thank you "erik for this info. Your suggestions are great and this is what I
am going to do to find out if a Braille display will work for me.
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From: "erik burggraaf" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:29 AM
To: "Juan Gonzalez" <[email protected]>
Cc: "gwinfo Discussion Listserv" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Window-Eyes 7.11 and Braille displays
Hi, here are some purposes and benefits of braille displays.
Ability to proof read. Many many people could use this including myself.
The document editing capabilities of a braille display far outstrip the
keyboard and speech setup for speed and accuracy.
Ability to read and absorb information through reading. Myself, I like
reading books in braille but can't stand paper braille. Some of my
clients just simply learn better through reading. Some people are just
like that. I know I cant make myself sit through a nonfiction audiobook,
but I love reading them in braille.
Portability, I can connect wirelessly to my mobile phone, read books on
the bus or train, send and receive textmessages and email privately, and
take notes quickly.
Multitasking, , I can control my computer with my braille display, turn
off speech and listen to music or sounds on my computer. I can edit sound
files more comfortably. I can take better notes over the phone with
braille than with speech, and I can look up information more easily while
I'm talking to some one.
Personally, I use my braille display as a control surface for my
computer,, so I want a read/write display. I love the braille connect and
find it extremely comfortable to use. Alva BC640 is also OK, but I'm not
happy with the layout of it's control surface at all. Focus blue has
extremely mixed reviews. It's easily the biggest and clunkiest of the
read/write displays, and is a bit behind the times in terms of technology,
considering that it only incorporated input and bluetooth last fall.
Handytech braille wave is the other big player. Unfortunately this is the
one I know least about because we can't get them here in Ontario.
When buying your braille display, ask yourself what size you want, 40
sells? more? less?
Decide if you want to both read and write, or if you only need reading.
Try a few on loan and see which one feels right to you. This is the most
important thing. The sells on each one feel different. some are sharp,
some are flat. some are ergonomic, some are not. They all have different
routing key textures and control surfaces. When it comes to window-eyes,
you will get very good joy out of all of the above mentioned, except for
possibly the focus blue. Unfortunately there's bad feeling between the
two companies, and the makers of the focus are not proactive in getting
their hardware supported. I haven't tested it myself. Maybe it works
great, but I would make absolutely sure before investing.
Best,
erik burggraaf
A+ certified technician and user support consultant.
Phone: 888-255-5194
Email: [email protected]
On 2010-03-16, at 9:12 AM, Juan Gonzalez wrote:
Hi everybody!
I maybe missing something here but what is the main purpose of a Braille
display besides putting everything on the screen in Braille? Why do
people need a Braille display when the screen reader reads it to you
already? I was looking into getting one but then I realized that there is
no need for it. At least for me. Is there more functions to it that I am
missing here? If there is which one would work the best with window-eyes?
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