Hi Tessa and List, I am not really very good at Electronic Devices and haven't used the Computer much. You just have to memorize what layout each device has. I had a Versabraille which was different than a Braille Lite. I now have a Braille Sense Classic and a Braille Note Classic. You just have to remember which one you are using. I cannot understand why I am seeing so many Perkins Braillers for sale. I still use mine every day although I do find my Braille Sense and Braille Lite very handy. The Perkins is great if you want a hard copy of something. Colleen Roth
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Freeman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Date: 2009/06/28 21:50:46 Subject: Re: [GWN] Keyboard questions > > > Tessa: > > I think you hit the nail on the head when you said you had used a QWERTY > keyboard far more than braille lately. On a computer keyboard, function > keys are numbered from left to right and the ENTER KEY IS ON THE RIGHT. > That's the rationale for the BS Plus keyboard. Frankly, I'd find the way > you outlined as an alternative terribly confusing even though it might > conform to what a Perkins Brailler implements. > > With refreshable braille, I haven't used a Perkins in years! It's either > electronic or slate an stylus (Hmmm ... should we implement a braille > keyboard that conforms to slate usage? Where would the function keys, > backspace and enter go then? har). > > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tessa" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 4:08 AM > Subject: [GWN] Keyboard questions > > > Hi all > I'm just curious why on a perkins brailleer the backspace is on the > right, the return key on the left but the bs has them on opposite ends? > It's a touch confusing when coming from using a brailleer to the bs to > remember which is which. > > Which also raises the issue of key numbering. We number the braille keys > starting at the space bar so reading from the left hand side of the key > board we have the backspace, then dots 3 2 and 1 but when we go to the > function keys they are numbered the opposite way, don't you think this > is needlessly confusing? why not have the function keys numbered the > same way as the braille keys? > Or maybe others don't find this as confusing as I do periodically > anyway. the manual will say fble: and fble. and I have to pause to think > now just which keys are those anyway, LOL. Of course I've been using a > qwerty keyboard for so long I must admit writing braille again is also a > challenge, I find myself continuously hitting dot #: when I mean the > letter a, go figure. > None the less I definitely like the bs and am glad I purchased it. > Tessa >
