I may be confused about this subject. If you are in the "from"
field, in an email, and press I with Enter, doesn't the address
automatically go into the address book? I may be missing the
context somewhere.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tessa" <[email protected]
To: <[email protected]
Date sent: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 11:45:53 -0500
Subject: Re: [GWN] braille sense, what's it like?
I like the email program personally. The only thing I don't like
is that it
doesn't automatically fill in email addresses or put people you
reply to in
the address book. You can add contacts from the email program or
put them in
by hand if you're compatent with computer braille, I'm not. For
lists I
generally keep one message from each list in my inbox and then
just use it,
change the subject line and send my message to the lists that way
rather
than having to write out the whole address.
I really enjoy the bsp, the 8gb of memory is a bonus. I love the
fact that I
can use it as a mobile disk to get files off my pc rather than
having to
synchronize or having to always use cards, though I have more
than my share
of cf cards.
I took the bsp with me this morning to a reading at the library,
I did a
little writing before the reading started, the keyboard is
amazingly quiet
and with voice off and using the braille display you can always
check your
work even in lectures or public events. I managed to jot down a
phone number
in the car on the way back, the bsp is small enough you can use
it almost
anywhere.
Tessa
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jo Taliaferro" <[email protected]
To: <[email protected]
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 11:13 AM
Subject: RE: [GWN] braille sense, what's it like?
Hi Colleen,
Thanks for the info. Can you explain more about how email is
done and what
the problems might be with the address book? I can do my email
from my home
computer but I wonder if it's worth having a Braille Sense if
money is
wasted because of the email and address book problems? Thanks.
Jo Taliaferro
-----Original Message-----
From: COLLEEN Roth [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 4:14 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [GWN] braille sense, what's it like?
Hi Jo,
I would also like to see a better way to get email addresses into
address
book but I simply tend to just write in the addresses anyway.
I have also used a Versabraille and a Braille Lite and Braille
and Speak. I
didn't use the Versabraille for notetaking at meetings, though.
The BSP is quiet and it is easy to go from a file you are taking
notes into
a file you need to access to answer a question.
I hope this helps.
ColleenRoth
----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Scheur" <[email protected]
To: <[email protected]
Date: Wednesday, Mar 3, 2010 17:57:00
Subject: Re: [GWN] braille sense, what's it like?
Jo, I am an owner of a BSP, and I have also owned just about
everything
imaginable that you could use to take notes. I was very
involved in the
development of the Blazie Braille notetakers, and owned several
of the
HumanWare models. For what it is worth, here are a couple of
points:
1. The BSP is very quiet and the keyboard is better than any of
those
others.
2. The word processor is good, except that the formatting
options are
limited more than with other notetakers.
3. The Internet browser and wireless connectivity, as well as
the ease in
which files can be transferred to your laptop are all pluses of
this
machine.
4. The machine handles word files better than any other
notetakers, but
will
not handle Word 2007 files as of yet.
5. The one great drawback and it is significant to me, is the
relatively
poor quality of the email and address book programs. They don't
link to
each
other, and you cannot save the emails you write as you would
using Outlook
or Outlook Express. This is a major deficiency, and one that
should have
been corrected long ago.
I also think the case of the machine is more fragile than
HumanWare
products.
I am very happy with this choice and switched from both an
Mpower and PK
when I did so, but the email issue is a major bug for me.
In summary, it's great for taking notes, writing documents, and
the media
player is first rate.
Barry Scheur
PS: Let me know if there is anything else you might find useful
as a
comparison.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jo Taliaferro" <[email protected]
To: <[email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 8:34 PM
Subject: [GWN] braille sense, what's it like?
Hello everyone,
I'm considering getting a Braille Sense Plus but I'm not sure I
know
enough
about it. I've read several comparisons of it to other
notetakers but
would
like some feedback from users. Can I take notes, for instance,
in a
meeting
and then read them in braille? Edit them? Transfer them to my
laptop?
Is
there a strong feeling among users about having the 6-key
braille
keyboard
or the qwerty? How reliable are these notetakers? Write
privately to
lessen traffic or just send me a thumbs up or down. I really
appreciate
feedback here as I had a notetaker a long time ago and I thought
I had
the
world by the tail with that BNS.
Regards,
Jo Taliaferro
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