Re: [GWN] Thumbs Up

[Terri Pannett]

I bought my BrailleSense Plus qwerty last September, before the Apex qwerty 
came out.  Although the word processor is more limited on the BSP and 
foreign languages aren't supported, I'm glad I bought the BSP.  The one 
thing that is so important to me is service.  I don't like having to send a 
unit out of the country for servicing.  (There is no HumanWare service 
center in the U.S.)  The reputation of GW Micro and HIMS is improving, but 
the reputation of HumanWare is declining.  You can accidentally press the 
thumb keys on HumanWare's product, and the only way to get around this is to 
turn them off.  You cannot accidentally press the scrolling keys on the BSP. 
I like being able to use the qwerty keyboard on the BSP to input characters 
when I use the braille terminal and WindowEyes with my PC.  I don't like the 
way the hot keys are described, because a braille input is assumed.  The 
keyboard on the BSP is even quieter than a slate and stylus!  I used the BSP 
at a meeting and no one said anything, but when I used my one-page plastic 
slate and stylus, someone asked, "What's that tapping noise?"  I wish the 
BSP used a different synthesizer.  I can't stand Eloquence.  DecTalk or the 
speech used in the BookSense would be much better.  One thing I'm glad 
about: the BSP doesn't support Unified English Braille and I'm extremely 
thankful for that!  What speech *does* the BookSense use?  I've forgotten 
its name.)  I like the media player on the BSP.  Once I learned to make the 
voice loud, the player's volume increased, too.  I'm still getting used to 
the planner and calculator and I haven't used email, browser or database and 
addressbook.

I'm not sorry I bought the BSP.
Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA. 

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