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Erik Burggraaf Check out my first ever podcast tutorial, Learn braille using the braille box. Visit http://www.erik-burggraaf.com and click podcasts to read more and subscribe. On 2010-08-12, at 11:56 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > Just a thought/something to consider: if the iPod or iPad ever got an > on-screen braille keyboard, someone could make a screen overlay for it > so you could feel where the keys are, and then you have what amounts > to a mainstream voice-only notetaker. Use a braille display if you > want to, and you have the same thing you get with a Voice Sense. Apple > has done such a good job making the iTouch line accessible that I > could imagine many people in the future switching from a propriatary > device to a mainstream one like the iTouch with a braille keyboard. > > On 8/12/10, Joe Orozco <[email protected]> wrote: >> Man, I hope you're wrong about the death of the notetaker. True, there are >> a lot of limitations, but there are so many benefits to a unit that boots up >> quickly and is in one piece versus separate units. This is partly my beef >> with GPS solutions on the smart phones that require the phone, the software >> and a separate bluetooth receiver even though the smart phones's internal >> GPS receiver and software work quite well on their own for sighted people. >> Me, I'm thinking the projection is more applicable to the Pac Mate that >> physically can no longer compete with HIMS and others. >> >> Joe >> >> "Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, >> some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: erik burggraaf [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 11:24 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [GWN] comments about future of braille Notetakers >> on Adelaide Radio >> >> Hum, Mr. Drummond isn't news on the death of the portable note >> taker. I kind'a hate to see it go, but It's just not >> economical in the current technology market. A lot of us have >> been saying that for years, even as we rejoice that people who >> need them still buy. >> >> What's interesting about this guy is, he's toting jaws and the >> focus 40 blue, which are about 5 years behind the technology >> curve, as the advent of the death of the note taker. Now >> whether you're a fan of freedom scientific or not, and you all >> know I come firmly down on the side of not, You have to admit >> that window-eyes, mobile speak, talks, humanware devices like >> the braille connect, and alva devices like the bc640 have been >> around a whole lot longer than the focus 40 blue, and do a far >> better job on the portability and compatibility fronts than >> jaws and focus. >> >> Did you also notice that the north american scanner manufacture >> was pointedly not mentioned by name, and that the model of the >> optelec scanner was conspicuously left out, but jaws and the >> focus 40 blue were mentioned repeatedly? Would any one in the >> class like to tell me who has exclusivity on freedom scientific >> products in Australia? >> >> I could be making too much of it, But I guarantee you that is >> how the top brass of the freedom scientific distributer in >> Canada would have handled that interview, and I don't have >> anything against the guy personally. That's just the way it is >> with FS and the people who work for them. >> >> Have fun, >> >> Erik Burggraaf >> Check out my first ever podcast tutorial, Learn braille using >> the braille box. >> Visit http://www.erik-burggraaf.com and click podcasts to read >> more and subscribe. >> >> On 2010-08-11, at 9:32 PM, peter greco wrote: >> >>> I interviewed Rob Drummond from Quantum Technology in >> Australia and he made some interesting comments about the >> future of braille notetakers. >>> You can hear these comments go to, >>> www.rphadelaide.org.au/Webcast.html >>> Rob's on the program Focal Point about 10 or 12 minutes in. >>> Peter >>> >>> If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: >>> >>> http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv >>> >> >> If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: >> >> http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv >> >> If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: >> >> http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv >> >> > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > [email protected]; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: > > http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, visit: http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv
