 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] >> >> > >
